Guidebook for Carrboro
Arts & Culture
Cat’s Cradle
300 E Main StNC's most storied music venue!
Visual arts, music, performing arts, art classes, community radio. Amazingness abounds!
19 locals recommend
The ArtsCenter
400 E Main StVisual arts, music, performing arts, art classes, community radio. Amazingness abounds!
Wonder what it would be like to see Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver, The XX, or Arcade Fire on a small stage before they blow the Ef up? Local 506 has boasted these bands (and more) over the years. Feel lucky?
14 locals recommend
Local 506
506 W Franklin StWonder what it would be like to see Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver, The XX, or Arcade Fire on a small stage before they blow the Ef up? Local 506 has boasted these bands (and more) over the years. Feel lucky?
Essentials
Awesome Co-Op with a great hot/cold food bar (serves breakfast as well), amazing outdoor seating for people watching, and high quality groceries (often locally sourced).
176 locals recommend
Weaver Street Market
101 E Weaver StAwesome Co-Op with a great hot/cold food bar (serves breakfast as well), amazing outdoor seating for people watching, and high quality groceries (often locally sourced).
The posher end of the big-box grocery in the area. Open 24 hours, it's a good bet if you've the late night munchies or forgot that breakfast meat. They also sell straw hats? Go figure!
29 locals recommend
Harris Teeter
310 North Greensboro StreetThe posher end of the big-box grocery in the area. Open 24 hours, it's a good bet if you've the late night munchies or forgot that breakfast meat. They also sell straw hats? Go figure!
Food Scene
Some call it hip, some call it trendy, but all agree it's a great cup of coffee. Home of the Carrboro Coffee Roasters, you'll have to travel far to best their barristas.
61 locals recommend
Open Eye Cafe
101 S Greensboro StSome call it hip, some call it trendy, but all agree it's a great cup of coffee. Home of the Carrboro Coffee Roasters, you'll have to travel far to best their barristas.
Craving pastrami on rye like your crazy Uncle Eugene used to rave about back "on the block in Brooklyn"? Look no further than Neil's. While there, try a pickle too. They're Tony the Tiger grrrrrreat!
29 locals recommend
Neal's Deli
100 E Main StCraving pastrami on rye like your crazy Uncle Eugene used to rave about back "on the block in Brooklyn"? Look no further than Neil's. While there, try a pickle too. They're Tony the Tiger grrrrrreat!
This ain't tex mex, or Texan, or Mexican. This is pure Carrboro, and a great burrito. With fresh ingredients, six home made salsas to choose from and a great staff, you can't go wrong with this spot.
25 locals recommend
Carrburritos
711 W Rosemary StThis ain't tex mex, or Texan, or Mexican. This is pure Carrboro, and a great burrito. With fresh ingredients, six home made salsas to choose from and a great staff, you can't go wrong with this spot.
Featured in all sorts of TV shows I don't watch (because I don't watch TV), Acme is a great bet for southern fried haut-cuisine. Local tip: Tuesdays are half price all entrees!
63 locals recommend
Acme Food & Beverage Co
110 E Main StFeatured in all sorts of TV shows I don't watch (because I don't watch TV), Acme is a great bet for southern fried haut-cuisine. Local tip: Tuesdays are half price all entrees!
It's a bar! It's a restaurant! It's a pretty decent gastro-pub with a kitchen that serves until midnight! Their Belgian style "frites" are almost famous, and they've got a great beer list.
8 locals recommend
Milltown
307 E Main StIt's a bar! It's a restaurant! It's a pretty decent gastro-pub with a kitchen that serves until midnight! Their Belgian style "frites" are almost famous, and they've got a great beer list.
Just a block away! Breakfast sandwiches, coffee, art, and a great yard to chill in are yours for the taking. A great taco truck holds court every evening, and there's often live music to entertain!
18 locals recommend
Johnny's Gone Fishing
901 W Main StJust a block away! Breakfast sandwiches, coffee, art, and a great yard to chill in are yours for the taking. A great taco truck holds court every evening, and there's often live music to entertain!
Drinks & Nightlife
A local brewery with some fine offerings and a community spirit! Live music and great conversation are always to be had, and if you don't like their beers try some of the other NC micros available!
37 locals recommend
Steel String Brewery
106A S Greensboro StA local brewery with some fine offerings and a community spirit! Live music and great conversation are always to be had, and if you don't like their beers try some of the other NC micros available!
A Carrboro institution! Boasting FOUR distinctive environments with indoor and outdoor dining and live music. Every First Sunday of the month I host a songwriter session here, come on out sometime!
Southern Rail
201 E Main StA Carrboro institution! Boasting FOUR distinctive environments with indoor and outdoor dining and live music. Every First Sunday of the month I host a songwriter session here, come on out sometime!