Guidebook for Durham

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Guidebook for Durham

Arts & Culture

84-Acre hands-on science center and home of Magic Wings Butterfly House. Good for indoor and outdoor activities.
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Muzeum života a vědy
433 W Murray Ave
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84-Acre hands-on science center and home of Magic Wings Butterfly House. Good for indoor and outdoor activities.
6 Miles from home
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Duke East Campus
712 Broad St
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6 Miles from home
Opened Nov 30, 2008 as the largest performing arts center in the Carolinas at a cost of $48 million. DPAC is currently listed at #3 in Pollstar Magazine’s Top Worldwide Theater Venues.
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DPAC - Durham Performing Arts Center
123 Vivian Street
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Opened Nov 30, 2008 as the largest performing arts center in the Carolinas at a cost of $48 million. DPAC is currently listed at #3 in Pollstar Magazine’s Top Worldwide Theater Venues.
Open since 1926, it offers music and shows, but also two film screens with current flicks and fun retro series. It was designed in the Beaux-Arts style and renovated in 2007.
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Carolina Theatre
309 W Morgan St
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Open since 1926, it offers music and shows, but also two film screens with current flicks and fun retro series. It was designed in the Beaux-Arts style and renovated in 2007.
Duke's art museum and cafe
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Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University
2001 Campus Dr
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Duke's art museum and cafe
It's a hotel with upscale restaurant, but the best part is the FREE contemporary art museum on multiple floors that is open 24 hours a day and 7 days a week!
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21c Museum Hotel Durham
111 North Corcoran St
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It's a hotel with upscale restaurant, but the best part is the FREE contemporary art museum on multiple floors that is open 24 hours a day and 7 days a week!

Food Scene

Where else can you get a delicious cold treat for $2? This is not a snow cone. It's WAY better! Usually open March-October. Takeout window, no indoor
Pelican's SnoBalls
3217 N Roxboro St
Where else can you get a delicious cold treat for $2? This is not a snow cone. It's WAY better! Usually open March-October. Takeout window, no indoor
Has outdoor patio too.. Best, fresh burgers and vegetarian chili. Has WIFI
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Bull City Burger and Brewery
107 E Parrish St
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Has outdoor patio too.. Best, fresh burgers and vegetarian chili. Has WIFI
Amazing coffee shop with beer, coffee, sipping chocolate led by a great local couple
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Cocoa Cinnamon
420 W Geer St
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Amazing coffee shop with beer, coffee, sipping chocolate led by a great local couple
Fresh baked bread goods, the best around :)
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Loaf
111 W Parrish St
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Fresh baked bread goods, the best around :)
Homemade ice cream, exotic flavors along with the traditionals
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The Parlour
117 Market St
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Homemade ice cream, exotic flavors along with the traditionals
AMAZING tapas and extensive sherry list
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Mateo Bar de Tapas
109 W Chapel Hill St
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AMAZING tapas and extensive sherry list
Popular French restuarant, also has great brunch
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Rue Cler
401 E Chapel Hill St
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Popular French restuarant, also has great brunch
Frozen custard... yummy. Takeout window only, there's not an indoors area
Goodberry's Creamery
3906 N Roxboro St
Frozen custard... yummy. Takeout window only, there's not an indoors area
Good food, jazz on some nights. Free WIFI
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Beyú Caffè
341 W Main St
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Good food, jazz on some nights. Free WIFI
Our most authentic Chinese, also serves Hong Kong style dim sum. Closed Tuesdays
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Hong Kong Chinese Restaurant
602 Jones Ferry Rd
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Our most authentic Chinese, also serves Hong Kong style dim sum. Closed Tuesdays
If you're from the north and really need your D & D fix
Dunkin'
2608 Erwin Rd
If you're from the north and really need your D & D fix
Nice diner, no WIFI though.
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Elmo's Diner
776 9th St
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Nice diner, no WIFI though.
They do offer kids meals and have WIFI
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Mad Hatter Cafe + Bakeshop
1802 W Main St
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They do offer kids meals and have WIFI
Opened Spring 2015
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Juju Durham
737 9th St
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Opened Spring 2015
Homemade ramen noodles. Restaurant downstairs with upstairs being the bar and lighter fare.
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Dashi
415 E Chapel Hill St
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Homemade ramen noodles. Restaurant downstairs with upstairs being the bar and lighter fare.
Great Italian food in an older stripmall space. Opened 2014
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Gocciolina
3314 Guess Rd
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Great Italian food in an older stripmall space. Opened 2014
Opened summer 2015, four miles from our home
Starbucks
4201 N Roxboro St
Opened summer 2015, four miles from our home
Great for breakfast/lunch with housemade yeast and cake donuts, bagels and sandwiches. Closed in the evening.
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Monuts
1002 9th St
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Great for breakfast/lunch with housemade yeast and cake donuts, bagels and sandwiches. Closed in the evening.
Wonderful fresh American and Southern dishes, patio area and rooftop eating area (half in the shade even)...
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GRUB Durham
1200 W Chapel Hill St
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Wonderful fresh American and Southern dishes, patio area and rooftop eating area (half in the shade even)...
Very nice French restaurant and pretty outdoor seating too
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Vin Rouge
2010 Hillsborough Rd
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Very nice French restaurant and pretty outdoor seating too

Drinks & Nightlife

Duke graduate does good by opening own brewery, which is more like a large community room that happens to make beer. Now also serving a small menu. All are welcome…
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Fullsteam Brewery
726 Rigsbee Ave
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Duke graduate does good by opening own brewery, which is more like a large community room that happens to make beer. Now also serving a small menu. All are welcome…
Hand crafted cocktails and the nicest bartenders around. Often has Sunday jazz brunch.
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Alley Twenty Six
320 E Chapel Hill St
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Hand crafted cocktails and the nicest bartenders around. Often has Sunday jazz brunch.
Brought to us by the owner of Nana's, this is a cozy spot that opened early 2015. Open for lunch and dinner, local ingredients and handcrafted cocktails.
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Bar Virgile
105 S Mangum St
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Brought to us by the owner of Nana's, this is a cozy spot that opened early 2015. Open for lunch and dinner, local ingredients and handcrafted cocktails.
Rooftop and lawn seating with picnic tables
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Ponysaurus Brewing Company
219 Hood St
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Rooftop and lawn seating with picnic tables
Also has outdoor seating...
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Bull City Ciderworks
305 S Roxboro St
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Also has outdoor seating...
Cozy inside bar and a few outside picnic tables
Honeygirl Meadery
105 Hood St
Cozy inside bar and a few outside picnic tables
Cocktail bar open in the evenings, with jazz on Tuesday nights
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Kingfisher
321 E Chapel Hill St
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Cocktail bar open in the evenings, with jazz on Tuesday nights
Open in the evenings, closed Mondays. Founded in 2015 by Erin Karcher and Lindsey Andrews, Arcana offers a warm, vibrant art nouveau space—inspired by the Rider Waite tarot deck—welcoming gatherings of old friends and new for cocktails, music, tarot, and community events.
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Arcana
331 W Main St
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Open in the evenings, closed Mondays. Founded in 2015 by Erin Karcher and Lindsey Andrews, Arcana offers a warm, vibrant art nouveau space—inspired by the Rider Waite tarot deck—welcoming gatherings of old friends and new for cocktails, music, tarot, and community events.

Essentials

Only one in Durham :) They have a couple of beers on draft and a nice hot bar with tables to sit at too.
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Whole Foods Market
621 Broad St
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Only one in Durham :) They have a couple of beers on draft and a nice hot bar with tables to sit at too.
If you have a Y membership, this is a large facility to use
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Downtown Durham YMCA
218 W Morgan St
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If you have a Y membership, this is a large facility to use
Closest HT
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Harris Teeter
2107 Hillsborough Rd
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Closest HT

Sightseeing

Once one of the largest plantations of the pre-Civil War South, now has several buildings still open to visit. Free, Tu-Sa 10a-4p. Tours at the top of every hour, last one at 3p.
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Stagville State Historic Site
Highway
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Once one of the largest plantations of the pre-Civil War South, now has several buildings still open to visit. Free, Tu-Sa 10a-4p. Tours at the top of every hour, last one at 3p.
Building completed in 1932, an example of neo-Gothic architecture in the English style. Check their calendar before your visit - http://chapel.duke.edu/contact
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Duke University Chapel
401 Chapel Dr
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Building completed in 1932, an example of neo-Gothic architecture in the English style. Check their calendar before your visit - http://chapel.duke.edu/contact

Parks & Nature

388 acres of nature! Great for hiking, walking and picnics. There are also several neat historical structures. http://www.enoriver.org/events-and-activities/outdoor-recreation/paddling/
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West Point na Eno
5101 N Roxboro St
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388 acres of nature! Great for hiking, walking and picnics. There are also several neat historical structures. http://www.enoriver.org/events-and-activities/outdoor-recreation/paddling/
Lovely playground area for big and small
Duke Park Playground
Acadia Street
Lovely playground area for big and small
Founded in 1934 and now considered one of the top 10 public gardens in the United States. Divided into beautiful sections over 55 acres and 5 miles of walkways... any day is a good day to visit!
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Zahrady Sarah P. Duke
420 Anderson St
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Founded in 1934 and now considered one of the top 10 public gardens in the United States. Divided into beautiful sections over 55 acres and 5 miles of walkways... any day is a good day to visit!
84-acre peninsula with a couple of easy/moderate short trails - http://www.trailsofnc.com/pennys_bend/
Penny's Bend
Old Oxford Road
84-acre peninsula with a couple of easy/moderate short trails - http://www.trailsofnc.com/pennys_bend/
Sandling Beach and Beaverdam both have swimming, and Beaverdam has a few fishing piers. About 20min from the house. http://www.ncparks.gov/Visit/parks/fala/activities.php
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Falls Lake State Recreation Area
13304 Creedmoor Rd
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Sandling Beach and Beaverdam both have swimming, and Beaverdam has a few fishing piers. About 20min from the house. http://www.ncparks.gov/Visit/parks/fala/activities.php

Shopping

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Walmart Supercenter
5450 New Hope Commons Dr
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