Bakery, Cafe & Restaurant in Durham, NC
Join us June 4th – 8th, 2019 for Triangle Restaurant Week and the celebration of culinary excellence!
Check out our just-released special prix fixe 3-course menu – with fabulous vegan options of course!
Make plans to join us on the patio, Tuesday June 4th through Saturday June 8th. Our regular dinner menu will also be available.
As it happens most every year, Mother’s Day and Graduation are going to be on the same weekend, which makes it ‘The Weekend’ in May. The best part is, it’s the peak of strawberry season in North Carolina!
In the Bakery we’ll have local strawberry tarts, strawberry rhubarb crostada, strawberry petit fours and more…Check out the Mothers Day Menu to pre-order from the Bakery. Please order by Thursday, May 9th to guarantee availability.
In the Cafe, we will have a Special Menu for our Graduates on Friday and Saturday night, and some fun specials for the weekend brunch… featuring more strawberries, most importantly the Erdbeerbowle!
We take pride in having a wine list that highlights many excellent choices from Austria and Germany…for all the obvious reasons. On Tuesdays we feature a selection of specially priced bottles from our wine collection to introduce you to some of the small producers that we love to work with.
When you come on a Tuesday, please ask us about our Drink Excellent Wine specials, and start your week off right!
Can’t finish the bottle? No worries, we can cork it for you to take home.
Spring has sprung, local asparagus is here and with that, it’s SPARGELFEST time at the Gug!
For generations, Germans have celebrated the beginning of the Spring harvest with Spargelfest …to the tune of consuming over 70,000 tons of asparagus.
Currently available Spargelfest dishes…
SPARGEL SALAT + EI shaved local asparagus salad, mustard greens, local arugula, fox farm poached egg, lemon, olive oil, reggiano + pistachio crisp (V) (WF)
SPARGEL CREME SUPPE local asparagus bisque, almond cream, lobster, crème fraîche, chive oil, dill,
fennel, radish, lemon vinaigrette (WF) (VG w/o lobster + crème fraîche)
SPARGEL, SPECK + EI grilled local asparagus, local arugula, sunny up fox farm egg, warm speck vinaigrette (WF)
KICHERERBSEN local asparagus panisse, grilled asparagus, asparagus crisps, sweet pea, vidalia onion + almond cream purée (VG) (WF)
Check out our full Dinner Menu.
And did you know we serve Brunch until 3pm every day?
Come out and enjoy the patio!
Easter is coming – it’s April 21st! We are getting our bunnies in a row . . . rabbit cookies, challah bunnies, carrot cake, and most importantly . . . hot cross buns! Get your hot cross buns in the bakery in Durham and the bake shop in Chapel Hill starting Friday April 12th.
Check out the Easter Menu for all the goodies!
As a reminder, we will be closed on Easter Sunday, April 21st.
Valentine’s Day is coming! And nothing says love more than sweets from Guglhupf.
Bakery specialties include sweet little treats, like petit fours, heart-shaped linzer cookies, and the St. Honoré, a classic French pastry named for the patron saint of pastry chefs. All available through February 14th. Check out the Valentines Bakery specialties and make someone’s day super special!
If a night out is more your style, we will feature several specials on our dinner menu from Thursday February 14th through Saturday February 16th. Check out the Valentines Dinner Menu and make plans to join us!
Things are heating up! It’s almost time for Triangle Restaurant Week — a celebration of the amazing culinary scene in the Triangle.
Join us, Tuesday January 22nd – Saturday the 26th. We will be featuring a special 3-course prix fixe 2019 Triangle Restaurant Week Menu . Reserve your table today!
Join us as we celebrate New Year’s Eve with fabulous food, fun wine and great company in a delightfully festive setting!
We will be featuring a 4 course prix fixe menu with multiple options for every course, including vegan. Check out the New Year’s Eve Menu and save your place at this very special celebration. We are also going through our wine collection and dusting off some favorite bottles for beautiful pairings. As you know, we take our wine seriously and Patrick is putting a lot of effort into finding the perfect match for every dish.
This 4 course dinner will be $65/pp with optional wine pairings for $35/pp, plus tax and gratuity Reserve online for parties up to five, or call us at 919-401-2600.
As the Bakery is starting to rev up for full Christmas production, many of our holiday specialties have started to pop up in our Durham and Chapel Hill locations.
Check out our christmas bakery menu, featuring our holiday classics such as strudl, red berry tart, and chocolate pecan tart. And some new items, like our chocolate chestnut marjolaine, a stunning centerpiece dessert for your table, with its decadent layers of rich chocolate cake, chestnut mascarpone cream, and almond meringue, decorated for the holidays.
Need a hostess gift or want to show your appreciation for your favorite teacher? We have lots of gift baskets, our famous Weihnacht’s Stollen, and lots of classic German Christmas cookies wrapped up for giving.
Please note that pre-ordering is available through Friday 12/21 until 4pm, for pickup in Durham and Chapel Hill. To ensure availability, pre-order online.
After the ordering deadline items will be available on a first-come, first served basis. And we will be open on Monday 12/24 and closed on 12/25.