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Pimento Cheese

It’s All Pimento in Downtown Cary

Cary, NC – Pimento cheese fans know where to be this weekend as Downtown Cary celebrates all things pimento cheese, with special pimento dishes at local food trucks, samples from local restaurants and a cheese sculpting competition. Read more

Cary Theater

BEYOND Film Festival Returns to Cary for “Heroic” Second Year

Cary, NC – The Cary Theater’s original BEYOND: The Film Festival is back for its second year, with a new theme, new films and even more workshops. Read more

Cary

Cary’s Heritage: Rogers Restaurant

Cary, NC – Rogers Restaurant was once at the location on East Chatham Street where EE Salons is now. In his oral history interview with us in August of 2000, Billy Rogers told us some history about the restaurant. Read more

Cary Presenting First Juneteenth Celebration

Cary, NC – Juneteenth is a nationwide celebration of the end of slavery in the United States, and Cary holds its first Juneteenth celebration this year, mixing both education and cultural arts. Read more

Downtown Mural

The Story Behind Downtown Cary’s New Mural

Cary, NC – Anyone passing through Chatham Street will have noticed the new mural in progress downtown. Hear from the artist behind the mural and learn about his process and the story behind the painting. Read more

Cary Theater

June 2019 Events at the Cary Theater

Cary, NC – June brings BEYOND: The Film Festival to the Cary Theater, as well as many more new feature films and documentaries, as well as live performances and more. Read more

Cary Food

A Look at Big Dom’s Bagel Shop in Downtown Cary

Story originally appeared on FoodCary.

Cary, NC – The next time you’re sleepily decrying your early-morning existence, take comfort in the knowledge that things started WAY earlier for the fine folks at Big Dom’s Bagel Shop in Downtown Cary. Read more

Downtown Road Closing Next Week

Cary, NC – One of Downtown Cary’s major roads is closing next week for repairs on the railroad crossing that runs across it. Read more

Downtown Cary

Updates on Chatham Walk, Urban Place and More Downtown Developments

Cary, NC – Downtown Cary is quickly redeveloping and at a recent Cary Chamber of Commerce meeting, three developers talked about new plans, some of which are already under construction and some starting in the next 12 months. Read more

Cary History

Cary’s Heritage: Rogers Motel

Cary, NC – William “Billy” Rogers died recently, and now the Chatham Street Commercial development group is planning to buy the Rogers Motel building and tear it down for commercial and office space construction.

When the building is lost, the history that took place there does not need to disappear with it. In August of 2000, Billy gave us an oral history interview. Here is what he told us at that time about his family’s businesses. Read more