Southern Living Names Mateo to 100 Best Bars in the South

"You’re Having: The Ferdinand with Maker’s Mark, ginger-apple shrub, and ginger beer over crushed ice"

"100 Best Bars in the South," Stephanie Granada, Southern Living

Serious Eats Favors Fullsteam Brewery's First Frost

"Right now, though, no one is doing plow-to-pint quite like Fullsteam Brewery, based in the old tobacco town of Durham, North Carolina...Wilson and his team are redefining Southern beer, one experiment at a time. Our favorite of the bunch: First Frost, a winter warmer ale that takes its tart flavor from a combination of farmed and foraged North Carolina persimmons."

"50 States, 50 Beers We Love" Serious Eats

Eater Chooses Where to Eat Now in Durham

"Eater returns to...Durham... to focus on...newish restaurants that have opened in the past year and are garnering some serious buzz...Among the picks are two brick-and-mortars from mobile businesses (Cocoa Cinnamon, Monuts Donuts)."

"The Eater Research Triangle Heatmap: Where to Eat Now" Hillary Dixler, Eater.

Virgin Atlantic Swoons for Durham's Adaptive Reuse Buildings

"Exploring the urban South doesn’t usually include stunning examples of Adaptive Reuse Architecture, a practice built on the reuse and repurposing of a building or site while retaining a large portion of the original look and feel, but Durham, North Carolina, stands as an example of how a city can honour its industrial past while retaining the energy and vibrancy of a younger city."

"Durham Tobacco Houses Reimagined," Jason Frye, Virgin Atlantic

CBS Evening News Profiles Durham Man

Durham is a wonderful community with creative people. The CBS Evening News recently profiled Chris Rosati, a Durham resident who was recently diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease). Rosati fulfilled a dream to steal a Krispy Kreme truck and hand out free doughnuts to make people smile.

Saveur Loves Durham's Saltbox Seafood Joint

"The daily-caught fish bristles with freshness, the preparations reveal chef Ricky Moore's creativity and skill...Moore's tiny but mighty Saltbox Seafood Joint in Durham, North Carolina, fulfills our wildest fantasies of what a takeout fish shack can be."

"The Saveur 100, The Saltbox Seafood Joint," Saveur Editors, Saveur

Southern Living's Daily South Says Dashi is a Restaurant to Watch in 2014

"The husband-and-wife teams behind popular Durham establishments Toast and The Cookery are teaming up to open Dashi, a Japanese concept, this summer. The bi-level space will feature a ramen counter on the main floor and a menu of izakaya-style small plates on the second floor. In addition to wine, cocktails and shoyu, the bar will feature a proprietary Japanese-style beer brewed by a local microbrewery."

"Eat Here in 2014: Restaurants to Watch," Kaitlyn Goalen, The Daily South