The Wild Food + Herb Market is already bringing together a community of wild food enthusiasts. The first wild food market in the country had its second event on Sunday, April 7, in Carrboro. Josh Lev, co-director of the Wild Food + Herb Market, said he had a nice plant community when he lived in California, and he saw potential… Read more →
Dedicated shoppers trekked into the Carrboro Farmers’ Market two hours early this Saturday, April 6, to celebrate the market’s extended spring hours. It opened at 7:00 a.m. for the first time this season. Saturday’s Rise and Shine Opening Celebration treated shoppers to complimentary fresh scrambled eggs, biscuits and baked goods. The extended hours come as a precursor for the Wednesday… Read more →
By Morgan Johnson Carrboro Commons Staff Writer “For the Love of Carrboro” is an annual series of events celebrating the town of Carrboro. This year, “For the Love of Carrboro” was held from Feb. 11 until Feb. 14 with an event every night of the week. The final event concluding “For the Love of Carrboro” week was the second annual… Read more →
By Dorothy Irwin Carrboro Commons Staff Writer The PTA Thrift Shop is much more than the average thrift store, and it is currently expanding its Carrboro location. Often a favorite source of secondhand treasures, the PTA Thrift Shop has also been a staple of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro community since it opened in 1952. The store uses its resources to provide… Read more →
By Sarah Hoehn Carrboro Commons Co-Editor Heavenly Groceries seeks to bring healthy and delicious food options to every table in need within the Chapel Hill and Carrboro communities, while encouraging members of those communities to get involved. Started in 2002 by the Rev. Troy Harrison of St. Joseph C.M.E. Church on 510 W. Rosemary St., this food justice program is… Read more →
By Shweta Mishra Carrboro Commons Staff Writer Carrboro’s pre-eminent butcher Clifton Collins is so familiar with animal anatomy that he can identify even the most obscure cuts of meat via photo. “I never thought I would do this,” Collins says, recalling his childhood on a tobacco, corn and soybean farm in rural Chatham County. But in 1967, as Collins was finishing high school,… Read more →
By Shweta Mishra Carrboro Commons Staff Writer Tom Robinson’s Seafood is a concrete flat roof building on 207 Roberson Street, just behind Armadillo Grill in Carrboro. Perhaps Robinson’s inspiration for the market was his grandfather, who put himself through school at UNC-Chapel Hill by bringing in coastal fish on a train to sell every week. When Robinson died in 2009… Read more →
By Maggie Cagney Carrboro Commons Staff Writer On Dec. 6, 1994, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen adopted a town philosophy that still rings true today: “As Carrboro grows in population and its boundaries expand, its citizens need opportunities to enlarge their circle of acquaintances, as well as to feel part of the entire community.” And for that, there is Carrboro… Read more →
By Lucie Shelly Carrboro Commons Staff Writer Increasingly in Carrboro, you will find a culture of artisan foods and gourmet gurus. Some of it is imported, and some of it comes from the old mill town itself. But among the French wines, Columbian coffees and produce from the Piedmont, there is something inauspiciously missing: a true Carrboro brew. Arguably, one… Read more →
By Melissa Abbey Carrboro Commons Staff Writer Steven Allred and Marie McCravey come to Carrboro every couple of months to do some shopping. They poke around the downtown shops, stock up on local produce and always — always — get Maple View ice cream. Lucky for the Burlington couple, FRESH.taste, the new ice cream and frozen yogurt shop located… Read more →
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