Durham recognized for rich history

"Durham is home to Duke University and a major research belt. Outside of college sports games, Durham has a long history with many historical sites nearby. From its rich African-American history to Civil War to tobacco, history runs deep in Durham. After exploring the many museums and art galleries, I would relax at one of the many hotels in Durham, like the Durham Hotel, which has a rooftop terrace and hydro massage shower heads."

—"Hipmunk Hotels: Deep South Hotels in Durham, Palm Beach, Marietta, and More" Katelyn, Hipmunk

Durham recognized as the "cooler cousin"

"Once Raleigh’s avoidable sidekick, this resurrected railroad town is now Raleigh’s cooler cousin. Herein, every time I pass New York’s Penn Station (Amtrak), I know that another groovy walkable downtown is just a train ride away."

—Durham, NC: Mills as Lofts, Food as Craft, Life as Good Bruce Northam, Johnny Jet

Durham recognized as one of the state's most attractive urban landscapes

"Durham is adapting to popular culture by welcoming funky hotels, hip lounges serving craft cocktails, and small boutiques that are quickly filling up the once-abandoned streets."

-"7 Reasons to Visit Durham, North Carolina" David Duran, Fodor's

Durham recognized as premier Southern travel destination

"Enjoy the Southern hospitality and a high concentration of great food in North Carolina with a visit to Durham. This rapidly growing city seems to be in a perpetual state of construction but now is the time to visit for a taste of small town charm before it gets any bigger."

 

—"5 Under-the-Radar Vacation Alternatives to Tourist Favorites" Amber Gibson, Make It Better

The Durham Hotel recognized for its interior design

" Really, the star of the show, the pièce de résistance, its magnum opus — those colours, those colour-blocked graphical hues. Shine a light to North Carolina, The Durham Hotel has arrived."

—"Colour my world, The Durham Hotel arrives in resplendent hues at mid-century former bank" James Davidson, We Heart

Durham recognized for its boutique hotels

"From its roots in the tobacco and textile trade, Durham has blossomed into a city that welcomes technology and culture while retaining its historic character. Now, two new boutique hotels downtown have opened their doors so visitors can savor the many distinct flavors of this dynamic Southern city."

—"Two new boutique hotels open in downtown Durham" Odile Frederics & Beth Shugg, Where

The Durham Hotel recognized for it's mid-century design

"The Durham is housed inside the former Home Savings Bank, which provides the stunning architectural setting for LA-based design studio Commune’s aesthetic vision. The studio effectively turned the iconic building’s six stories — encompassing 53 guest rooms, a penthouse, a rooftop lounge and a restaurant with an outdoor dining terrace — into a modern reinterpretation of the best of mid-century American design, inspired by the likes of Josef and Anni Albers, Charles Eames, and Albert Frey."

—"Commune's The Durham Hotel is a Colorful Tribute to Mid-Century Design"  Gavin Yeung, Hypebeast

The Durham Hotel featured in Wallpaper

"Spread over six floors, the hotel is a sumptuous mélange of colors and materials. Boldly patterned floor tiles and rugs are offset by geometric, mid-century-style furniture, both in the hotel’s shared spaces and in guestrooms."

 

—"The Durham Hotel, Durham, USA" Pei-Ru Keh, Wallpaper

Garden & Gun features The Durham Hotel

"First off, this place is local and they want you to know it. Your morning cup contains Durham’s own Counter Culture coffee, the blankets come from Raleigh Denim, and the kitchen for the restaurant and sixth-floor rooftop lounge is run by Andrea Reusing, the James Beard Award–winning chef behind Chapel Hill’s Asian-inflected Lantern."

 

—"The South's Most Stylish New Hotels" Mike Grudowski , Garden & Gun

The Durham Hotel featured in Anthology Magazine

"The write-ups in the latest issues of Garden & Gun and The Local Palate—the latter mentions that the on-site restaurant is run by James Beard Award-winning chef Andrea Reusing and the interiors are the work of Commune Design—has moved this North Carolina destination toward the top of my must-visit list."

— "The Durham" Anh Minh,  Anthology Magazine

Travel and Leisure is loving The Durham Hotel

"What we love about it: free high-speed Wi-Fi, rooftop yoga classes, and bicycles with which to explore the city. But if there’s one thing that impressed us the most, it’s the hotel’s commitment to all things North Carolina."

—"Eight Reasons We're Loving The Durham Hotel" Broke Porter Katz , Travel and Leisure

Architectural Record features 21C and The Durham Hotel

“By contrasting the new with the old, you can get the character of history without being beholden to it,” says the architect Deborah Berke of 21C and The Durham Hotel.

—"Artistic License: A hotel in a renovated commercial building draws guests with contemporary art and Southern charm,"Clifford A. Pearson, Architectural Record

Eater Visits NC and Enjoys Durham Food

"Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill, collectively known as the Research Triangle (so nicknamed for the research universities spread among them), unite as one of the South’s most dynamic food scenes. The fertile land and collegiate temperament yield dedicated small-scale farmers and freethinking chefs. They may bleed together in the mind but each of the three cities has their own distinct character...Durham, once a lethargic tobacco town, now serves as a hotbed for up-and-coming food talents."

—"Destination North Carolina: A Southern Food Road Trip Extravaganza," Bill Addison, Eater

Nation's Restaurant News Interviews Andrea Reusing about New Durham Restaurant

"Andrea Reusing, chef and owner of Lantern in Chapel Hill, N.C., will open her second venture next month, a local, coastal seafood restaurant and rooftop bar inside the forthcoming Durham Hotel in Durham, N.C. The James Beard Award winner shares the inspiration behind her upcoming dining spots; her passion for local, sustainable seafood; and how she plans to sell lesser-known fish to diners accustomed to tuna and salmon."

—"Andrea Reusing to bring local seafood to inland North Carolina," Fern Glazer, Nation's Restaurant News

Huffington Post Gets a Taste of Durham

"Durham proved once again what an amazing food city it is becoming at the recent Taste 2015 events."

- "A Little Taste of the South in Durham," Carolyn Bass, The Huffington Post

Eater Buzzes About Upcoming Durham Restaurant and Hotel

"Over a year ago, James Beard Award-winning North Carolina chef Andrea Reusing dropped the bombshell news that...she would finally be opening a second restaurant — in downtown Durham, North Carolina...Durham's food scene has been steadily growing. In the city once known for its textile and tobacco mills, a boom of new, locally-focused restaurants have caught the eyes of major publications like the New York Times and Bon Appétit."

— "Lantern's Andrea Reusing Is Creating the 'Community Living Room' Durham, NC Needs," Hillary Dixler, Eater

New York Times Features Triangle Women in Food

"The North Carolina food sisterhood stretches out beyond restaurants, too, into pig farming, flour milling and pickling. Women run the state’s pre-eminent pasture-raised meat and organic produce distribution businesses and preside over its farmers’ markets. They influence food policy and lead the state’s academic food studies. And each fall, the state hosts the nation’s only retreat for women in the meat business."

— "The North Carolina Way," Kim Severson, New York Times