This is my obligatory one pumpkin recipe per year! Up until recently I had never tried pumpkin and chocolate together. I thought the flavors wouldn’t go together. But I was so wrong! Chocolate and pumpkin really compliment each other and these muffins are a great example. […]

Sometimes I have weird ideas for recipes. I have a list in the notes app of my iPhone that I keep all these hair-brained ideas for things I’d like to cook up and blog about. I’d say about 80% of the time, the dish turns […]

I know when you see the word cauliflower, you aren’t jumping out of your chair and running to the grocery store to make this immediately. But you should, because it’s one of the best cauliflower dishes I’ve ever had!  Eating healthy is hard sometimes. Everything […]

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The NC Egg Association is running an awesome contest that showcases the best restaurants in the state that serve amazing egg dishes. State residents are encouraged to nominate a local restaurant in your area – Coast, Piedmont or Mountains – that you think serves the best […]

I was reminded the other day that many cooking bloggers spend way too much time telling you their life story at the beginning of a post when you just came for the recipe. Ha! Totally a little guilty of that. I try to keep it […]

Have you been to @kahlovera_unc yet?! I’ve posted about their food truck before, but you should definitely check out their chapel hill location! They do birria on Sunday but my favorites are the beef empanadas and the shrimp tacos! So good. Here’s what we ordered: 🌮 Beef Empanadas 🌮 Baja Fish Tacos 🌮 Milanesa Torta 🌮 Shrimp Tacos 🍹 Latin Lover & Strawberry Kiwi Margaritas

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The NC Egg Association is running an awesome contest that showcases the best restaurants in the state that serve amazing egg dishes. State residents are encouraged to nominate a local restaurant in your area – Coast, Piedmont or Mountains – that you think serves the best […]

While getting groceries feels like a post-apocalyptic experience right now, I noticed that everyone and their mother decided to purchase all the sweet potatoes and potatoes as part of their stash. I managed to snag a few and since I already love sweet potatoes, I […]

After writing the blog post on heated outdoor patios for Raleigh, I received so many requests to make the same list for the surrounding cities in the Triangle. It’s taken me a while and I’m sure the list is probably missing a few restaurants, but I’m only one woman! haha I never realized how vast the “Triangle” is until I got hours deep into compiling this baby for ya’ll.

I’d like to take a moment to note that not every restaurant on this list I would personally “recommend”. This is simply a helpful guide to figure out where to eat and support local business if you are limiting yourself to outdoor patios due to COVID. So don’t get mad at me if you visit one of these spots and get stuck eating dry chicken. That’s on you my friend if you didn’t look up reviews! If you’re reading this and you ARE curious which restaurants I personally recommend, I invite you to visit my Instagram page, @beckeatsworld and check out my posts or DM me there. I am a wealth of useless food knowledge!

I hope you guys find this helpful! Also, if you know of a restaurant that’s missing from this list please let me know! I want to be as accurate as possible. You can fill out the contact me tab, comment below, or DM me on Instagram. Thanks so much!

Photo credit: Luna Rotisserie, Durham and Lucha Tigre, Chapel Hill

Apex/Holly Springs: 

Abbey Road Tavern & Grill (fire pit)

The Blind Pelican Seafood House (Holly Springs)

Daniel’s Restaurant (enclosed patio)

Doherty’s Irish Pub & Restaurant

Glory Days Grill

Mi Cancun (Holly Springs)

Osha Thai Kitchen (Holly Springs)(Heaters available upon request)

Pimento Tea Room (Holly Springs)

Ruckus Pizza, Pasta, & Spirits

Scratch Kitchen (heated plastic enclosure + separate fully outdoor tables unheated)

Southern Peak Brewery

Vicious Fishes Brewery

Cary:

Amberly Local – Beer, Wine, + Food

Bond Brothers Beer (enclosed by tent)

Bottledog Bites + Brews

Chicken Salad Chick

Enrigo Italian – Waverly Place

Fortnight Brewing Company (enclosed)

Frida’s Patio

Koan Public Table (not currently open but expected to re-open soon)

Marco Pollo Peruvian Restaurant

MC Restaurant

Miso Ramen Bar

Mookie’s New York Deli

Ruckus Pizza, Pasta, & Spirits

SideBar (can order Pizzeria Faulisi and eat at these tables)

So Hot Hotpot

Tasu Asian Bistro – Waverly Place

Tazza Kitchen

Tribeca Tavern (partially enclosed)

Verandah (Mayton Inn)

V Pizza

Chapel Hill/Carrboro:

Acme Food & Beverage Co.

Al’s Burger Shack (Southern Village location)

Big Belly Que

Brandwein’s Bagels

Carrburritos

Casual Pint Chapel Hill

Elements Restaurant

Flair Fusion Restaurant

Hawkers Asian Street Food

Hawthorne & Wood

Iza Whiskey + Eats

Jujube Restaurant

Lucha Tigre Restaurant

Luna Rotisserie + Tap Room

Market & Moss

Que Chula Tacos

Tandem Carrboro

Thai Station Restaurant

Top of the Hill

401 Main

Durham: 

Alley Twenty Six

Bar Virgile

Bull City Ciderworks

Burger Bach

Copa

Cucciolo Osteria

Dashi

Full Steam Brewery

Gocciolina

Grub Durham

Honeysuckle at Lakewood

Jack Tar & The Colonel’s Daughter

Local 22 Kitchen + Bar

Luna Rotisserie & Empanadas

Namu

Plum Southern Kitchen + Bar

Queen Burger

Taqueria La Vaquita (enclosed)

The Boot Room

Morrisville:

Babymoon Cafe (enclosed)

Full Moon Oyster Bar

Fusion 9 Restaurant + Bar

Mi Cancun

Ruckus Pizza, Pasta, & Spirits

Two Guys Grille (heaters coming soon)

Photo Credit: Copa Restaurant, Durham and Vin Rouge, Durham