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🎉 Celebrate 75 years with Village District this Saturday, April 20 from 3pm-8pm.
Enjoy live music, a beer garden, pop-ups, giveaways + a kid-friendly area. The event includes @theroastgrillhotweiners, a caricature artist and more. Local vendors @designedforjoy, Stitch Golf, Wild Flora Flowers, and City Garden Design will also be on hand.
Image courtesy of @shopvillagedistrict
Check out this cool view of @dreamvillefest at @dixpark by local photographer @jqbrattonphoto!
Read our write up about the event through the link in our bio.
#dreamville #dixpark #raleigh #jcole
Congratulations to one of our talented photographers, @jennmckinneyphotography, on her new studio in Downtown Raleigh!
#photographer #ncphotographer #raleighphotographer
🌮 Do some good with Bartaco’s #givingtaco! 🌮
@bartacolife’s #secrettaco has left the menu, but their new #givingtaco is giving us good vibes!
Each month, a new/unique taco will be introduced to the menu, and $1 from every #givingtaco sold is donated to a local organization.
Eat good + do good. Now, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 good!
This month’s giving taco: Soft-shell crab with sweet charred corn pico and roasted poblano sauce, seen here.
Over 100,000 Dreamers descended upon Dorothea Dix Park last weekend when J. Cole and his Dreamville Festival took over Raleigh.
Read all about the weekend through the link in our bio.
@dixpark @dreamvillefest #dreamville2024
So. Much. Pollen. We Talked to an Allergy Specialist About It. 🤧
Special thanks to Jonathan Romeo, D.O., a board-certified allergist with Allergy Partners of the Triangle in Raleigh for chatting with us about ways to manage this plethora of pollen (and other allergies)!
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Photo by adobe/Chad Robertson
#pollen #allergies #pollenseason
We celebrated the grand opening of the @designedforjoy store located in Makers Alley in @visitnorthhills!
Designed for Joy has provided over 140 women in crisis with steady employment since 2017. Their main studio/workspace is still located in @downtownraleigh, but this new spot will offer shoppers access to all the fab DFJ products, helping spread the word of all the amazing things they do for women in our community.
Celebrated the grand opening of @doseyoga this weekend at @visitnorthhills! It’s the perfect spot to relax while focusing on whole mind + body. A total zen experience!
#raleighyoga #northhills #grandopening
Get ready to indulge in an array of BBQ goodness at the upcoming Gettin’ Piggy With It event in 2024!
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@lawrencebarbecue @trophybrewing @youngheartsdistilling @frankielemmonsch #gettinpiggywithit #frankielemmonschool #raleighbbq
@ameliasflowertruck - a Nashville-based female-led floral business - is celebrating the grand opening of their new Raleigh location within @visitnorthhills Innovation District at 540 St Albans Drive this Saturday, April 6.
On Saturday starting at 10 a.m., the team will be offering French macarons for those who stop by to enjoy, as well as an Amelia’s Flowers t-shirt given to the first twenty guests.
#northhills #raleighflorist #ncflorist #supportsmallbusiness
With @dreamvillefest nearly sold out, festival organizers are excited to announce a continued collaboration with @amazonmusic to livestream this year’s festival.
The livestream will be available for free via Amazon’s music channels on Twitch, Prime Video and the Amazon Music app featuring hosts Wayno, Speedy Morman, Nyla Symone and Amber Grimes.
https://music.amazon.com/live/events/LM4U0I2TZ6
Photo from Dreamville 2022 courtesy of Melissa Wistehuff
Making history! ❤️🐺
@ncstate @packmensbball @packwomensbball are both going to the Elite Eight at the same time for the first time in school history!
Image courtesy of @accnetwork
James Beard-Nominated Chef Scott Crawford Opens His Fourth Restaurant, @brodetorestaurant!
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Photos by Jessica Crawford @chefscottcrawford @jennoblekelly
Sunday afternoons just got much more indulgent during your North Hills shopping excursion with the recent addition of Leo’s Italian Social, now open on the ground level of the Renaissance Hotel.
Filling the space of the old Mia Francesca location, Leo’s Italian Social is a plush new dining experience serving lunch, brunch, dinner and cocktails that range from arancini and cauliflower bites for starters to pasta, wood-fired pizzas and main dishes such as halibut, chicken parmesan and juicy filet cuts.
Midtown visited Leo’s to try some items on its Sunday brunch menu. The menu features six delicious-sounding items, making it challenging to decide on only two!
We opted for the Avocado Toast, made with fresh avocado spread, grilled sourdough, feta cheese, and a soft-boiled egg. Served with a side of fresh arugula topped with radishes and heirloom tomatoes, it was one of the heartiest avocado toasts we’ve had.
We also opted for the Baked Italian Eggs with roasted tomatoes, sausage, caramelized onions, zucchini and olive oil toast. You have your choice of how you want your eggs, which, for us, was over-easy so that the rich yolk could blend in with the rich tomato sauce and nicely seasoned sausage.
Also, during Leo’s Italian Social’s brunch hours, take advantage of their $5 Mimosa and Bloody Mary specials—we sure did!
@leositaliansocial @visitnorthhills #brunch #raleighbrunch #raleighfoodpics #raleighfoodies #mimosa #bloodymary @renraleigh
Video and words by Dathan Kazsuk
Enter to win tickets to @burningcoaltc’s “A Little Night Music!”
Fill out our form {through the giveaways link in our bio} for a chance to win two tickets to “A Little Night Music.” Tickets can be used for any performance during the show’s run April 4-21.
#giveaway #burningcoaltheatre #nctheatre #alittlenightmusic
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Date/Time/Location: January 18, 2024 6:30p-9:30p ET Museum of Natural Sciences 11 W Jones St, Raleigh, NC 27601 *Please Use the Entrance to
