Update 08 Oct 2016: I forgot one of the very main things: Leg Room. Winner: Carter-Finley. OMG, we may not be season ticket holders again at Kenan because there’s not enough leg room for my wife (5’8″ maybe) let alone me…
Red Buds in Raleigh, Spring 2014
I think that the red bud trees were prettier this year than any time I can remember. There may be some debate about whether this observation is objectively true, or a subconscious correlation to the fact that they bloomed after…
Restaurant Review: Mia Francesca
Mia Francesca 4100 Main at North Hills St. Raleigh, NC 27609 919-278-1525 Entrees: $22 ish Mia Francesca is one of the restaurants at the Renaissance at North Hills. Navigating through North Hills to the Renaissance can require some patience, but there…
The World’s Second-Biggest No-Brainer, with Raleigh Bruegger’s Roundup
The second-biggest no-brainer in the world for a regular coffee drinker is the Bruegger’s Bottomless card, which costs $180 a year. It’s pretty easy to figure that you will likely recover your investment by Independence Day with even modest utilization,…
Best Fries in the Triangle – Bull McCabe’s
Restaurant Review Bull McCabe’s 427 W. Main Street, Durham, NC 27513 919.682.3061 bullmccabesirishpub.com For a person who is generally indifferent about french fries, I have had some good ones lately. I wrote about the frites at Chuck’s, and will soon…
Chucks! and other thoughts on burgers
Restaurant Review Chuck’s 237 S. WILMINGTON ST, RALEIGH NC, 27601 919.322.0126 www also mentioned: Five Guys [1] , Char-Grill In the late 80s, I worked in Arlington about one intersection removed from the corner of Glebe Road and Columbia Pike.…
Restaurant – Herons
Restaurant Review Herons 100 Woodland Pond Dr, Cary, NC 27513 (919) 447-4200 www On Monday, Heron’s supplanted The Second Empire as the finest dining experience in this area, by my reckoning [1]. They go all-in for the elegant, modern dining…
Bella Monica: Victim of Success?
Restaurant Review Bella Monica 3121 Edwards Mill Road Raleigh, NC 27612 (919) 881-9778 www.bellamonica.com My wife Debbie latched onto this place early on, back when it was just a closet of tables with no way to tell what the name…
Very Casual Indeed
Restaurant Review Fishmonger’s 806 W. Main Street Durham, NC 27701 919.682.0128 www.fishmongers.net In my role as an IT professional, I once had a colleague that put on all the trappings of an eccentric programming genius, including the…
Unfocused and Half-applied
Restaurant Review Relish 5625 Creedmoor Road Raleigh, NC 27612 www.relishraleigh.com Relish is close to our home, and we heard it was new and getting good reviews, so we decided to check it out. The first thing I noticed is the boutique…