Out & About TV: November 2025

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2025-11-06

we have a menu guide

We talk about where it's from the stories relating to

that menu item

I've traveled the world and this is my favorite place

to be Pittsburgh and Chatham County

When we decided to do this new production we thought

that what was relatable was like a Norman Rockwell Christmas

One of our features is our stake on a stone

We actually sear that to a blue ray we put

it onto a 40 degree lava stone

Go out and about

When people walk in the door to Cheney what they

can expect is a warm welcome food that is cooked

with absolute intention and heart

The way our food is very home-style so is our

service

I'm an accidental restaurateur

Never did intend to open a restaurant

I've been always been a better baker than I was

a cook and started off my culinary journey with uh

making and selling chocolate chip cookies and had the opportunity

to open a tiny little kiosk at the downtown YMCA

Over there is when I decided that after 20 something

years in the US that I was really going to

tap into my Indian roots and that led to eventually

opening of Cheni Indian Food Emporrium in North Raleigh which

was an enormous leap for me and my family

The cafe got more popular I should say than I

ever ever ever dreamed of

And while that was open and because some of the

accolades that we received from it I took yet another

enormous leap and here we are

India is enormous

It's an enormous country so many regions so many regions

that don't get represented or talked about and there's so

much more people don't even know and I'd love to

introduce them to it if their minds and palates are

open

We have a menu guide

We talk about where it's from the stories relating to

that menu item on the back of the menu

So we set the stage for them a little bit

but always of course ask your server

There are some mainstays on the menu I'm not allowed

to take off

Assamosas for sure because we make assamosas fresh everyday dough

everything

Assamosas never see the inside of a freezer and the

lamb vindaloo that's something that my husband loves

One more thing especially that'll never come off the menu

is a tomato and pindi dal which is lentils with

okra cooked into it as well as fresh tomatoes that

um both my daughters say that I I make really

good dal and that was my younger daughter's absolute favorite

Everyone can find something here that I might enjoy

You like meat and potatoes try a pork korma or

a railway button curry

You don't like spice

Well we can serve you a dish that has plenty

of spices in it but they are not hot

But if you want something very hot we've got you

covered

Everybody can find something on there

Jeannie Durham is an extension of my dining room at

home

I love thrifted furniture and clothes and you know all

of that

The history that thrifted piece is scary

They were purchased with such care thinking about the families

that were going to sit around them

I found myself bringing those into my restaurant home and

found that they felt right to me

We like to serve people with personality and heart and

so we want the dining room to be a reflection

of that

Earlier this year we opened Nanny Goat Market in the

horseshoe at the hub

We also just opened Nanny goat in downtown Durham at

the Gear house

My daughter Amy has been so intentional about local women

owned immigrant owned underrepresented people

If they have products that are really good we'd love

to be able to have them on our shelves and

talk about them and amplify them

What's next Well we are getting ready to resurrect Cheni

Indian Food Empporium in the horseshoe at the hub in

RTP

We're going to serve lunch there as well as dinner

and the lunch there is going to mimic the cafe

concept that first started in North Raleigh

Anybody who's able to support the independent restaurants they work

harder than you can even imagine day after day after

day after day after day and to have staff that

show up willingly to do that

When you dine with independent restaurants you're not enriching the

restaurant owner as much as you're allowing that ecosystem to

thrive

And without restaurants we're lost

Come see us at Danny Goat

Come find local products

Come see us at Ty

Allow allow me to serve you the food of my

my home country

My roots are still there

They'll always be there

Here at the Carolina Valley we are currently getting ready

for the greatest time of year when we present the

Nutcracker

Every year the Nutcracker is really a magical thing

The music itself is so ingrained in all of our

lives

It just is something that's so familiar

The Nutcracker is something that is really the gateway into

ballet for most folks

Carolina Ballet's production of The Nutcracker was recently revamped and

the reason we did it was because we thought that

we wanted something of a more relatable time that seemed

more familiar

So when we decided to do this new production we

thought that what was relatable was like a Norman Rockwell

Christmas

We really wanted to embrace the that time of year

We've gotten tremendous response with this production because I think

it is unique to our area

It's obviously unique it's the one of a kind production

most productions are but it it really relates to like

where we are in the country

It's inviting and it's relatable and

And also has um a sophistication I think about the

the looks that

That speak to people who aren't necessarily ballet

It's something that Creates tradition and family and community and

opportunity to gather around something that um just brings lots

of joy and magic and wonder

We would really love everyone to come join us at

the Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts Raleigh Memorial

Auditorium is the hall that we perform out of

We open December 11th and we close Christmas Eve morning

There are 20 performances

You can call Carolina Ballet's box office for tickets

You can also go

Onto our website you will be directed to Ticketmaster

Uh there are fees associated with that but if you

call our box office they will be happy to accommodate

you and there it's a huge house it's a beautiful

theater that really is an experience for the family and

friends and uh we really we would love to share

with you what is so special and what could become

a tradition for your family at Carolina Valley's Nutcracker

One of our features is our stake on a stone

We actually sear that to a blue rare

We put it onto a 40 degree lava stone

Welcome to Ruckus

You know ruckus was a concept that my wife and

I kind of had in our mind that we really

wanted to build something that was you know kind of

that small little New York style pizza bar that didn't

exist in in 1998 in Raleigh

We always had that dream of out of college kids

you know let's open a restaurant and a bar it's

gonna be great

Took a lot of blood sweat tears but our little

engine grew and grew

You know I remember our our first weeks we were

hoping to make 100 bucks a day

And so as it grew and grew and grew we

always call the what this one is the little engine

that could

We went from Ruckus and Mission Valley to our Kry

store and then we built our Morris School store in

Park West and then we built our Apex store which

is owned by Costco and Apex

And then this is the latest iteration which is Ruckus

in Louisville Town Center

The North Raleigh uh evolved as a uh a ruckus

if you wanted to have more of a date night

uh ability as well as family friendly

So it really is a great spot

The family can come you know we have kids' meals

we have pizza the the parents can get uh an

adult meal and some beverages and everyone's happy

It's a great meal out for the parents and Ruckus

is a little loud so if one of the little

ones tunes up it doesn't matter

It's always ruckus in here anyway

I really think we have something for everybody and I

think that surprises a lot of people that they're like

wow I had no idea that you did all of

these things

Variety is our superpower

The roots of Ruckus are actually Ruckus pizza and so

that has been a staple on the menu since the

beginning

So it's a true Italian New York sauce recipe uh

it's a very thin pizza and then with just enough

sauce and just enough cheese and add pepperoni and the

pizza is perfect

We do a really great messy nachos

It has cheese on the bottom nacho chips cheese in

the middle with chili on it and it's uh on

a pizza pan so it's a great portion for a

great messy nacho

One of our most popular items is our spicy chicken

alfredo

It's actually a light Alfredo sauce with our mild wing

sauce and you can sub that out with either a

blackened shrimp or black and mahi to make a really

great dish

One of our features is our our steak on a

stone

And with that we have a rib eye or a

filet

We actually sear that to a blue rare and then

we put it onto a 40 degree lava stone with

uh a black sea salt an Asian steak sauce and

a compound butter

We travel a lot and we're being foodies and we'll

go places and we'll try a dish and then we'll

come home and we'll try to recreate it

We were in London and we went to this amazing

steakhouse and we originally had the steak on the stone

there and I said you know how neat would it

be that you could go to a sports bar but

get an amazing steak And my chef was like yup

let's try it

And it has taken off and it's been great and

I still come in and love steak on a stove

Then we have our sushi menu which is a whole

page

We have the idea to put uh our our sushi

together with with our pizza pasta and spirits because it

really is a great appetizer

And it's also kind of a salad replacement so it's

something that you can get that is healthy

And so you really can't go anywhere and watch a

game and get a sushi roll and a beer

So the sushi kind of came on board as an

idea and now it's like people say hey go to

Ruckus they have great sushi you're like no way their

pizza restaurant no they have great sushi

You know I always tell everybody it's like coming home

again you know everybody's family we're a small business but

we want you to feel like family when you come

in

Coming to Ruckus is like visiting a friend who cooks

really well

So you're actually able to come and say you know

I'm not sure what I want tonight

Let's go to Ruckus and we'll figure something out

Whittakern Atlantic um my vision there was to offer a

space near downtown that uh was a little more urban

than most of the event spaces Raleigh had to offer

It is a blank slate for clients to come in

and create their own magical evening

It's really fun to see all of the different events

we've held over the years and each one is different

in their own way

I really love seeing the space transformed for each different

event and

The joy that everyone is having celebrating and it it's

always happy and that that's why I do what I

do because I love creating joy

We really focus on what the client would like to

portray for their event whether it's a wedding a social

event a corporate event um we want every uh every

event to feel warm and inviting for not just the

host but also their guests as well

I think the thing that is our point of difference

and and that we take great pride in is we

are sort of a one stop shop having Posh Nosh

as our culinary partner and catering company we are able

to really curate every detail of an event um from

the menu to the style of service from the layout

to the bar to really make it easy for the

host so they don't have to

Go out and outsource um we're providing it all and

so everyone feels that we have curated an event just

for them and the attention to detail and they love

that about us and they leave feeling like they have

had the best possible event and they didn't have to

go beyond our doors for that

Hummingbird is of the three businesses the most demanding but

definitely brings me the most pride and joy

It has always been a dream to have a restaurant

and uh it it is my third child for sure

I feel like Hummingbird offers a unique vibe for Raleigh

The space itself is unique but the staff my team

the food it all comes together in a relaxed and

fun and welcoming environment

Lunch Wednesday through Friday brunch Saturday Sunday and then dinner

Wednesday through Sunday

If people do decide to come by and and check

us out just know that we're putting your event in

very capable hands

I also encourage people to visit us on Instagram as

well to get a sense of how events have been

done in the past because we are so versatile

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The great thing about Trio homes we're relatively new to

the East Coast

We're really into energy efficient features in our homes and

Chatham Park itself the whole community is based around energy

efficiency

It's a live work play community so really when you

get out here there's just gonna be so much

Do that you really don't have to go too far

if you don't want to um between the mosaic area

that has you know entertainment shopping dining things along that

line we're gonna have over 10 miles of greenway space

that's gonna be out here over 2000 acres of public

parks by the time we're done

This is our 2nd phase in Chatham Park

Uh we have 52 townhomes

We're offering 3 bedrooms 2.5 bathroom townhomes 2 car garages

We are located directly across the street from the YMCA

the brand new one that just opened recently

There's gonna be some shopping and dining in this area

and right across the highway is gonna be the hospital

um we're gonna be tying in there's gonna be a

soccer park right down the road over here so there's

gonna be a lot of stuff right here when we

had that opportunity to come in here it just blended

perfectly with the way we wanted to do business as

well

I've watched this town grow over the last 35 years

in a really great way

So the the good news about development is it's not

crushing our charm and that's one of my missions here

at the plant is to keep the charm keep the

the the heart and soul of Pittsburgh

I've traveled the world and this is my favorite place

to be

Pittsburgh and Chatham County

We have a diversity

We can I can go kayaking in the morning at

Lake Jordan

I can go hiking in Hall River

I can go shopping in really cute little places around

town

We want to create a community that you know your

neighbors you don't have to go far if you just

want to get up in the morning walk down to

the local coffee shop grab a cup of coffee see

your friends you know really interact with everyone or maybe

it's even I just want to get up in the

morning and go for a run

This is a really cool place to live

It's a lot different than I would say being like

a bedroom community of like Raleigh where it's very there's

a very

Artsy feel I think it's the best way to put

it

I would say if you're moving to this area it's

really easy to find your people

It's easy to meet people

There are so many restaurants and things to do at

night and parties and events

We have so many events and street fairs and we

have pop-up markets here at the plant

And it's just really easy to meet people and you're

gonna run into someone that shares something you're interested in

I walk downtown sometimes and I feel like I'm in

Charleston or some little village of New York

It we have these beautiful little shops

We have beautiful shops here at the plant

And you can find it it feels kind of big

city but in a small city and I love that

If you're around Raleigh and you wanna see something a

little bit different maybe your lifestyle come on out and

visit us

You can get more information about the towns at Novi

at our website which is just Trioho slash Raleigh and

then you can filter right down to the towns at

Novi and you can see everything we have to offer

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my day

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