Gaby & Riley's food favorites

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Gaby & Riley's food favorites

Coffee Shops

36 locals recommend
Cocoa Cinnamon Lakewood
2013 Chapel Hill Rd
36 locals recommend
Great coffee and snacks nearby
7 locals recommend
Joe Van Gogh Woodcroft
4711 Hope Valley Rd
7 locals recommend
Great coffee and snacks nearby
Bakery and café
128 locals recommend
Guglhupf Bakery, Cafe & Biergarten
2706 Durham-Chapel Hill Blvd
128 locals recommend
Bakery and café

Best Breakfast

Great southern breakfast.
21 locals recommend
True Flavors Diner
21 locals recommend
Great southern breakfast.
Biscuit Sandwiches.
27 locals recommend
Rise Durham Downtown
401 Foster St
27 locals recommend
Biscuit Sandwiches.
Great breakfast sandwiches and donuts
102 locals recommend
Monuts
1002 9th St
102 locals recommend
Great breakfast sandwiches and donuts
Great Brunch!
40 locals recommend
Rue Cler
401 E Chapel Hill St
40 locals recommend
Great Brunch!
Breakfast and Lunch
93 locals recommend
Foster's Market
2694 Durham-Chapel Hill Blvd
93 locals recommend
Breakfast and Lunch

Best Casual Dining

Old North Meats and Provisions
530 Foster Street
One of our favorite sandwich places. In the summertime be on the lookout for adult slushies!
13 locals recommend
Eastcut Sandwich Bar
3211 Old Chapel Hill Rd
13 locals recommend
One of our favorite sandwich places. In the summertime be on the lookout for adult slushies!
Fancy wood-fired pizza with seasonal local ingredients.
105 locals recommend
Pizzeria Toro
105 E Chapel Hill St
105 locals recommend
Fancy wood-fired pizza with seasonal local ingredients.
Ramen
56 locals recommend
Dashi
415 E Chapel Hill St
56 locals recommend
Ramen
30 locals recommend
Rose's Noodles, Dumplings and Sweets
121 N Gregson St
30 locals recommend
British Indian cuisine
28 locals recommend
Viceroy
335 W Main St
28 locals recommend
British Indian cuisine
12 locals recommend
Namu
5420 Durham-Chapel Hill Blvd
12 locals recommend
There are many locations! It's a local Peruvian chain we really love.
31 locals recommend
Alpaca Peruvian Charcoal Chicken
302 Davidson Ave
31 locals recommend
There are many locations! It's a local Peruvian chain we really love.
Zimbabwean Cuisine
Zweli's
905 Durham-Chapel Hill Blvd
Zimbabwean Cuisine
Ethiopean Cuisine
13 locals recommend
Goorsha
910 W Main St
13 locals recommend
Ethiopean Cuisine

BBQ

BBQ!
23 locals recommend
Picnic
1647 Cole Mill Rd
23 locals recommend
BBQ!
One of the best BBQ places. Very very casual...
15 locals recommend
Backyard BBQ Pit
5122 NC-55
15 locals recommend
One of the best BBQ places. Very very casual...
BBQ!
14 locals recommend
Bullock's Bar-B-Cue
3330 Quebec Dr
14 locals recommend
BBQ!
BBQ!
Maverick's Smokehouse & Taproom
900 West Main Street
BBQ!
One of the oldest restaurants in the city! Get the fried chicken :)
Chicken Hut
3019 Fayetteville St
One of the oldest restaurants in the city! Get the fried chicken :)

Best Upscale Dining

Spanish Tapas
103 locals recommend
Mateo Bar de Tapas
109 W Chapel Hill St
103 locals recommend
Spanish Tapas
Italian
31 locals recommend
Mothers & Sons Trattoria
107 W Chapel Hill St
31 locals recommend
Italian
8 locals recommend
Littler
110 E Parrish St
8 locals recommend
11 locals recommend
Counting House
111 Corcoran St
11 locals recommend
61 locals recommend
M Sushi
311 Holland St
61 locals recommend
39 locals recommend
Juju Durham
737 9th St
39 locals recommend
13 locals recommend
Cucciolo Osteria Durham
601 W Main St
13 locals recommend

Best Place to Grab a Drink

Nominated for a James Beard Award in 2022!
72 locals recommend
Alley Twenty Six
320 E Chapel Hill St
72 locals recommend
Nominated for a James Beard Award in 2022!
19 locals recommend
Kingfisher
321 E Chapel Hill St
19 locals recommend
Rooftop bar
100 locals recommend
The Durham Hotel
315 E Chapel Hill St
100 locals recommend
Rooftop bar
Beer bar (no minors allowed)
36 locals recommend
Kotuku Surf Club
703 Rigsbee Ave
36 locals recommend
Beer bar (no minors allowed)
Cider Bar
35 locals recommend
Bull City Ciderworks
305 S Roxboro St
35 locals recommend
Cider Bar
10 locals recommend
LouElla Wine Beer & Beverage
316 W Geer St
10 locals recommend
112 locals recommend
Ponysaurus Brewing Company
219 Hood St
112 locals recommend

Where to get groceries

Target
73 locals recommend
Harris Teeter
2107 Hillsborough Rd
73 locals recommend
The Fresh Market