Toast‘s crostini are always a treat, and there’s no use fighting the temptation when you’re faced with a choice of lemony ricotta with roasted tomato and garlicky rapini, and braised Brussels sprouts with duck confit and fontina – you eat both!
We’re loving a warm chicken stromboli on Lilly’s Pizza’s patio during these cooler bouts of weather.
If you have Durham-centric loved ones on your list this year, we’d recommend a trip to Indio. Isn’t this Coral & Tusk tapestry amazing!?
Celebrating their 10th anniversary in style, Creative Director Kevin Brown and his wife ate dinner Nanasteak (ordering the steak, naturally) and stayed the night downtown at 21c Museum Hotel (below).

Just can’t beat these sunset views from the top floors of 21c!
Rose’s Meat Market and Sweet Shop for the win! It will never be too cold to keep us from enjoying one of their house-made ice cream sandwiches.

