WCHL: Olio & Aceto Cafe
Olio & Aceto Cafe If you ask to add a red tomato to your sandwich this month at Olio & Aceto Cafe, there’s a good chance that you won’t get one. Restaurant owner Suzie Keenan and manager Andy Campbell make seasonal freshness and quality ingredients focal to every item on the menu. Nestled in a […]
WCHL: Lavender Oak Farm
Lavender Oak Farm Spanning 60 acres of purple majestic forest, beautiful scenery, gift shops, taste testing and more, Lavender Oaks Farm is just five minutes from downtown Chapel Hill and can fulfill all of your lavender needs. Lavender Oaks Farm owners Karen and Robert Macdonald began as novice farmers three years ago when they opened […]
WCHL: Pho Happiness
Pho Happiness Restaurant owner and pho connoisseur Andy Hoang keeps a 56-ounce jar of peanut M&M’s and a cup of Vietnamese instant coffee with him at all times while at work. “I’m down to an average of three to four hours of sleep a night on average, the coffee and sugar are what get me […]
WCHL: White Oak Pottery
White Oak Pottery Julie Olson, along with Pete Cozart — whom she has lovingly coined her “house-husband” — own and operate White Oak Pottery in Durham. Both are potters, but Cozart is in charge of cooking, cleaning and organizing, according to Olson. Olson did not always know she wanted to be a potter. In fact, […]
WCHL: Honeysuckle Teahouse and Cafe
Honeysuckle Teahouse and Cafe Could Chapel Hill natives be as mellow and laid-back as Californians? Annie Heth, the manager of Honeysuckle Teahouse and Cafe and a UC Berkeley graduate, sure thinks so. The Honeysuckle Teahouse is an open-air farm stand built on repurposed shipping containers located on Pickards Meadow Road in Chapel Hill. The teahouse serves tea, […]
WCHL: Chocolatay Confections
Chocolatay Confections Nestled inside Rosemary Street’s Blue Dogwood Public Market, Chocolatay Confections has a wide array of chocolate, candy and other sweets for sale. Between the various options and rich tastes, one might think that Danielle and Matthew White — the owners and operators at the shop — have been making confections their whole life. That is not […]
WCHL: Blue Spoon Microcreamery
Blue Spoon Microcreamery Cindy and Dave Somasunderam are no strangers to the food industry. The two met while working at a restaurant and have been married for almost 33 years. Now, they’re opening Blue Spoon Microcreamery on Franklin Street where Sugarland used to be. Blue Spoon is no ordinary ice cream shop. What makes the […]
WCHL: Samantha’s Pupusas
Samantha’s Pupusas Samantha’s Pupusas, named after Luz’s daughter, started as a food truck at a flea market in Durham. Valencia and Luz — who are from Mexico and El Salvador, respectively — have since moved their business to 117 Cornelius St. in Hillsborough. The Hillsborough location has been open for about 18 months. According to […]
WCHL: Just Bee Apiary
Just Bee Apiary It’s raw, it’s local and it’s a family operation. Just Bee Apiary in Chapel Hill is just as passionate about its honey as it is about saving the bees. Marty Hanks, the head beekeeper, has lived in Chapel Hill since he was nine. Just Bee Apiary is his secondary business. He primarily […]
WCHL: Shaka Shave Ice
Shaka Shave Ice Ana Mahoney’s childhood dream came true the day she opened Shaka Shave Ice in Chapel Hill. Mahoney grew up making shave ice in Hawaii on the island of Maui in her mother’s shave ice shop. She even remembers using her church’s hand-crank shave ice machine to serve the popular frozen dessert to […]
