Southern Season, at University Place, 201 S Estes Dr, Chapel Hill, is a destination for specialty foods.
It features specialty food products, chocolate and candy, wine and beer, coffee and tea, prepared foods from the deli and salad bar, kitchen tools, home items, gifts and much more.
Southern Season offers cooking classes for adults, teens and children.
It also offers frequent tastings and other free events. You can see their whole calendar here.
Here are some of the free and cheap events coming up:
Memorial Day Weekend Cookout
Saturday, May 26th
11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Free
Kick off the start of summer as we grill up hamburgers, hot dogs and cobbler on the Big Green Egg. Come enjoy All-American favorites and live music.
Fridays Uncorked
Every from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Free
Different wine vendors come in for tastings.
Demo with Stockton Graham Coffee
Saturday, June 2nd
12 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Free
Stockton Graham & Co. is nationally known for roasting great coffee, developing customized specialty coffee and beverage programs, providing operators the keys to building enduring specialty coffee businesses, creating and promoting coffee industry standards and trends, and offering customers unsurpassed knowledge and tools to serve quality coffees and other hand-crafted specialty drinks.