$$ Pizzeria Toro — amazing wood-fired pies & appetizers $$ Mezcalito — great for big groups - yummy Mexican food & cocktails $ Ponysaurus Brewing Co — great outdoor vibes - can’t go wrong with beer & pizza! $$ Mateo Bar de Tapas — amazing tapas and paella $$$ M Sushi — BEST sushi in Durham $$$ M Tempura — smaller (but just as amazing) sister restaurant of M Sushi - if you’re ready to dine, do the kaiseki $ Picnic — one of Ryan’s favorite BBQ spots in Durham $$$ Convivio — great Italian food
$$ Corpse Reviver Bar & Lounge — cocktail bar $$ Kingfisher — cocktail bar $$ Alley Twenty Six — bar $$ The Roof at The Durham — rooftop bar $ Dssolvr Durham — brewery $ Ponysaurus Brewing — brewery
$ Elmo’s Diner — channel your inner kid and get the chocolate chip pancakes (a Ryan classic) $$ Press Coffee, Crêpes & Cocktails — great breakfast or brunch! treat yourself to a mimosa and crêpe (a Hannah classic) $ Rise — southern biscuits and chicken (must order the jumbo tater tots) $$ Dame’s Chicken & Waffles — if you want to try a southern classic, you can’t go wrong here $ Loaf — great baked goods - a Chapel Hill farmer’s market staple!
Boxcar Bar & Arcade — drink (or not) and play arcade games American Tobacco Campus — shop, dine, and explore UNC Chapel Hill — Ryan’s & Hannah’s alma mater! Explore campus and Franklin Street Sarah P. Duke Gardens — beautiful botanical garden in Durham Duke University — (the lesser of the two blue NC schools) but still a beautiful campus ZincHouse Winery & Brewery — visiting this place is an experience in and of itself - farther away but very fun with a crowd There are many more things to do and places to explore in Chapel Hill, Raleigh, and Cary :)