I want to walk to restaurants...

[MrsSteel]

I thought James Taylor was from Chapel Hill. They even have a bridge named after him in CH.

But back on topic ... yes, if you can find a house near the historic part of Hillsborough, you could easily walk to the handful of restaurants on Churton Street. They even have a blues club if you're into that sort of thing. Weaver Street Market is opening a location there, so a grocery store will soon be in walking distance for people living in that area, too.

[J_Lurk]

Yes, James Taylor grew up in Chapel Hill. Check his Wikipedia entry.

Hillsborough is a fine town, but this thread is over a month old and seems to have only come back to life to discuss Pei Wei. Is the original poster still looking for ideas?

[candiceliz1980]

We just moved to Cary in August and we spend a great deal of time in Downtown Cary in the post office area. The downtown there is so cute. It has several restaurants (no chains) and a drug store with a soda fountain. There are also art galleries, antique shops, the post office, a bakery, the Library, and some other small retail places that I haven't really explored yet. Prucarolinas.com has a map search function that you can use. The intersection that I am talking about is Chatham and Acadamy street. Good luck!