Eats Articles

NC State Fair New Foods 2026: All 84 Dishes and Where to Find Them

See all 84 NC State Fair new foods for 2026, with vendors, map numbers, my top picks and how to save on tickets. The fair runs Oct. 15-25 in Raleigh.

Low Bar Opens Under Whiskey Kitchen on Oct. 15

Photo by Khanh Do on Unsplash Mark your calendar for Thursday, October 15, because Low Bar Raleigh is finally opening its doors. It's a new neighborhood bar tucked beneath Whiskey Kitchen at 201 W. Martin Street, and from everything I've seen so far, it sounds like...

The Best Patios in Raleigh, From Rooftops to Beer Gardens

Photo by Reba Spike on Unsplash October in Raleigh is the month the whole city eats outside, and this year the list changed more than usual. A wave of downtown closures in 2025 took out several old patio standbys, and a few new ones opened, including a deck in the...

Every Brewery in South Wake County, Ranked by a Local

Photo by Declan Sun on Unsplash South Wake has quietly become the best brewery stretch in the Triangle outside downtown Raleigh, and it changed a lot in the last year. Aviator opened a whole campus. Fainting Goat closed on New Year's Eve 2025. Vicious Fishes lost its...