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Wake Forest, North Carolina

The business directory and magazine for Wake Forest

Businesses in Wake Forest and surrounding towns, the people behind them, and what's happening this weekend. Written and checked by neighbors, updated weekly.

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3,605 businesses listed across 11 categories 35 neighborhoods, each with its own page 64 events on the calendar through December 203 guides and resources, updated on a schedule
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Eat & Drink Best bakeries in Wake Forest: vegan cakes, scratch donuts and more Wake Forest is thin on independent bakeries inside town limits, and the ones it has are hard to check online. Some shop… Oct 19 Eat & Drink Best seafood restaurants in Wake Forest and nearby towns Seafood is a thin category in Wake Forest. Inside town, only three sit-down restaurants put seafood first and show a firm 2026… Oct 14 Things to Do Best things to do in Wake Forest: parks, stages and play Most of what there is to do in Wake Forest is public and close to home. The Town runs E. Carroll Joyner… Oct 9 Things to Do Best things to do in Rolesville: parks to pinball Rolesville sits just southeast of Wake Forest and northeast of Raleigh, close enough that Mill Bridge Nature Park's trails tie into the… Oct 6 Living Here Best personal trainers in Wake Forest Personal training in Wake Forest mostly happens without a storefront. Inspire Fitness Training is the clearest example. Penny, its NASM-certified trainer, builds… Sep 22 Living Here The best roofers in the Raleigh area North Carolina has no roofing license. What a roofer needs is a General Contractor license, and only for contracts over $30,000, which… Sep 18 Seasonal 48 hours in Wake Forest: the complete weekend itinerary Forty-eight hours is exactly the right amount of Wake Forest: enough to hit the downtown blocks, the flagship park, the food scene's… Updated Sept 7, 2026 Seasonal The rainy day guide to Wake Forest: a full indoor playbook by mood and age Carolina weather has two failure modes: the summer afternoon thunderstorm that cancels everything at four, and the gray January Saturday that never… Updated Sept 7, 2026 Resources Best eye doctors in Wake Forest: 8 practices in and near town Directory sites list more than 20 optometrist names with Wake Forest addresses. Most of them sit at a handful of addresses that… Oct 29 Resources Best orthodontists in Wake Forest: 10 practices worth a consult Wake Forest has five orthodontic practices with a working office inside town limits. Three sit on South Main Street, Gladwell Orthodontics is… Oct 29 News Stay at Home Senior Care becomes Amivie in Wake Forest Stay at Home Senior Care on South Main Street in Wake Forest now operates as Amivie, with a chamber ribbon cutting set for November… Oct 29 News Lime and Lemon Indian Grill soft opens in Rolesville Lime & Lemon Indian Grill & Bar is in soft opening at 110 Bluestone Crossing Road in Rolesville's Cobblestone Village, its fifth Triangle restaurant. Oct 29

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31OCT Halloween Trick-or-Treating 6–8 p.m. recommended · Neighborhoods townwide 31OCT HollyFest 10 a.m.-4 p.m. · Jefferson L. Sugg Farm Park at Bass Lake 1NOV TUTA Diwali Celebration Check with the organiser · Jefferson L. Sugg Farm Park 5NOV Moonlight in the Garden Nov 5-7, 13-14 and 20-21, evenings · JC Raulston Arboretum

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