Guidebook for Carrboro/Chapel Hill
Food Scene and Coffee Shops
It's social, nice, great coffee and pastries, right in town. Good place to take your laptop (headphones perhaps it's a bit noisy) and work.
61 locals recommend
Open Eye Cafe
101 S Greensboro StIt's social, nice, great coffee and pastries, right in town. Good place to take your laptop (headphones perhaps it's a bit noisy) and work.
This is a nice place for dinner, it's considered expensive. They have a nice outdoor patio in the summer time.
21 locals recommend
Tandem
200 N Greensboro StThis is a nice place for dinner, it's considered expensive. They have a nice outdoor patio in the summer time.
We enjoy going to their backroom bar area for date nights. It's dark, cozy and the food is very eclectic.
63 locals recommend
Lantern Restaurant
423 W Franklin StWe enjoy going to their backroom bar area for date nights. It's dark, cozy and the food is very eclectic.
It's a local place that we'll go to for Korean food. It's not as good as my grandmother's cooking but it's decent :)
MinGa
1404 E Franklin StIt's a local place that we'll go to for Korean food. It's not as good as my grandmother's cooking but it's decent :)
This planned village has a small grocery, places to eat like Al's burger, a coffee shop, walking trails, park for kiddies and a few restaurants for lunch and dinner.
Southern Village
This planned village has a small grocery, places to eat like Al's burger, a coffee shop, walking trails, park for kiddies and a few restaurants for lunch and dinner.
Everything Else
It's a place to get groceries, grab something to eat and drink on the Weaver Market lawn...kids love to play in the open area and around the big tree...it's a social scene for the town. Lots of locals and UNC students go there.
176 locals recommend
Weaver Street Market
101 E Weaver StIt's a place to get groceries, grab something to eat and drink on the Weaver Market lawn...kids love to play in the open area and around the big tree...it's a social scene for the town. Lots of locals and UNC students go there.
Parks & Nature
Local Parks and Nature oriented places to visit.
Charles Herman Wilson Park
Williams StreetA large park with a playground, picnic areas, tennis courts, baseball diamond, small lake.
7 locals recommend
Henry Anderson III Community Park
302 N Carolina Hwy 54 WA large park with a playground, picnic areas, tennis courts, baseball diamond, small lake.
This nearby park is nice to walk around, see the local community garden, take your kids to the play area.
Martin Luther King Jr. Park
Hillsborough RoadThis nearby park is nice to walk around, see the local community garden, take your kids to the play area.
Arts & Culture
Museum of Life + Science
433 W Murray AveGreat place for kids under 12
Ackland Art Museum
101 S Columbia St"To illustrate…the natural history of the state…”
With these words, set down in 1887, the North Carolina General Assembly articulated the mission of the State Museum. The Museum’s origins can be traced back further, to 1879, when the merger of the state’s agricultural and geological collections planted the seed for what would eventually blossom into the largest museum of its kind in the Southeast.
288 locals recommend
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
11 W Jones St"To illustrate…the natural history of the state…”
With these words, set down in 1887, the North Carolina General Assembly articulated the mission of the State Museum. The Museum’s origins can be traced back further, to 1879, when the merger of the state’s agricultural and geological collections planted the seed for what would eventually blossom into the largest museum of its kind in the Southeast.
Shopping
Small and local shops : local clothing boutiques, toy store, restaurants, jewelry making supplies, sewing/fabrics, high end women's clothes & shoes....coffee shop.
12 locals recommend
Carr Mill Mall
200 N Greensboro StSmall and local shops : local clothing boutiques, toy store, restaurants, jewelry making supplies, sewing/fabrics, high end women's clothes & shoes....coffee shop.
This is the BIG mall in the area that has just about everything....it's about a 20-25 minute drive from here.
147 locals recommend
The Streets at Southpoint
This is the BIG mall in the area that has just about everything....it's about a 20-25 minute drive from here.
This & That Gift Gallery
118 E Main StEssentials
Harris Teeter
310 North Greensboro StreetFood Lion
602 Jones Ferry RdNot as high end but close by and convenient.
Whole Foods Market
81 S Elliott RdGroceries, food, local shops, restaurants near by.
Trader Joe's
1800 E Franklin StFood scene
Acme Food & Beverage Co
110 E Main StThai Station Restaurant
201 E Main StGood Thai food. Dine in their train cabooses or sit on the balcony.
Cham Thai Cuisine at Carrboro
370 E Main StIt’s fresh & local, grab some local veggies, meats, flowers and plants 🪴. There’s usually a food-vendor or coffee & handmade doughnuts 🍩
54 locals recommend
Carrboro Farmers Market
301 W Main StIt’s fresh & local, grab some local veggies, meats, flowers and plants 🪴. There’s usually a food-vendor or coffee & handmade doughnuts 🍩