happenings

The Main District Expansion project at North Hills has announced another upcoming tenant. Limani Grille, a Mediterranean seafood restaurant focusing on traditional Greek specialties, is expected to open by early 2024. Look for the freshest ingredients found worldwide like premium first-pressed, cold-pressed olive oil from the Kalamata, jewels of fish and seafood, local organic vegetables, and special items such as capers and saffron from Greece. Limani has another location in Charlotte. limani.com

Wake County Parks, Recreation and Open Space is celebrating all year long with special programs, features, contests, and more. To participate, visit a trail at each Wake County park and preserve in 2023. Visit their website to plan trips, and use their handy Trail Tracker resolution card to keep track of your progress! wakegov.com/celebrateyear-trail-wake-county-parks tworoosters.com

Two Roosters Ice Cream has announced its fifth location, this time in Wake Forest in The Factory complex next to Gonza Tacos y Tequila. They are expected to open just in time for summer.

Bougie eating is coming to Raleigh! Chef Eric Rivera out of Seattle is opening two new dining experiences:

Coqui and Sapo. They will both share the same location (they are looking for real estate downtown), but will have different concepts. Coqui will have a Puerto Rican flair, and Sapo will be a private dining room with a tasting menu. In fact, neither restaurant will have set menus; it’s about making custom experiences for the diner.

Bigger, bolder, and more dramatic. That’s how golf lovers should see the first new golf course at Pinehurst Resort in nearly three decades. Pinehurst No. 10, which recently broke ground, is being designed by Tom Doak, one of the most respected and decorated golf course architects of the modern era. Located 4 miles south of the main resort clubhouse, the 18-hole routing is expected to open late spring of 2024, coinciding with the return of the US Open to Pinehurst No. 2. Along with natural ridgelines, intriguing landforms, towering longleaf pines, streams and ponds, the course will mix sand, wiregrass, bluestem grass, and other native grasses that grow around the Sandhills. pinehurst.com

Well-known area chef SCOTT CRAWFORD IS OPENING A NEW RESTAURANT AT RALEIGH IRON WORKS. Slated to open in late 2023, Brodeto, named after a popular Croatian fish stew, will feature a blend of Italian and Croatian dishes centered around Adriatic Cuisine. The menu will include both raw and cooked seafood options, handmade pasta, risotto, and dishes like a Croatian lamb peka. The space itself will be Crawford’s largest, featuring an open kitchen, live fire hearth, outdoor dining, and a large bar.

First Tee — Triangle broke ground on its Center for Youth Development, a major step in its mission to provide a safe place where participants can study, learn about leadership, make new friends, and develop the life skills that come from playing the game of golf. Once completed, the center will allow First Tee — Triangle to serve an additional 1,000 kids annually. It will include a 5,000-square-foot learning center, outdoor pavilion, 30-bay driving range, 25,000-square-foot Himalayas-style putting green, and a par 3 course all designed by world-renowned golf course architect Gil Hanse. This new facility will also enable them to grow their diversity and inclusion efforts through partnerships with Title I schools in Wake and Durham counties. Having a home will give them the opportunity to offer kids healthy snacks, tutoring and mentoring, and a safe place to call their own. The expected completion date is fall of this year. trigolf.org

Throughout February, Cape Fear Seafood Company (CFSC) locations in North Carolina donated $1 from the purchase of every Surf & Turf Chimichurri appetizer to the Trawick Pediatric Cardiology Research Fund at Duke Children’s Hospital. The funds were matched by CFSC’s founders for a total of $2 per appetizer sold going toward research. The fund was established to further the research for thousands of children born each year with congenital heart defects. Since its founding in 2018, the Trawick Pediatric Cardiology Research Fund has raised more than $130,000.

A concept fermentation experience centered on the idea that beer should be more experimental, more experiential, and a lot more fun — which has been a pop-up experience since 2018 — now has a permanent location. ANCILLARY* FERMENTATION OPENED THE BRANCH, located in a defunct bank at 1420 Hardimont Road just off Wake Forest Road. They have partnered with Bo’s Kitchen food truck. ancillaryfermentation.com

At Raleigh’s NC Museum of Art, the newly remodeled NCMA Cafe in the West Building had its grand opening on January

14. Enjoy chef Rick Sloan’s rotating culinary collection featuring signature dishes like Cider

Glazed Chicken or Carolina Classics Catfish

Farro Bowl. The coffee lounge will feature barista-crafted beverages for a quick pick-meup. ncartmuseum.org/visit/dine

On January 7, Cary resident Tim Chlopowicz, a volunteer with Second Chance Pet Adoptions, put on his fundraiser, Help Tim Save Animals for Second Chance. For every $1,000 he raised, someone got hit in the face with a pie. In just two years, they have raised more than $40,000! Pies are donated by Cary’s Once in a Blue Moon Bakery. This year, a local youth hockey team, the Carolina Junior Hurricanes 15U Red squad, made it their community project. They raised $3,225, along with collecting food and supplies for Second Chance, the oldest no-kill rescue in Wake County.

Fans of Vivian Howard’s food no longer have to drive all the way to Kinston. A Viv’s Fridge location is now located outside of Wine Authorities at 211 E. Franklin St. in Raleigh. The concept is a mix between a vending machine and a refrigerator that serves prepared meals stocked by her Kinston restaurant, Chef & The Farmer. The “smart refrigerators” give consumers 24/7 access to Howard’s family-style prepared meals to take home and either take and bake, boil and toss, or steam and eat. The fridges will hold entrees, snacks, and desserts ranging from $20 to $65. vivsfridge.com

Raleigh Popsicle Company is opening a location in downtown

Raleigh at 119 E. Hargett

St. Known for their gourmet popsicles with flavors like strawberry cream and blackberry cheesecake, this will be the shop’s fourth location, with two already in Raleigh and one in Durham.

Hoffman & Associates announced that construction has begun on a 149-room Hyatt House hotel in Seaboard Station. The project will feature a modern rooftop bar and restaurant called High Rail and is slated for completion in 2024.