Scratch 111 Orange Street Downtown Durham Website Scratch is a cute shop tucked into Orange Street in downtown Durham, a walkway that often doubles as a skateboard thoroughfare and an art gallery in the form of metallic sculptures in planters.  A few outdoor tables are very appealing on warm days. Inside, pastel egg-shell colors dominate.
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Boxcarr Farms Food Truck Touring Durham and Chapel Hill Website Dinner Tapas: $6 per item The Boxcarr Farms food truck can be found at Fullsteam most Thursday nights, which is where we found it a few weeks ago. They offer food made from Boxcarr Farms wares and those from other local farms, and let me
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Tea Tasting at Tin Roof Teas 419-B Daniels Street Cameron Village, Raleigh Website $10   Tin Roof Teas is a heavenly store for fans of tea for a number of reasons. Not only do they have a huge selection of teas from all parts of the globe, they offer tea by the glass, all sorts
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The Meat House 1508 E. Franklin Street Chapel Hill Website Donna Coon, who owns the recently opened Meat House in Chapel Hill with her husband, Paul, took me on a tour of the facility a couple of weeks ago. I was excited to try out this chain butchery because they’ve opened three shops in the
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Pie Pushers On the go in Durham Website $3–$4 per slice $6–$18 per pie My thoughts on Pie Pushers, a mobile pizza restaurant, went up at Carpe Durham a couple of weeks ago, but I haven’t had a chance to publish them here yet. I tried them out during the Cookery’s open house, waiting in
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Berenbaum’s Bakery Stand Somewhere near the Farmer’s Market Saturday Mornings with contributions from TIF of Carpe Durham Wandering into the Cookery’s open house last week, I stumbled across a tasty display of baked goods. Berenbaum’s, the sign said, and I soon found out from this little bakery stand’s owner, is usually set up somewhere near
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The Cookery Open House 1101 West Chapel Hill Street Durham Website Last Thursday, I attended the Cookery’s open house. Lovely mural on the building The Cookery, in case you haven’t heard of this new business, is a 24-hour, commercial kitchen space that is available for chefs, bakers, small entrepreneurs, whoever, to rent by the hour.
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Farmhand Firsthand Foods Sausage Wagon On the move in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Durham Website $6 per sausage roll This food truck is a partnership between its owners and local, pasture-raised animal producers and butchers to offer sausage rolls. *Note: Farmhand Foods is now Firsthand Foods* A number of other local food bloggers have written
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I have yet to make it to Raleigh’s Bickett Market, but they’ve received a lot of praise for their store since they opened last July. It features produce, wines, and meat from local farmers and producers. Turns out, however, that produce is scarcer this time of the year, so Jason Stegall, the owner, is looking
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Joey D’s NY Dogs *CLOSED* 3121 Hillsborough Road at the Rock Shop lot. Website Dogs and Sausages: $3–$4 Chips and a drink added for an extra $1.25 Joey D’s NY Dogs is a new food cart offering freshly grilled, Sahleen brand hot dogs and sausages from Buffalo. Joey’s website declares that they are traditionally “garnished
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