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Whisk Opens in Cary

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Cary, NC – Whisk, a store focused on gourmet kitchenware and culinary instruction, opened its doors to customers today. If cooking’s your thing, you will like this store. Very much.

Whisk – Gourmet Kitchenware

Whisk, located in Waverly Place, is chock full of splendid and exotic kitchenware.

It’s a treat for the eyes and I spent a happy hour wandering the aisles.

In addition to Le Creuset and other other top brands you may recognize, Whisk had an extensive stock of items you won’t find in Macy’s or Williams Sonoma. Staub had some very sturdy looking cookware. And Emile Henry featured casseroles specifically designed to cook tajines and risotto.

Guys will enjoy Whisk, even if they’re not into cooking. The store has an eclectic collection of barware (like the Black & Tan turtle) plus a gourmet grilinbg section. There’s even a stovetop smoker, fellas!

Owners Dan and Diana Saklad were on hand. They’d been living the corporate life in St. Louis and decided to pursue their dream of entrepreneurship. “How did you find Cary?” I asked.

“We Googled ‘Best Towns to Live in America,'” Dan said.

“So you’ve read CaryCitizen,” I speculated. They both laughed and said they had. Ah, the power of search.

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Classes at Whisk

Whisk also offers a full plate of culinary classes. In October, they have 13 classes on offer including Knife Skills, the Art of Jam and A Taste of Spain. See the schedule.

Store Details

Whisk
Waverly Place
316 Colonades Way
Cary, NC

Open 7 days a week. For more info, visit http://www.whiskcarolina.com.

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Story and photos by Hal Goodtree.

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Retail coverage on CaryCitizen is sponsored in part by Waverly Place in Cary.

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Mission Post: A Place for Non-Profits

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Durham, NC — Mission Post, recently opened in the American Tobacco District in downtown Durham, unites two powerful and current ideas: co-working and non-profits. Read more

Winning NC Datapalooza: Q&A with Ian Henshaw

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Cary, NC — Tech Tank Managing Partner Ian Henshaw was part of the winning team at NC Datapalooza last week in Raleigh. Hal Goodtree fired a few questions at Ian about the winning app, open data and the start-up ecosystem in the Triangle. Read more

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Real Estate: Replacing Kmart and Rite Aid

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Cary, NC — Two empty commercial real estate properties in Cary have found new tenants, including the former Kmart site on Kildaire Farm and Rite Aid’s location at High House and NC 55. Read more

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Cary Named Code for America City

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Cary, NC — Code for America (CfA) has released a list of 15 cities that will be added to the Brigade Program in 2013 which is great news for the Triangle. Both Cary and Durham have been added and will join Raleigh with Code for America Brigades in the coming year. Read more

Business: American Tobacco Gets Old Bull

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Durham, NC – American Tobacco Campus has reacquired the Old Bull Building on Blackwell Street, adding back a historic property to their iconic downtown Durham development.

A Brief History of American Tobacco in Durham

In 1865, Washington Duke, a Confederate prisoner of war, was released from  Federal custody. He walked back from New Bern to his homestead in Durham with 50¢ in his pocket. By 1896, his company, American Tobacco, was one of the first 12 members of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

Along the way, Duke & Sons helped consolidate the tobacco business. One of the companies they absorbed was Blackwell’s Durham Tobacco, makers of Bull Durham.

Old Bull Historic

American Tobacco abandoned manufacturing in Durham in the mid 1980’s. The old factory became an eyesore. Eventually, Capitol Broadcasting Company stepped in, redeveloping and reopening the property in 2004.

But one piece was missing: the Old Bull building at the corner of Blackwell and Pettigrew.

American Tobacco Gets Old Bull

As reported in the Herald Sun and Triangle Business Journal, an affiliate of Capitol Broadcasting called ATC North Residential has acquired Old Bull and and the Noell building, an adjacent property. The purchase price was $9.5 million.

The first floor of Old Bull is filled with offices. The upper floors are being renovated to contain more than 50 apartments. The Noell building has 17 apartments.

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Cary Connection

Why the Durham story in CaryCitizen? Every now and then, it’s good to look around at our neighbors. And while Cary sometimes seemed unnaturally close to Raleigh, Durham has become a lot closer to Cary this year with the opening of the Triangle Expressway.

From my house in Cary (near the YMCA), American Tobacco is 19 minutes away (exit 12B off NC -147). That’s closer than downtown Raleigh.

I know this because I spent much of the spring and summer helping produce the new website for American Tobacco.

When Cary looks at historic redevelopment, it can look for no better example than what Capitol Broadcasting has done in downtown Durham. The reacquisition of Old Bull is another step in the right direction.

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Historic engraving of Old Bull from Durham County Library. Contemporary photos by Hal Goodtree.

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Town Hires Ted Boyd as Downtown Manager

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Cary, NC – Late last week, Town of Cary announced the hiring of Ted Boyd as the new Downtown Manager. His first day on the job is expected to be September 30, 2013. Read more

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Cary Technology News Update: September

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Cary, NC – Our friend Ian Henshaw has been busy updating the technology news for Cary and the Triangle. Read more

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Stone’s Education Superstore Moves to Cary

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Cary, NC- Cary is known as a family-friendly town and that is precisely why Stone’s Education Superstore is relocating their successful school supply business to the corner of Trinity Road and NC-54 this fall. Read more

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Cary Wins Google eCities Award for North Carolina

google ecitiesCary, NC – The Google eCities Award winners for 2013 in the United States were announced yesterday. Cary was named the winner for North Carolina. But what’s a Google eCity? Read more