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Peck & Plume Now Open at The Mayton

Cary, NC — Peck & Plume has opened as the new restaurant at The Mayton, (formerly The Mayton Inn), a 44-room boutique hotel in downtown Cary.

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Cary’s Newest Hangout: Hank’s Downtown Dive

Cary, NC — The creators of SideBar, Downtown Cary’s vintage and upscale cocktail lounge, have started up a new neighborhood spot just up the street called Hank’s Downtown Dive.

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Daybreak: Cary’s Newest Breakfast Spot

Cary, NC — A recent addition to Downtown Cary is an eclectic, family-run breakfast joint called Daybreak.

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Restaurants: T.Mac Opens in Waverly Place

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Photo of interior at new T.Mac restaurant showing rotating booth in foreground.

Cary, NC- Back in January, Waverly Place announced that among their soon-to-be new tenants would be a restaurant called Taco Mac. (CaryCitizen story) Now, the chain has been rebranded as T.Mac and their newest addition finally opened October 5th, 2014, upping the craft beer wars going on across Cary and the Triangle. Read more

Dining: German Grille Opens in Cary

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Cary, NC — Don’t know how we missed this, but German Grille has opened in Cary. It’s located in the Harrison Pointe Shopping Center next to The Big Easy and across from Staples. Read more

Bad Daddy’s Opens In Park West

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Morrisville, NC — After much anticipation, Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar has finally arrived in Park West Village, right beside the Stone Theater. CaryCitizen was invited to a pre-opening event over the Thanksgiving weekend, and it was all that we hoped for. Read more

Downtown Cary Dining – Fall 2013

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Cary NC- The last stop on the Cary dining tour is downtown. What was once a sleepy scene has grown to more than a dozen eateries. Read more

CineBistro Luxury Theater Coming to Cary

cinebistroCary, NC – Waverly Place announced today that it has signed a 20 year deal with CineBistro, a luxury movie theater with in-theater dining. CineBistro will occupy approximately 35,000 square feet on two floors at Waverly Place. Read more

Restaurants: PDQ Opens in Cary

pdq cary ncCary, NC —  PDQ, A new fast-casual restaurant, has opened in Cary. They serve tenders, salads and sandwiches with an interesting claim to fame: no freezers or microwaves.

PDQ Opens in Cary

The new PDQ in Cary is a very attractive and unique building, both inside and out, with bold colors and architecture. It’s located in the rapidly rising SearStone development at the corner of Davis and High House.

This is the third PDQ in the Triangle and the fourth in North Carolina. The restaurant chain started in Florida in 2011.

PDQ Menu

PDQ stands for “People Dedicated to Quality.” Nothing is frozen or microwaved. The tenders are hand-breaded, the salads hand-tossed. They serve chicken and turkey, no beef.

There’s also hand-turned milkshakes and fresh squeezed lemonade.

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Report from the Field

PDQ was rocking at lunchtime today. Big crowds swarmed in after Green Hope’s freshman orientation, but the large staff kept it moving with wait times for food virtually non-existent.

The fries were crisp, and salads, sandwiches and chicken tenders all received enthusiastic endorsement from my party of six (three kids, three adults).

Chicken Corner

PDQ’s location at the corner of Davis and High House brings the number of fast-casual chicken joints in the neighborhood to three – Chick Fil A at Stonecreek, and Bojangles and PDQ in Searstone.

And, if I am not mistaken, Rudino’s serves chicken, as does Doherty’s and Cafe Caturra.

That’s six places to get chicken on one corner.

From now on, we’ll have to call the intersection of Davis and High House “Chicken Corner.”

Details

PDQ
SearStone
9025 Winston Hill Drive
Cary, NC

Open for lunch and dinner 7 days

18 Restaurants on Kildaire Farm Road

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Story by Jamie Buning, first in a series of restaurant guides for Cary dining.

Cary, NC- I grew up in Cary and have seen lots of changes over the last 20 years. To me, one of the best is the development of an actual restaurant scene, especially the addition of new, ethnically diverse restaurants. Read more