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From girls in stem to chicken wings: UNC students keep pace with booming business startups

By Ethan E. Horton | February 14

As business applications nationally have soared over the past year, student entrepreneurs at the University have been keeping pace. UNC had 538 active ...

The PITCH features a new coffee shop, offering a space for student-run businesses.

By Sarah Choi | February 2

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.

Buena Vibra restaurant and bar to open in Chapel Hill

By Samuel Long | February 1

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 ...

Triangle Restaurant Week returns as industry faces pandemic-related setbacks

By Jenna Rupp | January 24

Triangle Restaurant Week, a celebration of culinary excellence set to premier Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and surrounding restaurants, will return to ...

'That little bit can be a lifeline': Local businesses receive ReVive Recovery Grants

By Ethan E. Horton | January 23

More than 70 percent of the grant recipients were women-owned enterprises, and 44 percent were owned by people of color.

'People have to eat': New restaurants open their doors in Chapel Hill

By Ethan E. Horton | January 9

Franklin Street has had its fair share of business turnover. Here's a look at five new restaurants that have recently opened.

Franklin Street businesses bounce back after pandemic-related setbacks

By Ethan E. Horton | November 29

After staffing and supply chain issues that persisted once the pandemic began in spring 2020, businesses in downtown Chapel Hill are now bouncing back. ...

Mobile botanical shop Botana-Cart rolls out products 'of this Earth,' including Delta-8

By Sarah Choi | November 15

Hunter Bolesky and Brandon Srinath aren’t average businessmen. They’re the co-owners of Botana-Cart, a bicycle-powered botanical shop. ...

RDU third in customer satisfaction among large airports in North America, study shows

By Meagan Bergstrom | September 30

Raleigh-Durham International Airport was ranked third in customer satisfaction among large airports in a study by J.D. Power, trailing only Louis Armstrong ...

NCGA Weekly Roundup: Apple campus, military bills, daylight savings and more

By Guillermo Molero | April 27

This is part of a series that looks at bills the North Carolina General Assembly has introduced, the progress they have made in the chamber and what their ...

Perennial Coffee and Pastries barista Anna Kasibhatla creates a new brew: a grapefruit infused spiced maple latte in 2017.

Perennial Cafe to bloom again on Franklin Street in time for spring reopening

By Ella Layn | April 26

Perennial Cafe, a coffee shop on West Franklin Street that temporarily closed due to COVID-19, will be reopening in mid-May.

Chapel Hill's Chelsea Theater reopens after yearlong closure due to COVID-19

By Chloe Teachey | April 21

The Chelsea Theater, a Chapel Hill cinema that shows independent and documentary films, closed in March 2020 due to the pandemic. One year later, it's ...

All up in your business: Mexican restaurant Que Chula approaches one-year anniversary

By Charlotte Easley | April 21

Que Chula Craft Tacos & Tequila Bar, a Mexican restaurant that offers authentic and Tex-Mex style dishes such as street tacos, burritos, chimichangas ...

At Vimala's Curryblossom Café, Indian and Southern cuisines unite for social activism

By Ira Wilder | April 20

Restaurant owner Vimala Rajendran has transformed her underground culinary enterprise into a Chapel Hill staple: Vimala’s Curryblossom Café, which ...

Column: How Flyleaf Books weathered the pandemic

April 18

The OC Voice is a portion of the OC Report newsletter where local residents may have a platform to talk about local issues they care about. Jamie Fiocco ...

Carrboro Elementary PTA auction raises money for school, supports local businesses

By Alexandra Myers | April 15

The Carrboro Elementary PTA is hosting an auction and raffle until April 16, with funds being used to help the school. Everything being auctioned was ...

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Areli Barrera de Grodski aims to uplift and diversify with her coffee business

By Mandy Zheng | April 13

“It is great to see all the women working alongside Areli,” Valeria Barrera, Barrera de Grodski's sister and bookkeeper at Little Waves said. ...