New burger franchise Built to open at the Streets at Southpoint.

Built Custom Burgers will be opening in early 2017 in the food court area of the Streets at Southpoint mall in south Durham. Built will feature a build-your-own burger line similar to how Chipotle makes burritos, and MOD Pizza assembles individual pizzas.

East Coast Asian Bistro now open in Durham

East Coast Asian Bistro has opened in the Greenwood Commons shopping center at 5410-Y NC Hwy. 55.

OnlyBurger to Open Second Restaurant Downtown

OnlyBurger has announced that it will open a second brick-and-mortar restaurant in Downtown Durham in the American Tobacco Campus' Diamond View III building at 349 Blackwell St. Ste 125.

Juju, Asian Fusion Restaurant to Open in Shops at Erwin Mill

Durham chef-owner Charlie Deal will open Juju, an Asian Fusion restaurant focusing on a la carte dim sum at Durham’s new Shops at Erwin Mill on Ninth Street in July. The restaurant will be located in a 4,721-square-foot corner space and will also have a large outdoor dining patio.

YoFresh Frozen Yogurt Opens on Page Rd.

A YoFresh Yogurt Café location has opened at 5410 Page Road in Imperial Center.

Durham Food Lion Sold for $9.7M

A 60,424-square-foot Food Lion grocery store located at the intersection of Sherron Road and N.C. 98 in east Durham has been sold to Hackney Real Estate of Richmond, VA.

Milk & Honey Bakery Opens with Mobile Business

Shelley Stewart has recently launched a mobile business called Milk & Honey Bakery, which sells bite-sized cheesecakes made in Durham-based commercial kitchen The Cookery.

Food Network Goes Nuts for Monuts Donuts

Durham's Monuts Donuts will be showcased on The Food Network's new program, Doughnut Masters. Monuts will have the opportunity to compete for a $10,000 prize.

Durham Cooks Win NC State Fair Competitions

Durham is home to several winners of the N.C. State Fair Special Cooking Competitions held during the fair in Raleigh. Winning cooks from Durham include:

• Marci Rakshys who won first place and $200 in the N.C. Apple Growers Association Apple Recipe Contest for her recipe, Grilled Granny Smith Apple Caprese. 
• Silke Bourgeois took home second place in the Incredible Edible Egg Appetizer/Picnic Recipe Contest for Poached Eggs in Tomato Sauce with Feta and Chickpeas
• Rebecca Lobach won second place in the Karo Creative Cookie & Dessert Contest for her Caramel Crunch Turtle Cookies
• Robert Bourgeois took home second place in the Anything But Ordinary! Sweet Potato Recipe Contest for his Vegetable and Sweet Potato Casserole.

Durham Writers Publishes Culinary Guide to the Triangle

Johanna Kramer, freelance journalist and author of the popular blog Durham Foodie, has published The Food Lover's Guide to Raleigh, Durham & Chapel Hill.

Fresno Cafe Opens on University Drive

Fresno Café has opened in the BB&T Plaza shopping center off University Drive. The independently owned restaurant sells soups, sandwiches, breakfast items and desserts.

The Pit to Open in Durham's Central Park District

A second location of the Raleigh restaurant The Pit is slated to open next year in a portion of a building at 321 W. Geer St in Durham's Central Park District. The restaurant which serves whole-hog, pit-cooked pork barbecue as well as turkey barbecue and barbecued tofu is expected to seat about 250 people and to employ about 150 people.

Piedmont Hires New Chef de Cuisine

Piedmont Restaurant has hired Jeffrey Satterly as its new chef de cuisine. Satterly, the former executive chef at Frazier’s in Raleigh, will take over from Chef Marco Shaw.

El Coyote Bar & Grill to Open Erwin Terrace Location

A second El Coyote Bar & Grill location is slated to open in Durham's Erwin Terrace development. The restaurant is slated to open in early Fall and will serve food similar to that served in the current location.

Taste Carolina Offers Mexican Food Tour of Durham

Taste Carolina Gourmet Food Tours has added a Sunday tour of Mexican food in Durham to its weekly food tours line-up which includes stops at Los Comales, La Poblana, La Superior Carniceria, La Vaquita, and Nanataco.

Rise Biscuit and Donuts to Open in Renaissance Village

Rise Biscuit and Donuts, Durham Catering Co./Only Burger founder Tom Ferguson's new venture, will open in southern Durham's Renaissance Village shopping center most likely in August 2012.

Former IndyWeek Restaurant Writer Named L.A. Times Food Critic

Former Independent Weekly food critic and James Beard Foundation Journalism Award recipient Besha Rodell has been promoted to Food Critic at the L.A. Times.

Vine Sushi & Thai Will to Open in Bull City Market

Vine Sushi and Thai will open in the Bull City Market shopping center located at the intersection of Broad and Main streets in Durham. The restaurant's opening is slated for June.

Alley 26 to Open at 320 E. Chapel Hill St

Alley 26, a 'farm-to-sip' eatery and bar, will open in downtown Durham at 320 E. Chapel Hill St. The restaurant's proprietor Shannon Healy has transitioned from his role as general manager of Crook's Corner in Chapel Hill to open Alley 26.

Another Broken Egg Cafe to Open on Erwin Road

Another Broken Egg Cafe will open at 2608 Erwin Road on April 23. It will be the first restaurant in North Carolina for the chain.