Orange County, NC Other Attractions
Cat's Cradle
World famous live music venue, bringing the finest musical acts to Chapel Hilland Carrboro for over thirty years. Been at this location since 1995
Katie's Pretzels
Hot fresh soft pretzels baked daily, plus fresh squeezed lemonade, limeade, orangeade and grapefruitade. Daily lunch specials.
Akai Hana Japanese
Traditional Japanese cuisine and sushi bar, including a variety of sushi, teriyaki and tempura. Live piano jazz.
Hong Kong Chinese
All food is prepared from the finest, freshest ingredients. Fast lunch specials and chef's daily dinner specials with reasonable prices.
Jade Palace Chinese & Seafood
Chinese and seafood restaurant. Stir-fried seafood plus delectable cuisine from Hunan and Szechwan provinces and Hong Kong.
Anna Maria's Pizzeria
Serves traditional Italian food, including antipasti, lasagna, ravioli, parmagiana (veal, chicken and eggplant), spaghetti and Sicilian and specialty pizzas.
Carrboro Plaza Shopping Center
This is a major expanding shopping center that features more than a dozen specialty stores and service businesses. Food Lion, Dollar General and ABC Store are major anchors.
Willow Creek Shopping Center
This is a small shopping center with restaurants, grocery, drug store and other specialty stores.
Acme Food & Beverage Company
Serves authentic American food made with the best local ingredients. Seasonal menu changes every six weeks. Great wine list. Jazz entertainment.
Mariakakis Fine Food & Wine
Large selection of Mediterranean specialties, including 1200 wines, with several tables for dining in delicatessen-style.
Ram's Head Rathskeller
Open since 1948. Full menu, moderately priced, with an easy going, comfortable atmosphere. Traditional menu: includes steaks, lasagna, roast beef, sandwiches and desserts.
Ham's of Chapel Hill
Restaurant serves deli-style sandwiches and salads, plus homemade potato chips. Sports lovers' home away from home. Patio dining. Full-service bar. Two big-screen and nine other TVs.
Dry Dock Seafood
Seafood restaurant. Steak, seafood, fried platters, and much more. Children's and Senior Citizens' platters. Specials Tues-Th and Sun. Two locations in Chatham County.
J & J's Deli
New York-style deli, offering breakfast specials, Boar's Head products, homemade salads and entrees, and an assortment of beverages.
35 Chinese
Lunch and dinner buffet (more than 60 items) features a choice of traditional foods from China's 35 provinces, plus a fruit bar and kid's candy bar.
PlayMakers Repertory Company
PlayMakers performs a five-show season in the Center for Dramatic Art on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus. It's North Carolina's premier, professional, non-profit theatre company. For tickets call (919) 9
Li'l Bar
Light snack foods during the week. Chicken wings on Thur. Race cook-outs on Sun. Pool, darts and horseshoes. No cover.
Mama Dip's Kitchen
An abundance of traditional American food -- a real taste of the South--especially vegetables.
Pazzo! Trattoria and Pizzeria
Regional Italian menu, including complete dinners with fish, steaks, gourmet salads, soup, pizza, stromboli, calzone, homemade desserts, espresso, cappucino and more.
Trilussa La Trattoria
Cuisine is Mediterranean, mostly French and Italian, with some Spanish influences. Seafood, vegetarian and pasta.
Dean Smith Center
The Dean E. Smith Center is the third largest on-campus arena in the country, with a seating capacity of 21,750 for basketball games and 20,380
Southern Village
Southern Village features a movie theater, a farmers market, Weaver Street?
Crook's Corner
Fine seasonal Southern dining and fresh seafood specialties, inside and on patio. Menu changes daily. Home of shrimp and grits and vegetarian jambalaya. Casual lively atmosphere.
Kurama Sushi & Noodle Express
Japanese chefs prepare sushi in NC's first Kaiten sushi bar, also offering appetizers, dumplings, noodles and desserts.
Foster's Market Chapel Hill
A gourmet grocery store with brick pizza oven, coffee bar and patio dining, offering freshly baked pastries and homemade soups, salads and sandwiches.
W.B. Yeats Irish Pub
Chapel Hill's original Irish pub, featuring menu and lunch buffet of authentic Irish and American food. Outdoor patio. Tue. talent night; Wed. pub quiz (with prizes);
Ye Olde Waffle Shop
For a food, old-fashioned breakfast. Serving Chapel Hill since 1972. Some of the best waffles, pancakes and omelets in town!
Red Lotus Asian Kitchen & Bar
Offers a wide choice of traditional and creative new dishes, including appetizers, soup, salad, entrees, Asian noodles, rice lo mein and more.
Sushi-Yoshi Japanese
Serves sushi, tempura, teriyaki, noodles and other traditional Japanese dinners with soup and salad.
Tsing Tao Chinese
Authentic Chinese cuisine. Special-diet dishes with chef's special sauce. Traditional homemade noodles.
Joe's Joint
Burgers, hotdogs, burritos and nachos, plus late-night breakfast foods like biscuits and breakfast burritos. The restaurant will also offer daily lunchtime specials featuring meat and vegetables.
Cup-A-Joe
Coffee roasted on premises, plus espresso, cappuccino and latte drinks, smoothies and baked goods.
Agora at Granville Towers
Offers cafeteria-style dining daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner with well balanced, homestyle cooking.
Skylight Exchange & Bookstore
Motto is 'the best old-fashioned milkshakes in town'
Elaine's on Franklin
Chef-owned restaurant offering changing menu of new American cuisine with regional influences. All homemade, including the wide choice of desserts.
La Residence
Restaurant specializes in regional and seasonal foods combined with classical French techniques. Menu changes monthly. Extensive wine list. Patio dining in a Southern cottage garden.
Starbucks Coffee
All kinds of wonderful coffee and coffee drinks, plus pastries and desserts. Favorites are cheesecake, chocolate cake and scones.
Caribou Coffee Company
Serves fresh-roast coffee, specialty coffee drinks, teas, pastries and a whole line of merchandise (coffeemaking equipment, coffee beans, mugs, shirts and gift items).
Il Palio Ristorante
Enjoy classic Italian cuisine in NC'
India Palace
Fine, but inexpensive, Indian cuisine. Complete meals. Tandoor vegetarian dishes and classic Indian breads. Buffets Fri. - Sun. Veg.
Sal's Ristorante
Has served delicious meals in the community since 1982
Cosmic Cantina
This northern California-style taqueria serves healthy burritos, salads and quesadillas, among other specialities.
La Hacienda
Like coming to a little Mexico. Authentic cuisine in a spacious dining room. Daily dinner and drink specials.
El Patio Loco
Features an exclusive menu of authentic Mexican and Latin American food made from scratch. Entertainment.
The Cave
Features live music seven nights a week from 10 pm, plus pool, pinball and video games. Serves beer only.
McAlister's Deli
Upscale Southern-style deli offers hefty-portion sandwiches, soups, salads and "Texas-size spuds'. Kids menu. Veg.
Local 506
One of the top venues for original live music in the Triangle, with performances ranging from local bands to national artists. Membership $3.
He's Not Here
One of the oldest and well know night spots in Chapel Hill. Classic rock and blues. Known for big (33-oz.) Carolina blue cups of beer. Cover $2-$3 for live entertainment only.
Jimmy John's Sandwich Shoppe
Chicago-based sandwich chain specializes in subs and clubs for the college crowd. All breads home-baked. Delivers till 3 am.
Chapel Hill North
NC Highway 86 North, just south of Exit 266 on Interstate 40. This shopping center features several major national and regional stores, and service businesses.
Eastgate Shopping Center
Intersection of US Highway 15-501
Glen Lennox
Northeast corner of Fordham Blvd (US Highway 15-501) and Raleigh Rd (NC Highway 54 East). Chapel Hill's first shopping center (1950)
Glenwood Square
Southeast corner of Fordham Blvd (US Highway 15-501) and Raleigh Rd (NC Highway 54 East). Open Mon.-Sat., 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sun., noon-6
Rams Plaza
North of Ephesus Church Rd between Fordham Blvd (US Highway 15-501) and American Legion Rd. This is a compact, but diverse shopping center.
Timberlyne Shopping Center
Off NC Highway 86 North at 1129 Weaver Dairy Rd. This is a good-size service shopping center that also features a post office and several movie theaters.
Village Plaza
South Elliott Rd between East Franklin St and Fordham Blvd (US Highway 15-501 Bypass)
Caff? Driade
Selection of coffees and teas with light fare, including pastries and baked goods. Beer and Wine. Cigars. Inviting outdoor terrace. Live music Wed, Fri and Sat.
New Hope Camp & Conference Center
Year round retreat &
Carolina Coffee Shop
Daily chef specials, steaks, seafood, delicate pastas, homemade soups and sandwiches, espresso/cappuccino and coffee drinks. Breakfast every day till 2 pm. Upscale dinner menu served till 10
Horace Williams House
The only historic home open to the public in Chapel Hill. The west element or farmhouse (c.1840) retains its original pine floorboards, mantel, and window surrounds. The house?
Charles Kuralt Learning Center
The Charles Kuralt Learning Center is located in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's School of Journalism on the second floor of Carroll Hall. Much of Kuralt'
Gateway Commons
East Franklin Street between South Elliott Road and Eastgate Shopping Center. This new cluster of stores features a Staples store and adjacent specialty and service businesses.
<Buffalo Wild Wings
Traditional post 70s Buffalo (NY) foods, including spicy chicken wings, grilled sandwiches, salads and more. Full bar with satellite TVs, DSS Sports and interactive trivia.
Margaret's Cantina
Mexican with a twist: fresh, homemade, healthy, lots of vegetarian options. Grilled chicken & burgers; soups &
Four Corners Sport Bar
Four Corners is a great place to root for the Heels or your favorite team, with 25 TV's and 10 satellites. Serves burgers and sandwiches.
Zog's Pool
Has four regulation pool tables - the only billiard tables in downtown - four TVs, couple of pinball machines and a great jukebox.
Hillsborough Downtown
Along North and South Churton St, plus the North Hills Shopping Center. Here, in the heart of a historic town (that has more than 100 late 18th century and 19th century structures), you'
Hillsborough Commons
The major anchor store here is Wal-Mart, with adjacent service businesses, including a supermarket and restaurants.
Moorefields
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Alfred Moore (1755-1810) of Wilmington built Moorefields in 1785
Sonny's Sandwiches
Specializing in teriyaki chicken sandwiches, Angus-beef burgers and warm deli sandwiches.
The Dog House
One of a local chain in business since 1970, serving hot dogs, fries, baked beans, apple turnovers, soft drinks and iced tea.
Daniel Boone Village, Hillsborough
South Churton St at Exit 164 on Interstate 85. This quaint pioneer-style village has nearly 30
Ruffin-Rouhlac House
Now used as the Town Hall, this early 19th-century house was once owned by Chief Justice Thomas Ruffin, who died there in 1870
Occaneechi Indian Village
This is a 1701 reconstructed Occaneechi Indian Village with a palisade, huts, cooking site and sweat lodge. Appears as it did when used by the tribe along the Eno River Trading Path.
Triangle SportsPlex
The Triangle SportsPlex is the largest sports and recreation complex in Orange County. The facility includes an indoor skating rink, aquatics center with 3
Casa Ibarra
Authentic Mexican food. Specializes in flavorful south-of-the-border cuisine and offers traditional Mexican beverages. Live music on the weekend.