Maple View Farm Ice Cream – Thursday, Dec. 31 and Friday Jan. 1 – Maple View Farm Ice Cream opened its doors on January 1st, 2001 with 12 flavors of ice cream. Celebrate 15 years of ice cream for throwback prices for $1 pints of chocolate milk and whole milk, $2 single scoops, $3 double scoops, $4 triple scoops […]
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Betsey Elbogen brews the first pot of Carrboro Coffee at the beginning of each workday at Perch Studios. After that, it’s up to one of the coworking members at the communal office to stay caffeinated. Not that any of the freelancers and entrepreneurs, telecommuters and tech designers or lawyers and folks writing their dissertations mind.
It’s a tough job, but someone had to visit eateries and try sandwiches, empanadas, ice cream and more for The Dish column in each issue of Chapel Hill Magazine. Here, a look back at my favorites from 2015. I could only finish half of my mammoth grilled pimento cheese sandwich with maple-pepper bacon that was
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Take a cue from these four locals next time you need a gift idea. “I am a huge fan of packaging, so when I give a gift, it has to look lovely as well as be reasonably priced. My go-to gifts are soaps, lotions, spa products or dusting powders from Greenwich Bay Trading Company. They are
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We’re always doing a little bit of everything around town these days. Scroll down to see what we’ve been up to recently! Star Wars The Baxter’s ready for Star Wars! Are you? Jujube It had been way too long since Andrea had been to Jujube. She’s happy to report that the That Thing Yuzu cocktail and the
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For 70 years, diners at The Carolina Inn had two options for meals – the more formal restaurant or a quick-service cafeteria. When the cafeteria closed in 1994, it was gone but not forgotten. And when James Clark became chef at the Inn, he got cornered at church by ladies who asked, “Why don’t you
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We’re always doing a little bit of everything around town these days. Scroll down to see what we’ve been up to recently! Al’s Burger Shack Jessica made a visit to Al’s Burger Shack and took a photo nearly as picturesque as Briana Brough’s July/August cover shot. Phil Ford After winning sportswriter Adam Lucas’s twitter contest for
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It’s beginning to look a lot like December around here! Inside our latest issue, you’ll find six sweet holiday recipes to savor and share and an historic home that’s had its halls decked out with boughs of holly. Next, Gabe Barker of Pizzeria Mercato dishes on his upcoming Carrboro eatery, West Coast cooking and growing
We’re always doing a little bit of everything around town these days. Click through our photos to see what we’ve been up to recently! The Modern Life Deli & Drinks On her first visit to The Mod, Jessica ordered a crunchy and refreshing salad. (She’ll be back for the pizzas though!) Cafe Diem Jessica was charmed
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In 1915, the Eno River Mill in Hillsborough manufacturing yarn-dyed fabrics like gingham, chambray and denim. A century later, those same textiles might serve as tablecloths for a rustic wedding reception at The Cloth Mill at Eno River now that Nicole Clayton has transformed the space. The New York native almost bought a bar in Raleigh. But then the former athletic
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