Nzinga's Kitchen ★ 4.2
A Creole-inflected Southern brunch counter open Wednesday through Sunday. Nzinga's serves shrimp and grits with smoked andouille and sweet potato waffles.
Signature: Shrimp and grits, Chicken biscuit, Sweet potato waffles
Bull City Burger and Brewery is a burgers restaurant in Downtown, Durham.
A downtown Durham burger and brewery institution. The kitchen grinds beef daily; the brewery rotates a pilsner and IPA. Opening time 11:11 is a tradition.
Editorially verified June 24, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Signature dishes: Craft beef burger, Truffle fries, House-brewed IPA
Address: 107 E Parrish St, Durham, NC 27701
A Creole-inflected Southern brunch counter open Wednesday through Sunday. Nzinga's serves shrimp and grits with smoked andouille and sweet potato waffles.
Signature: Shrimp and grits, Chicken biscuit, Sweet potato waffles
Boricua Soul at American Tobacco Campus fuses Puerto Rican cooking with Southern soul food. Empanadas, pernil and rice-and-beans are made from scratch daily.
Signature: Pernil, Tostones, Empanadas
Women-owned Mexican kitchen at Brightleaf Square pressing fresh corn tortillas in-house daily. Named Eater Carolinas Restaurant of the Year 2021.
Signature: Tacos al pastor, Tamales, Agua frescas
Peruvian charcoal chicken at a fair price point on Ninth Street: roasted halves and quarters with aji amarillo sauce and sides of yuca or plantains every day.
Signature: Charcoal chicken, Aji amarillo sauce, Yuca fries
A Ninth Street fixture for Asian fusion tapas and sake. The menu roams across East and Southeast Asian influences; order broadly and share across the table.
Signature: Sake-steamed mussels, Crispy Brussels sprouts, Duck pot stickers
A neighbourhood Southern restaurant with a Sunday jazz brunch that fills the room. Shrimp and grits and fried catfish anchor the menu on Chapel Hill Road.
Signature: Shrimp and grits, Fried catfish, Sunday jazz brunch
A Creole-inflected Southern brunch counter open Wednesday through Sunday. Nzinga's serves shrimp and grits with smoked andouille and sweet potato waffles.
Signature: Shrimp and grits, Chicken biscuit, Sweet potato waffles