{"id":64,"date":"2013-12-20T09:00:46","date_gmt":"2013-12-20T14:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trianglefoodblog.com\/?p=64"},"modified":"2014-01-08T11:51:13","modified_gmt":"2014-01-08T16:51:13","slug":"friday-fun-food-facts-december-20-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trianglefoodblog.com\/?p=64","title":{"rendered":"Friday Fun Food Facts &#8211; December 20, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Triangle Restaurant News <\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<div>Triangle restaurant news&#8230;that not everyone knows. Impress your co-workers at the water cooler.<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Holiday Edition &#8211; Final Edition of 2013     <\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>So, you are reading the last edition of 2013 (sniff, sniff). And we&#8217;re going to do things a little differently today, for three reasons. One, there isn&#8217;t as much restaurant news this time of year. Two, I need to do a little shameless plug. And finally, we need to announce the winner of our <strong>Holiday Promotion<\/strong> and the winner of our <strong>$250 Target gift card<\/strong> (you&#8217;ll have to scroll down for that).First, the shameless plug. As you may know, my primary &#8220;job&#8221; is operating a corporate catering business &#8211; <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a =\"http:\/\/www.trianglefoodguy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Triangle Food Guy<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong>. Put simply, we offer about 60 Triangle area restaurants and caterers for all your corporate catering needs. The cool thing is, all the ordering is done online &#8211; making your catering easy and giving you great variety &#8211; and at no extra cost to you. <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a =\"http:\/\/www.trianglefoodguy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Check us out here<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong> and consider us for all your corporate catering in 2014!<\/p>\n<p>As part of that, we reward our clients in lots of ways. One of those is <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a =\"http:\/\/www.trianglefoodguy.com\/about-us.htm\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">our rewards program<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong>. And another is the awarding of a <strong>$250 Target gift card<\/strong> to one of our clients. That person has been selected, but first a little restaurant news:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>According to the <strong>N&amp;O<\/strong>, Glenwood South&#8217;s <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a =\"http:\/\/hibernianpub.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Hibernian Irish Pub<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong> is expected to reopen in mid-January.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>The <strong>N&amp;O<\/strong> is also reporting that over in Durham just off Ninth Street, <strong>Panera Bread <\/strong>is having a grand opening this Saturday.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>New Raleigh noted on Facebook that downtown Raleigh&#8217;s <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a =\"http:\/\/gringoagogonc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Gringo A Go Go<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span> won&#8217;t fully open until January.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>And <strong>Mike DePersia<\/strong> filled me in on the following: Over in Apex, <strong>Johnny&#8217;s Pizza<\/strong> was sold to <strong>Ryan Dudek<\/strong> who closed it and reopened it as <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a =\"http:\/\/www.ncpizzadude.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The Pizza Dude<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong>; In Holly Springs, <strong>Rich Moore<\/strong> bought the <strong>Rudino&#8217;s<\/strong>, remodeled it and reopened as <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a =\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RiccisPizza\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Ricci&#8217;s Pizzeria<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong>; and in Cary, the <strong>Camos Brothers Pizza<\/strong> in Cary was sold to <strong>Paul Mirikaj<\/strong> and reopened as <strong>Brothers of New York Pizza.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>If you are looking for dining options on Christmas day, the <strong>N&amp;O<\/strong> has the<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a =\"http:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/2013\/12\/11\/3452022\/where-to-dine-on-christmas-in.html\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> list of open restaurants<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span> for you.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>And finally, please consider donating to the annual <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a =\"http:\/\/www.foodbankcenc.org\/site\/PageServer?pagename=HolidayMeals\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Holiday Food Drive<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span> being conducted by the <strong>Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina<\/strong>.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">********************<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><strong>And now, the moment you all have been waiting for. The winner of this year&#8217;s <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Triangle Food Guy Holiday promotion<\/span> &#8211; a $250 gift card to Target which will be delivered this morning (a picture will be posted <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a =\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/trianglefoodguy\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">on our Facebook page<\/span><\/a><\/span> later today) &#8211; <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a =\"http:\/\/www.trianglefoodguy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">can be found here<\/span><\/a>!<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">********************<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><em>And I close with a huge thank you to each of you for reading my blog and using us for your catering needs. This year has been an amazing experience, and I want to thank each and every one of you. Sponsor of publication: <a href=\"https:\/\/instastories.watch\/\">Insta Stories watch<\/a> &#8211; best anonymous Instagram Stories saver for Insta videos <\/em><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><em>Here is to an even more amazing 2014!!!<\/em><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"> <em><strong> <\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a =\"mailto:sean@trianglefoodguy.com\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Drop me a line<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span> and let me know how we can better serve you or what we can do to improve our blog and provide you with the information you are looking for.  <\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Triangle Restaurant News Triangle restaurant news&#8230;that not everyone knows. Impress your co-workers at the water cooler. Holiday Edition &#8211; Final Edition of 2013 So, you are reading the last edition of 2013 (sniff, sniff). 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