Chapel Hill Town Council wants more food trucks
At Monday’s Chapel Hill Town Council meeting, council members brainstormed ways to encourage more food trucks to set up shop in Chapel Hill.
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At Monday’s Chapel Hill Town Council meeting, council members brainstormed ways to encourage more food trucks to set up shop in Chapel Hill.
Devotion to community, an entrepreneurial mindset, top-notch cuisine and unassuming aesthetics is a recipe for something special in the world of food trucks — and those looking to celebrate these nomadic delicatessens are in for a treat this weekend.
Ten years ago, John Soehner quit his job as an occupational therapy assistant, bought a tractor and learned to grow organic food.
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story attributed Jonathan Bloom as saying his realization of food waste came from a thesis he wrote in graduate school. It led to his thesis. The story also attributed him as saying the Society of St. Andrew conducts cleaning trips. It conducts gleaning trips. The story has been amended to reflect this.
Mei Asian
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UNC students have been snacking on chicken and cheddar biscuits for almost 35 years. Soon, those biscuits will come on wheels.
Franklin Street favorite BSki’s will soon introduce its wraps and refreshments to college students along other parts of the East Coast.
I’m hungry. And writing about food is making me even hungrier, so I’ll make this short and sweet. We all need to eat. Almost all of us are broke. All of us don’t have huge refrigerators, fully functional kitchens, or budgets that can afford constant take-out. So I’m here with a weekly series that will help you save money, and I can think of no better way to start it than with food. Because I’m hungry.
Alycia Inserra gets a rush of excitement every time she sees a new customer at the window of her food truck.
Chapel Hill welcomed its first food truck about two weeks ago, and more meals on wheels could soon be on the town’s streets if the Chapel Hill Town Council revises what some are calling a restrictive ordinance. Baguettaboutit, which sells french-bread wrapped sausages, is the only food truck permitted to operate in Chapel Hill.
Scoot Food has brought a healthy dose of innovation and much-needed competition to Chapel Hill food delivery market.
A fleet of scooters bearing bright pink flags will soon take to the streets of Chapel Hill and Carrboro to deliver food from local restaurants to residents.
March is national nutrition month, but for Orange County officials and organizations, making healthy food more affordable and accessible is a year-round project.
A previous version of this article stated that the town has delayed the application process, but town spokeswoman Catherine Lazorko says the March 1 date was always the starting point for applications. It also stated that Kendal Brown said that the town stalled the process to give staff time to develop an application; in fact she said that regulations always had an effective date of March 1 to allow time for staff to develop procedures and forms for applications. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for the errors.
Bluegrass music and the scent of shrimp and grits filled a crowded Carolina Inn ballroom Saturday as chefs from seven Chapel Hill and Carrboro restaurants competed to prepare the best version of the signature Southern dish.
Moreton Neal can’t remember a time when she didn’t cook.
This Valentine’s Day, Carrboro residents showed their love for the town and local charities through food, fun and fundraising.
In a hard economy, downtown restaurants face tough competition — and some are updating their menus to keep up.