Dining
Raleigh magician to compete on Fox's "MasterChef" airing Wednesday night
A Raleigh magician is one of the contestants on this season of Fox’s “ MasterChef,” which airs at 8 p.m. Wednesday.
Dining
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DINING
Chicago-style pizza comes to Holly Springs
J.P. LaRussa and his wife, Gwynne, opened Acme Pizza Co. (204 Village Walk Drive; 919-552-8800; acmepizzaco.org ) last week in the former All Aboard Pizza space. They’re still offering the New York style pies that were that restaurant’s calling card, but Acme’s specialty is...
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FOOD & DRINK
Pintful: Competing bills jeopardize possible tax break for brewers
The beer industry is asking Congress for a big tax break that it says would lead to expansion and more jobs. But brewers large and small don’t seem to agree on how much each should pay, with the Beer Institute and the Brewers Association pitching different bills to cut federal excise taxes...
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DINING
Restaurant News: Wave of Irish pub openings continues
Last year it was Doolin’s in Durham and Doherty’s in Cary. Hibernian opened a new location in North Raleigh while, just up the road, Saints & Scholars gave the area its first half-Irish, half-Mediterranean menu. In Wake Forest, Pat Murnane’s opened in the old Oh’ Mulligans...
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CONSUMER NEWS
Friendly barbecue rivalry to start soon in Durham
The Bull City will soon be in hog heaven. Ed Mitchell, the famous barbecue pit master, and Greg Hatem, Raleigh restaurateur and developer, are each opening up new barbecue restaurants in Durham later this year.
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DINING
HaRu's dual menu doubles the enjoyable meals
The Morrisville restaurant bills itself primarily as a Japanese restaurant, and backs up the claim with an extensive menu that dwarfs the Korean offering.
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ORANGE COUNTY
Chapel Hill cuts food truck fees, adds locations
The Town Council cut the cost of operating a food truck by more than half Monday and voted to allow them at more events and locations.
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LOCAL/STATE
Downtown Food Truck Rodeo wrangles up thousands of customers
Thousands packed five city blocks on Fayetteville Street for the first of four Food Truck Rodeos, as Raleigh hitched onto a trend started in Durham in 2010.
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FOOD & DRINK
Raleigh politicians, patrons come around to idea of food trucks
The city will host the Downtown Raleigh Food Truck Rodeo on Sunday, the first of four downtown rodeos planned for this year. About 40 mobile food vendors and as many as 6,000 people are expected to attend.
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DINING
New café coming to downtown Raleigh’s Warehouse District
There’s a new café coming to downtown Raleigh’s Warehouse District. Café de los Muertos, an online coffee retailer and roaster, is opening a brick and mortar coffee house that will serve locally roasted coffee and pre-made food.
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DINING
Execution puts An among the Triangle’s creme de la creme
Among the spring entrees: Lamb three ways (loin, tenderloin and belly); and barely-seared ahi tuna whose delicate, maple-soy-glazed flesh played maritime yin to the earthy yang of roasted maitake mushrooms






