New businesses are joining this Triangle shopping center & Raleigh gets a Japanese store

Pasta. Hot chicken. Burgers and fries. This culinary trifecta is coming soon to Wake Forest .

But that’s not all that’s opening at the Grove 98 mixed-use development, off Dr. Calvin Jones Hwy (NC 98) at Ligon Mill Road.

Piada Italian Street Food — serving pastas, piadas, salads and sides — opens Monday, and there are several other businesses planned for the area, including:

• O2 Fitness : Members can use cardio machines, free weights and other fitness equipment, and find space for yoga, barre and other classes.
• Dave’s Hot Chicken : Russell and Loreen Hansen opened the Triangle’s first Dave’s Hot Chicken last year in Holly Springs. Another location will bring the brand’s spicy chicken sandwiches and tenders to Wake Forest.
• Five Guys : The popular fast-food chain known for burgers and fries is opening this month, according to the restaurant’s website.
• Bibibop Asian Grill : Diners can order Asian-inspired bowls, customizing their dish with proteins, rice, noodles, salads, toppings and sauces.
• VIO Med Spa : The business offers injectables including Botox, facials, microneedling and other services. The Wake Forest location will join two others in the Triangle, in Holly Springs and Durham.
• The NOW : Expected to open this winter, this chain offers massages with optional enhancements such as deep tissue, herbal heat therapy and scalp renewal.
• Lee Nails Spa : This salon offers manicures, pedicures and other services. According to the Wake Forest Business & Industry Partnership , it is expected to open this year.

Grove 98 development has multifamily housing and a Wegmans-anchored shopping center.

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Japanese retailer picks Raleigh for first NC store

A Japanese company called Ebisu Life Store is expanding to Raleigh . The store is expected to open in 2025 in a ground-floor space of Uncommon, a student residential building on Hillsborough Street near N.C. State.

Ebisu has yet to disclose details about the store, but based on what’s available at other locations, expect to find snacks and drinks, home decor, toys, stationery, beauty products and more.

That area on Hillsborough will also house a few dining concepts , including Nan Xiang Express, Tsao Cha and Chex Grill & Wings.

Durham brewery moves to new location

Fullsteam is moving from its Rigsbee Avenue spot to Durham’s American Tobacco Campus , food writer Drew Jackson reported last week .

The brewery will close on Rigsbee on Halloween and will open in a 9,000-square-foot space in the historic power plant building at the ATC. It announced news of its plans to leave Rigsbee earlier this summer, but at the time, the brewery did not name a new home.

At the new place, visitors will find a cafeteria-style restaurant and a taproom with bar snacks.

Fullsteam started in 2010, and since then, the company has won beer awards and Good Food Awards, The N&O reported. Founder and owner Sean Lilly Wilson has been a semifinalist for the James Beard Award for Outstanding Beverage Professional.

NC steakhouse expands to Raleigh

Epic Chophouse , beloved for its cheesy toast, is opening a new restaurant in the Triangle.

The steakhouse expects to open at Raleigh’s Brier Creek Commons in late fall or early winter, member manager Rick Mack told The N&O.

While the menu emphasizes steaks, including the popular petite filet, customers really “rave” about the chophouse cheese toast appetizer. They nicknamed it “crack toast,” Mack said, because it’s very hard to stop eating it.

Epic Chophouse was founded in Mooresville in 2010. It has since expanded to Greensboro, North Carolina, and Fort Mill, South Carolina.

The restaurant’s name reflects the team’s desire to make everything, whether it’s a new menu item or a design feature — “epic.”

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