Cape Fear Restaurants

327 W. Davie St., Suite 102, Raleigh, NC, 27601

News & Observer food critic Greg Cox says: Mixing faithful renditions of classic Mexican dishes with bold variations, this elegant North Raleigh restaurant shows that there's much more to Mexican cuisine than tacos and enchiladas. It's hard go wrong, but cochinita pibil is especi

1607 Curtis Dr., Raleigh, NC, 27610

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18 Seaboard Ave., Raleigh, NC, 27604

News & Observer food critic Greg Cox says: After working in some of the most celebrated restaurants on the East Coast, Raleigh native Jason Smith has returned home to open 18 Seaboard, his first restaurant. Smith's Southern-accented contemporary bistro fare is both memorable and

901 W. Morgan St., Raleigh, NC, 27603

Not a Trend. An Institution. Award winning Irregardless Cafe has been nourishing our community with delicious meals, attentive service and music from talented entertainers from around the Triangle since 1975. And speaking of trends, we were "green" before it was the thing to be

225 S. Wilmington St., Raleigh, NC, 27634

Greg Cox says the Busy Bee is emphatically not your grandfather's -- or even your father's -- café. It's a multilevel, multifunction gathering place that caters to the wants and needs of the modern urban professional crowd from sun up to long past sundown.