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Thirty Years of Med Deli How Jamil Kadoura went from running a falafel stand to owning a beloved deli, bakery and catering company

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Sugar Rush Four restaurants and bakeries took home the cake for best desserts and pastries

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Lights, Camera, Action Born out of pandemic necessity, The Drive-in at Carraway Village keeps the films rolling

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Exhibition Game Hubert Davis makes history as the first Black head coach of UNC’s men’s basketball team; the Carolina Basketball Museum will soon unveil a section that follows his journey

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love about living in this bustling neighborhood A Nice Ring to It Olmaz Jewelers owners reflect on opening their dream store

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Fitness Goals Chapel Hill Training offers personal guidance for clients’ physical and mental goals

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Love of the Game A snapshot from the courts of Chapel Hill Tennis Club

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Best of Chapel Hill 2021 Winners

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A Lifetime of Adventure In her 99 years, Lois Ann Hobbs owned two millhouses, biked across the world and raised six kids

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I Won’t Get My Knickers in a Twist at ‘OK, Boomer’ Author Steven Petrow considers the insult from millennials in an excerpt from his new book

Contemporary Craftsman A thoughtful renovation means a new chapter in a 100-year-old story

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Going for the Gold Meet four older adults who competed in the Orange County Senior Games

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The 2021 Directory of Continuing Care, Assisted Living, Independent Living, 55+ Living and Cohousing Retirement Communities

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The Beat Goes On Chapel Hill-based party band Liquid Pleasure performs globally and gives back locally

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Letter from the Editor

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About Town Events not to miss

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What We’re Eating News from our restaurant community, plus a dish we love

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Dining Guide

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Engagement Brett Baker & Kandace Taylor

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Weddings Jordan Blackwood & Corey Frye Jackie Carter & Katie Pope Alex Bockman & Greyson Ray

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Ronald McDonald House of Chapel Hill’s Beats & Eats Music Festival

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The Chamber for a Greater Chapel Hill-Carrboro’s Virtual Women’s Luncheon

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Orange County’s Class of 2021

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Hope Renovations’ Mothers, Makers and Mentors

The Chamber’s Regional Economic Development Forum

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his is the first letter I’ve written at 40,000 feet in the air, from my aisle seat on a Southwest flight. I felt a familiar thrill as we ascended into the clouds on my way to Colorado in June. Denver isn’t my inaugural post-pandemic trip, though – I got choked up at Progressive Field while watching fans’ feeble attempt to start “the wave” at a Cleveland Indians baseball game in May. There was just something about having a live, shared experience again.

Someone who shares my love of adventure is 99-year-old Lois Ann Hobbs. She regaled me with stories about her international bike rides in her 70s and trips with her grandkids during our in-person interview (another “first” in what feels like forever) at her Carol Woods apartment. Lois Ann lives by the motto, “Audace sempre audace,” which means, “Be daring, always be daring.” I left inspired by her vim, with a loaf of her homemade bread and a promise I’d take advantage of any trips with my own grandmother. (Lois Ann, we’re all booked for September!) Get to know this amazing nonagenarian for yourself on page 68.

Of course, the thing about being away from home for a week is that you miss home. This, our 10th annual Best of Chapel Hill issue, celebrates our readers’ favorites around our towns. I’d like to think that the uptick in voting this year reflects your excitement to be out and about, frequenting these picks in person. You can find the list of all the winners starting on page 52, and our coverage of local faves like Mediterranean Deli, Bakery and Catering (which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year!), the Carolina Basketball Museum and Chapel Hill Tennis Club.

By the time you read this, I’ll have hiked in Rocky Mountain National Park and given my maid of honor speech at my best friend’s wedding. After nearly a year-and-a-half in quarantine and with a newfound urge to get out and explore, I encourage all of you to, as my new friend Lois Ann would say, “Audace sempre audace!” CHM T HE COVER P h o to by J o h n Mic ha el Sim pson

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Last Fridays PHOTO BY JOSHUA COLLINS, THE DIGITAL BUTLER

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monthly series to listen to live music, view performances and explore shopping and dining options.

Durham poet Ayanna Albertson performs at The Colonial Inn during Last Fridays this spring.

Fridays on the Front Porch Fridays through Oct. 1, 5-8 p.m. destinationhotels.com/carolina-inn Kick off your weekend at The Carolina Inn with an evening of drinks, food and live music.

Performers such as Lee Gildersleeve & The Bad Dogs and Barefoot Manner Bluegrass as well as food trucks including Jessica’s Food Truck, How ‘Bout Burger and Cilantro will be featured.

Compose Carolina July 9, 16, 23 and 30, noon carolinaperformingarts.org Carolina Performing Arts and the UNC Department of Music present the second

based around the theme “In The Now.” Alumni Trinity Vélez-Justo, Alex Van Gils and Stewart Engart will debut solo compositions while a group of current UNC students in the composition program will reinterpret a Greek tale.

Sundays at Sundown July 11, 18 and 25, 8 p.m. southernvillage.com Southern Village hosts a series of live outdoor

concerts on the Village Green this summer.

The Pagan Hellcats will perform on July 11, Idlewild South on July 18 and David Burney and Rebecca Newton on July 25.

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5K for Unity July 17, 11 a.m. togetherwestandnc.com Vecino Brewing Co. is one of five breweries

hosting this social run/walk in partnership with Together We Stand NC. There are both inperson and virtual options, with a portion of the registration fees benefiting Girls on the Run of the Triangle.

Paperhand Puppet summer show Weekends, Aug. 27-Oct. 3 paperhand.org Paperhand Puppet Intervention presents its 21st annual show titled “Unfolding Seeds – Invocations of Transformation” featuring giant puppets and sharing stories of love for the community at the Forest Theatre. CHM

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Beats & Eats Music Festival The inaugural Ronald McDonald House of Chapel Hill Beats & Eats Music Festival featured entertainment and meals at three separate venues June 4-6. The weekend kicked off in the Chapel Hill countryside at Union Grove Farm, where socially distanced guests seated on the lawn listened to music from Love & Valor while Annie Bell’s Catering served southern comfort food. On Saturday, Souljam performed at the Village Green at Southern Village with attendees enjoying DIY taco packs from Paco’s Tacos & Catering. Peter Lamb and the Wolves played smooth jazz at the Carrboro Town Commons with brunch from Annie Bell’s Catering to wrap up the festival on Sunday. Proceeds from the event benefited the Ronald McDonald House. Photography by CC Kallam CHM 2

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6 Julia Rowe and Executive Chef Jessie Scott of Annie Bell’s Catering.

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Each of the speakers shared hallmarks of their county, points of progress and key drivers for success as well as reflections on the interconnectedness of the Research Triangle region and areas of opportunity going forward. Some of the key takeaways included: • Health care is the top industry employer in the core of the region, with nearly 120,000 employees. Right now there are 65,000 job openings across all industries, and the three employers recruiting the most workers in health care are: WakeMed (1,200-plus), UNC Health (1,000) and Duke Health (900).

• Research Triangle Park had $3.5 billion in new investments and 2,000 jobs created in 2020. The Research Triangle Foundation is modernizing RTP with Frontier, Boxyard and Hub RTP. • Software/IT and biomedical/life science clusters – think Google, Apple and FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies – are driving the region’s economic development growth. CHM

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Virtual Women’s Luncheon The Chamber For a Greater Chapel Hill-Carrboro hosted its annual Women’s Luncheon virtually on May 21. This year’s luncheon was titled “The Comeback: Innovative Thinking to Get Customers Back in the Door” and featured three keynote speakers: Zoë Dehmer, chief culture officer and cofounder at Damn Good Food, Inc.; Donata White, founder and CEO of Coffee Date Media, and Chapel Hill Magazine’s own Ellen Shannon, vice president of planning & development at Shannon Media, Inc. Each speaker discussed “comeback” strategies to help local businesses transition successfully into a post-pandemic world. The event was sponsored

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BY ANDREW DOBELSTEIN Professor Emeritus Social Welfare, UNC-Chapel Hill

As his career developed, his relationships with well-known North Carolinians guided his growth as a respected faculty member, and his work with poverty issues brought recognition for his leadership. Dobelstein recounts his experiences with Ellen Winston, William C. Friday, Betty Baker, Eleanor Kinnaird, L.M. (Bud) Baker, John B. Turner and other Deans and faculty in the School of Social Work, woven throughout adventures of flying a small airplane in and out of the Chapel Hill airport, an adventure with mountain moonshiners, escapades of hiking North Carolina mountains, and struggling to help North Carolina implement its 1996 welfare reform.

This Book Contributes to the Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the UNC-CH School of Social Work.

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Mothers, Makers and Mentors Hope Renovations welcomed 15 pairs of women and elementaryaged kids for a Mother’s Day celebration on May 8. Fitch Lumber & Hardware provided supplies for the event held in its parking lot in Carrboro, where the duos built and painted birdhouses with guidance from Hope Renovations staff. Sherwin-Williams Paint Store provided paint, and prizes donated by Thirteen West were awarded through a raffle during this fundraiser to benefit the nonprofit. The event raised $1,200 to further Hope Renovations’ work to provide free trade-based courses for women, teaching skills such as basic construction, carpentry and plumbing while also focusing on aging-in-place renovations for older adults.

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BOOKIN’ IT In May, UNC Press published Lee Pace’s “Good Walks: Rediscovering the Soul of Golf at Eighteen of the Carolinas’ Best Courses.”

In his book, Lee explores the region’s wide variety of courses on foot.

He promotes the idea that walking the courses offers a deeper appreciation of the beauty, architecture and slow nature of playing on them and describes the unique experiences of each individual golf course.

Blue Crow Publishing released

the sixth and final book of the Hollywood Lights series – titled “Take Your Charming Somewhere Else” – by IPPY Award-winning author Katie Rose Guest Pryal in May. The story follows an accomplished attorney with a dark secret, which prevents him from getting close to people until he starts working on a tragic homicide case.

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before their confirmation from St. Thomas More Catholic Church.

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On April 16, Habitat for Humanity of Orange County raised the first wall of its affordable housing project on Cobb Street in Carrboro with the help of Carrboro Town Council members Damon Seils, Susan Romaine, Barbara Foushee and Randee HavenO’Donnell. Creating four new units (two duplexes), this affordable housing project was made possible by the Carrboro Town Council’s grant of $100,000 from The Affordable Housing Special Revenue Fund.

Andrew Dobelstein, a professor emeritus at the UNC School of Social Work, released his

new book, “Growing Up in North Carolina: Reflections on a Professor’s Education,” in April.

In his 50 years at UNC, Andrew helped North Carolina implement its 1996 welfare reform, went on adventures in the mountains and came to know influential leaders. The School of Social Work’s 100th anniversary this fall will be commemorated with an interview with Andrew.

GIVING BACK High school sophomores Giovanni Cacciato and Gianna Cacciato held a food drive in April and accumulated nearly 10 boxes of shelf-stable food in addition to paper towels and toilet paper for Meals on Wheels Orange County, NC. The siblings completed this service project 20

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teaching honor after being named the 2020-21

Wegmans annually awards some of its

employees tuition assistance, and among 2,502 national recipients of the scholarship, four employees at the Chapel Hill store were granted assistance for the upcoming academic year: Justin Kaiku, Ashley Palminteri, Ashley Rager and Ariel Zimmerman.

WHAT AN HONOR Mary Scroggs Elementary School fourth grade teacher Eugenia Floyd was named the

2021 Burroughs Wellcome Fund NC Teacher of the Year in April. She won the state’s top

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the Year and one of nine North Carolina Regional Teachers of the Year. A graduate of East Chapel Hill High School, Eugenia cites her experiences as an African American student in the local school system as the guide to her own teaching approach.

State Superintendent Catherine Truitt says, “It’s clear that Eugenia starts each day of instruction with an unwavering focus on her students and making sure that nothing gets in the way of their learning.”

In addition to the prizes and special opportunities that came along with the award, Eugenia received a separate check of $10,000 by donors Tommy McNeill and Gail McNeill.

The Morehead-Cain Foundation awarded two Orange County students its prestigious merit scholarship.

Julian Taylor of Carrboro High School and Lauren Grace Young – who goes

by Gracie – of Cedar Ridge High School

will have all expenses paid for four years of undergraduate study and summer experiences as Morehead-Cain scholars.

Julian co-founded CHS’s Brown & Black Student Coalition and is the producer of the Anonymous Student Voice Podcast, which has been featured in UNC School of Education curricula. Gracie served as co-president of Key Club and Science Olympiad at Cedar Ridge, in addition to

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Bo Chi of East Chapel Hill High School and Yichen Sun of Chapel Hill High School won second place in the 2021

Ready, Set, App! contest sponsored by the North Carolina Business Committee for Education and Lenovo. The teams were tasked with creating a mobile app that functions properly, has originality and solves a problem affecting the students’ schools or communities.

In the 2021 edition of Best High Schools by U.S. News & World Report, East Chapel Hill High School, Chapel Hill High School and Carrboro High School were ranked fourth,

Chapel Hill High School senior Dennis Perumov won the NCHSAA 3A Singles

Regional Championship in men’s tennis.

CHHS singles player Eddy Ferreira also advanced to the state championship, in addition to doubles team Alex Whang and Wayne Vanderford. The championships were held on May 14 and 15 at the Burlington Tennis Center.

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP branch selected Dr. Deborah Stroman to be its 2021 Woman of the Year in May. The award is given annually to an exceptional leader and woman of service who has contributed significantly to the community. In addition to working as a professor at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health,

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leaders in decision-making, respond to citizen inquiries quickly, report on resident satisfaction to obtain federal assistance in lacking areas and more.

Leapfrog Group’s spring 2021 hospital safety report card gave multiple hospitals affiliated with UNC Health top “A” grades. Leapfrog grades all national general hospitals every six months on a scale of A-F. The UNC Health facilities that earned top “A” grades include UNC Medical Center in Chapel Hill and UNC REX Healthcare in Raleigh.

The Chamber for a Greater Chapel HillCarrboro announced the nominations for the 2021 Business Excellence Awards. Zoë Dehmer of Damn Good Food won Business Woman of the Year, and Cat French of Catherine French Design won Young Professional of the Year.

The winners of the business categories were announced on July 8 at the Business Excellence Awards ceremony. Nominees include: • New Business of the Year: Brandwein’s Bagels; Epilogue Books Chocolate Brews; The Downsizers • Micro Enterprise Business of the Year: Adkin & Rodriguez CPAs PLLC; Brie Kind Charcuterie; Nanny Posse • Mid-Size Business of the Year: Enitech IT Support & Consulting; Takeout Central;

The UNC School of Medicine was ranked third nationally as the best medical school for primary care in the U.S. News & World Report 2022 Best Graduate Schools rankings.

Chapel Hill startup Acta Solutions, run

by Pavani Peri, Tai Huynh and Andrew McKinnon, was one of 19 companies selected from 186 applications throughout the state as a grant recipient from NC IDEA. The startup received a $10,000 grant to help uphold and expand its operations and ideas. Acta Solutions’ mission is to power responsive local government, meaning its partners support local 22

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Top of the Hill Restaurant, Brewery, and Distillery • Large Business of the Year: Fidelity Bank; Green Beagle Lodge; Piedmont Health • Community Impact Award: Atma Hotel Group + IFC; Fidelity Bank; Indy Care Hillsborough • Nonprofit of the Year: Chapel HillCarrboro Public School Foundation; EmPOWERment; Hope Renovations • Innovation Award: Carrboro United, Green Beagle Lodge, Mako Medical • University Born Business of the Year: Acta Solutions, B3 Coffee, The Meantime Coffee Co.

Duke University junior Gina Kim, a 2018 graduate of Chapel Hill High School, received 2021 Women’s Golf Coaches Association Send us your First Team Allnoteworthy American accolades moments! in May. She earned From births second team honors to awards her freshman year to new biz and more – and an honorable noted@ mention as a chapelhill sophomore. magazine.com

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Multiple student-athletes in the football and softball programs at Chapel Hill High School were named as Big Eight 3A all-conference players for the 2020-2021 season. In football, Ta’Vonne Page received Defensive Player of the Year, Kyhlil Jones was named Offensive Player of the Year, Nolan Westrom was Kicker of the Year, and Head Coach Isaac Marsh was named Coach of the Year. Softball player Amaya Hawkins qualified for all-conference, and Wendy Eldred and Annie Smith received honorable mentions.

The Orange County Board of Commissioners approved a proclamation in April recognizing Judicial District 15-B District Court Judge Beverly A. Scarlett in honor of her retirement on April 1. Beverly became the first woman of color in Orange County to hold this position when she was appointed in 2007. The proclamation congratulates her on her retirement and acknowledges and expresses gratitude for her service to the community.

Brian Link of East Chapel Hill High Shool was

named the 2021-2022 Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) Teacher of the Year at the virtual annual recognition reception on May 26. Brian is a social studies teacher and also the district’s Social Justice Academy director with nine years of teaching experience.

• Two Honor Teachers – Angela McChesney of Carrboro High and Elizabeth Symons of Northside Elementary – were also named during the same reception. Other Teacher of the Year recipients were: • Verónica De Bartolo, Carrboro Elementary School • Stephanie White, Ephesus Elementary School • Acea Ward, Estes Hills Elementary School • Jenna Nielsen, FPG Bilingüe Elementary School • Shane Chinni, Glenwood Elementary School • Morgan Hunt, McDougle Elementary School • Whitney Maxwell, Morris Grove Elementary School • Carmen Hackney, Rashkis Elementary School • Tricia Billy, Scroggs Elementary School • Stephanie Reid, Seawell Elementary School • Sherry Smith, Culbreth Middle School • Karen Herring, McDougle Middle School • Audrey Dawson, Phillips Middle School • Melissa Barry, Smith Middle School • Erica Kinney, Chapel Hill High School • Tania Agosto, UNC Hospital School

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Jan Mann, who

served as head coach of the UNC Women’s Golf team for the past 12 years, retired after the season ended in May. After leading UNC

to an Atlantic Coast Conference title in 2011, Jan won ACC Coach of the Year. She has also led the Tar Heels to 10 NCAA championship tournaments, making the finals four of those years.

worked as the assistant superintendent of equity affairs for Wake County Public Schools, and he worked in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools system from 2006 to 2014.

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start in October. She currently works for the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority in Hong Kong as the artistic director for performing arts and has worked with renowned international artists in this role.

Alison plans to continue the Creative Futures initiative at CPA, which recruits artists to collaborate with UNC faculty and students in community-based research.

construction site manager in March. Prior to her new role, Mil worked in home repair and preservation for nearly eight years at various local Habitat for Humanity affiliates. Mil now helps teach in Hope Renovations’ training program.

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools announced in May that the Board of Education hired Dr. Rodney Trice to be its chief equity and engagement officer. Rodney formerly

Folk duo Mandolin Orange renamed themselves Watchhouse in April. Band members Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz wrote on Instagram: “Watchhouse comes from a memory – a place where I spent memorable,

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Christine Weise joined Bold Construction in

2021. Lydia has held this position since 2013 and has brought Carrboro a progressive reputation by being the first town in North Carolina to fight back against the HB2 law that discriminated against transgender people. Lydia is also known for condemning anti-immigrant policies, addressing climate change and prioritizing initiatives for racial equity. She plans to end

her tenure by focusing on local businesses and nonprofits during the transition out of the pandemic.

Carrboro Town Manager David Andrews will retire on July 31 after more than 30 years working in local government.

David began serving Carrboro in March 2012, and he has worked

March as director of sales and client relations.

She has 12 years of experience selling custom homes in northern Virginia and is excited to utilize her extensive building and real estate knowledge to walk clients through their custom home building experience.

Orange County Animal Services has hired Sandra J. Strong,

the previous chief veterinarian and senior manager of the Wake County Animal Center, to serve as its director beginning in June. Sandra is board-certified in animal welfare, earned a bachelor’s degree in zoology and a doctorate in veterinary medicine from N.C. State, in addition to a certification in public health leadership from UNC. Sandra took over for Bob Marotto, who retired in March after 16 years at OCAS. Julie Laws, a utilities analyst for the Town of Hillsborough, retired on

May 28 after serving the town for 10 years. Joining the team in March 2011, Julie provided administrative assistance to the Utilities Department and worked as the staff support to the Water and Sewer Advisory Committee. Julie hopes to spend more time with her grandchildren and work on projects with her church during her retirement.

Carrboro Mayor Lydia Lavelle announced she is stepping down at the end of her term in

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on improving economic development, affordable housing, public transportation and more during his tenure. In a press release, David says he’ll miss supporting and leading his community, but he looks forward to making new memories and spending time with his family.

SECU Family House hired Logan Jackson to

serve as its marketing associate in May, taking over for Ariyah April. Before assuming this role, Logan interned at SECU Family House in spring 2020.

Speakers at the celebration included UNC School of Social Work Dean Gary Bowen; The Compass Center’s Natalia Rivadeneyra and Board Chair Gillian Hare; UNC Health Foundation Vice President of Development Martin Baucom; The Compass Center’s Jeannie Denuo; and executive director of housing and community for the Town of Chapel Hill Loryn Clark (pictured above).

IN OTHER NEWS The Compass Center for Women and Families hosted an outdoor celebration on June 4 to mark the completion of its Safe Homes, New Lives campaign that raised funds to provide emergency housing for survivors of domestic abuse in Orange County. The fundraiser received over $975,000 in donations, which helped provide three apartments, with a fourth scheduled to be available later this year.

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SECU Family House hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony in April and opened the doors for its new Pine Wing, which includes 36 rooms available for guests. The project is the culmination of more than five years of planning, $10.3 million raised and more than two years of construction. On May 3, SECU welcomed its first guests into the new wing, which can house 75 patients and their loved ones.

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hosted its final meal pickup on June 26.

The organization, led by Acme Food & Beverage Co. and Fleet Feet CEO Tom Raynor, was launched on March 21, 2020, with goals to stimulate the area’s economy and support restaurants and food service workers during the pandemic. The food hub facilitated convenient and COVID-19-friendly online ordering and pickups of meals, locally grown produce and other products three times a week.

The Orange County Historical Museum continues its friendship drive through the end of July. The museum encourages anyone with passion for history, museums or Orange County to get involved.

Participants can choose their own gifts from the shop or be invited to quarterly ‘Peek and Chats,’ depending on donor levels. Throughout the drive, the museum will be hosting events such as porch concerts and lectures.

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YogaSix celebrated the grand opening of its location in Meadowmont Village from April 23 to 25. Averi Parris (center, with

her family) owns the studio that welcomes students of all levels and uses modern language instead of Sanskrit to narrate classes.

CarolinasDentist opened a new location at 110 Perkins Dr. in Chapel Hill in May. It will be led by UNC alumnus Dr. Josh Zuckerman, a current partner in the practice.

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➾ NEWS BITES END OF AN ERA Crook’s Corner closed on June 9. “With an incredibly heavy heart, we must share the news that we are closing effective today,” the restaurant posted on its website. “For nearly 40 years, Crook’s Corner has served and been welcomed by the people of Chapel Hill and the UNC community, we sincerely thank you for your decades of support.”

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NOW OPEN Dame’s Chicken & Waffles opened its fourth location in May at 147 E. Franklin St. in the space formerly occupied by [B]SKI’S. The restaurant, which was slated to open in late 2019, operates under a counter service model tailored more to the needs of students and folks on the go.

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he peak of the pandemic made Hawkers brand chef Allen Lo nostalgic for his childhood favorites – specifically the dishes he made when his parents were at work.

Growing up as a restaurant kid, Allen could always find delicious gems in the pantry.

He remembers his makeshift morning meals: lap cheong (Chinese sausage), an egg and rice. “Boom, I had my breakfast,” he says. “That’s what I ate a lot. And it was one of my favorites. I loved it and thought, ‘Hey, let’s put it on the menu.’”

Boom, Hawkers’ brunch was born. Now you, too, can order the first dish Allen learned how to cook – “The Traditional” – every Saturday and Sunday.

Allen combined his experiences as a Chinese Malaysian and a U.S. transplant to curate the perfect Asian American brunch menu over some six months during the pandemic. Of course, that meant he had to include dim sum – Chinese small plates (typically dumplings) that are intended to be shared and passed around the table. Since debuting the menu in May, Allen says “the soup dumplings have been the clear winner. That took a long, long time to nail.” The 17-ingredient broth alone starts with 100 gallons of liquid and is reduced to about 40 gallons after it simmers for eight hours.

Hawkers Chapel Hill was the Orlando-based restaurant’s first location in the country to offer brunch – mostly in part because the University Place location opened just a week before pandemic shutdowns.

“Chapel Hill didn’t get the proper opening,” Allen says. “We’ve been fortunate enough to where we didn’t have to close our doors. We didn’t have to lay anybody off. So, we really just wanted to get back and say thanks to the Chapel Hill community.”

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Steel String Brewery opened a new production facility, Pluck Farm, at 6901 N.C. Hwy. 54 W. in Mebane, in May. It includes a beer garden, a shaded orchard and rotating food trucks.

KNEAD TO KNOW The Pizza Press on West Franklin Street left the The Pizza Press franchise in April and reopened on April 30 as Sôst, which is the phonetic spelling of the word “sauced.” The restaurant revamped its build-your-own-pizza menu to add more options like macaroni and cheese and sandwiches.

WELCOME BACK Perennial reopened at its original location on West Franklin Street in May under the leadership of Carrboro Coffee Roasters. “The town really felt the blow when Perennial had to shut its doors last year,” says Carrboro Coffee President Scott Conary. “We were excited for the opportunity to open the doors back up to this beautiful space and share our farmer direct relationship coffees with the community.” CHM

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the Sheraton Imperial in Raleigh, and they married there in 1989. Together they have two daughters, Ambara Kadoura and Jenin Kadoura, and a son, Zidane Kadoura. “[My wife] made everything possible,” Jamil says. “She was somebody who said, ‘I believe in what you’re going to do. I think it’s going to work.’”

Angela, Jamil’s mother, Ayshi Kadoura, and his sister, How Jamil Kadoura went from running Nabila Hasan, helped him open Mediterranean Deli’s a falafel stand to owning a beloved deli, brick-and-mortar in 1991, three doors down from its bakery and catering company current West Franklin Street location. The menu

By M ar ie M uir featured only a handful of Middle Eastern dishes – orn and raised in war-torn Jerusalem, Jamil Kadoura hummus, stuffed grape leaves, tabouli, baba ghanoush worked at a falafel stand outside of his school and falafel. Guests would sit in one of the deli’s 12 chairs during recess. He was paid with either a falafel or a while Jamil fried falafel outside behind the restaurant. hummus sandwich.

Mediterranean Deli found a hungry That gave Jamil an idea, and and compassionate community in he suggested a new menu item – a Chapel Hill. After two years of business, the restaurant sandwich that combined both, moved to its current storefront. It initially occupied the priced 5 cents higher. The cart owner front quarter of the building, but as other tenants left, Jamil rejected the notion. But that night, expanded – six times, in fact, before he purchased the entire pany Jamil made a sign advertising it and building in 2012 – the same year he perfected his gluten-free m o C od ing Cater rranean Fod set it on the falafel cart before heading to pita bread recipe. e o Medit etarian Fo class. “Boy, everybody that came to the falafel cart that day “If anybody ever asks me what the most important Veg ordered a falafel and hummus sandwich!” he recalls. moment of my career was, it would be creating gluten-free Jamil moved to the U.S. and attended business school pita,” Jamil says. The recipe contains four gluten-free flours in Minneapolis in 1979. One of his first jobs was dishwashing at an alland took Jamil more than a year to finalize. He spent many late nights alone you-can-eat Swedish “smorgasbord” restaurant. At 21, Jamil got a job at in the kitchen, tweaking the ratios of each flour. Passersby on their way a Sheraton hotel in Raleigh. He worked for many hotels over the years, home from bars served as taste testers. eventually becoming food and beverage director at the Europa Hotel (now All recipes – whether they take one month or one year to develop – have the Sheraton Chapel Hill Hotel). Jamil met his wife, Angela Kadoura, at to pass the same final exam: the deli case test. Customers get the last word

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Rules for opening a food and beverage business: • Invest everything you make back into the business.

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• Don’t start with a huge menu.

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Favorite drink: Freshly pressed carrot juice with ginger Favorite dishes: Bandora – sauteed tomatoes with jalapeños and garlic Ful Medames – Egyptian national dish featuring fava beans, jalapeños and scallions Shakshuka

on whether a dish is successful or not. Jamil found himself back in the kitchen during the pandemic, experimenting with new recipes as more and more catering events were canceled. “The COVID dishes,” as Jamil calls them, included beef tagine, chicken tagine, cauliflower rice, quinoa, spanakopita and shakshuka, a Tunisian dish. “I said to myself, ‘OK, either you sit here and feel sorry for yourself every day, or you go into the kitchen.’

There is nothing more relaxing in the whole world than going into the kitchen or into the dining room – running food and talking to people.”

Jamil’s most recent entrepreneurial endeavor is the purchase of West End Wine Bar, a block away. The newly renovated, three-story event venue will be named The Story in honor of the Chapel Hill Nine – nine Black teenagers from Lincoln High School who sat at a booth in Colonial Drug Store (a former occupant of the building) for equal rights on Feb. 28, 1960.

At press time, the venue was slated to open in June, and reservations are

available. Jamil described its interior design as rustic, elegant and simple – a perfect blank canvas. The venue will undergo rooftop renovations in January 2022, creating a space for guests to overlook the buzz of Franklin Street below.

Today, Mediterranean Deli, Bakery and Catering is Jamil’s community center. It’s a place where friends, family, locals and visitors alike can gather peacefully. He recalls rushing home to his wife and young kids after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Jamil feared that people might want to hurt his family because of their ethnicity. Instead, it was Mediterranean Deli’s busiest month up to that date. “This is a beautiful community that believes in itself and believes in others and outsiders,” Jamil says.

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Four restaurants and bakeries took home the cake for best desserts and pastries Com pi l ed by Hannah Lee

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Lights, Camera, Action Mark Your Calendar The fourth annual Film Fest 919 is slated to take place Oct. 19-24.

Born out of pandemic necessity, The Drive-in at Carraway Village keeps the films rolling

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andemic or no pandemic, the show must go on, which is exactly why Film Fest 919 organizers Randi Emerman and Carol Marshall formed a Plan B to hold the festival last year. With movie theaters closed, the pair turned to a blast from the past: the drive-in. The idea came to Randi when she passed by an empty lot off Eubanks Road. “I drove [by], and it caught my eye,” she says. “I said, ‘This is the perfect, perfect spot.’ I contacted Kyle Whitaker and Adam Golden at Northwood Ravin, the developers of Carraway Village. They jumped in right away to partner with the film festival to create the drive-in.”

The Drive-in at Carraway Village allowed the festival to run last October for its third year. Moviegoers stayed in er their cars, which provided plenty of room for social distancing, and Theat Movie enjoy the lineup of award-winning films. “We could fit [around] 100 cars,” Randi says. Since the drive-in opened on Oct. 13, 2020, the community has had the opportunity to see 46 films in 37 weeks on its big screen, including movies, ballet, concerts, musicals and curated programs. The throwback experience was such a hit that Randi and Film Fest 919 Carol wanted to keep it going. “It started as being a dream for only 2020 Program the film festival, [but] we just decided to bring this to the community,” Awards Tally: Randi says. “It’s something we plan to keep opening and operating for years and years to come.”

Guests can order typical concessions like Sour Patch Kids, Twizzlers films screened and popcorn or cheese-and-cracker boxes for something a little bit different. Proceeds from concessions during the monthly Wednesday evening Girls’ Night Out will go to nonprofit A Lotta Love, which award nominations, helps women and children transitioning through homelessness back which resulted in into society. On Fido’s Night Out – this month held July 16 and 17 – moviegoers can bring their furry friend along with a donation of pet wins food to Paws on Durham, a partner of Meals on Wheels of Durham.

When it comes to programming for a town full of enthusiastic Tar Heels this summer, Randi says there is no question whether “Space Oscar nominations Jam: A New Legacy” will be playing. “I mean, how can we pass up anything about basketball in this area?”

“There [was also] major excitement around ‘In the Heights,’” Randi Oscar wins, including says. “[It] is really good.” Actor Jimmy Smits, who plays Kevin Rosario Film Fest 919 in the movie, even recorded a promo video encouraging people to Audience Favorite see the film at the drive-in. “It’s the perfect movie for how our times “Nomadland” for Best Picture, are changing right now,” Randi says. “We’re back to a little bit of Director and normalcy. … It’s just happy and fun and delightful. And it really Actress encompasses the struggle we’ve been through, and the hope that we now have.” 

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Hubert Davis makes history as the first Black head coach of UNC’s men’s basketball team.

You can learn more about his journey at the Carolina Basketball Museum, which reopened to the public on June 1 and will soon unveil a section dedicated to the new Tar Heels’ coach.

We spoke to him in May about recruiting, his life experiences around town and his son’s high school graduation.

hat were some of your favorite spots in town as a student in the early 1990s and now? Chapel Hill’s changed so much. I loved the Ye Olde Waffle Shop, but that’s not even open anymore. Spanky’s – it’s not open anymore. But I love Carolina Coffee Shop on Franklin Street, and Top of the Hill is still here. Those are [some] favorite places to go.

But anywhere on Franklin Street – it’s just a cool place.

Tell us about meeting your wife, Leslie. I met her in high school at Lake Braddock [Secondary School]. She’s an Army child, and her dad was stationed at the Pentagon. So at the time, they were living in the northern Virginia area. She was 15; I was 16. We just instantly became great friends and were great friends all throughout high school. She’s one year behind me, and she wanted to go to Davidson. For whatever reason, she ended up [attending] North Carolina. I didn’t even know she was even considering it. She just showed up on campus, and I was like, “What are you doing here?” She said, “I got into North Carolina.” I said, “What in the world? You didn’t tell me?” So then we were best friends in college.

We just did everything together. After she graduated, we just looked at each other and said let’s date and get married. We’ve known each other a long time and been married almost 22 years. But it feels like even more because I’ve had my best friend with me since I was 16 years old.

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What was it like returning to Chapel Hill and then raising a family here after the NBA? I needed this place coming from high school. My mom passed away of cancer two days before my junior year of high school. I was a mama’s boy, and she was the love of my life.

To go through that was beyond devastating. How I dealt with that [was] I needed to get out, I needed to go someplace. I needed a place that was going to open its arms up to me and encourage and support me. That’s what I found here, not just from the coaches, not just from the secretaries or from the guys on the team, but this university and this community. They just wrapped their arms around me and took care of me the four years that I was here. So when my wife and I were trying to decide where to raise our three children, we decided here. It was a place where not only I knew that they would be cared for, but [where] they would grow up in an environment where people genuinely cared for them and genuinely were on their side. I wanted my kids around that.

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Before our interview, I found the July/ August 2012 issue of Chapel Hill Magazine that had an article about you making the transition from ESPN to your role as an assistant coach at UNC. There’s a great photo of you, your wife and your three kids playing basketball in your driveway. The oldest one now is a senior.

He graduated in June.

Congratulations! What was it like watching your son’s basketball career at Jordan High School? I never wanted any of my kids to play basketball. I just know how people are. My daughter plays lacrosse, and my youngest son loves soccer. But Elijah wanted to play basketball. He’s always loved it. And I always felt horrible for him.

Because everywhere he goes, he’s always compared, critiqued, judged.

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evaluation in terms of comparing it to me. The only one I think who could have done it is Elijah. He’s the one who played basketball, and I love watching him play. And I’m so proud of him. He’s going to play basketball at the University of Lynchburg. Just like me, he’s going to a place around good people who have their arms open, ready to care for him and encourage him and to support him.

He’s going off to college the first week of August. It’s been hard. And I can only imagine as it gets closer and closer, how difficult this is going to be for me.

I can’t imagine his personality not being in our house. I have cried tears of joy because I’m so proud of him, but I’m also sad. I don’t want him to go, but he’s ready to go.

ABOVE Hubert Davis, center, with his sons, Micah and Elijah, his wife, Leslie, and his daughter, Bobbie Grace.

That’s so exciting for your family. Congratulations to him!

It’s pretty cool. He’s only two hours, 15 minutes away, so I could go see him. I’ll be up there a lot.

What are you most looking forward to about your first game as head coach? Have you imagined that moment yet, or are you just going to let it happen? I haven’t imagined that.

The thing that I love is being around the guys, I’m a relationship guy. I love being around them – not just on the court and off the court. I love practice and individual workouts. I love helping them and supporting them in trying to reach all their personal dreams and goals and get them to understand how fun and how important it is to do it together. I love the idea of different personalities, different backgrounds, different gifts and talents and trying to blend that all together to be the best that we can be.

I haven’t really thought about the game. It’s a long time away. We started individual workouts, and they started playing pickup. I just have loved it.

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recruits and families. I love meeting new people. This month will be extremely busy. On June 1, we were allowed to recruit, the first time in over a year.

I haven’t taken a recruiting trip in almost a year and a half. And it’s also opened up so that recruits can visit campus, so we had seven official visits in the month of June, seven different recruits and families coming in. To give you an example of our two incoming freshmen – Dontrez Styles, who I have seen play before, but I haven’t seen him play in person in a year and a half to two years. And D’Marco Dunn, who is the incoming freshmen who’s going to be great for us. His family and him are unbelievably terrific. But I’ve never met or seen him play in person. Laughs.

We had to do everything through Zoom calls and film and tape and all kinds of stuff. So getting a chance to speak to somebody face-to-face – which I’ve always said is the best way to communicate – that I’m excited about.

What are your expectations for next year’s team? What is the biggest improvement you’d like for the returners to make?

I know you’ve mentioned shooters several times in the off-season. Our goals are the same every year: We want to win the ACC regular season and tournament, get to a Final Four, and win a national championship – that will never change.

There are areas [where] we need to get better – we need to become more talented, plain and simple, because we didn’t reach any of our goals last year.

So to think that you can just run it back with the same cast, that would be negligent on all of our parts.

We’ve got to get better, we’ve got to get more talent in, and the guys who are currently here have to get better. And so that’s what we’re doing. We’re relentlessly working on the court to make sure that we’re working on the things we need to improve on and making sure that each one of us are different players next year, compared to what we played this past season. The guys are really working hard. They’re excited about this upcoming season. And you can tell that they’re ready to go. 

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Cheryl Davis and Lane Davis Moved from Chapel Hill in 1982 Background living and working in Carrboro Our business was

McLean Building Company, and my husband, Lane, and I were partners with Scott McLean [for 35 years]. Our last office was the old Carrboro post office. Scott died in 2014; we retired as of last year.

town – I didn’t want to live in a subdivision. It was a different Carrboro then than it is now; much smaller and quieter, a little kookier. [The area’s best features then were] the attractions people still mention today: the walkability and the general vibe attracted us.

Favorite thing about living here

I don’t drive much more than 3,000 miles a year. I established my office within walking distance The best part of living here of my house … I wanted a place We loved it from the beginning where I could [live] a medievalbecause it was affordable at that style life. I planned it that way …

Cheryl Davis with her granddaughters Hannah Hastings, point, and we had a young family. and I’ve done everything I can to Zoe Atkins and Molly Hastings at the Carrboro Farmers Market, We have three children; they will maintain it. It’s a three-minute Cheryl’s favorite place to pick up groceries. all tell you we lived in Carrboro walk to work, and Weaver Street before it was cool. We live right in Market’s another five minutes downtown Carrboro – a wonderful draw because our kids could walk away. I take advantage of [the ability to walk around] a lot. I’m to school. It was very comfortable. It’s a very vibrant neighborhood. fortunate, but it’s taken a lot of planning to get there. It’s a pleasant There’s a big mix of young families and grad students, singles and young scale to live at. couples – and a lot of dogs, which we love. We walk out and we see I’m an architect; my job involves me with portions of the people we know everywhere. And it’s not so homogenous. community, and I do like that, whether it’s town staff, or I’m working on a project for Club Nova, as well as just having done work for a lot Local haunts We’ve always loved Brian Toomey, the bartender of my neighbors’ houses additions, etc. So I can walk and see a lot of at Acme. We’ve been friends with [Acme chef and owner] Kevin projects I’ve done in my hometown – and I do think of Carrboro as Callaghan, and we actually did that [build and remodel]. We used to my hometown at this point. [Also] it’s great that there’s a lot of green go to Acme every Friday night to have dinner at the bar. We probably around Carrboro, and there’s woods within walking distance. will do that again [after the pandemic]. Akai Hana, Pizzeria Mercato, Napoli, Glasshalfull –those are our continuing favorites. Scott Murray, Local haunts On Friday afternoons or for happy hour I certainly visit the manager at Mercato, is also a favorite. We dealt with [Fitch Lumber the Orange County Social Club or Bowbarr. and Hardware] forever, and Wilkinson Supply Co. was always our go-to. Southeastern Camera … has been wonderful over the years.

Southern States is wonderful for all of our gardening and pet needs.

Anne Glauber We shop in Carrboro as much as possible.

Moved to East Poplar Street from Chapel Hill four years ago

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Favorite thing about living here I love the [ability to walk or bike everywhere]. I work at UNC [Gillings] School of Public Health, and

I am a commuter on my bike – it takes me about 15 to 20 minutes to get to campus. I purposefully moved here because of the small feel of Carrboro, and the community feel is what really attracted me to it.

The streets are open in a way that encourages people to mesh from

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a nonprofit offering relief for [food-insecure] homes. … There’s a lot of food insecurity all over North Carolina, but people don’t realize it’s really an issue in the broader Chapel Hill-Carrboro area. I’m the PORCH [neighborhood] captain so I get to know people that way. I go to Wilson Park; I like to play pickleball there. I also just like to walk in the area, and I’m outdoors all the time.

neighborhood, mostly. I know the town very well. Rebecca Clark got me started in voter registration, so I knew all the little nooks and crannies in town. I [moved here] intentionally because a lot of my friends were [part of] a northern migration. I just decided to put my roots here, and what we need to do here to make this place better – I’ll be part of that.

The best of Carrboro I love my homebuilder, Layton Wheeler –

he’s the salt of the earth. I’m a Weaver Street Market junkie; that’s basically where I do my grocery shopping. I love the [Carrboro Farmers Market]. I love Tom Robinson’s Seafood – that’s where I buy my fish. I love Balloons and Tunes. I try as much as I can not to have Amazon at my door. I love Steel String Brewery – we like to sit out there and have a beer. Venable’s got a great burger, too. I go to The Clean Machine when I need bike stuff.

Local haunts I go to O2 Fitness Carrboro. And Cliff’s Meat Market

is always a favorite spot of ours. People have been going to Cliff’s for years. We used to go to Elmo’s Diner all the time – when I heard it was closing, I just said, “Booo!” You have [Gates of Beauty] auto shop … that attracts people. That’s Black-owned, and [Mama Dip’s Kitchen], that’s Black-owned. … It’s a tightknit little community.  July/August 2021

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Elie and Jack have known each other since the early 2000s, when they met during their college years at Michigan State University.

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one else’s. They looked up laughing toward the camera, standing alongside Mayor Pam Hemminger and Chamber President & CEO Aaron Nelson during their grand opening at Eastgate Crossing in November 2019. Both say nothing can or will compare to what they felt in that moment.

“That was, to me, a big deal,” Elie says.

“Jack and I had worked so hard for five years nonstop, even when we had other jobs. Even on our days off, we would go and work on building this business. And we put everything into it – everything we had and didn’t have.”

After working for more than 15 years in the jewelry business, employed by the same family but at different stores in Lansing, Michigan, Elie and Jack knew exactly what they wanted. This included planting roots in

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a similarly buzzing college town. The business partners and longtime friends didn’t want a traditional jewelry store with dark carpet and shadowy showcases. Every element, from the polished concrete floor with its copper and silver tones to the midcentury modern chandelier, is meant to hint at a different kind of shopping experience. Even the flower arrangement at the center of the room is put together by Jack himself.

Elie and Jack pride themselves on personalizing the store specifically for this area.

Of course, the shop wouldn't be complete without assistance from a few local partners. Much of the light, airy space was crafted by Chris Burgin Designs, and the clean logo and website can be credited to The Splinter Group. Jack and Elie’s accountant is just a short drive down the road.

They’ve been nothing short of grateful to the community, especially during the pandemic. “I love going to work,” Elie says. “I love working with customers. It’s a happy business.

People are here to celebrate beautiful moments, and we’re here to help them do it.”

So the owners can’t help but take a step back to appreciate that fateful day on Nov. 21, 2019, when family and friends from as far as Michigan and as near as Durham traveled here to clink cocktail glasses among the community who had gathered to celebrate them instead of the other way around. 

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s an undergraduate student studying exercise and sport science at UNC, Cody Johnson jumped at the opportunity to join the Chapel Hill Training team. He learned about personal training and the managerial side of running a fitness studio by shadowing co-owner Lauren Cruz as an intern in 2012, two years after the West Rosemary Street studio opened. He eventually started working there part time, leaving to work in Durham for a year. When Lauren decided to move to Philadelphia to pursue her master’s, she offered 23-year-old Cody a position to run the studio.

“I thought it would be a fun challenge to take on,” Cody says. A few “Keeping them in a small group also allows us to talk to them about things years later, he became a co-owner of the gym, which houses six trainers outside the studio that are going to influence how they’re training today.” and a health coach. Staff are required to hold a bachelor’s or a master’s He says personal trainers will discuss anything from orthopedic needs degree in exercise science, exercise physiology or exercise psychology in and sleep patterns to what their clients ate for breakfast. addition to a high-level certification in personal training.

“Group training oftentimes is not very specific to an individual,” Cody “That really makes sure that our staff knows the says, “and we’re really trying to make something here science behind what they’re going to be implementing that’s affordable for people to do but also gives them the so that we can use research-based principles in our attention and the focus that people need to really get where program design when we are working with our clients,” they want to be when it comes to their health and fitness.”

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He says personal training is the “bread and butter” Chapel Hill Training offers an abundance of classes of what Chapel Hill Training offers. These one-on-one – from small group training sessions and personal sessions provide accountability and personal guidance ty Facili training to on-demand classes or health coaching. based on a client’s physical and mental needs as well as s s e n Fit “Every single time that we’re going into one of their health and fitness goals. the sessions, we are focused on what these clients One longtime client, Lauren Leve, says when she need when it comes to their exercise goals for today,” started at Chapel Hill Training five years ago, she was Cody says. recovering from chronic fatigue. She says she started to feel improvement after two classes.

“It is the best inner, strategic, targeted, rewarding investment that [people] can make in themselves,” Lauren says. “And it’s because the folks there will Co-owner, studio manager and personal trainer Cody Johnson coaches Lauren Leve, who's been a CHT client for five years. take them as they are and bring them to where they want to be.” 

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adventure In her 99 years, Lois Ann Hobbs owned two millhouses, biked across the world and raised six kids

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ois Ann Hobbs has perhaps the best view of the Carol Woods gardens from her corner room at the retirement community.

It’s where she commonly eats lunch with other residents.

Someone walks by every so often, and the 99-year-old waves.

“This is really an awfully good place for me, because I can be so active,” she says. “I sweat regularly. I have access to all the [workout] machines.” Lois Ann also swims laps at the pool every week.

Another benefit of her apartment’s location is its proximity to the kitchen where she regularly bakes bread – so frequently, in fact, that King Arthur baking company got wind of her passion and mailed her bags and bags of flour. She sends visitors, including me, home with a loaf or two.

Lois Ann loves her Carol Woods community. “We have a lot of interesting groups that [focus] on the environment and on peace and justice and all these things that I’m interested in,”

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she says. “So I don’t feel like I’m isolated.

Even with the virus, we kept meeting on Zoom. So I feel like this is probably the reason that you can stay pretty active if you want to.”

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he New Jersey native first came south for summer school in 1942, back when Chapel Hill served as the location for a U.S. Navy preflight school. “I was ready for another adventure,” she says.

With so many young men in the area, her calendar was full. One particular date, then an officer, Gerald Ford, would later become president. (“He had a beautiful convertible,” Lois Ann recalls.)

But it wasn’t until her last week in town that she met her match in Grimsley Hobbs Sr. “He started telling me about spending the summer restoring Baldwin’s Mill with his father out in Chatham County,” Lois Ann says. “And I thought, ‘What an adventure.’ And he was 6 foot, 5 inches tall and good-looking, so that didn’t hurt. Then he began telling me about being a Quaker, and I was already a pacifist. I said, ‘Well, that’s what I believe.’

We had a lot in common. We got married the next year.”

After World War II and a few moves later, the couple landed back in the area with Grimsley pursuing his Ph.D. in philosophy at Duke.

“That’s how we happened to end up at Gimghoul Castle,” she says.

For four years, they served as the caretakers of the iconic castle, living in an apartment in the tower with their two kids. “We didn’t have to do anything in terms of taking care of it, except once a year, turn out all the lights so they can have an initiation [for the Order of Gimghoul].” During this time, Lois Ann worked as a social worker in Pittsboro while Grimsley finished his dissertation.

They then moved again for Grimsley’s teaching job at Earlham College in Indiana. “That’s when we bought the mill and had that adventure,” she says. “We bought it for $1,600. The pigeons were living in it, and the windows were boarded up.” She points up to a framed print that reads, “Audace sempre audace!” “It means, ‘Be daring, always be daring,’” she says. It’s a phrase that sums up her experiences and attitude over 10 decades. “It’s doing the hard thing – not necessarily risking your life – but doing something that is challenging.”

Making that mill livable and restoring it was hard work on top of raising their kids, who now numbered six. “We did all that work ourselves,” she says. With an abundance of cornmeal and whole-wheat flour, she found her lifelong hobby of bread-making. “That was the obvious thing to do with all that flour and all those hungry children,” she laughs.

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A custom painting over Lois Ann’s bed features important places and people from her life, including her husband, kids and the mills in Indiana and Chatham County where they lived.

another house out there,” Lois Ann says. “We’ve built several houses now out there. And we have our children living there, some grandchildren living out there, even great-grandchildren out there. And a cousin.” Today, the three-story grist mill just off the Haw River is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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ois Ann also lives up to her favorite saying in part by traveling whenever possible, whether it’s a long stay in Greece with Grimsley or training for a year for an Outward Bound trip spent climbing and repelling. At 53, she was the oldest out of the group of women in their 30s. Lois Ann estimates she’s been to 45 countries. “I started going on bike trips [in 1995] after my husband died in 1990,” she says. “A friend and I [rode] down the Seine in France with a group.” Accompanied by friends, she took other trips in her 70s, including biking along the Hudson River and from Munich to Vienna. “Take advantage of it when you can,” she advises.

She’s even gotten her grandchildren in on the fun, driving down the California coast with one of her granddaughters and visiting Venezuela with a grandson. “The most interesting thing is being friends with your grandchildren,” she says. “I think there’s the fact that you have that distance and time [between the generations, so] you are able to see each other in a different way than you do your parents [or your own children].” Ever the doting grandmother, Lois Ann can’t help but be grateful for her youngest travel companions. “One of my children [once] said that I am always bragging that my grandchildren are perfect,” she says laughing. “[That] I see nothing wrong with them.” CHM

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I Won’t Get My Knickers in a Twist at

‘OK, boomer’ Our generation has gotten more than our share of attention and indulgence over the decades. Rather than get prickly when a Generation Xer or millennial plays this new insult card, I’ll stop and think about it … and consider that maybe they’re right.

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t started with a brief clip on TikTok, an online service most boomers had never heard of. A split-screen video: on one side, our prototypic baby boomer – bearded, bespectacled and baseball-capped. This whitehaired guy is lecturing on the failings of millennials and Generation Zers, with the usual litany of complaints. They’re entitled, lazy and self-absorbed, and they refuse to grow up. On the other side of the split screen, a young’un makes a placard that reads, “OK, boomer,” held up repeatedly to counter each verbal volley.

Now, that little put-down has become the rallying cry of a generation (or two or three) fed up with the boomers’ condescension, greed, political corruption and destruction of the planet. Ouch. But guilty as charged.

“The older generations grew up with a certain mindset, and we have a different perspective,” 19-year-old Shannon O’Connor told The New York Times. Shannon, who designed a T-shirt and hoodie emblazoned with the tagline, “OK boomer, have a terrible day,” added that “a lot of them don’t believe in climate change, or don’t believe people can get jobs with dyed hair, and a lot of them are stubborn in that view.”

According to Shannon, when she uses “OK, boomer,” it’s like she wants to prove them wrong, that she will be successful, that the world is changing.

The snub has even made it to Dictionary.com, which calls it slang used “to call out or dismiss out-of-touch or close-minded opinions

associated with the baby boomer generation and older people more generally.” Or, more viscerally, STFU, old people.

Instead of taking the cri de coeur of our younger friends to heart, or with a sense of humor letting it drive us to action, many of us have flipped our lids.

One conservative radio host, who is in his 60s, even went so far as to tweet that boomer is “the N-word of ageism,” adding, “being hip and flip does not make bigotry OK, nor is a derisive epithet acceptable because it is new.” He subsequently deleted the tweet, likely understanding that comparisons to the “N-word” are often wrong (and always messy).

Ageism wasn’t far from the mind of a writer for Inc. magazine, a Gen Xer, who warned that casual or flippant use of “OK, boomer” could be a very serious and potentially expensive workplace issue.

She continued: “You can’t dismiss it as harmless banter,” the author insisted, because it could create a hostile work environment and expose the company to a costly lawsuit. As George Takei, now 84, would say, “Oh, myyy!”

Frankly, this comeuppance seems like a small price to pay for our years of “hastening climate change, amassing national debt, raising college tuition, driving up real estate prices and electing Donald Trump,” as a writer for The Atlantic summed it up. Step into some millennial shoes, and we boomers take on a villainous look indeed.

We boomers have a long history of being unkind to millennials.

As these younger people struggled to pay off college debt and get started in adult life, we mocked them as spoiled and entitled snowflakes and accused them of being avocado toast-eating freeloaders.

So yes, “OK, boomer” is meant to be nasty and dismissive. The younger generations are over us. But it’s not mainly driven by ageism.

In fact, anyone, regardless of age, can become a boomer, because it’s a state of mind. You just need the right – or wrong – attitude, said Jonathan Williams, a college student. “You don’t like change, you don’t understand new things, especially related to technology, you don’t understand equality,” he told The Times. “Being a boomer is just having that attitude, it can apply to whoever is bitter toward change.”

The younger generations rightfully feel that we’ve left them an awful mess to clean up. They are right. Now what are we going to do about that, other than take offense? CHM

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As a wellness coach, Alicia says that signing up will give people a boost. She knows firsthand how the games can give an extra dose of motivation; after years of volunteering during the event, she took part in power walking and cycling races this spring in the 60 to 65 age bracket. She looks forward to entering the statewide games in the future and experiencing the heightened atmosphere and energy of the event as a participant.

Alicia says the games are a facilitator for personal growth and well-being rather than strictly competition. “The senior games come in because you’re feeling so good about the fact that you committed to working out that you want to challenge yourself. It’s about your ability to make things happen,” Alicia says. “You’re competing with yourself. … [The games] are like the fireworks for what you’ve been doing for yourself.”

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art of my mission in life is to help people become more healthy, more fit throughout their life,” says Lee Schimmelfing, an exercise physiologist and teaching assistant professor in UNC’s department of exercise and sports science. Lee, who plays badminton, basketball and races in cycling against other 65- to 69-year-olds, wants to encourage older adults to get moving and give the senior games a try. Lee incorporates the competition into his year-round schedule of varied physical activity, which also includes running.

“Our problem is people aren’t hearing about [the senior games],” says Lee, who discovered the program years ago. He subsequently jumped in headfirst, and is now a co-coordinator of the 2021 games and one of five ambassadors who spread the word throughout the county. “[The ambassadors] all have this similar goal of

maintaining our fitness and health and encouraging others to do the same,” Lee says. “[Through the games] your whole physical activity level has an opportunity to ramp up in a positive way.”

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my Piersma has one true love when it comes to sports –

badminton. She flashes her mask, printed with a pattern of tiny white shuttlecocks.

Amy says that the senior games are “the only competition open to someone at my level. Not that I need to compete – but I enjoy it, that little bit of extra stress with competition.” She has advanced to the statewide games in her 70 to 74 age group three times in her four years of entering.

Amy and her husband, Paul Piersma, often visit the weight room at the Seymour Center in Chapel Hill, where this year’s singles matches took place in May. “It makes you stronger and improves balance and strength for running back and forth [or] side to side,” Amy says. “You don’t need a lot of upper body or arm strength for

“

As a participant, volunteer and ambassador, I want people to know this is what Orange County offers, and it’s fun. I’m hoping to bring that awareness.

Building [frequent physical activity] into a lifestyle, the goal setting and participation boosts wellness.”

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It’s meant so much to me and my mom,” says Angela Andrews, who shared a love of basketball with her mother – also a senior games participant when she was in her 90s.

Angela now wants to get more women involved. “I want to help people join us. It doesn’t matter how old you are.”

badminton, but you do need leg strength [to not injure] yourself.”

Thanks to her diligent training, Amy moves swiftly across the Seymour Center’s indoor court, flicking her racket to return rallys. The competition isn’t too stiff; Amy’s friend and badminton coach, C.D. Poon, laughs and cracks a joke as he lobs over a return. Since she transitioned from tennis to badminton in order to play in the games, Amy has found a handful of worthy opponents – from C.D. to her neighbors, whom she plays with some evenings at their backyard net, passing a glow-in-the-dark shuttlecock back and forth.

“Come and play with us,” Amy advises other older adults. “We’re always looking for new players. … I’ve made a lot of new friends at the senior games and the Seymour Center. It’s been a great social circle.”

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easy to spot in a deep red jersey sporting the number 13. The Carrboro resident is cheered on by friends and teammates who know her as “Sunny” on the basketball court. The nickname matches her bright demeanor and grin. She’s been shooting hoops during the Orange County Senior Games since 2010, after seeing a presentation about the program during halftime of a Duke women’s basketball game at Cameron Indoor Stadium. “I went crazy trying to find out how to [register],” Sunny says. More than a decade later, her enthusiasm for the competition hasn’t dimmed.

Sunny has participated in softball and track and field events like shot put but spends most of her time playing basketball, practicing every Tuesday through Thursday morning at the Orange County Sportsplex with other women who form the county’s team. Her goal is for participation to ramp up so they can form a full-fledged women’s league. “My dream is to get people [involved] who don’t have money, [who] are sitting at home,” she says. “It doesn’t matter what your skill level is.” The invitation to join, like her friendly smile, is offered to everyone on the court. CHM July/August 2021

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CAMBRIDGE HILLS ASSISTED LIVING 5660 Durham Rd., Roxboro Entrance Fee Community Fees: $1,000 for a private room; $750 for semi-private Monthly Fee Range Call for pricing Contract Options None Refund Options Requires 14-day notice Medicare Certified No Long-Term Care Insurance Accepted Minimum Age 55 Contact Information Tracey Maloney, tmaloney@cvsliving.com; 336-598-4697; cambridgehills.com CALYX LIVING 4214 Guess Rd., Durham Entrance Fee Application fee required Monthly Fee Range Call for pricing Contract Options Monthly rate includes care, dining, activities, laundry and housekeeping Refund Options 14-day notice required Medicare Certified Not applicable Long-Term Care Insurance Not required Minimum Age 60 Contact Information 919-471-0091; calyxseniorliving.com CAROLINA RESERVE OF DURHAM 4523 Hope Valley Rd., Durham Entrance Fee $2,000 fee Monthly Fee Range $3,500 plus care/shared room, $5,400 plus care/studio, $4,500 plus care/two-bedroom suite with private bedroom and shared bath. Assisted living and memory care is offered.

Contract Options Month-to-month, 2 weeks notice required before moving out Long-Term Care Insurance Accepted Minimum Age 55 Contact Information 919-709-2924; carolinareserveofdurham.com CHATHAM RIDGE ASSISTED LIVING & MEMORY CARE 114 Polks Village Ln., Chapel Hill Entrance Fee One month’s rent Monthly Fee Range Call for pricing Contract Options Month-to-month Refund Options Community fees within 30 days of move in Long-Term Care Insurance Accepted Minimum Age 55 Contact Information 919-918-7872; ridgecare.com ELMCROFT OF HILLSBOROUGH 1911 Orange Grove Rd., Hillsborough Entrance Fee $2,000 Memory Care $4,745 – $6,255 Assisted Living $3,030 – $5,150; level of care fee is based on assessment Medicare Certified Yes Long-Term Care Insurance Yes Contact Information 919-732-9040 

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MEBANE RIDGE ASSISTED LIVING & MEMORY CARE 1999 S. N.C. Hwy. 119, Mebane Entrance Fee One month’s rent as deposit Monthly Fee Range $3,595 - $7,245 Contract Options Month-to-month Refund Options None Medicare Certified Yes Long-Term Care Insurance Accepted, not required Minimum Age 55 Contact Information 919-568-0083 or katlin.lewis@ridgecare.com; mebaneridge.com

Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRC) CAROLINA MEADOWS 100 Carolina Meadows, Chapel Hill A vibrant community where residents live a lifestyle of wellness and engagement. The 168-acre campus includes a nine-hole golf course, pristine walking trails, tennis courts, community gardens and more. Residents enjoy six distinctive dining venues, a state-ofthe-art wellness center and an auditorium that offers lectures and performances.

Entrance Fee Range $132,300 – $779,000 Monthly Fee Range $2,938 – $4,855 Contract Options Fee for Service: Housing, residential services and guaranteed access to health-related services in exchange for entrance fee and monthly fee. Health-related services are provided at per-diem rates, which vary. Home Care services are also available. Equity: See next section.

Refund Options Upon departure, resident/estate receives refund based on Entry Fee calculation and, if applicable, additional 50% of equity in the residence; calculation is current Entry Fee minus remarketing and refurbishing fees compared to original Entry Fee, and then sharing in appreciation of unit if new balance exceeds original payment.

Medicare Certified Yes, Medicare Part B Long-Term Care Insurance Not required, but welcome Minimum Age 62 Contact Information 919-942-4014; 800-458-6756; carolinameadows.org CAROL WOODS 750 Weaver Dairy Rd., Chapel Hill Entrance Fee Range $102,900 – $482,100 Monthly Fee Range $2,466 – $5,531 Contract Options Modified: Entrance fee and monthly payments cover housing, residential services such as meals and housekeeping, and some health-related services. Health-related services are provided at a discounted rate.

Refund Options Declining refund: Pay entry fee; full refund in first 90 days; refund declines at rate of 2% each additional month; after 50 months, no refund.

Medicare Certified Yes Long-Term Care Insurance Not required; could help pay for discounted per diems.

Minimum Age 65 (co-applicant must be at least 55), but any age can get on the waiting list.

Contact Information 919-968-4511; 800-518-9333; carolwoods.org THE CEDARS OF CHAPEL HILL 100 Cedar Club Circle (Meadowmont), Chapel Hill Purchase Price Range $300,000s – $800,000s* Monthly Fee Range $3,133 – $7,782 Contract Options *Equity: Actual real estate purchase, with transfer of ownership of the unit. If resident moves to health center, no added amount except two meals per day. After 90 days, member pays discounted rate.

Refund Options Not applicable because of ownership

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Medicare Certified Yes Long-Term Care Insurance Not required Minimum Age 62 (co-applicant must be at least 50) Contact Information 919-259-7000; 877-433-3669; cedarsofchapelhill.com CROASDAILE VILLAGE 2600 Croasdaile Farm Pkwy., Durham Located on 110 acres in a pastoral setting that provides a country feel fewer than 6 miles from downtown Durham and 3 miles from Duke University. Residents enjoy green spaces with yards, gardening and plenty of walking trails, a dog park, lakes and a full continuum of care on-site. The central campus buildings are connected, with a state-of-the-art wellness center, an aquatic center with a heated pool/hot tub, salon/spa, gift shop, auditorium, multipurpose rooms, woodworking shop, art studio, rehab gym with water therapy pool, ambulatory clinic, multiple dining venues and a chapel.

Entrance Fee Range $59,317 – $387,605 (range includes single and double occupancy) Monthly Fee Range $2,074 – $4,743 (single occupancy with second person fee $1,312 on all residential homes) Contract Options Fee for Service: Entrance fee and monthly payments cover housing, residential services such as meals, housekeeping, utilities bundle (cable/internet), transportation and maintenance services. Advanced levels of health services are provided at per-diem rates.

Refund Options Declining Refund: Option 1: Pay lower entry fee; refund declines at rate of 2% per month; after 50 months, no refund. Option 2: 50% Refund – pay higher entry fee; refund declines at a rate of 2% per month until 50% of residence fee is accrued; refund limited to 50%. Option 3: 90% Refund – pay higher entry fee; refund declines at a rate of 2% per month until 10% of fee is accrued; refund limited to 90%.

Medicare Certified Yes; rehab on-site Medicaid Certified Yes; Pavilion Skilled Nursing Long-Term Care Insurance Not required, but welcome Minimum Age 62 Contact Information 919-384-2475; 800-960-7737; croasdailevillage.org THE FOREST AT DUKE 2701 Pickett Rd., Durham Celebrating 29 years of community, The Forest at Duke is a vibrant continuing care retirement community located in the heart of Durham. Homes, cottages, apartments – each offer spacious, contemporary living with access to a range of amenities coupled with wellness. At The Forest, residents discover a retirement that is as varied, engaging and multi-faceted as you are. The Forest strives to strengthen the community and organizations that enrich the lives of Durham residents.

Entrance Fee Range $97,970 – $615,891 Monthly Fee Range $3,342 – $8,013 Contract Options Modified: Entrance fee and monthly payments cover housing, residential services such as meals and housekeeping, and some health-related services. Health-related services are provided at a greatly discounted rate and are free for a specified number of days.

Refund Options The Forest retains $10,000 of each person’s entry fee as a health care reserve. The remaining balance of the entry fee, the residence fee, is refundable based on the following plan: 2% of the Residence Fee accrues to The Forest at Duke each month. The refund decreases to zero over 50 months.

Medicare Certified Yes Long-Term Care Insurance Not required, but welcome.

Minimum Age 65 (co-applicant must be at least 62) Contact Information 919-490-8000; 800-278-9729; forestduke.org 

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GALLOWAY RIDGE AT FEARRINGTON 3000 Galloway Ridge Rd., Pittsboro Crafted with heart, soul and Southern charm, Galloway Ridge is a secure, health-conscious lifestyle destination. The 62-acre campus is just south of Chapel Hill and adjacent to Fearrington Village, an 1,100-acre planned community that offers miles of trails and sidewalks. Jordan Lake and the Haw River are just a short distance away for outdoor enthusiasts.

The main building includes 248 independent living apartments, a library and business center, living room, Chapin Auditorium, Weathersfield Café, Bistro Dining Room, Camellia Fine Dining Room, Belties Lounge, billiards room, Players Lounge, a movie theater with stadium seating, art studio, woodworking shop, multiple meeting spaces and conference room. The Arbor, a Medicare-certified health care center, is connected to the building and offers 96 private rooms for assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing. The residents of the 52 independent living villas have a short walk to all of these amenities.

The Galloway Ridge WellPlex allows residents to maintain their optimal level of health and well-being. It includes the Duke Center for Living, a 20,000-square-foot fitness center, Duke Primary Care and the Center for Physical Rehabilitation. For on-campus primary care services, residents can choose between UNC Health Care within the main building or Duke Primary Care in the WellPlex.

Residents and staff volunteer thousands of hours each year to local agencies and partnerships.

Entrance Fee Range $231,000 – $1,281,000 Monthly Fee Range $3,358 – $7,816 Contract Options Extensive: Entrance fee and monthly payments cover housing, residential services such as meals and housekeeping and unlimited assisted and skilled nursing.

Additional meal fee required as one moves from one level of care to another.

Refund Options Declining Refund: Option 1: Time-Sensitive – Pay lower entry fee; refund declines at rate of 4% in first month; 2% each additional month; after 4 years, no refund. Option 2: 75% Refund, Not Time-Sensitive – Pay higher entry fee; receive 75% of what you paid in.

Medicare Certified Yes Long-Term Care Insurance Not required Minimum Age 62 Contact Information 919-545-2647; gallowayridge.com GLENAIRE 4000 Glenaire Circle, Cary Entrance Fee Range $67,000 – $739,000 Monthly Fee Range $2,587 – $5,397 Contract Options Modified: Entrance fee and monthly payments cover housing, residential services such as meals and housekeeping and some health-related services. Health-related services are provided at subsidized rate or are free for a specified number of days.

Refund Options Option 1: Declining Refund – refund declines at rate of 2% per month for 48 months. Option 2: 50% refundable.

Option 3: 90% refundable.

Medicare Certified Yes Long-Term Care Insurance Not required Minimum Age 62 (co-applicant must be at least 58) Contact Information 919-460-8095; 800-225-9573; glenaire.org SEARSTONE 17001 Searstone Dr., Cary Entrance Fee Range $378,000 – $883,000 Monthly Fee Range $3,600 – $7,640 (second-person fee, $1,530) Contract Options Type A LifeCare contract. Residents pay a onetime LifeCare fee to cover costs of assisted living, skilled nurses and/or memory support. The LifeCare program has significant tax advantages and works well with long-term care policies.

Refund Options Entrance fee 100% refundable

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Medicare Certified No Long-Term Care Insurance Yes Minimum Age 62 Contact Information 919-234-0339; info@searstonerla.org; searstone.com SPRINGMOOR 1500 Sawmill Rd., Raleigh Entrance Fee Range Call for pricing.

Monthly Fee Range Call for pricing.

Contract Options Modified: Housing, residential services and some health-related services in exchange for entrance fee and monthly fee, which includes 30 days of free health care (with a maximum balance of 90 days), then is available at a discounted rate.

Refund Options Option 1: Life Occupancy – Residence & Care refund declines at 4% per month for 25 months, then no refund.

Option 2: 50% Life Equity – refund declines at 2% per month for 25 months. The remaining 50% is returned to the resident or estate after residency is terminated and within 30 days of reoccupancy of the residential unit. Option 3: 100% Life Equity – 100% of the Residence & Care fee is returned to the resident or estate after residency is terminated. The refund is available, once residency is terminated, six years after initial move-in date, or 30 days after re-occupancy of the residential unit, if six years has passed.

Medicare Certified No Long-Term Care Insurance Not required Minimum Age 62 Contact Information 919-848-7080; springmoor.org TWIN LAKES 3701 Wade Coble Dr., Burlington This intentional community draws people from all over the country, but residents all have at least one thing in common: They want a well-rounded life surrounded by people who are engaged and living purposefully. More than 550 people in independent living enjoy the 218-acre community and all the amenities that create a lifestyle where people thrive. In addition to the spacious campus, there’s no mandatory meal plan; Twin Lakes offers comparably lower fees, and the neighborhoods are filled with people from diverse backgrounds and life experiences.

Entrance Fee Range $55,000 – $291,000 Monthly Fee Range $1,634 – $3,106 Contract Options Fee-for-service contract only Refund Options 30-month declining refund & 50% refund available.

Medicare Certified Yes Long-Term Care Insurance Not required Minimum Age 62 (co-applicant must be at least 62) Contact Information 336-538-1572; twinlakescomm.org THE VILLAGE AT BROOKWOOD 1860 Brookwood Ave., Burlington The community’s intimate size makes it easy to build strong friendships. Residents can participate in physical activities that promote healthy living, feed their competitive spirit with fun games and mental challenges, de-stress with their favorite hobby or just relax. The community prides itself on its dining, including two newly renovated options: Edith Street Café and Lakeside Dining, plus a new tavern that serves beer, wine and cocktails.

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Entrance Fee Range Options start at $101,600 Monthly Fee Range Starting at $2,339 Contract Options Option 1: Extensive – LifeCare Residential Living: Garden Homes & Apartments, bundled services, campus amenities, maintenance and guaranteed future health care all covered by the entrance fee and monthly fee. When moving

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from one level of care to another, the monthly fee reflects a 58% reduction of the daily skilled nursing rate. Option 2: Fee for Service – Garden Homes & Apartments, bundled services, campus amenities, maintenance and guaranteed access to future health care are provided in exchange for entrance fee and monthly fee.

Health-related services are provided at the per-diem rate.

Refund Options Declining Refund: Option 1: Extensive – Standard Refund is declining over 47 months. 50% and 90% Refund plans are also available. Option 2: Fee for Service – Standard Refund declines over 47 months.

Long-Term Care Insurance Not required, but may help with costs related to Assisted Living, Memory Care, Skilled Care for Fee-forService or LifeCare plans.

Minimum Age 62 (co-applicant must be at least 55) Contact Information 336-570-8440; 800-282-2053; villageatbrookwood.org WINDSOR POINT 1221 Broad St., Fuquay-Varina Entrance Fee Range $58,000 – $233,000 Monthly Fee Range $2,356 – $3,363 for independent living; $3,642 – $6,014 with health-related services Contract Options Modified: Housing, residential services and specified amount of health-related services in exchange for the entrance fee and monthly fee. Health-related services are provided at subsidized rate or are free for a specified number of days.

Refund Options Declining Refund: Option 1: Life occupancy entrance fee; pay up front and 2% taken out each month over a 50-month period, after 50 months there is no refund; before then, pro-rated refund available. Option 2: 50% Refund; refund declines at a rate of 2% per month for 25 months until 50% of residence fee is accrued; refund received only after resident passes away or moves.

Medicare Certified Yes

Long-Term Care Insurance Not required, but helpful Minimum Age 62 (co-applicant must be at least 55) Contact Information 919-552-4580; 800-552-0213; windsorpoint.com

independent Senior Living ATRIA 5705 Fayetteville Rd., Durham Entrance Fee $5,000 Monthly Fee Range Independent living: $4,300 – $4,475/ one bedroom; $4,600 – $5,000/two bedroom; cottages: $5,400 – $5,700 Contract Options Independent Living: No lease term, no buy-in, month-to-month rental with 60-day move-out notice. Assisted Living: No lease term, no buy-in, month-to-month rental with 14-day move-out notice.

Refund Options 60-day notice to terminate independent living lease Medicare Certified No, except for therapy services Long-Term Care Insurance Accepted if resident meets criteria of the policy Minimum Age 62 Contact Information 919-401-0100; atriasouthpointwalk.com AZALEA ESTATES 700 N. Estes Dr., Chapel Hill Entrance Fee One-time community fee of a half month’s rent Monthly Fee Range Rent starts at $2,595 Contract Options Month-to-month, 30-day move out notification Refund Options Security deposit is fully refundable and equals a half month’s rent 

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Medicare Certified No Long-Term Care Insurance Azalea Estates does not; home heath care agency on-site and rehab does accept Minimum Age 55 Contact Information 919-929-2160; seniorlivinginstyle.com/ azalea-estates; azaleaestates@hawthornret.com BARTLETT RESERVE 300 Meredith Dr., Durham Entrance Fee One month’s rent Monthly Fee Range $3,095 – $4,200 Contract Options One-year lease; 60-day notice to leave Medicare Certified Therapy services are covered by Medicare.

Long-Term Care Insurance Accepted for personal care and veteran’s benefits Minimum Age 55 Contact Information 919-361-1234; bartlettreserve.com; Sean Yule, syule@bartlettreserve.com THE CAMBRIDGE AT BRIER CREEK 7780 Brier Creek Pkwy., Ste. 410, Raleigh More than just a place to retire, this is an active community of neighbors and friends perfectly located between two premier cities.

It offers the luxuries of a first-class resort with the support and services you need for optimal health, fitness and well-being.

Entrance Fee Range No entrance fee, just a deposit of $1,000 up front to get on the waitlist Monthly Fee Range $4,395 – $6,545 Contract Options Month-to-month or one-year leases Refund Options Deposit is refundable Medicare Certified Medicare accepted through on-site physician and with WakeMed Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Long-term Care Insurance Accepted Minimum Age 55 Contact Information Victoria Sosa, Marketing Director, 919-612-1054, victoria@cvsliving.com; thecambridgebriercreek.com CAMBRIDGE VILLAGE OF APEX 10000 Cambridge Village Loop, Apex Featuring well-maintained grounds, certified health facilities, an engaging event schedule and a diverse community, Cambridge Village is a vibrant, resort-style community for adults 65 and older that offers living spaces, amenities, care and services thoughtfully designed to support exceptional whole-self health and happiness for each resident.

Entrance Fee Range Community fee equivalent to one month’s rent Monthly Fee Range $2,995 – $5,895 Contract Options One-year, two-year or month-to-month lease options Medicare Certified No Long-term Care Insurance Accepted Minimum Age 65 Contact Information Katina Faulkner, Marketing Director, 919-363-2080, kfaulkner@cvsliving.com; cvsliving.com/apex DURHAM REGENT 3007 Pickett Rd., Durham Entrance Fee Range $2,750 – $4,250 Monthly Fee Range $2,200 – $4,200 on single occupancy, second-person fee Contract Options Month-to-month leases. All independent living.

Medicare Certified No medical services included Long-Term Care Insurance N/A Minimum Age 55 Contact Information 919-490-6224; durhamregent.com EMERALD POND 205 Emerald Pond Ln., Durham Entrance Fee Range Community fee of $3,350 – $5,550

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Monthly Fee Range $2,239 – $5,100 Contract Options Month-to-month leases after 90-day commitment. No buy-in fees.

Refund Options Community fee nonrefundable Medicare Certified No medical services included Long-Term Care Insurance N/A Minimum Age 55 Contact Information 919-493-4713; emeraldpond.net TWIN RIVERS INDEPENDENT SENIOR LIVING 25 S. Rectory St., Pittsboro Entrance Fee $1,500; second-person fee, $500 Monthly Fee Range Starting at $2,000/one bedroom, $3,500/two bedroom; VA/public servant discounts available Contract Options None. Requires a 30- or 60-day notice prior to moving out Medicare Certified No Long-Term Care Insurance Not accepted Minimum Age 65 Contact Information 919-545-0149 or 919-637-7117; michelle@silver-thread.com, cambridgehillsal.com

Post-Acute Continuing Care Systems HILLCREST CONVALESCENT CENTER 1417 W. Pettigrew St., Durham Entrance Fee No deposit or application fee required Monthly Fee Call for pricing Contract Options All-inclusive monthly rate for short-term, long-term, assisted living or respite stays Refund Options Pay only for the days spent, any unused daily rate refunded Contact Information 919-286-7705; admissions@hillcrestnc.com HILLCREST HOME HEALTH OF THE TRIANGLE 1000 Bear Cat Way, Ste. 104, Morrisville Personal care, in-home support and companion care, and respite care.

Contact Information 919-468-1204; agencydir@hillcresthh.com HILLCREST RALEIGH AT CRABTREE VALLEY 3830 Blue Ridge Rd., Raleigh Entrance Fee No deposit or application fee required Monthly Fee Call for pricing Contract Options All-inclusive monthly rate for short-term, long-term or respite stays Refund Options Pay only for the days spent, any unused daily rate refunded Contact Information 919-781-4900; admissions@hillcrestraleighnc.com HILLCREST THERAPY & WELLNESS 4215 University Dr., Ste. B2, Durham Physical therapy, specialty treatments and wellness programs.

Contact Information 919-627-6700; rehab.durham@hillcrestptw.com SIGNATURE HEALTHCARE OF CHAPEL HILL 1602 E. Franklin St., Chapel Hill Monthly Fee Range Private pay is average $7,020 – $7,800/month; majority of all Medicare insurances accepted for rehab stays Contract Options Monthly rate for short-term, long-term or respite stays Refund Options Refunds for any days not used Medicare Certified Yes Long-Term Care Insurance Not required, but accepted Contact Information 919-967-1418; shcofchapelhill.com; admission.chapelhill@signaturehealthcarellc.com 

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CORBINTON COMMONS – CLOSED OUT 680 Market House Way, Hillsborough Price Range of Houses low $300s to mid $400s Number of Units 70 Resale Status New only Average Size of Houses 1,600 – 2,100 sq. ft.

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By An n a- Rh e sa Ver so la Ph o to g rap hy by Jo h n M ic h ael Si m pson

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e like to say we’re older than The Jackson 5, and we grew up one block from here,” says Kenneth “Kenny” Mann Jr. of his band, Liquid Pleasure, as he sits inside a booth at Mama Dip’s Kitchen. The comparison to the Motown-pop band from Indiana is an apt one as three of the six original members are cousins, though they all consider themselves as brothers. At the next street corner is the band’s headquarters, where a few flashy dinner jackets are draped over boxes and equipment inside the modest office.

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ABOVE Lead vocalist Troy Corbin. BELOW Kenny Mann helped form the band – then called The Majestics – in 1969.

COVID-19 in March. Kenny says after he was vaccinated in January, he was surprised by his cousin’s hesitation to be protected against the virus. “That’s messed up,” Kenny recalls. “We’re both diabetic. [If] we get this thing, we don’t stand a chance.” A month later, Melvin was hospitalized. “‘Tell everybody to get the vaccine.’ And that’s the last words I heard from him,” Kenny says.

Melvin’s final words encouraged other band members, family and friends to get their vaccines. “So, he saved some lives,” Kenny adds.

W H AT’ S IN A N A ME Kenny says Melvin assembled his first band, The Soul Dynamics, when they were middle and junior high schoolers. Kenny’s first group, The One-Eyed Jacks, was one of the first integrated bands in Chapel Hill. The pair combined forces with another cousin, Daryl Mason, plus three friends to form The Majestics in 1969, naming themselves after the thoroughbred horse Majestic Prince, who won the Kentucky Derby that year. They booked gigs regularly, 96

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even ones that took them out of state, Kenny remembers.

“But none of us had a driver’s license,” Kenny says, laughing. “So my dad and my mom were the transportation. Melvin’s dad was the mechanic.”

Kenny’s father was the head cook at Franklin Street landmark restaurant The Rathskeller from 1948 to the day it closed in 2007. “My dad would come home and say, ‘I know y’all got to go right now, but I’m not going anywhere smelling like hamburger,’” Kenny says. “We were notoriously late. I mean, we had a bad reputation for being late because of our parents. My mom was the worst at driving us because she would stop at every antique shop on the way. …

We pretty much had to change the name of the band just so we could get away from our reputation. I would pretend to be a booking agent so when people would call up, I would try to sell them The Majestics.

They said, ‘Anybody but them. They’re a good band, but they’re going to be late.’” So, The Majestics left behind their perpetual tardiness when they adopted a new name

in 1972 after a friend told them about a club in Brooklyn, New York, called Liquid Pleasure.

The band has played on a full-time basis since 1980. They have an enviably long and loyal client list that includes major corporations, sports conglomerates, international nonprofits, two U.S. Supreme Court justices and decades of newlyweds.

Liquid Pleasure has played at every U.S. presidential inaugural ball since Jimmy Carter’s in 1977. Kenny and Melvin have danced with Roy Williams and the UNC men’s basketball team, Baltimore Ravens and Carolina Panthers football teams, Charlotte Hornets, Carolina Hurricanes and so many more.

“We’re kind of the band of the rich and the famous,” Kenny says, describing the people and places they’ve seen. He believes that part of Liquid Pleasure’s successful longevity is its multigenerational appeal and its authenticity. “We play 100% live,” Kenny says. “We make mistakes. When the microphone drops, you hear it. When I hit my keyboards, you hear it. The way we do it is tough.

And I just think that my job now is to keep what Melvin created alive to the purest form of playing the music that people like to dance to.”

KE E P IN G IT LO C A L Melvin, who was a renowned bass guitarist, would set the thumping groove for every performance. His spirit will live on in a scholarship fund created by Al Bowers, owner of Al’s Burger Shack.

“I just wanted to do something,” Al says. “Melvin was such a nice guy. You know those people who don’t have to say a lot, but they’re solid guys – he was that guy. His name should be remembered forever.” Al organized a benefit concert at Southern Village in April to raise money in Melvin’s name to send kids to summer camp at the Hargraves Community Center, close to the area where many band members grew up.

Donations from concertgoers were paired with Chapel Hill Parks and Recreation funding to support eight kids to attend nine weeks of summer camps, according to John French, supervisor at the community center.

“It meant a lot to me to be a part of this,” John says, adding that he coached Melvin’s youngest son, Melvin Farrington III, in basketball at Chapel Hill High School and continues to mentor him.

John says the kids who receive the scholarship are selected on a financial need basis and will have the opportunity to explore their interests through

Melvin Farrington’s Letter A poem written by lifelong family friend Pat “Toosie” Jenkins James My Dear Gwen and Family, If this is being read, then you already know.

My work here is done, so I had to go.

For three weeks, I fought with all my might, Before I took my final flight.

Gwen, I sure missed you when I was gone And wanted so badly to return to our home.

I did everything a husband should do, And that was take good care of you.

Lo-K-Shun and Liquid Pleasure bands, I know this is hard for you to understand.

Now one of you needs to make sure everything Is all right before y’all take the stage each night.

I can only imagine the pain everyone must feel Now that COVID-19 has become painfully real.

Gwen, we lived our dream of singing in a band Along with Archie, Charles, Leonard and Kenny Mann.

Musicians make the world a much better place, For music can surely put a smile on your face.

Bishop, there is only one thing left to say: Thanks for taking care of my family while I’m away.

To all my children, grands, sisters and family, too, Please know I love and miss all of you.

Remember I am just a memory away And that memory will make you smile one day.

Love, Melvin

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arts and crafts, STEM projects and sports and recreational activities.

“We actually got to make that scholarship; [Melvin] would have loved that,” Kenny says, adding that Melvin knew his quiet strengths by age 14. “He was like that guy in ‘The Wizard of Oz,’ the man behind the curtain. He liked working with the machinery and doing the sounds and gadgets. I mean, we worked so well together. I wake up now and say, ‘I gotta call Melvin.’ I do it almost every week.”

‘DYING G RACE’ Tonya Williamson of Raleigh joined Liquid Pleasure in October 2010 as a singer. Only Gwendolyn “Gwen” Farrington, Melvin’s wife, has been a singer with the band longer.

Tonya describes the band as part of her extended family.

“Melvin was like the daddy of the [singers], and I felt like I was the kid he was hardest on,” Tonya says. “He was a perfectionist. When it’s showtime, he doesn’t want any B.S. He wore many hats.

He did the sound. He serviced the van. He managed the [singers]. We hadn’t had a show since December 2020. Melvin was very afraid of COVID. He would have his mask on, even in the van. He would drive five hours with his mask on.”

At the end of February, Tonya picked up her phone thinking that Melvin was calling to speak with her. She kept saying hello but heard no voice at the other end of the line. “I didn’t know he had been sick until two days before he died,” she says. “He called me on his dying bed, and I guess he just wanted to hear my voice. It was his way of saying goodbye. It was dying grace. He had a sweetness about him toward the end.” CHM July/August 2021

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One day while driving down South Greensboro Street, a yellow cottage with a “for sale” sign caught Alessandra’s eye. “I hadn’t even

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ABOVE Alessandra invited a few friends over for a springtime party on her back deck.

LEFT The front porch has plenty of seating, including a quintessential porch swing.

been inside, but I fell in love. I pulled over and called the listing agent right away,” she says. She later learned the home was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. “I thought it was strange that there was a sink in the front room,” Alessandra laughs. “Then I learned it had been a doctor’s office, and it all made sense.”

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to bring a more contemporary flow pattern to the rooms,” explains designer Ana Borges, a longtime friend of Alessandra and founder of StudioBR. For example, Alessandra refinished the enamel on the sink and repurposed it for the powder room.

The work began in 2017 and took more than a year to complete.

“We knocked down walls, creating more integrated spaces and added bathrooms for each of the bedrooms,” Ana says. Other components of the remodel included building out a master bedroom in the former

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LEFT Alessandra and boyfriend Chris Worrell celebrate an evening catching up with friends.

RIGHT Big Woods Remodeling ensured that this family room addition matched the style of the original structure.

attic space, adding on a family room, extending the kitchen and adding a deck and grilling area.

“And we were able to keep the original floors,” Alessandra says.

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“You can’t actually tell where the original house ends and the addition begins. He thought of every detail.” Tar Heel Painters made the finishing touches.

Working with people she trusted made the process even more rewarding. “It was a great experience to participate in the remodel, first because it is a historical house with so much character and also because I have known Alessandra and [have] been her friend for many years,” Ana says. They worked together to make decisions on everything from restoring the old fireplaces to choosing the right colors for the exterior trim. “We had a lot of fun.”

Though she has only been living in the home for three years, Alessandra and her family have already made a lifetime of memories, beginning with João’s graduation party in 2016. “We hadn’t made any changes or even moved in yet, but we invited all of his friends

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The following year, the party was repeated for Juliana’s graduation.

“This time around, we were partway through the renovation, so it was a construction party,” Alessandra says. “There was plastic on the walls, and we had to use generators. We used wheelbarrows as coolers for drinks, and the kids were up all night having the time of their lives.”

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RIGHT This corner of the sunroom features a collection of musical instruments that Alessandra played in her childhood.

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Ritter Endodontics is now in its 13th year, and Alessandra says she could not be happier with where she and her family chose to build their lives.

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INCLUDES RESTAURANTS, DELIS AND BISTROS IN CHAPEL HILL, CARRBORO, HILLSBOROUGH AND NORTHERN CHATHAM COUNTY

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Time-Out Southern comfort food 24 hours a day. 201 E. Franklin St.; 919-929-2425; timeout247.com

East Franklin Street Bandido’s Mexican Cafe Burritos, salads, quesadillas, tacos. 159½ E. Franklin St.; 919-967-5048; bandidoscafe.com Benny Cappella’s Pizza by the slice or whole pie. 122 E. Franklin St.; 919-240-5062; bennysva.com Carolina Coffee Shop Casual American cuisine for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

138 E. Franklin St.; 919-942-6875; carolinacoffeeshop.com Cosmic Cantina Burritos, salads, quesadillas, tacos. 128 E. Franklin St.; 919-960-3955; cosmiccantina.com Curry Point Express Indian fare including curry, biryani and wraps. 118 E. Franklin St.; 919-903-9000; currypointexpresstogo.com Down Time Craft beer, pizza, tacos, wraps, paninis and more. 201 E. Franklin St.; 919-240-7008; downtimechapelhill.com

Top of the Hill A Chapel Hill brewery that also offers American food like burgers and flatbreads. 100 E. Franklin St.; 919-929-8676; thetopofthehill.com TRU Deli & Wine Bar Build-your-own sandwiches and wine. 114 Henderson St.; 919-240-7755; trudeli.com Yaya Tea Japanese cafe with a variety of bubble teas and imported snacks. 157 E. Franklin St.; 919-914-6302; yayatea.com West Franklin Street 411 West Fresh pasta, seafood and pizzas inspired by the flavors of Italy and the Mediterranean, with a healthy California twist; outdoor dining. 411 W. Franklin St.; 919-967-2782; 411west.com

Epilogue Books Chocolate Brews Independent bookstore and Mexican-style chocolatería. 109 E. Franklin St., Ste. 100; 919-913-5055; epiloguebookcafe.com Four Corners American fare, nachos, wings, pasta. 175 E. Franklin St.; 919-537-8230; fourcornersgrille.com Hibachi & Company Japanese fast-casual spot serving healthy hibachi- and teriyakistyle dishes. 153 E. Franklin St.; 919-903-8428; hibachicompany.com Imbibe Bottle shop and restaurant serving pizza, salads and appetizers. 108 Henderson St.; 919-636-6469; imbibenc.com Jed’s Kitchen Gyro pitas, shawarma wraps, subs and other Moroccan dishes. 105 E. Franklin St.; 919-240-7003; jedskitchen.com Linda’s Bar & Grill Local beer, sweet potato tots, cheese fries and burgers. 203 E. Franklin St.; 919-933-6663; lindas-bar.com Möge Tee Bubble tea shop offering cheese foam fruit tea, fresh milk tea, fruit parfaits and fruit yakult. 151 E. Franklin St.; 984-234-3278; mogeteechapelhill.com Sup Dogs Creative hot dogs and sides like jalapeño popper tots and funnel cake sticks. 107 E. Franklin St.; 919-903-9566; supdogs.com Sutton’s Drug Store Old-fashioned diner known for its hot dogs, burgers and sandwiches like “Roy’s Reuben.”

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Al’s Burger Shack Gourmet burgers and fries. 516 W. Franklin St.; 919-904-7659; alsburgershack.com Beer Study Bottle shop with in-store drafts and growlers to go. 106 N. Graham St.; 919-240-5423; beerstudy.com

Carolina Brewery The fifth-oldest brewery in the state featuring Carolina cuisine.

460 W. Franklin St.; 919-942-1800; carolinabrewery.com Cat Tales Cat Cafe A two-story coffee/beer/ wine cafe home to 12 adoptable cats.

431 W. Franklin St.; cattalescatcafe.com Chimney Indian Kitchen + Bar Traditional Indian dishes and unique options like pista korma and lobster pepper masala.

306 W. Franklin St., Ste. D; 984-234-3671; chimneyindiankitchen.com CholaNad Restaurant & Bar Contemporary and traditional South Indian cuisine. Catering available. 310 W. Franklin St.; 800-246-5262; cholanad.com

Crossroads Chapel Hill at The Carolina Inn New American cuisine and seasonal specialties; all ABC permits; outdoor dining. 211 Pittsboro St.; 919-918-2777; crossroadscuisine.com Elaine’s on Franklin Fine regional American cuisine, made with the freshest local ingredients. 454 W. Franklin St.; 919-960-2770; elainesonfranklin.com Heavenly Buffaloes Chicken wings as well as vegan wings with more than 25 rubs and sauces. 407 W. Franklin St.; 919-914-6717; heavenlybuffaloes.com/chapel-hill

Blue Dogwood Public Market Food hall with individually-owned food stalls including Asian fusion, a bottle shop, North Carolina barbecue and a nutrient-dense weekly pre-order menu. 306 W. Franklin St., Ste. G; 919-717-0404; bluedogwood.com

Italian Pizzeria III Pizza, Italian entrees, calzones and subs. The “place to be” in Chapel Hill for 40 years. 508 W. Franklin St.; 919-968-4671; italianpizzeria3.com

Blue’s on Franklin North Carolina barbecue, burgers, hot dogs, sandwiches and salads.

110 West Franklin St.; 919-240-5060; bluesonfranklin.com

Kurama Sushi & Noodle Express Dumplings, salads, noodle dishes. 105 N. Columbia St.; 919-968-4747; kuramasushinoodle.com

Boro Beverage Co. Locally made kombucha and craft sodas on tap. 400 W. Rosemary St., Ste. 1005; 919-942-1110; borobeverage.com

La Résidence French-inspired cuisine made from fresh ingredients. 202 W. Rosemary St.; 919-967-2506; laresidencedining.com

Brandwein’s Bagels Classic New York bagels and breakfast sandwiches. 505 W. Rosemary St.; 919-240-7071; brandweinsbagels.com

Lantern Pan-Asian cuisine. 423 W. Franklin St.; 919-969-8846; lanternrestaurant.com

BUNS Gourmet burgers, fries and shakes made from fresh ingredients.

107 N. Columbia St.; 919-240-4746; bunsofchapelhill.com

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Lime & Basil Vietnamese fare. 200 W. Franklin St.; 919-967-5055; limeandbasil.com

Mama Dip’s Traditional Southern specialties, brunch and dinner classics like fried chicken and Brunswick stew.

408 W. Rosemary St.; 919-942-5837; mamadips.com

Mediterranean Deli Offers healthy vegan, vegetarian and glutenfree Mediterranean options. 410 W. Franklin St.; 919-9672666; mediterraneandeli.com Might As Well Bar & Grill Bar favorites.

206 W. Franklin St.; 984-234-3333; chapelhill.mightaswellbarandgrill.com Mint Indian Cuisine North Indian subz korma and chicken jalfrezi. 504 W. Franklin St.; 919-929-6188; mintunc.com The Northside District Specialty cocktails and international small plates.

403 W. Rosemary St.; 919-391-7044; thenorthsidedistrict.com Pho Happiness Pho noodle soup, vermicelli plates and vegetarian/gluten-free options.

508-A W. Franklin St.; 919-942-8201; phohappiness.com The Purple Bowl Acai bowls, toast, smoothies, coffee. 306-B W. Franklin St.; 919-903-8511; purplebowlch.com Que Chula Authentic Mexican food, tacos and craft tequilas. 140 W. Franklin St., Ste. 110; 919-903-8000; quechulatacos.com Sôst A build-your-own-pizza concept, plus other options like macaroni and cheese, traditional pastas, sandwiches and wraps.

133 W. Franklin St., Ste. 120; 984-234-0081; kpanns.com/sost Spicy 9 Sushi Bar & Asian Restaurant Sushi, Thai curries, bibimbap and other Asian entrees. 140 W. Franklin St., Ste. 150; 919-903-9335; spicy9chapelhill.com Summit Coffee Cold brews, lattes, teas, special blends and more. 140 W. Franklin St., Ste. 120; 704-895-9090; summitcoffee.com Talulla’s Authentic Turkish cuisine; all ABC permits. 456 W. Franklin St.; 919-933-1177; talullas.com Trolly Stop - The Beach on Franklin Specialty hot dogs and burgers.

104 W. Franklin St.; 919-240-4206; trollystophotdogs.com Trophy Room A Graduate Hotels concept serving up shareable plates, salads and burgers. 311 W. Franklin St.; 919-442-9000; graduatehotels.com/chapel-hill/restaurant Vimala’s Curryblossom Café Traditional Indian tandoori and thali. 431 W. Franklin St.; 919-929-3833; curryblossom.com

YoPo of Chapel Hill Frozen yogurt, treats and shakes with unique flavors since 1982. 106 W. Franklin St.; 919-942-7867; yogurtpump.com

La Hacienda Burritos, salads, quesadillas, tacos. 1813 Fordham Blvd.; 919-967-0207

Village Plaza/East Franklin Street/Eastgate Crossing/Rams Plaza Breadman’s A variety of burgers, sandwiches, salads and grilled meat, with daily soup and specials. All-day breakfast; catering available. 261 S. Elliott Rd.; 919-967-7110; breadmens.com Caffé Driade Carrboro Coffee, bowlsize lattes, local baked goods, beer and wine. 1215-A E. Franklin St.; 919-942-2333; caffedriade.com

The Loop Pizza Grill Pizzas, soups, salads, sandwiches, burgers. Eastgate Crossing; 919-969-7112; looppizzagrill.com Min Ga Authentic Korean cuisine like bibimbap, bulgogi and a variety of homemade kimchi. 1404 E. Franklin St.; 919-933-1773; min-ga.com Monterrey Mexican Grill Tacos, quesadillas, burritos and more. Rams Plaza; 919-969-8750; monterreychapelhill.com Mr. Tokyo Japanese Restaurant Unlimited sushi and hibachi. Rams Plaza; 919-240-4552; mrtokyojapanese.com/ chapel-hill Osteria Georgi House-made pasta, braised meat dishes and antipasto. 201 S. Elliott Rd.; osteriageorgi.com

Casa Maria Latin Cuisine Street tacos, nachos, burritos and salads. 1502 E. Franklin St.; 919-929-6566; casamariacuisine.com The Casual Pint Upscale craft beer market with beer, wine and ice-cream sandwiches.

201 S. Elliott Rd., Ste. 51; 919-967-2626; chapelhill.thecasualpint.com CAVA Customizable Mediterranean bowls, salads, pitas and soups. 79 S. Elliott Rd.; 919-636-5828; cava.com

Squid’s Fresh seafood options include woodgrilled fillets, Maine lobster, fried seafood and oysters. 1201 Fordham Blvd.; 919-942-8757; squidsrestaurant.com Sunrise Biscuit Kitchen Drive-thru biscuits, sandwiches. 1305 E. Franklin St.; 919-933-1324; sunrisebiscuits.com

Chopt Unique salads, grain and quinoa bowls. Eastgate Crossing; 919-240-7660; choptsalad.com

Sutton’s in the Atrium A cafe version of Sutton’s Drug Store with its famous hot dogs, salads and more. 100 Europa Dr.; 919-240-4471; suttonsdrugstore.com

Clean Juice Certified organic juices, smoothies, bowls and snacks. Eastgate Crossing; 919-590-5133; cleanjuice.com Crab House Company Fresh, flavorful seafood. 237 S. Elliott Rd.; 919-903-9015; crabhouseco.com

Tandoor Indian Restaurant Traditional Indian cuisine, vegan options.

1301 E. Franklin St.; 919-967-6622; tandoorindian.com

Dunk & Slide at Whole Foods Market Allday breakfast, sushi and more. 81 S. Elliott Rd.; 919-968-1983; wholefoodsmarket.com

Twisted Noodles Thai noodle soups, pan-fried noodles. Eastgate Crossing; 919-933-9933; twistednoodlesch.com

The Ghost Kitchen & Delivery Co. Deliveryonly restaurant group consisting of two virtual restaurants, Bistro 501 and The BBQ Company of Chapel Hill. 1322 N. Fordham Blvd.; ghostkitcheneats.com

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Guglhupf Bake Shop European-style breads, pastries and coffee. Eastgate Crossing; 919-914-6511; guglhupf.com/ chapel-hill-bake-shop

bartaco Tacos, fresh-juice cocktails, poke and mole options. 910-807-8226; bartaco.com

Il Palio at The Siena Hotel Italian specialties like butternut squash ravioli. 1505 E. Franklin St.; 919-918-2545; ilpalio.com Japan Express Hibachi-style meals and sushi. 106 S. Estes Dr. Just Salad Salads, wraps, smoothies, soups, grain bowls and more. 111 S. Elliott Rd.; 984-999-3700; justsalad.com

Alfredo’s Pizza Villa Pizzas, calzones, salads, subs, pasta, desserts. 919-968-3424; alfredospizzanc.com

Hawkers Inspired by Southeast Asia's street fare, this eatery features homemade favorites, from dumplings to curries.

Outdoor seating available. 919-415-1799; eathawkers.com Maple View Mobile Ice cream outpost of the Hillsborough dairy farm. 919-244-1949; mapleviewmobile.com

Kipos Greek Taverna Greek cuisine in a relaxed, upscale setting with outdoor dining. Eastgate Crossing; 919-425-0760; kiposchapelhill.com

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Queen of Pho Vietnamese offerings like banh mi and, of course, pho beef noodle soup. Timberlyne Shopping Center; 919-903-8280; queenofphochapelhill.com Stoney River Steakhouse and Grill Southern favorites like deviled eggs meet steakhouse mainstays like the legendary 12 oz. filet. 919-914-6688; stoneyriver.com Trilogy American cafe featuring innovative twists on classic dishes. Outdoor seating available. Silverspot Cinema; 919-357-9887; silverspot.net Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (Airport Road)

Rasa Indi-Chinese Authentic North Indian and Chinese cuisine, with fusion and Thai dishes. Weekly specials. Patio dining. 1826 MLK Jr. Blvd.; 919-929-2199; rasachapelhill.com Sage Vegetarian Cafe Vegetarian fare. Timberlyne Shopping Center; 919-968-9266; sagevegetariancafe.com

Hunam Chinese Restaurant Cantonese cuisine. 790 MLK Jr. Blvd.; 919-967-6133; hunamrestaurant.net

Sal’s Pizza & Ristorante Thin-crust and deep-dish pizzas plus an array of Italian comfort food. 2805 Homestead Rd.; 919-932-5125; salspizzaofchapelhill.com

Kitchen Bistro-style dining with a seasonal menu that always includes mussels. 764 MLK Jr. Blvd.; 919-537-8167; kitchenchapelhill.com

YOPOP Frozen Yogurt Frozen yogurt shop featuring 14 flavors, bubble tea and smoothies. Timberlyne Shopping Center; 919-537-8229

Lucha Tigre Latin-Asian cuisine and sake tequila bar. 746 MLK Jr. Blvd.; 919-904-7326; luchatigre.com

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The Root Cellar Cafe & Catering Sandwiches, salads, desserts and more.

Weekly prepared meals, groceries to-go box and Friday night specials. 750 MLK Jr. Blvd.; 919-967-3663; rootcellarchapelhill.com Timberlyne/Chapel Hill North Area Chapel Hill Wine Company Wine store with bottles from all over the globe.

2809 Homestead Rd.; 919-968-1884; chapelhillwinecompany.com Deli Edison Neighborhood deli with bagels, sandwiches, salads. 630 Weaver Dairy Rd.; 919-929-7700; deliedison.com Farm House Restaurant Steaks, salads, potatoes. 6004 Millhouse Rd. (N.C. 86 N.); 919-929-5727; farmhousesteakhouse.com Joe Van Gogh Coffee, tea and pastries.

Timberlyne Shopping Center; 919-967-2002; joevangogh.com Magone Italian Grill & Pizza Italian mains.

Timberlyne Shopping Center; 919-904-7393; magone-italian-grill-pizza.business.site Margaret’s Cantina Mexican and Southwestern cuisine. Timberlyne Shopping Center; 919-942-4745; margaretscantina. com New Hope Market Breakfast and daily specials like burgers, soups and more.

6117 N.C. Hwy. 86 S.; 919-240-7851 OiShii Specialty rolls, teriyaki, stir-fry, sushi. Timberlyne Shopping Center; 919-932-7002; oishiiroll.com The Pig Barbecue, fried tofu, collards and more. 630 Weaver Dairy Rd., Ste. 101; 919-942-1133; thepigrestaurant.com Piggyback Classic cocktails, beer and wine and unexpected, creative bar food.

630 Weaver Dairy Rd.; 919-240-4715 Pop’s Pizzeria Pizzas, calzones, stromboli, pasta. 1822 MLK Jr. Blvd.; 919-932-1040; pops-pizzeria.com 120

Amante Gourmet Pizza Create-your-own pizzas. 6209-B Falconbridge Rd.; 919-493-0904; amantepizza.com BIN 54 Steaks, seafood and other fine American food. Everything made in-house.

Glen Lennox Shopping Center; 919-969-1155; bin54chapelhill.com Brenz Pizza Co. Specialty pizzas, subs, salads. 3120 Environ Way, East 54; 919-636-4636; brenzpizzaco.com Coco Bean Coffee Shop Locally owned coffee shop offering Carrboro Coffee Roasters coffee and a vegan market.

1114 Environ Way, East 54; 919-883-9003; cocobeancoffeeshop.com elements Cuisine combining classical and modern Asian and European cooking techniques; check out the wine bar with full menu next door. 2110 Environ Way, East 54; 919-537-8780; elementsofchapelhill.com First Watch French toast, pancakes and specialty omelets. 1101 Environ Way, East 54; 919-537-8488; firstwatch.com Hawthorne & Wood Fine dining cuisine with an outdoor patio, a fully stocked bar and an extensive international wine list.

3140 Environ Way, East 54; 919-240-4337; hawthorneandwood.com Jujube Eclectic, modern cuisine inspired by the classic flavors of China and Vietnam.

Glen Lennox Shopping Center; 919-960-0555; jujuberestaurant.com Nantucket Grill & Bar Clam chowder, lobster rolls and more. 5925 Farrington Rd.; 919-402-0077; nantucketgrill.com Old East Tavern Elevated food, wine, craft beer and cocktails. 1118 Environ Way, East 54; 919-903-8699; oldeasttavern.com Thai Palace Soup, curries, pad thai.

Glenwood Square Shopping Center; 919-967-5805

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Meadowmont Village Brixx Wood Fired Pizza Specialty pizzas and salads. 501 Meadowmont Village Circle; 919-929-1942; brixxpizza.com COMING SOON – Lime & Lemon Indian Grill & Bar Northern and southern Indian specialties including Gobi Manchurian, Paneer Tikka, Chicken Tikka and Hariyali Murg Kebab. 101 Meadowmont Village Cir.; lnlrestaurant.com Meet Fresh Taiwanese desserts and teas.

407 Meadowmont Village Circle; 984-999-4983; meetfresh.us/en Quickly Hot and cold tea drinks in addition to Asian street food. 503 Meadowmont Village Circle; 984-234-0401; quicklychapelhill.com Southern Village

Al’s Burger Shack Gourmet burgers and fries made with local ingredients.

708 Market St.; 919-914-6694; alsburgershack.com La Vita Dolce Pastries, sorbet, gelato, coffee. 610 Market St.; 919-968-1635; lavitadolcecafe.com Market and Moss American cuisine made with fresh local ingredients.

700 Market St.; 919-929-8226; marketandmoss.com Rasa Malaysia Authentic Malaysian dishes.

410 Market St.; 984-234-0256; rasamalaysiach.com Town Hall Grill Sandwiches, steak, seafood, Italian dishes. 410 Market St.; 919-960-8696; thetownhallgrill.com Weaver Street Market Food bar items available as grab and go. 716 Market St.; 919-929-2009; weaverstreetmarket.coop

CARRBORO Downtown 401 Main Upscale dive bar and sandwich shop serving shareable bar snacks, local brews and po’boys. 401 Main St.; 919-390-3598; 401main.com Acme Food & Beverage Co. Entrees with a Southern touch. 110 E. Main St.; 919-929-2263; acmecarrboro.com Akai Hana Japanese cuisine including sushi, tempura and teriyaki. 206 W. Main St.; 919-942-6848; akaihana.com Armadillo Grill Tex-Mex burritos, enchiladas, tacos, nachos. 120 E. Main St.; 919-929-4669; armadillogrill.com

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Paco’s Tacos Steak, chicken, seafood and vegetarian tacos. Located in Mel’s Commissary & Catering. 109 W. Main St.; 919-240-7700 Carrburritos Burritos, tacos, nachos and margaritas. 711 W. Rosemary St.; 919-933-8226; carrburritos.com

Cham Thai Cuisine Authentic Thai, Siamese and Chinese cuisine. 370 E. Main St., Ste. 190; 984-999-4646; chamthaicuisineatcarrboro.com Coronato Pizza Roman-style pizza, snacks and salads. 101 Two Hills Rd., Ste. 140; 919-240-4804; coronatopizza.com Craftboro Brewing Depot Bottle shop and brewery with taps of craft beer. 101 Two Hills Dr., Unit 180; 919-240-4400; craftborobrewing.com Glasshalfull Mediterranean-inspired food and wine; outdoor dining; all ABC permits.

106 S. Greensboro St.; 919-967-9784; glasshalfull.net Gourmet Kingdom Sichuan cuisine.

301 E. Main St.; 919-932-7222; thegourmetkingdom.com The Honeysuckle Cafe & Bar Coffeehouse serving tea and meads in addition to breakfast, lunch and dinner. 601 W. Main St.; 919-967-9398; thehoneysuckle.org/cafe-bar Krave Kava Bar & Tea Lounge Offers a wide range of tea and herbal drinks, all made from kava, a type of plant root. 105 W. Main St.; 919-408-9596; kravekava.com Luna Rotisserie & Empanadas South American cuisine meets the American South. 307 E. Main St.; 919-537-8958; lunarotisserie.com Mel’s Commissary & Catering Changing lunch-only menu of comfort food. 109 W. Main St.; 919-240-7700; melscarrboro.com Mosaic Café & Bistro A pastry shop specializing in baked treats by day and a casual tapas-style bistro by night. 203 W. Weaver St.; mosaicbistro.com Napoli Cafe Wood-fired pizza, espresso, artisanal gelato made from scratch, teas and local craft beer and wines. 105 E. Main St.; 919-667-8288; napolicarrboro.com Neal’s Deli Buttermilk biscuits and traditional deli fare. 100-C E. Main St.; 919-967-2185; nealsdeli.com Oakleaf “Immediate” cuisine like pastas and seafood using ingredients from the chef’s own garden. 310 E. Main St.; 984-234-0054; oakleafnc.com Open Eye Cafe Locally roasted Carrboro Coffee and espresso, tea, beer, wine and baked goods. 101 S. Greensboro St.; 919-968-9410; openeyecafe.com

Weaver Street Market Hot food bar items are available as grab and go. Carr Mill Mall; 919-929-0010; weaverstreetmarket.coop N.C. 54 West/Carrboro Plaza

Perennial Cafe Serving Carrboro Coffee Roasters coffee, tea and pastries.

401 W. Franklin St.; perennial.cafe

Aidan’s Pizza Pizza, wings and salads.

602-D Jones Ferry Rd.; 919-903-8622; aidanspizza.com

Pizzeria Mercato Pizza, antipasto, soups, fritti and gelato. 408 W. Weaver St.; 919-967-2277; pizzeriamercatonc.com Spotted Dog Vegetarian- and veganfriendly entrees. 111 E. Main St.; 919-933-1117; thespotteddogrestaurant.com COMING SOON – Tesoro 18-seat neighborhood restaurant with house-made pasta, seasonal plates and classic sweets.

100 E. Weaver St.; tesorocarrboro.com Wings Over Has 27 flavors of wings.

313 E. Main St.; 919-537-8271; wingsoverchapelhill.com

Anna Maria’s Pizzeria Italian cuisine.

Carrboro Plaza; 919-929-1877; annamariasnc. wordpress.com Fiesta Grill Burritos, chimichangas, fajitas, tacos. 3307 N.C. Hwy. 54 W.; 919-928-9002; fiestagrill.us Monterrey Mexican Grill Traditional Mexican cuisine. Carrboro Plaza; 919-903-9919; monterreychapelhill.com Wingman Wings and hot dogs. 104 N.C. Hwy. 54 W.; 919-928-9200; bestwingman. net

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HILLSBOROUGH

Amante Gourmet Pizza Create-your-own pizzas, salads and pasta. 300 E. Main St.; 919-929-3330; amantepizza.com

Antonia’s Italian cuisine. 101 N. Churton St.; 919-643-7722; antoniashillsborough.com

Gray Squirrel Coffee Co. Roastery and espresso bar. 360 E. Main St., Ste. 100; graysquirrelcoffee.com Hickory Tavern Burgers, sandwiches and build-your-own salads. 370-110 E. Main St.; 919-942-7417; thehickorytavern.com Iza Whiskey & Eats Japanese fusion cuisine serving small plates, sushi, ramen, whiskey, sake and cocktails. 370 E. Main St., Ste. 140; 919-537-8645; izaeats.com Rise Southern Biscuits & Righteous Chicken Biscuits, doughnuts, chicken and coffee.

310 E. Main St., Ste. 100; 919-929-5115; risebiscuitschicken.com Vecino Brewing Co. Dozens of craft beer choices plus flavorful small plates.

300 E. Main St., Ste. C; 919-537-9591; vecinobrewing.com

COMING SOON – C&B Community Store The gas station turned community kitchen serves breakfast and lunch five days a week and wood-fired pizzas on weekends.

5515 N.C. Hwy. 86; 336-425-6230 Cup A Joe Coffee and pastries. 112 W. King St.; 919-732-2008; hboro-cupajoe.com El Restaurante Ixtapa Authentic fromscratch Mexican dishes. 162 Exchange Park Ln.; 919-644-6944; ixtapa.homestead.com/ homepage.html Hillsborough BBQ Company Barbecue plates and sandwiches, sides and desserts. 236 S. Nash St.; 919-732-4647; hillsboroughbbq.com Hot Tin Roof Games and specialty cocktails. 115 W. Margaret Ln.; 919-296-9113; hottinroofbar.com The House at Gatewood Chophouse and oyster bar with dishes such as signature cracker-crusted pork chop with grits and greens. 300 U.S. 70; 919-241-4083; houseatgatewood.com

Carr Mill Mall/North Greensboro Street B-Side Lounge Small plates like flatbread, bacon-wrapped dates and fondue. Plus, inspired cocktails. Carr Mill Mall; 919-9047160; b-sidelounge.com

Jay’s Chicken Shack Chicken, buffalo wings, breakfast biscuits. 646 N. Churton St.; 919-732-3591; jayschickenshack.com

Carrboro Pizza Oven Pizza, calzones.

Carr Mill Mall; 919-904-7336; carrboropizzaoven.com Dingo Dog Brewing Company The nanobrewery/nonprofit features 16 taps and outdoor seating. 410 N. Greensboro St., Ste. 150; dingodogbrewing.com

Los Altos Serving Mexican dishes, such as tacos and chiles rellenos, for breakfast and lunch six days a week and dinner on weekends. 126 W. King St.; 919-241-4177

Oasis Organic coffee, tea, beer and wine. Carr Mill Mall; 919-904-7343; oasisincarrmill.com

Maple View Farm Country Store Drive-up or window service for homemade ice cream and milk. 6900 Rocky Ridge Rd.; 919-960-5535; mapleviewfarm.com

Tandem Farm-to-table, modern American cuisine with full service bar. Carr Mill Mall; 919-240-7937; tandemcarrboro.com

Matthew’s Chocolates Gourmet chocolates, frozen treats and baked goods. 104 N. Churton St.; 919-732-0900

Thai Station Authentic, fresh Thai dishes.

201 E. Main St., Ste. C.; 984-234-3230; thaistationnc.com

Napoli Hillsborough Neapolitan pizzeria and gelateria. 230 S. Nash St.; 919-245-8566; napolihillsborough.com

Venable Rotisserie Bistro Upscale comfort food with a heavy emphasis on seasonal ingredients. Carr Mill Mall; 919-904-7160; venablebistro.com

Nomad International street food-inspired eatery. 122 W. King St.; 984-217-0179; thenomadnc.com

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Eat Healthy. Be Happy!

Authentic North Indian and Chinese Cuisine, with Fusion and Thai Dishes

Panciuto Locally sourced, sustainably raised, Southern-influenced Italian dining. 110 S. Churton St.; 919-732-6261; panciuto.com Pueblo Viejo Traditional Mexican food.

370 S. Churton St.; 919-732-3480 Radius Wood-fired pizzas, housemade pastas, sandwiches, salads and desserts.

Outdoor dining. 112 N. Churton St.; 919-245-0601; radiuspizzeria.net

RASA Indi-Chinese Restaurant The One & Only Chapel Hill Location!

Saratoga Grill New England-style cuisine. 108 S. Churton St.; 919-732-2214; saratogagrill.com Steve’s Garden Market & Butchery Local meat, baked goods, pimento cheese. 610 N. Churton St.; 919-732-4712; stevesgardenmarket.com Village Diner Southern fare and takeout pizza. 600 W. King St.; 919-245-8915; villagedinernc.com Vinny’s Italian Grill and Pizzeria Italian favorites. 133 N. Scottswood Blvd.; 919-732-9219; vinnyshillsborough.com Weaver Street Market Food bar items are available as grab and go. 228 S. Churton St.; 919-245-5050; weaverstreetmarket.coop

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CHATHAM COUNTY Governors Village Ciao Bella Pizzeria Pizzas, pastas, sandwiches. 1716 Farrington Point Rd.; 919-932-4440 Flair Restaurant & Wine Bar Frenchinfluenced food, coffee and Sunday brunch.

50100 Governors Dr.; 919-967-9990; flairfusionrestaurant.com Gov’s Burger & Tap Burgers, hot dogs, salads, wraps and sandwiches.

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Tarantini Italian cuisine. 50160 Governors Dr.; 919-942-4240; tarantinirestaurant.com North Chatham 501 Pharmacy Maple View Farm ice cream, plus malts and shakes. 98 Chapelton Ct., Ste. 300; 984-999-0501; 501rx.com

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Capp’s Pizzeria & Trattoria Traditional Italian cuisine including fresh pastas, pizzas and more. 79 Falling Springs Dr., Ste. 140; 919-240-4104; cappspizzeria.com Captain John’s Dockside Fish & Crab House American seafood dishes.

11550 U.S. Hwy. 15-501 N.; 919-968-7955; docksidechapelhill.com Moon Asian Bistro An Asian fusion restaurant offering sushi, ASIAN BISTRO Chinese dishes like sweet-and-sour chicken, Thai curry dishes, rice and noodles.

111 Knox Way, Ste. 100; 919-869-7894; moonasianbistroch.com O’YA Cantina Latin cuisine from all over the world. 72 Chapelton Ct.; 984-999-4129; oyacantina.com Town Hall Burger and Beer Burgers plus tacos, wings and salads. 58 Chapelton Ct.; 984-234-3504; townhallburgerandbeer.com

PITTSBORO Al’s Diner Traditional American classics for breakfast, lunch and dinner. 535 West St.; 919-542-5800; alsdiner.net Allen & Son Bar-B-Que N.C. barbecue.

5650 U.S. 15-501; 919-542-2294; stubbsandsonbbq.com Angelina’s Kitchen Greek and Southwestern dishes including gyros. 23 Rectory St.; 919-545-5505; angelinaskitchenonline.com Aromatic Roasters Small-batch coffee shop specializing in Aztec mochas, chai lattes and Thai teas. 697 Hillsboro St.; 919-259-4749; aromaticroasters.com The Belted Goat Lunch, dinner and wine shop, offering salads and sandwiches.

Fearrington Village Center; 919-545-5717; fearrington.com/belted-goat Buzz Cafe at Chatham Marketplace Sandwiches, daily changing hot bar, sushi, salads and baked goods. Chatham Mills; 919-542-2643; chathammarketplace.coop Carolina Brewery The fifth-oldest brewery in the state. Outdoor seating available.

120 Lowes Dr., Ste. 100; 919-545-2330; carolinabrewery.com/pittsboro-brewery The City Tap Classic bar food. 89 Hillsboro St.; 919-545-0562; thecitytap.com Compadres Tequila Lounge Mexican restaurant with a variety of classic dishes.

193 Lowes Dr., Ste. 107; 919-704-8374; compadresnc.com Copeland Springs Farm & Kitchen Grains and greens bowls, small plates and bar snacks. 193B Lorax Ln.; 919-261-7211; copelandspringsfarm.com Davenport’s Café Diem Carrboro Coffee Roasters coffee and espresso offerings.

439 Hillsboro St.; 919-704-4239; davenports-cafediem.com

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New Japan Hibachi-style Japanese cooking.

90 Lowes Dr.; 919-542-4380 Elizabeth’s Pizza Pizzas, calzones, sandwiches, salads and pasta.

160 Hillsboro St.; 919-545-9292; elizabethspizzapittsboro.com

ODDCO An art and design store and music venue featuring regional craft beers. 684 West St.; 919-704-8832; realoddstuff.com

The Phoenix Bakery Small-batch and seasonal baked goods and specialty cakes. 664 West St.; 919-542-4452; thephoenixbakerync.com

Greek Kouzina Made from scratch hummus, gyros, kebabs and more. 964 East St.; 919-542-9950; greekkouzina.com

Roost Beer Garden Wood-fired pizza, local brews and live music. Open April through October. Fearrington Village Center; 919-542-2121; fearrington.com/roost

John’s Pizza Restaurant Pizzas, pastas, wraps, calzones and strombolis. 122 Sanford Rd.; 919-542-5027; johnspizzarestaurant.com The Mod Wood-fired pizza, salads, small plates and a full bar. Outdoor seating available. 46 Sanford Rd.; 919-533-6883; themodernlifedeli.com

The Sycamore at Chatham Mills Upscale steakhouse. 480 Hillsboro St., Ste. 530; 919-704-873; thesycamoreat chathammills.com

Postal Fish Company Fresh seafood from North Carolina’s coast. Serving dinner only. 75 W. Salisbury St.; 919-704-8612; postalfishcompany.com

The Fearrington House Restaurant Contemporary fine dining. Reservations are needed. Fearrington Village Center; 919-542-2121; fearrington.com/house

House of Hops Bar and bottle shop with a large craft beer selection on tap. Outdoor seating available. 112 Russet Run, Ste. 110; 919-542-3435; houseofhopsnc.com

Starrlight Mead Tastings of honey wines and honey. 130 Lorax Ln.; 919-533-6314; starrlightmead.com

The Root Cellar Cafe & Catering Sandwiches, prepared salads, desserts and more. 35 Suttles Rd.; 919-542-1062; rootcellarpbo.com

Village Pizza and Pasta A neighborhood pizza place serving up subs, calzones, pastas and salads. 11312 U.S. Hwy. 15-501 S., Ste. 300; 919-960-3232; villagepizzapasta.com Virlie’s Grill Soups, salads, burgers, sandwiches. 58 Hillsboro St.; 919-542-0376; virliesgrill.com Willy’s Cinnamon Rolls, Etc. Bakery selling cinnamon rolls, scones, muffins, cookies and bread with ’40s and ’50s flair. 35 W. Chatham St.; 252-305-9227; willysrolls.com

S&T’s Soda Shoppe Soda fountain, American fare. 85 Hillsboro St.; 919-545-0007; sandtsodashoppe.com Small B&B Cafe Offbeat, eco-friendly eatery offering farm-to-table fare for breakfast and lunch. Offering outdoor dining. 219 East St.; 919-537-1909; smallbandbcafe.com

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Annexe The sister bar of Bar Vigile features a dance floor, a menu of snacks, turntables built into the bar and pink Champagne on tap. 105 S. Mangum St., Ste. 1; 919-973-3000; annexedurham.com Bar Virgile Artfully crafted beverages paired with an ever-changing lunch, dinner and small plates menu. The bar is open for dine in or curbside pickup offering its well-loved cheeseburger, fried oysters and more. 105 S. Magnum St.; 919-973-3000; barvirgile.com

Goorsha Ethiopian dishes like shiro chickpea stew and tibs (sauteed meat in spices). 910 W. Main St.; 919-588-4660; goorshadurham.com The Honeysuckle at Lakewood A new location from the owners of Honeysuckle Tea House, serving wine, beer and mead as well as chef-driven, elevated bar food.

1920 Chapel Hill Rd.; 919-748-4687; thehoneysucklelakewood.com

Beyu Caffè Coffee shop, restaurant and bar with beignets, buffalo wings and mushroom burgers. 341 W. Main St.; 919-683-1058; beyucaffe.com

Lime & Lemon Indian Grill & Bar Northern and southern Indian specialties including Gobi Manchurian, Paneer Tikka, Chicken Tikka and Hariyali Murg Kebab. 811 Ninth St.; 919-748-3456; limenlemonnc.com

The Boot Room Sandwich shop, soccer pub and event space. Lunch, dinner or brunch is available to order online or in person. 2501 University Dr.; 919-748-3499; bootroomdurham.com

Lula and Sadie’s A modern take on Southern cuisine highlighting local produce with dishes like scalloped potatoes and hot cakes. 530 Foster St.; 919-908-9339; durhamfoodhall.com

GoJo by Goorsha Ethiopian coffees and teas as well as lunch and sandwiches.

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LuLuBangBang Chapel Hill Restaurant Group’s newest venture features handcrafted Pan-Asian street food with fresh local ingredients. 5418 Page Rd.; 919-908-1851; lulubangbangnc.com

MEZ Contemporary Mexican Creative Mexican dishes, based on traditional recipes with a fresh, healthy twist. 5410 Page Rd.; 919-941-1630; mezdurham.com NanaSteak Offers various cuts of beef and steaks, plus other meats like salmon and tuna steaks and pastas like beef short rib ravioli. 345 Blackwell St.; 919-282-1183; nanasteak.com Page Road Grill Traditional American dishes, from housemade soup and bread to burgers to vegetarian options. 5416 Page Rd.; 919-908-8900; pageroadgrill.com Sitar Indian Cuisine Homemade Indian dishes at affordable prices; new outdoor seating. 3630 Durham-Chapel Hill Blvd.; 919-490-1326; sitar-indiancuisine.com The Loop Restaurant Burgers, thin-crust or cauliflower crust pizzas and handdipped milkshakes. 1116 Broad St.; 919-408-7448; thelooprestaurant.com

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A few years into dating, the couple decided to travel to Charleston, South Carolina, for the weekend. On Aug. 4, 2020, Brett took Kandace to see the Pineapple Fountain, where he proposed. Filled with joy, she said “yes.” After they returned from their trip, the couple celebrated with Kandace’s parents.

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Northwood High School graduate Corey Frye through family for about 12 years, but the timing had never been right until they reconnected in early 2019.

Their whirlwind romance took off as they began dating and found out they were expecting their son, Hunter, in June 2019.

That November, Jordan and Corey were watching Christmas movies together when he got down on one knee and popped the question, explaining how much Jordan and Hunter meant to him. The proposal was “very intimate and very sweet,” Jordan says.

On Dec. 19, 2020, the couple got married at The Cloth Mill at Eno River in Hillsborough accompanied by friends and family, including Jordan’s father, Orange County Sheriff Charles Blackwood, her mother, Lisa Blackwood, and Corey’s mother, Julie Frye. The wedding party included maid of honor Jesse Blackwood, best man Josh Harrington and Patrick Alston, Cody King, Morgan Newlin, Julian Parrish, Lauren Rhodes, Abbie Scott, Alex Scott and Taylor Scott. Although the pandemic caused them to change how they celebrated, “we had all the right people at our wedding,” Jordan explains. The couple exchanged heartfelt gifts before the ceremony, and Hunter walked down the aisle with Corey, making for a very special day. Flower Patch created a beautiful space full of floral arrangements, and the guests enjoyed food from Beau Catering at the reception.

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atie Pope and Jackie Carter met at Aveda Institute Chapel Hill 12

years ago when Katie was in school to become an aesthetician and Jackie a hairdresser. Jackie, who grew up in the Raleigh area, and Katie, who moved to North Carolina as a teenager, are both alumni of North Carolina State University and were friends for a long time before starting to date a few years ago.

Jackie had planned a surprise proposal in Wilmington, North Carolina, for Mother’s Day weekend in 2020 with all of their family, but the pandemic put a halt to the big plans. Jackie says, “The day was still as special and wonderful as it was meant to be” thanks to a friend who offered up her beach house and having Katie’s son there.

On Feb. 27, 2021, Katie, Jackie and their immediate family enjoyed a small and intimate ceremony at The Colonial Inn followed by cake and dinner at Nomad. Jackie made Katie’s bouquet, and Katie’s friends did her hair and makeup to add some personal touches. Jackie says, “Our day couldn’t have been more perfect.”

The couple lives in Hillsborough and runs The Hair Garage and Facial Tune Up, operating out of Salon Lofts in Chapel Hill. They look forward to a large ceremony in Mexico in February 2022 with all of their friends and family. CHM July/August 2021

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reyson Ray

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After graduating from UNCWilmington, Greyson met Chicagoland native Alex Bockman in their community group at Two Cities Church in Winston-Salem. Over their seven months of dating, the pair bonded over cooking, visiting new coffee shops, their love for college sports and exploring walking trails and parks in the area.

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read the note, and then Alex got on one knee to pop the question.

They celebrated with a surprise engagement party with Greyson’s family in Durham.

The two tied the knot during an outdoor ceremony at Chapel Hill Carriage House on March 20, 2021. Greyson says she couldn’t have imagined getting married anywhere else; having llamas and baby goats on-site provided for great entertainment and fun photos.

Greyson and Alex’s favorite moments of the day happened while getting ready with the wedding party and both sets of parents, Janet Ray, Rusty Ray, Carol Bockman and Jim Bockman. The couple and their guests enjoyed food from Rocky Top Catering, the chicken and waffle appetizer being a fan favorite, and finished the night off with music and dancing.

The couple lives in Winston-Salem, where Greyson is in occupational therapy school at Winston-Salem State University, and Alex is a civil engineer. CHM

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