The burger chain will seat 60 diners near Franklin Street and start hiring up to 35 workers at around $15 an hour plus tips.

Dr. Chris DePerno's Slobberin' Sauce blends both of North Carolina's rival barbecue styles, with proceeds funding student scholarships.

The 1920s-style lounge on Orange Street needs a nightly passcode dialed into a vintage phone booth to get inside.

The Nashville-style chain is taking over 706 Ninth St. next to Starbucks, with a Fuquay-Varina spot already in the works.

Owner Pete Susca blamed rising rent and a broken AC unit. The Ellis Crossing spot near RTP stays open.

The Wisconsin chain wants to raze a former Kirkland's Home store near UNC Wilmington for its first coastal NC location.

Shinmai Moku opens in September with a 10-seat bar, a 70-person dining room and the group's first full liquor license.

Flowers Cottage opens Thursday with a stone amphitheater patio and views of Dix Park's sunflower field and downtown skyline.

Trig Modern is expanding into a bigger Dock 1053 space and opening Parlour 1053, a 15-seat jazz-inspired bar launching this October.

The veteran-owned Southern kitchen closed its downtown Raleigh and Durham doors for good, thanking staff and guests before shifting to catering only.

Cafe Royale will pour espresso and champagne cocktails at The Exchange, marking Shanahan's third Raleigh opening this year.

The viral bagel chain is taking over a former Kale Me Crazy space with a $425,000 renovation permit already filed.

Fayetteville's short-lived Bahama Breeze is becoming a Chuy's Tex-Mex Grill, with hand-rolled tortillas expected by late September.