Dewberry Café Opens in Cameron

Dew It To It Friday, June 21: Catch the grand opening of the Dewberry Café, a spot for breakfast and lunch that shares a building with an antique store in downtown Cameron. The restaurant is a [...]

New Cookie Shop Sweetens Southern Pines

Must Love Sugar That’s a criteria we have no problem meeting and the name of a new bakery in Southern Pines. Brandy Pierce has been baking and decorating professionally since 2020. “I [...]

Get Bready for a Fresh Start

Bringing in the Dough Meet Julia Young, the baker with fresh designs on sourdough bread. She founded The Fresh Start Sourdough less than a year ago but like her sourdough culture, it has taken [...]

The Buggy Factory is Ready for Service

Get a (Buggy) Load of This The Buggy Factory by Southern Pines Brewing Co. is officially opening Wednesday, May 22. Work has been ongoing to preserve pieces of the historic 1856 Tyson & Jones [...]

Cookie Counter Opens in DTSP

You Have No Counter Argument There’s no excuse to not get snacks from Millie’s Mama Bakes, now that the Sanford bakery has opened a satellite counter at The Jefferson Inn. The [...]

Busaba Curries on with Soft Opening

Curry On My Wayward Son There’ll be peace when you eat this Udon. BuSaBa Japanese-Thai fusion, brought to you by the owners of Thai Orchid, is in its soft opening phases at 290 W. [...]

Cooking on the Railway, More Fun Than it Steams

Here Comes the Chew Chew Train Yes, in A.D. 2024, railroad chefs are still a thing — and yes, this niche job is as interesting as it sounds. Meet Alan Miller, the executive chef for the [...]

Four Years and Many Beers for Hatchet Brewing Co.

Bad and Brewsy Saturday, April 20, noon to 6 p.m.: Celebrate four years of brewing with Hatchet Brewing Co. Party with bounce houses, a barbecue competition, specialty brews and pints for just $5 [...]

Another Sip Shop for Southern Pines

Grape Things Are Coming  We knew this little corner in the Belevedere Plaza wouldn’t stay empty long. It’ll be the home of a new sip shop dubbed Santé, (that’s French for [...]

Japanese Thai Fusion Coming to DTSP

Udon Even Know  TThe owners of Thai Orchid in Aberdeen are bringing a new quick-service restaurant to downtown Southern Pines in the former home of The Block. Called BuSaBa, it will be a [...]