{"id":2352,"date":"2026-06-13T15:04:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T15:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=2352"},"modified":"2026-06-13T15:04:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T15:04:02","slug":"known-for-decadent-biscuits-a-beloved-durham-brunch-spot-is-closing-for-good-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=2352","title":{"rendered":"Known for decadent biscuits, a beloved Durham brunch spot is closing for good"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"summary\">AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/nation-world\/national\/article280707640.html\">Read our AI Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After more than a decade of slinging decadent biscuits and indulgent French Toast, a legendary Durham brunch spot is closing its doors.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=2351\">Fiber turns Corning into one of NC\u2019s hottest employers as union vote called<\/a><\/p>\n<p>True Flavors Diner near RTP will close by the end of June, owner Sidney Coves said in a phone interview. For now the final service is up in the air, he said, but the restaurant will close this month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s bittersweet but it\u2019s a good time for a change,\u201d Coves said. \u201cWe\u2019re leaving on our own terms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>True Flavors started as a catering operation and then opened as a diner in South Durham in 2015. It became one of the Triangle\u2019s most popular brunch spots, serving an enormously creative menu of both flavor combinations. While the menu changes, that has meant classics like The Ultimate Biscuits &amp; Gravy and Chicken and Waffles with blueberry honey butter. But also duck ragu over grits and carbonara French Toast.<\/p>\n<p>Coves, a culinary school grad, loves to serve luxurious ingredients in unexpected places. Like lobster biscuits and duck cheesesteaks.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=2350\">AA pilot declares emergency after lightning strikes London-to-Charlotte flight<\/a><\/p>\n<p>At one point, True Flavors expanded to two locations, with an opening Durham\u2019s Lakewood neighborhood in 2018. That location, and its biscuit-centric sister business Debbie Lou\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/living\/food-drink\/article261257772.html\" rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_blank\"> closed in 2020 in the first few months<\/a> of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Driving the closing, Coves said, are high costs and rising rent in a strip of NC Highway 55 where he sees it getting harder to compete with national chains like Golden Corral.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t pinpoint one thing,\u201d Coves said of the closing. \u201cYou can work hard, but if you don\u2019t have the right location it doesn\u2019t matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More recently Coves opened Reno\u2019s Cheesesteaks in the Woodcroft Shopping Center at 4711 Hope Valley Road. He said that is the focus for now, with plans to expand to Chapel Hill and Raleigh in the next year and a half.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=2349\">AA pilot declares emergency after lightning strikes London-to-Charlotte flight<\/a><\/p>\n<p>True Flavors Diner is located at 5411 N.C. 55 in Durham.<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published <span class=\"inline-block\">June 12, 2026 at 11:48 AM<span>.<\/span><\/span><!-- --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>True Flavors Diner in Durham near RTP will close by the end of June after 15 years, owner cites rising rent and costs along NC\u201155 as reasons for the shutdown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2318,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-read-todays-edition"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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