Here are some of our favorite spots in Raleigh and beyond!

Breakfast & Coffee

Joule

Big Ed's

Morning Times

Tupelo Honey

Flying Biscuit

BBQ

The Pit

The Q Shack

Allen & Son's (in Chapel Hill, worth the trip)

Nice Dinner

Poole's Diner

Bida Manda

Mandolin

Sitti

Fast Food

Two-story Chick-fil-A in Cameron Village

Bojangles'

Char-Grill

Snoopy's Hot Dogs

Cook-Out (milkshakes)

Night Out

Glenwood South

Downtown Raleigh (Busy Bee, Raleigh Times, Flying Saucer)

Chapel Hill (Franklin St.)

Downtown Durham

Sightseeing

In Raleigh

NC Art Museum Sculpture Trail

NC Farmers Market + Restaurant

NC State campus + Pullen Park

Shops + restaurants in and around Fayetteville Street mall and Glenwood South

Beyond Raleigh

Durham (30 min drive to Duke campus, American Tobacco campus)

Chapel Hill (30 min drive to UNC-Chapel Hill campus, Franklin St.)

Wilmington/Wrightsville Beach (2 hour drive to beach)

Asheville (4 hour drive to NC mountains, Biltmore Estate)