SwaySnacks & Sips

Get on Island Time Mix up your typical night out with a stop at The Island Lounge. The outdoor bar at 735 S Bennett Street has cozy seating, tropical mixed drinks, VIP areas for special [...]

Pick Up a Mix Pack Next time you need a unique gift for someone or yourself, check out The Local Mixer — where you’ll find organic, handmade, preservative-free fruit and herbal syrups for [...]

Search your memory banks, fellow elder millennial, for a place with red booths, wood paneling, and the muffled sound of a wireless vacuum gently chafing a low-pile carpet. A place where little [...]

Life is Noodiful If food is your mein hobby, it’s time to say ramen — Banh-Sen Noodle Bar is opening on the corner of West Pennsylvania Avenue and Bennett Street in DTSP. “This is our [...]

Here’s Another Lunch Pastability Lisi Italian, in downtown Pinehurst, is expanding its options into casual lunch, served over the counter in their market shop from 11:30 a.m. to 2 [...]

The Sweet Life We won’t sugarcoat it, your kids are about to get the ultimate sugar rush (adults too, we don’t judge.) The Sugar Shuttle, Moore County’s first candy cart, [...]

One new tenant for the under-construction strip mall at the corner of Morganton and Brucewood roads has been confirmed to be Brooklyn Pickle. The sandwich shop was founded in 1975 and has since [...]

Maria Rivera, founder of Maria’s Mexican Restaurant in Olmsted Village and Maria’s Brunch & More off N.C. 5, is opening Vaquera: a new spot with a nod to the [...]

You get it. Early this year, Rooted Cafe & Market founders Darcy Denney and Heidi Templin added a third parter, Mackenzie Bhola. All three are focused on growth — starting with a move from [...]

With two new taprooms / restaurants, a product launch, fresh branding and expanded distribution routes all expected to be complete by the end of 2023, Southern Pines Brewing Co. is taking its [...]