Comments on: Nasher Museum Cafe

By: Outdoor Dining Spots | Carpe Durham

Outdoor Dining Spots | Carpe Durham — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:58:42 +0000

[...] Museum Café, 2001 Campus Drive, Carpe Durham Review. Really nice space overlooking a large lawn and a [...]

By: burgeoningfoodie

burgeoningfoodie — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:41:04 +0000

I’ve eaten at the Nasher Cafe and didn’t think much of it. I thought it was comfort food put into an aristocratic setting (I mean the plating and pricing not the museum). Also didn’t think it would be cafeteria styled serving though I guess having been to DC I could see how that would be conceived. I could get the same thing for the same price (or even a little less) at Parker and Otis or Toast and with probably more inventiveness.

By: sef

sef — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:59:58 +0000

the food at the cafe is amazing! you should try the potato salad. it’s absolutely the best i’ve ever tasted. my friends & i have always been able to converse over lunch

By: MEZ

MEZ — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:44:21 +0000

And by George’s Diner, I meant George’s Garage, of course. I still have not undertaken the George’s Diner adventure. =)

By: MEZ

MEZ — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:03:50 +0000

Thanks for pointing me to the BBQ Jew’s highly entertaining site! As a Californian transplant (by way of Boston) I’ve yet to be converted to the NC view that NC style BBQ is the holy grail of all BBQ. I even call it a BBQ still, when I invite friends over for burgers and not a cook out. So let my NC BBQ knowledge (or lack thereof) affect your view of my review as it may. ,)

By: MEZ

MEZ — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:57:25 +0000

That’s a surprisingly accurate description of my review — not the part about the Durham Chamber of Commerce instructing the Herald to do it (I’ve never read more than an article or two of the Herald, so any similarity in style is happenstance) but the part about the ladies who lunch, as I was, in fact, a lady lunching. By myself, though, so if there are acoustic issues, then I didn’t have the opportunity to observe them. But, in all honesty, I thought the cafe was fantastic and much preferred this take on BBQ than sandwiches I’ve had elsewhere; it’s a personal preference! I can’t verify that there was brown sugar, however, but I think I tasted some in the marinade. All the better as far as I’m concerned! As for it being managed now by Bakastias, this was my first time trying the Nasher, so I would not be able to compare it with how it was under Tornquist. Watts Grocery is absolutely also one of my favorite restaurants in the area, though, and I have liked most of Bakastias’ establishments that I tried, though the atmosphere at George’s Diner was not very exciting.

By: pogo

pogo — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:08:07 +0000

The Nasher review here is strange, sort of like the Durham Herald Sun representing the Durham Chamber of Commerce has told Mez to write about this place but to make sure the review has a gee whiz isn’t everything scrumptious and oh so pretty quality. Where has Carpe Durham’s edge gone? Is the fact that eating inside the Nasher makes conversation difficult because the well-know problems with the Nasher’s acoustics are too awkward to mention? Is the fact that this is now a Bakastias operation since Amy Tornquist moved to Watts somehow irrelevant to the review, and so it is not mentioned? Isn’t NC BBQ with brown sugar and blue cheese slaw on a brioche somewhat “ladies who lunch”? Nothing to see here, just move along.

By: Pat Turlington

Pat Turlington — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:31:57 +0000

I am often in Durham to visit family. This looks like a neat place to visit. And I am Carolina barbecue deprived living in the DC area. I am always on hunt for a new place to get a fix.

By: Tooth

Tooth — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:16:18 +0000

Cheese and brown sugar is involved in this sandwhich?! The BBQ jew is going to riot when he finds out about this!

http://bbqjew.com/2009/09/21/porkys-pulpit-spambbq/

http://bbqjew.com/2009/07/20/bbq-jews-view-bobs-bar-b-q/