12 October, 2012

Bull City Vegan Brunch Challenge

Posted in : Dining in Durham - NC, Events, Restaurants on October 12, 2012 by : The Gourmez

Tags: alivia's, brunch, bull city brunch challenge, bull city vegan challenge, bull street gourmet and market, chefs, daisy cakes, durham, refectory cafe, rue cler, scratch, vegan, voting

I’m always excited to see what our creative chefs come up with when challenged, and the folks behind the 2010 Bull City Vegan Challenge are running a new one for the month of October. Much like the first, several Durham restaurants have agreed to come up with one vegan dish to compete for the votes
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12 March, 2010

Empty Bowls 2010 Soup Review

Comments : 2 Posted in : Dining in Durham - NC, Restaurants on March 12, 2010 by : The Gourmez

Tags: blue seafood, butternet squash, chicken masa, clam chowder, community cafe, durham best soup, durham chefs, empty bowls 2010, empty bowls 2010 durham, leek potato soup, lenten gumbo, manhattan seafood chowder, nana's, papa mojo's, revolution, rue cler, sweet potato bisque, urban ministries of durham, watt's grocery, whole foods

I posted the press release for Empty Bowls 2010 a few weeks ago. It’s a unique annual fundraiser that benefits Urban Ministries of Durham. At the time, I was unsure that I would make it, being as it was my fourth wedding anniversary and all, but we ended up going last Friday anyhow. Why not
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28 May, 2009

Restaurant Review–Rue Cler, Downtown Durham

Comments : 4 Posted in : Dining in Durham - NC, Restaurants on May 28, 2009 by : The Gourmez

Tags: beignet, duck confit crepe, durham restaurant review, rue cler, the gourmez review

Rue Cler 401 East Chapel Hill Street Downtown Durham Website: http://www.ruecler-durham.com/ Brunch/Lunch: $7-17 Dinner: Prix Fixe $30, a la carte $9-17 Rue Cler is a French restaurant and bakery café located on a cozy corner of downtown Durham. The bakery opens up at 7:30 for orders at the counter and continues until mid-afternoon. It gets
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