The Flying Pierogi Delicatessen recently opened a storefront in the South Green shopping center in Carrboro, filling the former Coronato’s Pizza location.
The restaurant previously solely operated out of a food truck that traveled throughout the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area serving its European-inspired cuisine.
Jaysen Wilson, the co-owner of The Flying Pierogi, said the main reason for the transition into a brick-and-mortar restaurant space was the need for a commercial kitchen for the food truck to operate out of. The business, though, is looking forward to exploring other aspects of the new space, like the ability to offer beer and sell snacks from a deli case.
Wilson said he and his wife started the food truck in 2018 because they wanted to bring different cuisine to the area.
“We were trying to figure out what can we bring to Chapel Hill that is of the Polish and German and New York/Chicago cuisine,” he said. “And we landed on pierogies.”
Gary Hill, a senior associate at Avison Young — which manages the South Green shopping center space — said the building The Flying Pierogi is moving into is a great space for restaurants and other businesses because it is easily accessible from a variety of Carrboro neighborhoods.
He said the center’s location provides a great opportunity for attracting new customers because it sits off of Greensboro Street, which he said has almost 17,000 cars traveling on it every day.
“We’ve been looking for this type of use (for the building) for a couple of years and Jaysen has a great plan,” Hill said.
