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Food scene
Fresh, healthy breakfast, lunch, and dinner serving beer, wine, smoothies, and coffee. Extensive outdoor seating.
14 locals recommend
The Refectory Cafe
2726 Durham-Chapel Hill BlvdFresh, healthy breakfast, lunch, and dinner serving beer, wine, smoothies, and coffee. Extensive outdoor seating.
Beautiful German restaurant, café, bar, and bakery with extensive outdoor seating, great ambiance, fresh food, and outstanding desserts and breads. A great place to hang out.
128 locals recommend
Guglhupf Bakery, Cafe & Biergarten
2706 Durham-Chapel Hill BlvdBeautiful German restaurant, café, bar, and bakery with extensive outdoor seating, great ambiance, fresh food, and outstanding desserts and breads. A great place to hang out.
Incredibly fresh roasted chicken with excellent sides like green beans, plantains, rice and beans, French fries & sweet potato fries, and drinks like orchata, aguas frescas, and beer. Very affordable, very delicious, very close, and with outdoor seating!
31 locals recommend
Alpaca Peruvian Charcoal Chicken
302 Davidson AveIncredibly fresh roasted chicken with excellent sides like green beans, plantains, rice and beans, French fries & sweet potato fries, and drinks like orchata, aguas frescas, and beer. Very affordable, very delicious, very close, and with outdoor seating!
NUVOTACO
2512 University DrGourmet tacos and margaritas with outdoor seating.
The Original Q Shack
2510 University DrNC BBQ at its best!
Classic Italian American family restaurant with huge (yummy) portions, fairly reasonable prices, amazing desserts, wine, beer, and free refills on soft drinks and tea.
7 locals recommend
Pulcinella's Italian Restaurant
4711 Hope Valley RdClassic Italian American family restaurant with huge (yummy) portions, fairly reasonable prices, amazing desserts, wine, beer, and free refills on soft drinks and tea.
Very close restaurant with excellent Thai food (but it's in a strip mall!) Take out is ready in the 10 minutes it takes to get there.
8 locals recommend
Twisted Noodles
4201 University DrVery close restaurant with excellent Thai food (but it's in a strip mall!) Take out is ready in the 10 minutes it takes to get there.
Authentic Spanish restaurant with small plates (tapas) and excellent wine and bar.
16 locals recommend
Taberna Tapas
325 W Main StAuthentic Spanish restaurant with small plates (tapas) and excellent wine and bar.
Pizzeria Toro
105 E Chapel Hill StHigh end, delicious pizza. But nowadays there is always a wait!
Sightseeing
The nearest greenway near 3901 Darby Road begins at Southern Boundaries Park and continues through Piney Wood Park where the Woodcroft swimming pool and tennis courts are located. The shortest way to get to the Third Fork Creek Trail is on a bike through a pathway in the private Surrey Green neighborhood on the other side of Hope Valley Road.
Directions to access the trail: Go right on Darby to Westover and cross the street in front of Hope Valley Country Club onto Cornwall Road. Continue on Surrey Road until you get to Hope Valley Road. Cross Hope Valley Road and continue on Surrey around the pond. At the bottom of the pond near the intersection of Lytham Lane and Burney Court you’ll see a dirt path that connects to Third Fork Creek Trail. From 3901 Darby Road, the Third Fork Creek Trail is about 1.3 miles and you need to climb a very steep hill to get out of Hope Valley. But it’s worth it!
Third Fork Creek Trail
Third Fork Creek TrailThe nearest greenway near 3901 Darby Road begins at Southern Boundaries Park and continues through Piney Wood Park where the Woodcroft swimming pool and tennis courts are located. The shortest way to get to the Third Fork Creek Trail is on a bike through a pathway in the private Surrey Green neighborhood on the other side of Hope Valley Road.
Directions to access the trail: Go right on Darby to Westover and cross the street in front of Hope Valley Country Club onto Cornwall Road. Continue on Surrey Road until you get to Hope Valley Road. Cross Hope Valley Road and continue on Surrey around the pond. At the bottom of the pond near the intersection of Lytham Lane and Burney Court you’ll see a dirt path that connects to Third Fork Creek Trail. From 3901 Darby Road, the Third Fork Creek Trail is about 1.3 miles and you need to climb a very steep hill to get out of Hope Valley. But it’s worth it!
A very long trail great for biking, walking, running, and roller blading that starts from downtown Durham near the American Tobacco campus, travels across Fayetteville Road near North Carolina Central University, passes by Southpoint mall, and then continues through a tunnel of suburban woods all the way to Raleigh! You can access the ATT from 3901 Darby Road via the Third Fork Creek Greenway, but it’s far. You can also drive to one of the parking lots along the trail which is more convenient. The section of the trail past Southpoint mall is nearly unbroken by cross streets, whereas the section from downtown to the mall is broken up by cross streets meaning you have to stop every couple of blocks to look for passing cars.
106 locals recommend
American Tobacco Trail
7616 Fayetteville RdA very long trail great for biking, walking, running, and roller blading that starts from downtown Durham near the American Tobacco campus, travels across Fayetteville Road near North Carolina Central University, passes by Southpoint mall, and then continues through a tunnel of suburban woods all the way to Raleigh! You can access the ATT from 3901 Darby Road via the Third Fork Creek Greenway, but it’s far. You can also drive to one of the parking lots along the trail which is more convenient. The section of the trail past Southpoint mall is nearly unbroken by cross streets, whereas the section from downtown to the mall is broken up by cross streets meaning you have to stop every couple of blocks to look for passing cars.
Beautiful trails only minutes away with various access points. The Fews Ford access is the bigger park with more extensive trail system. A favorite there is Buckquarter Trail that runs along the river. The Cole Mill access also has a good number of trails. Two favorites are Bobbit’s Hole and Donnegan’s Trail. The Eno tends to get busy on the weekends but less so on week days.
215 locals recommend
Eno River State Park
6101 Cole Mill RdBeautiful trails only minutes away with various access points. The Fews Ford access is the bigger park with more extensive trail system. A favorite there is Buckquarter Trail that runs along the river. The Cole Mill access also has a good number of trails. Two favorites are Bobbit’s Hole and Donnegan’s Trail. The Eno tends to get busy on the weekends but less so on week days.
Incredibly beautiful nature preserve with a network of trails that runs through wetland and forest.
10 locals recommend
Brumley Forest Nature Preserve
3055 New Hope Church RdIncredibly beautiful nature preserve with a network of trails that runs through wetland and forest.
It's the mall, but has outdoor spaces and your usual Pottery Barn, Anthropologie, Crate and Barrel, movie theaters, Cheesecake Factory, Maggianos, food court, H&M, Sephora, Chipotle, Nordstroms, etc. Across Fayetteville Road is REI, World Market, etc.
147 locals recommend
The Streets at Southpoint
It's the mall, but has outdoor spaces and your usual Pottery Barn, Anthropologie, Crate and Barrel, movie theaters, Cheesecake Factory, Maggianos, food court, H&M, Sephora, Chipotle, Nordstroms, etc. Across Fayetteville Road is REI, World Market, etc.
Duke art gallery with cafe and outdoor seating. Easy parking and beautiful surrounds.
80 locals recommend
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University
2001 Campus DrDuke art gallery with cafe and outdoor seating. Easy parking and beautiful surrounds.
Extensive trails through a sculpture garden in the forest, restaurants, and art. (Summer 2022 they are re-modeling the indoor art spaces, but the outdoor space is worth a walk.)
437 locals recommend
North Carolina Museum of Art
2110 Blue Ridge RdExtensive trails through a sculpture garden in the forest, restaurants, and art. (Summer 2022 they are re-modeling the indoor art spaces, but the outdoor space is worth a walk.)
Very cool hotel with spaces that house rotating exhibits of cutting edge contemporary art on three floors. Go in for dinner (expensive!) or a drink (also not cheap!) or just to take a look. It is really worth it.
62 locals recommend
21c Museum Hotel Durham
111 North Corcoran StVery cool hotel with spaces that house rotating exhibits of cutting edge contemporary art on three floors. Go in for dinner (expensive!) or a drink (also not cheap!) or just to take a look. It is really worth it.
Incredibly beautiful botanical garden with hidden nooks, duck and coy ponds, bamboo forests, and native plants. It is adjacent to Duke so you can stroll around campus as well.
378 locals recommend
Sarah P. Duke Gardens
420 Anderson StIncredibly beautiful botanical garden with hidden nooks, duck and coy ponds, bamboo forests, and native plants. It is adjacent to Duke so you can stroll around campus as well.