Greensboro-based Cugino Forno is bringing its take on Neapolitan pizza to Wilmington’s Soda Pop District, moving in beside what might be an ideal match for its wood-fired pies – Hi-Wire Brewing.   Featuring a distinctive round corner, the L-shaped building at 1020 Princess St. goes back to the 1940s when it was home to an automobile dealership. The build ...

With more breweries/eateries announced seemingly every day in Wilmington, owners have gotten creative in finding a location. The Eagle’s Dare is planned for a mid-century modern former service station on North Third Street; Cugino Forno Neapolitan Pizza is opening in a 1940s-era auto dealership at 11th and Princess.   Now Durham-based Ponysaurus Brewing Co. is ...

When the owners of The Lunchbox closed the lid on the Midtown eatery Dec. 30, it not only left patrons yearning for its classic sandwiches such as the Tidewater Club and the Reagan, it also left a hole at a busy shopping center with more food outlets than retail shops.   Located at Shipyard Boulevard and 17th Street, the modest Cornerstone Shopping Center was once & ...

After closing for a month for renovations, downtown landmark restaurant Front Street Brewery is on track to reopen Feb. 1, officials said.   Owner Tom Harris said most of the changes customers should notice will be restoration work on the facade and floors of the 157-year-old building, which has been a Front Street staple for 26 years and was one of Wilmington&rsquo ...

As the North Fourth-Brooklyn Arts District (BAD) area continues to experience a rebirth, most of the food-and-drink businesses remain on the south end of the upstart corridor, closer to the traditional downtown commercial district. That’s not the case for three10, an eatery that recently opened at North Fourth and Swann streets, closer to the Isabel Holmes Bridge tha ...

Bitty & Beau’s Coffee keeps brewing up new locations. The Wilmington-based company that “reinvented the coffee experience” has opened another of its unique shops, this one at nCino’s world headquarters, 6770 Parker Farm Drive at Mayfaire. Amy and Ben Wright opened the first shop in 2016 with the goal of changing the way people with disabiliti ...

The owner of JohnnyLukes KitchenBar has added a banquet facility at the popular restaurant at 5500 Market St. in Wilmington. “We have the giant kitchen bar and then we have the upstairs patio loft,” John W. Jackson said. “And now we're adding a private dining space for banquets, business meetings and other events.” The space seats abo ...

Another new business has landed in downtown’s Northside, helping bridge the gap with the city’s traditional commercial district.   Joe Apkarian, the owner of downtown’s Pour House and co-owner of Taco Baby, is opening The Eagle’s Dare, a cocktail bar and beer garden, at 420 N. Third St.   “We are shooting for Memorial Day,” ...

Wilmington’s Ruth’s Chris Steak House is on the move later this month.   The restaurant’s opening on the third floor of the River Place building in downtown Wilmington is slated for Jan. 24.   The relocation to the mixed-use building on Grace Street is close to its previous location inside Hotel Ballast, a spot the restaurant has operated fr ...

Another homegrown business has joined the lineup at The Crossroads at Independence.   Live.Eat.Surf Restaurants is opening a K38 Baja Grill location at the Harris Teeter-anchored shopping center being built at Carolina Beach Road and Independence Boulevard.   K38 joins Wilmington-based Port City Java at Crossroads, whose completion has been slowed due to the ...