The Triangle's Best New Restaurants - N&O Greg Cox Favorites for 2019

News & Observer dining critic Greg Cox visited dozens of restaurants in 2019. Here are some of his favorites for the year, and why they made his list.

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Waiting for Good Dough: A Brooklyn Ex-Pat’s Quest to Find a Slice of Home in the Triangle

ROMAN 

About the style: Roman-style originated in the mid-1800s and centered on a long, thin unleavened flatbread with a short fermentation process. Brushed with olive oil, sea salt, and rosemary, it was eaten for breakfast or as a snack. By the mid-1900s, bakers began producing artisanal bread with a longer fermentation process, resembling the thicker, focaccia-like pizza Romana of today: al taglio (by the rectangular slice) and tonda (whole thin-crust rounds). Unlike Neapolitan pizza, the godfather of pizzaiuolo, Roman-style pizza-making is not recognized by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage.

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Review: Inspired by Rome, Coronato brings laser-sharp focus to irresistible pizza

Teddy Diggs was on the classic career path for an aspiring young chef. After graduating from the Culinary Institute of America in 2004, Diggs worked in highly rated restaurants in Washington, D.C., and hotels in Martha’s Vineyard, where he cooked for President Obama and other notables.

In 2014, he came to Chapel Hill to take over food and beverage at the Siena Hotel and became executive chef of the hotel’s Italian restaurant, Il Palio.

Then he went to Rome. Tasked with the mission of updating the restaurant’s menu, the chef went on a research trip to Italy. After the obligatory visit to Tuscany, home of the regional cuisine that had been the foundation for Il Palio’s reputation, he headed south for Rome.

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Fall Arts Preview: Ten Places to Eat and Drink

Just like Vogue’s September issue, the Triangle’s food scene is bursting at the seams with buzzworthy news, albeit our must-haves skew more cookies than couture. These ten spots are coming in hot for fall.

Coronato [Opened Aug. 2]

101 Two Hills Road, #140, Carrboro,

Dine with a group to take full advantage of chef Teddy Diggs’s Roman-style pizzeria. Start with snacks such as braised lamb meatballs and supplì (cheese-stuffed rice balls) before moving on to pies such as the charred-broccoli-topped Il Verde and the Funghi, which combines roasted mushrooms with funky Taleggio. Ask for a mezzanine-level seat for views of the kitchen and dough room (yes, it’s a thing).

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