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You’re new to Durham or new to Durham’s thriving Restaurant scene. It is date night, late night, lunch or time to eat out night and you can’t decide where to go. Here is THE short-cut list, based on Durham Cool restaurant reviewer experience that will help you avoid the trial/error we went through to bring you this list. Feedback is welcome. Share your favorites with us!

Best Pastry, Danish, Bretzel, Coffee: Guglhupft

Best Breakfast: Elmo’s, Wholefoods Hot bar

Best Donut: Monuts Donuts

Best pancake-Elmo’s Diner

Best Breakfast for Vegans and Vegetarians: Wholefoods Hot Bar or Happy and Hale

Best Pancake: Elmo’s Diner

Ninth Street Bakery Bread basket

Our Hours:
Monday 7AM – 5PM
Tuesday 7AM – 5PM
Wednesday 7AM – 5PM
Thursday 7AM – 5PM
Friday 7AM – 8PM
Saturday 8AM – 8PM
Sunday 9AM – 3PM

Best portobello, fontina, arugula, roasted tomato panini: Toast

Best Value/quality/Taste Lunch downtown: Ninth Street Bakery

Best new lunch downtown: Neomonde

Best Cuban Sandwich: Old Havana Sandwich Shop

Best New Mexican Green Chili cheeseburger: Bull City Burger and Brewery

Best Burgers: Bull City Burger and Brewery

Best Vegan Restaurant: Vegan Flava

Best Empanadas: Makus

Best Black Bean Soup: Ninth Street Bakery

Best Falafel: hands down due to proprietary red pepper sauce: MediTerra

Best Falafel combo lunch: Neomonde

Best Smoothie : Happy and Hale:

Best Salads for lunch: Happy and Hale

Best Vegetarian 2X or 3X combo meal: Neomonde

Best Udon Noodle Salad: Motorco

The Best Panini: Dulce Cafe

Best Black Bean Burger: King’s Sandwich Shop

Best Brunch Location: The Restaurant at the Durham

Best Ramen: Dashi

eastcutsandwich
Israeli street food done up in Eastcut style! Our take on the Sabich sandwich – crispy eggplant, garlic-aleppo hummus, labneh, pickled red onions – mondo flavorful. Don’t miss this delicious #vegetarian special.

You’re new to Durham or new to Durham’s thriving Restaurant scene. It is date night, late night, lunch or time to eat out night and you can’t decide where to go. Here is THE short-cut list, based on Durham Cool restaurant reviewer experience that will help you avoid the trial/error we went through to bring you this list. Feedback is welcome. Share your favorites with us!

Tapas Mateo

Best Ramen Noodle House: Dashi Ramen House

Best beetroot lassi: Viceroy

Best Gourmet Authentic Mexican taco: Tonali Restaurant

Best old school Pizza: Bocci Italian

Best Gourmet Pizza: Pizzerria Torro

Best Fire Roasted Chicken: Alpaca Chicken

Best barbeque (so many excellent choices): Hog Heaven

Best Seafood for date night: Blu Seafood

Best Asian Fusion: Lantern Restaurant

Best Tapas: Mateo

Upscale Food and Cocktails: Alley Twenty Six

Locally-sourced menu is aimed at the adventurous diner: Littler-Durham

Italian food with seasonal sensibility: Mothers and Sons

Best Late Night Mexican: Cosmic Cantina

Med Food

Best new lunch downtown: Neomonde

Best Mediterranean: International Delights

Best lunch value: Great Lunch for Veg or Non-Veg. We tried this restaurant last week, expecting only pick up. The online menu confuses us (no mention of this great lunch deal for $10-lunch box Thali) so we mention this to the owner. The food was great just the right spice blend, basmati rice, and perfect Naan bread Today we received this email with the special below. Recommend without reservation.

Lunch Thali

$10.00

Naan Stop Indian Cuisine