Photo by Staff photographer Juli Leonard

David Fowle, 48, will be a familiar face to many longtime downtown Raleigh office workers who used to frequent his coffee shop at the Sheraton. All told, Fowle sold coffee in downtown Raleigh for nine years from the mid-1990s to the early 2000s.

After several years away, Fowle has opened the Wilmoore Cafe at 223 S. Wilmington St., next door to the Busy Bee Cafe. They opened six weeks ago. So I checked in with Fowle to learn about his life in the coffee business and return to downtown.

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Next month, we have teamed up with Taste Carolina, the food tour company, to do a Triangle Foodie Tweetup mini tour. For $15 plus fees, you you'll enjoy visits to Busy Bee Cafe (@BusyBeeCafe), Market Restaurant (@MarketRaleigh), Escazu Chocolates (@EscazuChocolate), and Foundation, where Crumb desserts (@JustCRUMB) will be waiting. Along the way, Taste Carolina (@TasteCarolina) tour guides will share information about the history of the area. The tour is 2-5 p.m. May 22.

Included in your fee is: beer and snacks at Busy Bee, a farm-to-table plate and a cocktail at Market, a tour of Escazu's chocolate factory and a chocolate tasting, and Crumb dessert at Foundation. Additional drinks will be available for purchase at Foundation and along the way.

So join me (@andreaweigl) and Johanna Kramer (@durhamfoodie) for this tour around Raleigh. This walking food tour is limited to 45 people, and tickets must be purchased by Friday, May 13th.

Go HERE to purchase tickets. Ticket sales start at 6 a.m. tomorrow.

And follow the discussion on twitter using this hashtag: #trifoodietweetup

The Squash Tart with onion confit is one of many vegetarian offerings at Busy Bee Cafe in downtown Raleigh.
Others on the menu are Hummus (vegan), Bruschetta, Tofu (can be vegan without the feta), NC cheeses, Mushroom Gratin, a variety of salads, a Veggie Sandwich (vegan), Fried green tomatoes ,Tater tots (vegan) and Macaroni and cheese.

See Greg Cox's full review here.

In today's paper, Greg Cox reviews the new Busy Bee Cafe in downtown Raleigh. For those who follow chefs, Jeremy Clayman, the former chef at The Mint, is now at Busy Bee.

And Greg's Taste This column is about Caribbean food in Durham.