Guidebook for Durham

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Guidebook for Durham

Drinks & Nightlife

best bar in Durham! Great outdoor seating, cool, friendly bartenders, free pool, and dog-friendly!
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Kotuku Surf Club
703 Rigsbee Ave
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best bar in Durham! Great outdoor seating, cool, friendly bartenders, free pool, and dog-friendly!
nice outdoor seating options with covered patio.
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Geer Street Garden
644 Foster St
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nice outdoor seating options with covered patio.
brewery located in the heart of the DIY district. Good, low-key choice for people with kids.
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Fullsteam Brewery
726 Rigsbee Ave
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brewery located in the heart of the DIY district. Good, low-key choice for people with kids.
Lots of outdoor seating, fenced grass lot great for dogs, and if you're lucky you'll see the neighborhood pot-belly pig out with her owners!
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Ponysaurus Brewing Company
219 Hood St
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Lots of outdoor seating, fenced grass lot great for dogs, and if you're lucky you'll see the neighborhood pot-belly pig out with her owners!
A great, low-key, "speak-easy" style bar. Features frequent tarot card readings and local poetry readings. Good luck finding the entrance though--it's well hidden around the back of the building. A local secret.
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Arcana
331 W Main St
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A great, low-key, "speak-easy" style bar. Features frequent tarot card readings and local poetry readings. Good luck finding the entrance though--it's well hidden around the back of the building. A local secret.

Food Scene

Great Southern-style "Chicken & Waffles" restaurant! The best fried chicken in Durham. Get ready for a wait, though: it's always packed!
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Dame's Chicken & Waffles
530 Foster St
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Great Southern-style "Chicken & Waffles" restaurant! The best fried chicken in Durham. Get ready for a wait, though: it's always packed!
Great Southern-fusion restaurant. Perfect for meat-eaters.
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Watts Grocery
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Great Southern-fusion restaurant. Perfect for meat-eaters.
Perfect, casual sandwich shop.
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Toast
345 W Main St
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Perfect, casual sandwich shop.
excellent for brunch or lunch. Lots of seating and nick-knacks for sale. Very casual and laid-back.
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Foster's Market
2694 Durham-Chapel Hill Blvd
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excellent for brunch or lunch. Lots of seating and nick-knacks for sale. Very casual and laid-back.
New Local Ramen shop. If you go, do not miss out on adding a soy marinated egg, and having one of the best G&T's around!
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Dashi
415 E Chapel Hill St
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New Local Ramen shop. If you go, do not miss out on adding a soy marinated egg, and having one of the best G&T's around!
Classy French Restaurant. Perfect for a nice sunday brunch, or an upscale dinner.
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Vin Rouge
2010 Hillsborough Rd
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Classy French Restaurant. Perfect for a nice sunday brunch, or an upscale dinner.
Excellent burger joint across the street from Cocco-Cinnamon! It closes early, though, so make sure you put your order in before 4pm!
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King's Sandwich Shop
701 Foster St
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Excellent burger joint across the street from Cocco-Cinnamon! It closes early, though, so make sure you put your order in before 4pm!
Classy Pizzaria with excellent wine selections. This is a popular Friday/Saturday night dinner option. They do not take RSVPs, so be prepared to wait! Recommended: put your name in early and grab a drink at the bar, Criterion, across the street.
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Pizzeria Toro
105 E Chapel Hill St
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Classy Pizzaria with excellent wine selections. This is a popular Friday/Saturday night dinner option. They do not take RSVPs, so be prepared to wait! Recommended: put your name in early and grab a drink at the bar, Criterion, across the street.
great cheap tacos and margaritas. Nice outdoor seating.
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Gonza Tacos Y Tequila
604 Fernway Ave
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great cheap tacos and margaritas. Nice outdoor seating.
One of the nicest (and most expensive) restaurants in town, Mateo's is great for special occasions and long dinners. A strong sampling of rotating tapas options.
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Mateo Bar de Tapas
109 W Chapel Hill St
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One of the nicest (and most expensive) restaurants in town, Mateo's is great for special occasions and long dinners. A strong sampling of rotating tapas options.
If you can find this place, it's well worth it because the food (Korean Fried Chicken) is cheap and excellent. It's a small restaurant hidden along the backside of a building. Good luck!
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M Kokko
311 Holland St
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If you can find this place, it's well worth it because the food (Korean Fried Chicken) is cheap and excellent. It's a small restaurant hidden along the backside of a building. Good luck!

Everything Else

The local whole foods in case you want to pick up groceries. Beware the parking lot though; it can be crazy!
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Whole Foods Market
621 Broad St
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The local whole foods in case you want to pick up groceries. Beware the parking lot though; it can be crazy!
Great running or walking trail that you can pick up just a few blocks from the house.
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Ellerbee Creek Trail
Ellerbee Creek Trail
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Great running or walking trail that you can pick up just a few blocks from the house.
Many people bring there dogs here around 5-6pm every evening, especially when the weather is nice. located only a few blocks from the house.
Northgate Dog Park
Many people bring there dogs here around 5-6pm every evening, especially when the weather is nice. located only a few blocks from the house.
Nice shopping
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The Streets at Southpoint
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Nice shopping
best independent bookstore in Durham.
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The Regulator Bookshop
720 9th St
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best independent bookstore in Durham.
Local hip coffee shop with great, strong coffee, tea, and hot chocolate. Lots of outdoor seating, though the indoor area can get quite cramped. An excellent place to read a book or do some work.
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Cocoa Cinnamon
420 W Geer St
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Local hip coffee shop with great, strong coffee, tea, and hot chocolate. Lots of outdoor seating, though the indoor area can get quite cramped. An excellent place to read a book or do some work.
best burgers in durham
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Bull City Burger and Brewery
107 E Parrish St
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best burgers in durham
excellent donuts and lunch option. Casual and trendy.
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Monuts
1002 9th St
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excellent donuts and lunch option. Casual and trendy.
The Duke Art museum always has excellent exhibitions.
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Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University
2001 Campus Dr
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The Duke Art museum always has excellent exhibitions.
Awesome local independent theater, has great films and "retro" nights where they show classics. Beer and Popcorn are a must!
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Carolina Theatre
309 W Morgan St
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Awesome local independent theater, has great films and "retro" nights where they show classics. Beer and Popcorn are a must!

Shopping

Huge restaurant, bakery, sweet-shop, and artisan store. An excellent place to pick up a "local" gift for someone!
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Parker and Otis
324 Blackwell St
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Huge restaurant, bakery, sweet-shop, and artisan store. An excellent place to pick up a "local" gift for someone!
upscale clothing and home-decor stores located on Main St.
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Brightleaf Square
905 W Main St
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upscale clothing and home-decor stores located on Main St.
The Makery is a great place to find local gifts and nick-nacks. All products are made by local durham artisans.
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The Mothership
401 W Geer St
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The Makery is a great place to find local gifts and nick-nacks. All products are made by local durham artisans.

Parks & Nature

There is an excellent 1.75 mile jogging loop around Duke's East campus. All gravel with only minor hills. Just be careful: the sun exposure can be brutal on hot summer days!
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Duke East Campus
712 Broad St
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There is an excellent 1.75 mile jogging loop around Duke's East campus. All gravel with only minor hills. Just be careful: the sun exposure can be brutal on hot summer days!
This long, paved, flat running trail goes for miles and starts directly off of the American Tobacco campus. Very shady and peaceful. If you go, keep an eye out for the large feral cat colony! They are a Durham institution.
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American Tobacco Trail
7616 Fayetteville Rd
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This long, paved, flat running trail goes for miles and starts directly off of the American Tobacco campus. Very shady and peaceful. If you go, keep an eye out for the large feral cat colony! They are a Durham institution.

Arts & Culture

They have fun exhibitions and host an array of different hands-on seminars. Keep and eye out for the butterfly tent! Also, don't forget to visit the local durham brontosaurus, located down the ellerbee creek trial just a few steps from the museum entrance.
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Museum for liv og vitenskap
433 W Murray Ave
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They have fun exhibitions and host an array of different hands-on seminars. Keep and eye out for the butterfly tent! Also, don't forget to visit the local durham brontosaurus, located down the ellerbee creek trial just a few steps from the museum entrance.