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MODERN TAKE ON TWO TRADITIONAL CONCEPTS
TONBO RAMEN
Greg Cox for Triangle Today
In Japan, ramen is such a popular fast-food option that shops (including chain restaurants, some with hundreds of locations) can be found on practically every street corner.
an eye-opening number of these two-in-one establishments (among them Dashi in Durham) that have sprung up all over the country in recent years.
In this case “fast food” doesn’t necessarily mean mass-produced mediocrity from a traditional fast-food chain. At many independent shops, called ramen-ya, and even some of the chains, the bowls are filled with long-simmered broths and quality ingredients.
Now we can add Tonbo Ramen to the list. Tonbo, the latest venture of Plaza Associates, the group that owns three area Kanki restaurants, opened in February in a renovated century-old building that was once home to a tailor shop. Transforming the space into a restaurant with an urban-rustic decor while preserving elements of the historic building’s character, the owners have set a mood that’s at once austere and cozy — just right for this distinctly American take on Japanese culture.
The izakaya is an utterly different kind of establishment, where drinks (traditionally sake, but increasingly beer and other tipples) and small plates are enjoyed at a leisurely pace. Think tapas bar meets speakeasy, Japanese-style. If the two concepts strike you as unlikely candidates for combining in a single restaurant, it doesn’t take long to dispel that notion. Google “ramen shop” and “izakaya” in the same search bar, and you’ll turn up
The fact that the restaurant occupies two floors is a bonus, allowing each concept — downstairs ramen bar and upstairs izakaya — to retain the character of the genre that inspired it.
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The Tonkatsu Ramen bowl at Tonbo Ramen in downtown Raleigh.
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TONBO RAMEN 211 S. Wilmington St.,Raleigh tonboramen.com Cuisine: Japanese Rating: 3 1/2 stars Atmosphere: urban-rustic Recommended: ramen, buns, spring mix salad, yakimono (especially eggplant, pork belly and chicken thigh), karaage, grilled shishito peppers
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For many acts, the Hopscotch Music Festival stage is a launch pad for bigger things Corbie Hill for Triangle Today REPEAT PERFORMANCE Performing at Hopscotch, now in its ninth year, is a welcome return engagement for local acts, or formerly local acts like The Love Language, who have found success on the national stage.
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“Hopscotch definitely leaves a mark,” says country singer Sarah Shook. “It’s its own sort of deal. It felt different from other festivals that we’ve played.” Shook, who appears the final night of this year’s fest at the Lincoln Theatre with her band The Disarmers, played her first official Hopscotch show in 2016. She was performing in a smaller club — downtown dive and venue Slim’s — but Sarah Shook and The Disarmers will perform at the Hopscotch she remembers a packed room with a line out the door.
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Stuart McLamb of the Love Language remembers the beginning of Hopscotch Music Festival — the very beginning.
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He was in Raleigh’s Flying Tiger Sound Studio working on “Libraries,” the Love Language’s 2010 release, when his friend Greg Lowenhagen dropped in. Lowenhagen had some news: He was starting a music festival.
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McLamb liked the sound of it, and he was happy to play, but he had no idea how ambitious Lowenhagen’s idea truly was or the caliber of the acts this festival — called Hopscotch — would bring to Raleigh.
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“A couple of weeks later, he was like, ‘You guys are going to open for (expletive) Public Enemy,’” recalls McLamb. Even then, The Love Language already had shared the stage with noteworthy bands, McLamb says, but this was different. This was a legendary act, one that had impacted the music industry as a whole. “It’s crazy how big (Lowenhagen) was going to do it,” he said. “And that was awesome.” Since 2010’s inaugural event, the Hopscotch Music Festival has brought its share of influential musicians to town: Raekwon of the Wu-Tang Clan, the Flaming Lips (who return for this year’s fest), Solange Knowles, Guided by Voices, Dwight Yoakam and Big Boi, to name a few. It’s also consistently featured local artists, many of them in visible support roles or headlining a venue lineup. This year’s festival is Sept. 6-8 in a dozen downtown Raleigh venues, including City Plaza and Red Hat Amphitheater.
There had been a groundswell of attention following the release of her debut with this band, “Sidelong,” and Shook was accordingly making the shift from local musician with occasional regional tours to hard-touring national act. Excitement about her music grew, and Shook remembers friends texting her from outside, saying the room was at capacity and that they couldn’t get in. Then, when the 2016 show started, Slim’s was so crowded that Shook was singing inches from the faces of audience members. “The Triangle can be kind of weird in that it’s really hard sometimes to get people to dance and to get people into it,” she recalls. “That show in particular was one of the rowdier crowds we’d had up to that point. It was so fun.” Shook had packed local rooms before, such as hometown venue the Cave in Chapel Hill. That and the Slim’s show were simply a mark of things to come.
DETAILS What: Hopscotch Music Festival When: Sept. 6-8 Where: Downtown Raleigh. Multiple venues Cost: Weekend passes: $199 general admission. $299 VIP. Single-day passes: $75-$89. Single-show passes: $35-$50. See festival site for specifics. Info: hopscotchmusicfest.com
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did you know? Krispy Kreme’s first U.S. mall kiosk is coming to Crabtree Valley Mall Drew Jackson for Triangle Today “At Krispy Kreme we are always innovating to find new and exciting ways for our fans to enjoy our awesome doughnuts,” Krispy Kreme CEO Mike Tattersfield said in a release. “We are thrilled to bring the Krispy Kreme kiosk to life for the first time in the U.S. at Crabtree Valley Mall. This is an experience unlike any other.”
Krispy Kreme has a number of doughnut box kiosks around the world, notably in malls in the United Kingdom. Move over pretzels, there’s a new mall snack in town. North Carolina-based doughnut giant Krispy Kreme will open a new kiosk this month in Crabtree Valley Mall. The kicker? It’s shaped like an open box of doughnuts. The company has a number of these doughnut box kiosks around the world, notably in malls in the United Kingdom. Now Krispy Kreme is bringing them to the home side of the pond.
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The new kiosk will be up and running later this month on the mall’s first floor, near Macy’s, around the corner from Crabtree’s food court. Mall snacking is all about giving into the foods one wants exactly when wanted. There are plenty of places around Raleigh to find the iconic Krispy Kreme doughnuts, and Crabtree’s marketing director Brian Asbill said he believes the new kiosks will help shoppers chase those cravings. “We are delighted that Krispy Kreme has chosen Crabtree Valley Mall to launch this exciting new concept in the United States,” Asbill said in a release. “We know our shoppers will enjoy having a variety of Krispy Kreme favorites available throughout the day. I’m sure we will also see more visitors stopping by the mall to satisfy their craving for fresh Krispy Kreme doughnuts.”
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