Food Issue -

Q&A with "American Wasteland" author Jonathan Bloom

By Caroline Leland | October 1

As part of The Daily Tar Heel's Projects and Investigations Team's Food Issue, Senior Writer Caroline Leland spoke to Jonathan Bloom, the award-winning ...

Orange County restaurant inspection ratings to appear on Yelp pages

By Nick Niedzwiadek | October 1

Restaurant inspections have long revealed the dirtier side of the food industry, including the restaurants frequented by residents of Chapel Hill.

Blue Ocean Market provides seasonal seafood, including fish like pink and vermillion red snapper (above), to restaurants and consumers near its location in Morehead City and to the Triangle area.

Local chefs try to support North Carolina fishermen

By Jaclyn Lee and Bob Bryan | October 1

It’s about a three-hour drive to the nearest coastline from Chapel Hill — 162 miles to Wilmington, 178 miles to Atlantic Beach and longer to ...

Carolina Dining Services debt burden to increase with upgrades

By Samantha Sabin and Claire Williams | October 1

The debt Carolina Dining Services has sitting on its books is unusual for a University of its size, but that hasn’t stopped administrators from crafting ...

Clark Cunningham is a senior biochemistry and biology major from Chapel Hill.

Column: What do you mean, "toxic"?

By Clark Cunningham | October 1

If the intense competition for treadmills at the Student Recreation Center and the line for the salad bar at the Top of Lenoir have taught me anything, ...

Meals on Wheels food truck rodeo coming to Carrboro

September 26

Meals on Wheels drives around Chapel Hill and Carrboro every weekday, delivering food to senior citizens and people with disabilities. It also raises ...

Hungry students find help at TABLE

By Morgan Swift | September 18

Hundreds of Chapel Hill-Carrboro elementary school students do not have to worry about going hungry on the weekends, thanks to the nonprofit organization ...

Local restaurants celebrate veganism

September 16

A nonprofit is hoping a night out on the town will help educate people about the vegan diet.

All up in your business for Sept. 12, 2014

By Wei Zhou | September 12

In celebration of its first anniversary, Al’s Burger Shack hosted a burger recipe contest and selected the cook-off winners on Wednesday.

Laila Williams, eight years old, gets her face painted at the Weaver Street Co-Op Fair in Carborro.

Co-op fair highlights community ownership

By Mary Taylor Renfro | September 1

Weaver Street Market’s co-op structure can be a bit of a mystery to customers who aren’t sure exactly what a “co-op number” is.

22 companies collaborated this weekend to create the North Carolina state beer at Mystery Brewing Company in Hillsborough.

Erica Tieppo, from Detroit, Michigan, works with the beer through its fermentation process.

Franklin Street breweries help craft NC state beer

By Mary Helen Moore | August 25

Two Chapel Hill breweries teamed up with 20 other members of the North Carolina Craft Brewers Guild this weekend to create North Carolina’s first state ...

Students are venturing into the world of mixology

By Paige Hopkins | August 24

UNC students bring Chapel Hill bars and clubs to life. And many of them are doing so from behind the counter.

UNC Fan Shop has opened between Vespa Restaurant and Launch.

All up in your business, August 19, 2014

By Holly West and Zoe Schaver | August 19

After almost 50 years in the University Square development, Chapel Hill Barber Shop has relocated to the Courtyard.

The Thrill is gone, The Heel is here

By Holly West | August 16

This Friday, students who want to celebrate making it through their first week of classes will have a new hangout to visit — The Heel Bar and Grill. ...

Lenoir open for weekend brunch

By Colleen Moir | August 16

Students craving weekend brunch on North Campus now have an option that will save them the walk to Rams Head Dining Hall.

John Soehner owns Eco Farm on Butler Road in Chapel Hill.

Chapel Hill celebrates local, organic food today on Food Day

By Gayatri Surendranathan | October 23

Ten years ago, John Soehner quit his job as an occupational therapy assistant, bought a tractor and learned to grow organic food.

Q&A with UNC alumnus Jonathan Bloom

By Victor De La Cruz | October 23

Jonathan Bloom is an alumnus of UNC’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication and author of American Wasteland.

Salmonella case causes Trader Joe's peanut butter recall

By Kathryn Trogdon | September 25

A North Carolina child is one of about 30 people nationwide who have been infected by salmonella in a recent outbreak linked to Trader Joe’s, a national ...

Time-Out hopes to bring food truck to campus

By Paige Ladisic | September 18

UNC students have been snacking on chicken and cheddar biscuits for almost 35 years. Soon, those biscuits will come on wheels. Eddie Williams, owner ...

Chapel Hill-based take-out company Scoot Food to expand offerings

By Chessa DeCain | April 8

A fleet of scooters bearing bright pink flags will soon take to the streets of Chapel Hill and Carrboro to deliver food from local restaurants to residents. ...