The people behind the storefronts

SpotlightSep 5 Rediscover craft: White Street Brewing’s case for doing it the hard way WFM Editor SpotlightSep 2 The 300-flavor institution: why every Wake Forest evening ends at Lumpy’s WFM Editor SpotlightSep 2 Great coffee, great friends: the White Street original that outlasted the trends WFM Editor SpotlightAug 29 New owners, same charm: Sugar Magnolia’s next chapter comes with a music lounge WFM Editor SpotlightAug 29 Small plates, big reputation: inside Bodega, downtown’s date-night gem WFM Editor SpotlightAug 26 Yesterday’s architecture, today’s artisans: the world inside The Cotton Company WFM Editor SpotlightAug 22 Clean, mild, or funky: how Black & White made Wake Forest a coffee town WFM Editor SpotlightAug 19 Radical hospitality: The Loading Dock gives remote Wake Forest a headquarters WFM Editor SpotlightAug 19 Not a venture, a life: Blackbird Brewery’s family-owned philosophy WFM Editor SpotlightAug 15 No reservations, no problem: how Over the Falls became the default answer WFM Editor SpotlightAug 12 The 4.9-star bookstore: Page 158 and the case for staying independent WFM Editor SpotlightAug 8 One roof, every Saturday: The Factory’s answer to the family logistics problem WFM Editor SpotlightAug 5 Let our kitchen love you: Farm Table’s seasonal case for slowing down WFM Editor SpotlightAug 1 Best balls in town: how Strike and Barrel collected every local trophy WFM Editor SpotlightJul 25 Southern-Scandinavian: Norse Brewing’s unlikely comfort-food formula WFM Editor SpotlightJul 22 The hidden gem on South Main: Pat Murnane’s earns its regulars WFM Editor SpotlightJul 11 Two rinks, every age: Polar Ice House is where Wake Forest learns to skate WFM Editor SpotlightJul 9 The Northeast neighborhood’s gathering place: inside the Alston-Massenburg Center WFM Editor SpotlightJul 5 The farm where dogs get a second chance: Saving Grace’s rescue mission WFM Editor SpotlightJul 1 The campus the college left behind: Southeastern and Wake Forest’s founding grounds WFM Editor SpotlightJun 27 A better way to build: Focus Design Builders’ single-team philosophy WFM Editor SpotlightJun 23 Owned by the people it powers: Wake Electric’s cooperative century WFM Editor SpotlightJun 15 Built differently on purpose: Emulent’s case for principled marketing WFM Editor SpotlightJun 11 The 1,000-review practice: why Gladwell became the area’s orthodontist of record WFM Editor SpotlightJun 7 Cage time: D-BAT gives Wake Forest’s ballplayers a year-round season WFM Editor