News in Raleigh

Downtown’s long-standing breakfast joint, The Biscuit Station, is now Mema’s Biscuits, but don’t expect any big changes. The owner, affectionately known as “Mama,“ passed away and her two daughters took over the business as of November 1st. So while the name has changed, the weathered sign remains the same, as do the friendly staff, dated decor, and hot fluffy biscuits.

The City of Raleigh is planning a new bus line that will provide service in a loop around the Downtown and Glenwood South areas in 2009.  A public forum will be held today at 3:30pm to discuss the new route. 

The wait is over for the much anticipated collaboration between Empire Eats and Neomonde. Sitti opens this Monday. The space has a wonderful familial feel to it as the walls are lined with photographs of both side’s Lebanese family members, one of the most poignant being a painted portrait of Greg Hatem’s grandmother. (Sitti is the Lebanese word for grandmother.)

Sitti Opens Monday

Thirteen years and running, it is time again for the annual American Indian Heritage Celebration at the North Carolina Museum of History. From 11 am to 4 pm this Saturday, November 22, North Carolina’s state-recognized tribes will gather at the museum and on Bicentennial Plaza and the State Capitol grounds to celebrate their heritage and culture as a part of American Indian Heritage Month. North Carolina has the largest American Indian population east of the Mississippi, and members from the eight tribes will be present: Coharie, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Haliwa-Saponi, Lumbee, Meherrin, Occaneechi Band of Saponi, Sappony, and Waccamaw-Siouan. Slide shows and video below the fold.

You now have a second chance to catch some Prissy Prancin’ on Friday.