The Triangle’s food and drink scene is losing two favorites this month. A beloved brunch spot is leaving Durham, and a wine retailer with multiple locations shut down after more than a decade in business. Here’s a roundup of recent closures we’ve covered.
Here are key takeaways:
- True Flavors Diner in Durham will close by the end of June after years of serving creative brunch dishes like lobster biscuits and carbonara French toast. Owner Sidney Coves cited high costs and rising rent on NC Highway 55 — where he said it’s getting harder to compete with national chains like Golden Corral — as driving factors behind the closure. True Flavors opened in South Durham in 2015 and briefly expanded to a Lakewood location and a sister biscuit shop called Debbie Lou’s. Those restaurants both closed in 2020 during the pandemic.
- Triangle Wine Company shut down all its locations after more than a decade, with ABC permits in Cary, Holly Springs, Raleigh and Southern Pines cancelled on June 1. Owned by Chris Roche, Glenn Hagedorn, Tom Terwilliger and Kevin Adair, the wine shop grew from its original Morrisville store to several locations in the region. Multiple breweries also have closed in the Triangle in the past year, including Vicious Fishes, Cotton House and Funguys.
The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists. The source reporting referenced above was written and edited entirely by journalists.
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