Wimpy’s Grill 617 Hicks Street Old West Durham Website $2–$5 Hours: M–F, 7 am–2 pm Wimpy’s Grill has been awarded best burger and takeout in a number of publications over the years, and they were featured on Man Vs. Food  in 2009 for their garbage burger that piles pretty much any topping available onto a
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Lumpy’s 306 East Wait Avenue Wake Forest Website $3 a scoop Lumpy’s is a new restaurant in Wake Forest offering ice cream and easy eats like hamburgers and frankfurters. Their grand opening is tomorrow from 11 to 7, but that’s just for the storefront. Lumpy’s owner and ice cream creator, Buck Buchanan, has been serving
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Pauly Dogs Bryan Center Plaza Duke Campus $3.75—$4.50 per dog Cash or Duke meal points only Pauly Dogs is a cart that permanently resides on the pedestrian bridge at the Bryan Center Plaza on Duke’s campus. Being a fan of hot dogs with crazy toppings—-it’s more about the toppings than the meat for me—-I decided
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Bull City Burger and Brewery 107 E. Parrish Street Downtown Durham Website Burgers start at $6 Hotdogs start at $5 This order-at-the-counter joint is a great setting for an after work meal and drink with friends. The long picnic tables are very appealing for a large group, and the atmosphere is nicely relaxed and neighborly.
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S&T’s Soda Shoppe 85 Hillsboro Street, Pittsboro Website Eats: $3.99—$7.75 Old-fashioned sodas and floats: $ 1.65—$3.75 I first heard about S&T’s on the Girls with Guts’ blog a few months back. I must mention that their primary claim to fame is their ice cream dessert prowess, and Mr. Gourmez and I did not have the
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