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Lunch Vendors

Vendors at the Duke Farmers Market are from local restaurants on campus or nearby. Many of them have ties to Duke.

Cancer Center Café with Featured Farm of the Week on the patio

Restaurant location: turn right inside the main level entrance of the Duke Cancer Center at 20 Duke Clinic Circle or enter from the patio on the Medical Center Greenway
Website for menu: http://www.aramarkcafe.com/layouts/classic_new/index.aspx?comp=dukemed?
Products: salads, wraps, sandwiches, and more

CORE Catering

Restaurant location: Durham, NC
Website: http://corecater.com/about-divinity-cafe/
Owners: Pat Eder and Monica Vaughn
Credit cards accepted? Yes
Products: grab and go wraps including turkey & avocado, crispy chicken ceasar, hummus and veggie, and burritos. Salads including kale, ceasar, and seasonal varieties. Menu rotates weekly, made with local produce and includes options for vegans and those with gluten-free preferences. Also offering take home meals for Friday night dinner and taking orders for Tuesday night dinner pickup through the Mobile Market.
Production Practices: CORE Catering is a unique catering company serving the Triangle community. We are known for our creative menus, inspired cuisine, personalized approach and excellent customer relations. CORE Catering uses the freshest ingredients and provides dramatic presentations to satisfy even the most discriminating palate.

Commons Restaurant at Searle Center - table at the market

Restaurant location: in the Searle Center
Website for menu: http://www.aramarkcafe.com/layouts/classic_new/index.aspx?comp=dukemed?
Products: $5 salad-to-go - select from 5 or 6 choices weekly; also bottled water

Makus Empanadas

Website: https://www.makusempanadas.com Owners: Hernan, Santiago, and Ricky Location: Durham, NC Credit Cards Accepted? Yes Products: Handmade empanadas in the Argentenian style of Hernan, Santiago, and Ricky's family recipes. Offering meat, vegetarian, and vegan empanadas baked fresh, sides of cole slaw, beans and rice, spinach salad and house made sauces. Production practices: Makus Empanadas' authentic recipes come from grandparents, passed down to the kids in their home kitchen. Makus Empanadas is built around the belief that good food doesn't have to be complicated and that the best memories can be built around something as simple as a pack of empanadas.

NOSH@JoRae Café

Restaurant location: 8 Searle Center Drive in the Trent Semans Center for Health Education with patio seating
Website: www.facebook.com/NoshJoRaeCafe
Products: Find weekly specials fresh from the GRILL at the market: roasted veggies, burgers and more.
NOSH at Jo Rae Cafe is known for eclectic foodstuffs. This location has an extra focus on healthy, wholesome and nutritious offerings at a student-oriented price and pace.

Pomegranate Kitchen

Location: Durham, NC
Website: www.pomkitchen.com
Owner: Mally Rafizadeh
Credit cards accepted? Cash or check only
Products: Stews over fresh herb basmati rice, herb patties, freshly baked bread, stuffed grape leaves, and other creations with exotic flavors from around the world, inspired by Mally's travel experiences.
Production Practices: Fresh, local North Carolina produce with an international twist of flavors. Gluten free and vegan options available.

Rockabilly Farm

Location: Hillsborough, NC
Website: https://www.rockabillyfarm.com
Owners: Deborah Stanton and Anni Saludo
Credit Cards Accepted? Yes
Products: Crafting delicious lunch options using what they source fresh from their farm in Hillsborough, Rockabilly Farm rotates their menu each week. You may expect deviled eggs on fresh greens, mason jar salads, and fresh-baked pies using seasonal ingredients.
Production practices and history: Chef Deborah Stanton draws from her experiences as a professional chef, restauranteur, and farmer to make her own recipes and culinary creations. Deborah has been an award-winning chef for almost 20 years, cook book author & television personality on Food Network. Named as Top 100 Women We Love in the US, this 5-time honoree of James Beard House has been published in Art Culinaire. Deborah and Anni look forward to enjoying their new life as farmers and bringing the freshest farm ingredients to a convenient lunch stop at the market!

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