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Michael Lee's Korean pocha on E Chapel Hill Street serves tteokbokki, corn dogs and fried snacks alongside soju-based cocktails in a casual late-night room.
Signature: Tteokbokki, Korean corn dog, Soju cocktails
Parts & Labor is a global street food restaurant in Downtown, Durham.
Attached to Motorco Music Hall, Parts & Labor serves global street-food tapas until 02:00 on weekends with one of the most vegan-friendly menus in the city.
Editorially verified June 24, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Signature dishes: Korean tacos, Loaded fries, Plant-based bowls
Address: 723 Rigsbee Ave, Durham, NC 27701
Michael Lee's Korean pocha on E Chapel Hill Street serves tteokbokki, corn dogs and fried snacks alongside soju-based cocktails in a casual late-night room.
Signature: Tteokbokki, Korean corn dog, Soju cocktails
A reliable Thai kitchen on N Mangum Street serving the full range of central and northeastern Thai dishes at prices that keep the dining room full at lunch.
Signature: Pad see ew, Massaman curry, Papaya salad
Open since 1952, Bullock's is Durham's longest-running restaurant and the centre of Eastern NC barbecue culture. Cash only, family-run, unchanged in method.
Signature: Eastern NC whole-hog barbecue, Brunswick stew, Hushpuppies
Michael Lee's Korean pocha on E Chapel Hill Street serves tteokbokki, corn dogs and fried snacks alongside soju-based cocktails in a casual late-night room.
Signature: Tteokbokki, Korean corn dog, Soju cocktails
The Durham outpost of John Currence's Southern breakfast chain. Country ham, boudin, grits and scratch biscuits anchor a menu that takes breakfast seriously.
Signature: Country ham and eggs, Boudin scramble, Cornmeal pancakes
A reliable Thai kitchen on N Mangum Street serving the full range of central and northeastern Thai dishes at prices that keep the dining room full at lunch.
Signature: Pad see ew, Massaman curry, Papaya salad
A nationally recognised whole-hog barbecue on Cole Mill Road where pigs are smoked overnight over hardwood. The banana pudding is as celebrated as the pork.
Signature: Whole-hog pulled pork, Banana pudding, Brunswick stew
Open since 1952, Bullock's is Durham's longest-running restaurant and the centre of Eastern NC barbecue culture. Cash only, family-run, unchanged in method.
Signature: Eastern NC whole-hog barbecue, Brunswick stew, Hushpuppies
Bon Appetit Best New Restaurants 2019, a strip-mall Sichuan kitchen in South Durham. Handmade dumplings, dan dan noodles and scallion pancakes made daily.
Signature: Handmade dumplings, Scallion pancakes, Dan dan noodles