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Doolin’s Irish Pub 3211 Shannon Road South Square, Durham Website Entrees: $8 — $15 Doolin’s Irish Pub is the newest restaurant in the same office building that houses G2B. This building has been notoriously harsh to its restaurants — the location is off the beaten path across the street from the Bank of America on [...]
Beyu Caffé 335 West Main Street Downtown Durham Website Breakfast, Lunch: $4–$10 Dinner: $8–$18 Desserts: $2–$5 Cocktails: $5.75–$9 Coffee: $1.60–$4.50 This review comes from three separate trips to Beyu Caffé (pronounced Be You); one for dessert and coffee, one for dessert and cocktails, and one for breakfast and coffee. There have been mixed reviews on [...]
Toast Five Points 345 West Main Street Durham, NC http://www.toast-fivepoints.com Sandwiches ranged from $1.50 for Crostini to $6 for Panini Walking through downtown Durham on the way to Toast is a testament to the fine remodeling job that has been done since we moved to Durham three years ago. It is slowly revitalizing itself as [...]
Rockwood Filling Station *CLOSED* 2512 University Drive Durham, NC Pizzas ranged from $9–12 if my memory serves me well. There can never be enough places selling gourmet pizza, right? I’m not a purist; you won’t find me expounding on the glories of a New York slice or the goopiness that is Chicago Deep Dish. No, [...]
Parizade Erwin Square 2200 West Main Street Durham, NC http://www.ghgrestaurants.com/parizade/parizademaster.html Entrees $15–32 Parizade, one of the Giorgios Hospitality Group of restaurants, is warm and whimsical in design. The walls are a mixture of green, red, and blue, and accented with an occasional swirl of copper plating. There is a ceiling mural o,f perhaps, angels in [...]
Four Square Restaurant 2701 Chapel Hill Road Durham, NC www.foursquarerestaurant.com Entrees $20–35 We went to Four Square to try out their Thanksgiving Prix Fixe menu. It is housed in a historic Victorian in Durham, with an inviting porch and warm lighting glinting from the windows. We started out in the bar, where I had an [...]
George’s Garage *CLOSED* 9th Street 737 9th Street Durham, NC www.ghgrestaurants.com/garage/garage.html Entrees $15–$28 George’s Garage is one of the many Giorgio’s Hospitality Group restaurants. This one is similar to Spice Street in that it’s a mix of sushi bar, lounge area, and main dining room. The lounge looked cozy, with warm, dim lighting, and I [...]