(and latest openings)
Afters Dessert Bar
Brightleaf Square
(Moved from the Durham Food Hall)
Big Bad Breakfast
Breakfast & Brunch Bar
Opening April 30, 2024
(This is the chain’s first NC location)
The Can Opener
Food Truck Park
Next to downtown Durham’s “can opener” bridge
(In partnership with Namu, NC Bulkogi, Gussy’s, and Chcik-n-que)
CO
Asian fusion
Streets at Southpoint
(Other locations exists in Charlotte and North Hills, Raleigh)
Curry Up Now
Fast casual Indian
3105 Shannon Rd., Suite 101 (UHill)
(This is the chain’s first NC location)
Emmy Squared
Detroit-style pizza combined with NY Style “grandma pie”
905 West Main St.
(Small east coast based restaurant group/chain)
Homebucha
Fermented drinks taproom
East Durham
Opening fall 2023
KPOT
Asian hot pot and Korean BBQ all-you-can-eat
5454 New Hope Commons Dr.
(Chain with another Triangle location in Raleigh)
The Lenny
Rooftop bar with Latin American eats
555 Mangum St.
Coming summer 2024
(From the owners of Jose & Sons and Cortez in Raleigh)
Lutra Bakery and Cafe
Sticky bun focused bakery and cafe
Currently holding pop ups at Queeny’s window
Coming 2024
Ment Beverage Co.
American Tobacco Campus
(Production and a tasting room from Honeygirl Meadery)
Meyer’s Fine Foods & Good Times/Max Jr.’s
Sausage bar and biergarten & market
Brightleaf Square/Main St.
(With partners from The Federal, the concept will start as a food truck then build out in shipping containers behind The Living Room bar)
Milkshake Factory
American Tobacco Campus
Opening Summer 2024
(PA-based small chain; this is their first NC franchise)
Patty Boy
Burgers & American eats
Durham Food Hall
Opening summer 2024
(From the owners of Ex Voto, also in the Food Hall)
Pocha Korean Restaurant and Barbecue
116 Old Durham Road
(Renovating the former location of Minga and Sushi-Yoshi)
QueDogs
BBQ hot dog stand
Lakewood Shopping Center
Opening April 2024
State of Golf
Multisport simulator bar
American Tobacco
Coming May 2024
Redstart Takeaway
Shop, restaurant & bar
2025 N. Roxboro
Coming summer 2024
NOW OPEN!
4/7/24
Atomic Clock Brewing Company
Taproom and full-service kitchen
501 Washington Street
2/28/24
Zweli’s Kitchen – moved
Zimbabwean food
Brightleaf Square
2/7/24
ThaiAngle
200 N. Mangum St.
(The former location of Dos Perros)
2/6/24
Fonda Lupita
Mexican Restaurant
Brightleaf Square
(This is their second location; the original is located in Sanford, NC)
1/14/24
Flying Bull Beer Company – expanded
300 Morris Street
(This is their second location)
12/31/23
Durham Beer Garden
Beer garden, bottle shop, event space
812 N. Mangum St.
12/29/23
Kiichi Ramen Izakaya
730 Ninth St.
12/17/23
Lakewood Social
1920 Chapel Hill Road
(Run by the chef/owner from Old North Meats, previously in the Durham Food Hall)
12/12/23
Nana’s Restaurant (reopened)
2514 University Dr.
(New owner, Chef Matt Kelly)
11/10/23
Saffron Indian Cafe
2608 Erwin Road
(Former space of Itaewon Grill. Saffron has an original location in Cary)
11/10/23
Canastas Chicken
5318 New Hope Commons Dr.
Peruvian-style rotisserie chicken concept
(Regional chain based out of VA. This is their first NC location)
11/7/23
Cheeni
Indian Food
202 Corcoran St. (former location of Jack Tar)
(Expanded from their original location in Raleigh)
11/4/23
It’s a Southern Thing
Ellis Crossing, RTP
(This is their 2nd Durham location and 3rd overall)
10/11/23
Night School
Bar with pay-what-you-can Arts & Humanities classes
719 N. Mangum St.
10/1/23
Pistachio Ice Cream
Persian gelato, ice cream sandwiches, coffee & tea
2708 Chapel Hill Road
9/28/23
Seraphine
Louisiana-inspired restaurants and bar
American Tobacco Campus, former space of Tyler’s Taproom
(Brought to you by the folks behind Nanasteak)
9/26/23
Common Market
All-day bar, deli, ice cream, coffee, bottle shop and bodega
1821 Green Street
(This is the Charlotte-based market’s 4th NC location and first in the Triangle)
9/15/23
DSSOLVR
Brewery & Taproom
Atlas apartment building on Rigsbee Ave.
(Expanded from their first location in Asheville)
9/2/23
Bull City Confectionaries
Handmade bundt cakes and more
1912 E. NC-54
8/26/23
Playa Bowls
Acai bowls
744B 9th Street
8/12/23
Congress Bar & Cafe
East Driver St.
(From the owner’s of Rofhiwa Book Cafe)
8/5/23
Issac’s Bagels
1003 W. Chapel Hill St.
(From food truck to brick & mortar)
8/5/23
The Velvet Hippo
Neighborhood Bar
119 Orange Street
7/19/23
Nikos
Mediterranean/Middle Eastern Cuisine
Brightleaf Sqauree
(From Giorgios Hospitality, a throwback to Niko’s Greek Tavern which was in Brightleaf Square until 2011)
7/15/23
Mike D’s BBQ Smokehouse & Retail
East Driver St. (adjacent to upcoming Congress Cafe)
6/7/23
Little Bull
Mexican/American pocho cuisine
810 N. Mangum St.
(From the chef/partner of Cortez in Raleigh and folks behind Mezcalito)
6/7/23
Twisted Ladder
8 Davis Drive, RTP
6/1/23
Szechuan Mansion Hotpot
9th Street
(This is their second location; the first is in Cary)
4/20/23
Lonerider Spirits
Distillery and Taproom
708 Ramseur St.
4/14/23
Lula and Sadies
2022 Chapel Hill Rd,
(Moved from the Durham Food Hall to the former location of The Lakewood/True Flavors Diner in the old Davis Baking Co. building)
4/5/23
Corner Yaki
Japanese-inspired eats
Durham Food Hall
(From the owner of Everything Bagel and Napoli Pizza also in the Durham Food Hall)
2/17/23
Yonderlust Cafe
109 N. Gregson St.
Combo healthy cafe and outdoor gear shop
1/14/23
Kale’s Kitchen
Pop up Southern restaurant
2504 Fayetteville St.
3/25/23
Leroy’s Tacos
Boxyard RTP
(From the owner’s of Lawrence Barbecue)
3/21/23
Ekhaya
Bantu-fusion tapas
American Tobacco Campus (in the former Saladelia Cafe location)
(From the owners of Zweli’s Zimbabwean restaurant)
3/7/23
Weldon Mills Distillery
300 E. Main St., Ste. 001
2/18/23
Urban Noodle
Ramen
4104 Surles Court, Ste. #4
2/3/23
Mango Indian Grill
The Durham Food Hall
1/5/23
MilkLab (expanded)
Boba Tea and Rolled Ice Cream
Durham Food Hall
(This is the Triangle-based restaurant’s 5th location)