Mothers & Sons Trattoria ★ 4.2
An Italian trattoria on W Chapel Hill Street with generous portions, housemade bread and a lively weekend room featuring ingredient-led cooking.
Signature: House-pulled mozzarella, Wood-roasted chicken, Ricotta gnudi
Pizzeria Toro is a wood-fired pizza restaurant in Downtown, Durham.
Pizzeria Toro has set the downtown Durham pizza standard since 2011, serving Neapolitan-influenced wood-fired pies with locally sourced NC toppings.
Editorially verified June 24, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Signature dishes: Fennel sausage pizza, Stracciatella antipasto, Seasonal wood-fired vegetables
Address: 105 E Chapel Hill St, Durham, NC 27701
An Italian trattoria on W Chapel Hill Street with generous portions, housemade bread and a lively weekend room featuring ingredient-led cooking.
Signature: House-pulled mozzarella, Wood-roasted chicken, Ricotta gnudi
Rose's builds East Asian noodle and dumpling traditions using NC ingredients. Local pork dumplings and seasonal vegetables fill the compact menu.
Signature: XO sauce noodles, Pork and chive dumplings, Mango ice
Oscar Diaz's Michelin-recommended Mexican fusion kitchen is one of Durham's most creative, built around birria dumplings and BBQ mole pork chops.
Signature: Birria dumplings, Guava and cheese pastelitos, BBQ mole pork chop
Giorgios Bakatsias's French bistro has anchored Durham since 2004, with steak frites, moules and a well-edited wine list; Sunday brunch adds crepes.
Signature: Steak frites, Moules mariniere, French onion soup
Gocciolina is Durham's handmade-pasta destination with fresh and dried pastas, a natural-wine list and precise cooking. Named Best Italian by Indy Week 2024.
Signature: Cacio e pepe, Strozzapreti with lamb ragu, Tiramisu
An Italian trattoria on W Chapel Hill Street with generous portions, housemade bread and a lively weekend room featuring ingredient-led cooking.
Signature: House-pulled mozzarella, Wood-roasted chicken, Ricotta gnudi
Rose's builds East Asian noodle and dumpling traditions using NC ingredients. Local pork dumplings and seasonal vegetables fill the compact menu.
Signature: XO sauce noodles, Pork and chive dumplings, Mango ice
One of very few Zimbabwean restaurants in the US, Zweli's Ekhaya is at American Tobacco Campus, serving sadza, nyama choma and Southern African wines.
Signature: Sadza, Nyama choma (grilled meat), Matemba (dried fish)
Oscar Diaz's Michelin-recommended Mexican fusion kitchen is one of Durham's most creative, built around birria dumplings and BBQ mole pork chops.
Signature: Birria dumplings, Guava and cheese pastelitos, BBQ mole pork chop