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David McCreary

David McCreary is a freelance food writer for Cary Magazine and Main & Broad. When he’s not scouting out the next buzz-worthy local eatery, David enjoys golf, tennis and modern rock music. He especially loves spending quality time with his wife, Jenny, with whom he recently celebrated 25 years of marriage. David and his wife have two children, Noah and Joy, and live in Fuquay-Varina.

September 3, 2025

Restaurant Profile: Cape Fear Seafood Co.

By David McCreary

A new restaurant has opened in Cary that definitively fills a void, and people are quickly finding safe harbor there. Cape Fear Seafood Company,…

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July 1, 2025

Small Business Spotlight: Asia’s Cakes

By David McCreary

You’d be hard-pressed to meet someone with a more effervescent personality than India Matlock, the founder and owner of Asia’s Cakes artisan bakery in…

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March 5, 2025

Worth the Drive: Fratelli’s Delicatessen

By David McCreary

At long last, Apex has a bona fide family-owned deli. Let’s just say it’s worth visiting early and often. Located at the new Sweetwater…

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January 7, 2025

The Man Behind the Mic

By David McCreary

Even though his family moved away from Cary more than 40 years ago, Wes Durham still remembers the street address of his childhood home….

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July 2, 2024

Restaurant Profile: SAAP Laotian Restaurant

By David McCreary

It didn’t take long for locals to wholeheartedly embrace SAAP, Chef Lon Bounsanga’s bustling new Laotian restaurant in downtown Cary. Perhaps to no one’s…

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July 2, 2024

Restaurant Profile: Herons

By David McCreary

A proper feature of Herons, the top-tier, AAA Five-Diamond restaurant situated inside Cary’s luxurious Umstead Hotel & Spa, simply must include the driving force…

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March 1, 2024

The Depot on First in Knightdale

By David McCreary

A revitalized historic home turned restaurant now offers Southern hospitality with panache and precision. The Depot on First, a new farm-to-table eatery in downtown…

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June 30, 2023

Worth the Drive: Rustic Roots

By David McCreary

There’s something exciting about traveling beyond familiar territory to visit a destination restaurant. In the case of Rustic Roots, a bona fide farm-to-table eatery…

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March 1, 2023

Hole-in-the-Wall Haunts

By David McCreary

Sometimes a simple meal at a humble place is good for the soul. What better time than fall to expand your horizons and try…

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January 3, 2023

BB’s Crispy Chicken

By David McCreary

It’s not every day a James Beard Award-winning chef helps create a fast-casual fried chicken restaurant. But leave it to the ever-inventive Ashley Christensen…

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