'Food and fun': Five new businesses opening on and around Franklin Street in 2022
By Fallon Maher | Jun. 16Over the summer, five new businesses are coming to Chapel Hill. Here’s what you need to know about each new location.
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Over the summer, five new businesses are coming to Chapel Hill. Here’s what you need to know about each new location.
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The owners of Chapel Hill’s Big Belly Que are raising the steaks with Bombolo, a new restaurant set to open in the summer. A change of pace from barbecue, Bombolo will serve pasta, charcuterie and sandwiches.
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In North Carolina, specifically, the average price per gallon of regular gas was $4.08, as of March 21, which is nearly $0.70 higher than a month ago and more than a dollar from prices last year, according to data from the American Automobile Association.
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"Because of the high turnover, it will ultimately be up to the city to decide whether to continue to seek out local companies to try to develop a successful Franklin Street location or to bring in well-known name-brand corporations to optimize the area's business potential."
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Good Bowls aims to increase accessibility to affordable, healthy and tasty food for community members. The organization uses flexible pricing that takes customers' income into consideration.
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The bakery — which opened in late February — is part of a franchise that has many other locations across the country. This location, however, is the first to open in North Carolina.
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As Orange County lifts its indoor mask mandate Monday and the Chapel Hill community transitions to optional mask use, business owners are looking to change their mask policies as well — and some already have.
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“The Shrunken Head is such a tradition for our community,” the Shrunken Head Boutique’s store manager Melissa Pate said.
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After three months of striking, the Acme Food & Beverage Company workers ended their strike on Feb. 18. The strikers achieved certain goals through negotiations with Acme, but are now redirecting their efforts with a new coalition for workers in Chapel Hill and Carrboro.
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The Gathering Place has a weekly game schedule, including board game night and Magic: The Gathering tournaments on Wednesdays, Dungeons and Dragons and other tabletop roleplaying games on Thursdays and Flesh and Blood on Saturday mornings
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Across the Triangle, Black-owned barbershops like Masterworks Barbershop and Kendrick's Kave Barbershop provide not only a much-needed service to people, but a community space as well. “Being able to make people happy, make people smile and make people feel good is what makes me happy,” Masterworks Barbershop owner Kevin Bowick.
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1922 is a new grab-and-go style café that sells coffee locally sourced from Carrboro Coffee Roasters and items provided by other businesses in the community.
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As business applications nationally have soared over the past year, student entrepreneurs at the University have been keeping pace. UNC had 538 active startups founded by students, faculty or recent alumni as of July 2021.
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Founded by three UNC juniors, Blue House Cafe held its official launch on Monday. It is located at The PITCH space on West Franklin Street.
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Buena Vibra, a restaurant and bar specializing in Caribbean cuisine, is set to open next week on East Rosemary Street. Its owners say the restaurant is all about bringing positive energy to the community, with "Buena Vibra" translating to "good vibes" in Spanish.
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