Guidebook for Chapel Hill

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Guidebook for Chapel Hill

Food Scene

maple bacon bar, pig in a blanket, many more yummy choices... locally sourced ingredients
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Rise Durham Southpoint
8200 Renaissance Pkwy
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maple bacon bar, pig in a blanket, many more yummy choices... locally sourced ingredients
Check out some local farms and what they have to offer!
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Chapel Hill Farmers' Market
201 S Estes Dr
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Check out some local farms and what they have to offer!
It's an institution; note: drive through (head to Caffe Driade with your goods, find a shady spot, order some great coffee & chow down)
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Sunrise Biscuit Kitchen
1305 E Franklin St
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It's an institution; note: drive through (head to Caffe Driade with your goods, find a shady spot, order some great coffee & chow down)
great coffee and top notch baristas! nice tea selection too!
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Caffè Driade
1215 E Franklin St
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great coffee and top notch baristas! nice tea selection too!
great setup -- perfect for newspaper reading and working!
Market Street Coffeehouse
227 S Elliott Rd
great setup -- perfect for newspaper reading and working!
Asian-style eatery. No fuss
Twisted Noodles Chapel Hill
1800 E Franklin St
Asian-style eatery. No fuss
French bistro style spot run by a local couple with great mussels and constantly changing specials. Well executed dishes and yummy desserts! Open for lunches too!
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Kitchen
764 M.L.K. Jr Blvd
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French bistro style spot run by a local couple with great mussels and constantly changing specials. Well executed dishes and yummy desserts! Open for lunches too!
if you love crusty airy breads.... you will not regret this!
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Loaf
111 W Parrish St
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if you love crusty airy breads.... you will not regret this!
Japanese infused with Peruvian influences... the Donburi and Chirashi should not be missed!
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M Sushi
311 Holland St
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Japanese infused with Peruvian influences... the Donburi and Chirashi should not be missed!
The best and widest selection of hot cocoa you will ever find in the area! they KNOW their coffees & chocolates!
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Cocoa Cinnamon
420 W Geer St
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The best and widest selection of hot cocoa you will ever find in the area! they KNOW their coffees & chocolates!
Pork Belly, fried oysters.... just a hint of the types of Taco creations you might find here. Relatively cheap eats for the quality!
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NUVOTACO
2512 University Dr
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Pork Belly, fried oysters.... just a hint of the types of Taco creations you might find here. Relatively cheap eats for the quality!
amazing selection of locally brewed beer on tap!
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Fullsteam Brewery
726 Rigsbee Ave
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amazing selection of locally brewed beer on tap!
One of the most vibrant Farmer's Markets in the area! flowers, fruits, veggeis, plants, crafts galore!
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Carrboro Farmers Market
301 W Main St
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One of the most vibrant Farmer's Markets in the area! flowers, fruits, veggeis, plants, crafts galore!
maple bacon bar, pig in a blanket... and many other delectable donut options to pick from. Local chain with locally sourced ingredients!
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Rise Carrboro
310 E Main St
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maple bacon bar, pig in a blanket... and many other delectable donut options to pick from. Local chain with locally sourced ingredients!
low-key no fuss burrito joint. the tofu burritos is fantastic!
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Carrburritos
711 W Rosemary St
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low-key no fuss burrito joint. the tofu burritos is fantastic!
Fun artwork throughout the restaurant and bar alongside creative menu. If you go alone to the bar they will have a bright fushia penguin accompany you. Querky but thoughtful vibe.
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Counting House
111 Corcoran St
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Fun artwork throughout the restaurant and bar alongside creative menu. If you go alone to the bar they will have a bright fushia penguin accompany you. Querky but thoughtful vibe.
Solid meals, always! Great for brunches in particular!
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Acme Food & Beverage Co
110 E Main St
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Solid meals, always! Great for brunches in particular!
Northen Indian cuisine.... their lamb shank and kormas are really good
Raaga
3140 Environ Way
Northen Indian cuisine.... their lamb shank and kormas are really good
farmers & their product, bakers and their goods, artists & their craft, plus lots of food trucks!!
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Durham Farmers' Market
501 Foster St
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farmers & their product, bakers and their goods, artists & their craft, plus lots of food trucks!!
eco-friendly selections of teas from plants & herbs grown here! Salves and various other herbal remedies available also!
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Honeysuckle Tea House
8871 Pickards Meadow Rd
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eco-friendly selections of teas from plants & herbs grown here! Salves and various other herbal remedies available also!
Lick your ice-cream while watching the sunset over the rolling meadows on rocking chairs.... just can't beat this!
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Maple View Farm Ice Cream
6900 Rocky Ridge Rd
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Lick your ice-cream while watching the sunset over the rolling meadows on rocking chairs.... just can't beat this!
Great breakfast & lunch spot!! Famous pies, tarts & sandwiches!
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Scratch Bakery
111 Orange Street
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Great breakfast & lunch spot!! Famous pies, tarts & sandwiches!
Another local brewery -- started as a micro-brewery and now starting to expand state-wide!
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Ponysaurus Brewing Company
219 Hood St
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Another local brewery -- started as a micro-brewery and now starting to expand state-wide!
The gourmet cook's paradise!
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A Southern Season
1125 Jay Lane
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The gourmet cook's paradise!
handmade chocolates with great flavor combos.
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Matthew's Chocolates
104 N Churton St
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handmade chocolates with great flavor combos.
southern meets classic meets innovation!
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Panciuto
110 S Churton St
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southern meets classic meets innovation!
Southern gourmet. Shrimp & grits & honeysuckle sorbet are the classics you HAVE to try!
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Crook's Corner
610 W Franklin St
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Southern gourmet. Shrimp & grits & honeysuckle sorbet are the classics you HAVE to try!
Microbrewery that has very ingeniously also have an in-house Kombucha master (Kombucha on tap!) Only serves beer, cider & kumbucha and welcomes food from elsewhere.
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Steel String Brewery
106A S Greensboro St
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Microbrewery that has very ingeniously also have an in-house Kombucha master (Kombucha on tap!) Only serves beer, cider & kumbucha and welcomes food from elsewhere.
BLT & ginger beer.... 'nuf said
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Merritt's Grill
1009 S Columbia St
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BLT & ginger beer.... 'nuf said
If you are in Carrboro, go to Open Eye and spend an hour hanging out people watching and checking out the local artwork. A lovely 3rd space for the locals.
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Open Eye Cafe
101 S Greensboro St
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If you are in Carrboro, go to Open Eye and spend an hour hanging out people watching and checking out the local artwork. A lovely 3rd space for the locals.
low-key community oriented Indian comfort food.... Vimala is one of our local activists who fights for living wages, equal rights and practices what she preaches!
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Vimala's Curryblossom Cafe
431 W Franklin St
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low-key community oriented Indian comfort food.... Vimala is one of our local activists who fights for living wages, equal rights and practices what she preaches!
Southern Indian options are particularly yummy. Service can be a little slow at times, but food is always dependable!
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CholaNad Restaurant & Bar
310 W Franklin St
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Southern Indian options are particularly yummy. Service can be a little slow at times, but food is always dependable!
Asian-fusion. Stick with the appetizers & desserts... they are the yummiest. Entrees are OK, but why use tummy space for those when you can use it more wisely??
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Jujube
1201 Raleigh Rd
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Asian-fusion. Stick with the appetizers & desserts... they are the yummiest. Entrees are OK, but why use tummy space for those when you can use it more wisely??
our local dependable sushi dive! good portions of fresh fish (Thurs and Fridays are the days to hit sushi places around here!)
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OiShii
M 1129 Weaver Dairy Rd
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our local dependable sushi dive! good portions of fresh fish (Thurs and Fridays are the days to hit sushi places around here!)

Shopping

TJ's 'nuf said
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Trader Joe's
1800 E Franklin St
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TJ's 'nuf said
prepared foods, great selections of fruits, cheeses, wines.
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Whole Foods Market
81 S Elliott Rd
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prepared foods, great selections of fruits, cheeses, wines.
just in case you have the urge to hit a big mall; movie theatre also
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The Streets at Southpoint
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just in case you have the urge to hit a big mall; movie theatre also
Local Co-op! live music Thurs nights & Sundays. Check online!
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Weaver Street Market
101 E Weaver St
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Local Co-op! live music Thurs nights & Sundays. Check online!
your typical mall complete with Walmart, Old Navy, Marshall's, Dick's sporting Goods, etc...
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New Hope Commons
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your typical mall complete with Walmart, Old Navy, Marshall's, Dick's sporting Goods, etc...
DSW, Kohl's, Petsmart, total Wine, AC Moore's, Home Depot, Kroger,
Patterson Place
3616 Witherspoon Blvd
DSW, Kohl's, Petsmart, total Wine, AC Moore's, Home Depot, Kroger,
good ol' HT!
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Harris Teeter
2110 South Estes Drive
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good ol' HT!

Drinks & Nightlife

The back bar of Lantern is one of our fav spots for a nightcap
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Lantern Restaurant
423 W Franklin St
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The back bar of Lantern is one of our fav spots for a nightcap
it has a fantastic lineup!
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Motorco Music Hall
723 Rigsbee Ave
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it has a fantastic lineup!
the rooftop bar is pretty awesome!
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The Durham Hotel
315 E Chapel Hill St
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the rooftop bar is pretty awesome!
these folks KNOW their drinks and do not go easy on their liquors!
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The Crunkleton
320 W Franklin St
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these folks KNOW their drinks and do not go easy on their liquors!
if you ever wondered where the Dave Matthew's band or Phish started....
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Cat’s Cradle
300 E Main St
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if you ever wondered where the Dave Matthew's band or Phish started....
incredible selections of beers!! Get Al's burgers next door and find a spot here!
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Beer Study
504 N Graham St
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incredible selections of beers!! Get Al's burgers next door and find a spot here!
Old-school arcade games are back in business here!
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The Baxter Arcade
108 N Graham St
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Old-school arcade games are back in business here!

Sightseeing

Duke Chapel, Duke Gardens, the campus in general.
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Universidad Duke
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Duke Chapel, Duke Gardens, the campus in general.
Check out the campus including the Arboretum, Morehead Planetariums, fun stores along Franklin St (and a few tucked away gems on Rosemary St & adjacent sts) and Ackland. High-tea at Carolina Inn is also fun!
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Universidad de Carolina del Norte en Chapel Hill
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Check out the campus including the Arboretum, Morehead Planetariums, fun stores along Franklin St (and a few tucked away gems on Rosemary St & adjacent sts) and Ackland. High-tea at Carolina Inn is also fun!

Parks & Nature

Lemurs... they are not just in Madagascar!! call ahead to get tickets
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Duke Lemur Center
3705 Erwin Rd
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Lemurs... they are not just in Madagascar!! call ahead to get tickets
beautifully and intentionally laid out gardens with fun sculptures all around
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NC Botanical Garden Education Center
100 Old Mason Farm Road
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beautifully and intentionally laid out gardens with fun sculptures all around
bird-watching, run around the reserve (about 2 miles around); not recommended btw June-Sept due to bugs. Early AMs are the best
Mason Farm Biological Reserve
bird-watching, run around the reserve (about 2 miles around); not recommended btw June-Sept due to bugs. Early AMs are the best
Check online to see what s=programs are offered Their skyscapes where they teach about astronomy is incredible! One of the firsts star projectors in the country. NASA astronauts trained here in the 1960s-80s
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Morehead Planetarium and Science Center
250 E Franklin St
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Check online to see what s=programs are offered Their skyscapes where they teach about astronomy is incredible! One of the firsts star projectors in the country. NASA astronauts trained here in the 1960s-80s
paved trail that runs from the American Tobacco Campus in Durham all the way to Chatham county (about 26 miles total).
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American Tobacco Trail
7616 Fayetteville Rd
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paved trail that runs from the American Tobacco Campus in Durham all the way to Chatham county (about 26 miles total).
Runs from the Chapel Hill Community Center to Carrboro (and if you really go on the dirt trails, all around Chapel Hill!)
Bolin Creek
Bolin Creek Trail
Runs from the Chapel Hill Community Center to Carrboro (and if you really go on the dirt trails, all around Chapel Hill!)

Arts & Culture

great permanent collection and interesting special exhibitions!
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Nasher Museum of Art
2001 Campus Drive
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great permanent collection and interesting special exhibitions!
One of the best Asian Art collections in the area. Wonderful permanent collection and check online for the exhibitions
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Ackland Art Museum
101 S Columbia St
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One of the best Asian Art collections in the area. Wonderful permanent collection and check online for the exhibitions
Amazing lineup every year!!
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Carolina Performing Arts
114 E Cameron Ave
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Amazing lineup every year!!
Off Broadway, music icons....
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DPAC - Centro de artes escénicas de Durham
123 Vivian Street
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Off Broadway, music icons....
beautiful space surrounded by nature, great trail around the library campus!
Library Drive
Library Drive
beautiful space surrounded by nature, great trail around the library campus!

Everything Else

cute town with music, great food, farmer's market, right by the haw river (go tubing!) Saturdays @ Saxapahaw is a must do.
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Saxapahaw
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cute town with music, great food, farmer's market, right by the haw river (go tubing!) Saturdays @ Saxapahaw is a must do.