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February/March 2023: The Influencers Issue

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It's January (as I write this, anyway), and so naturally I've got my New Year's resolutions on my mind. My No. 1 goal for 2023 is simply to treat myself � mind, body and soul � better. If I'm being honest, 'm failing at the moment. I had one glorious day where I felt at ease and tried to keep the momentum going, but inevitably I fell back into some lousy routines. I literally just ate a cookie for breakfast (not knocking it if that's your jam; it just probably shouldn't be mine)...

5th Annual influencers issue cover
— Executive Editor Amanda MacLaren

Zweli's Kitchen: A Love Story

our state

He was smitten with the flavors of her Zimbabwean cooking. She was intrigued by his rural North Carolina upbringing. Together, they created a life in Durham - and a namesake restaurant that was the first of its kind in the entire country.

Restaurateurs Leo and Zweli Williams have built their reputation in Durham...
— Mark Kemp

Zweli's Ekhaya Coming to American Tobacco Campus - Spring/Summer 2022!

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For Zweli and Leonardo 'Leo' Williams, the gamble of opening the nation's first Zimbabwean restaurant and focusing their operations on both tireless community-building and a peerless dining experience has resulted in a list of superlatives to wrap clear across the globe

Zweli's Ekhaya, an enclosed and stylized high-end tapas restaurant focused on Bantu-fusion...
— ANDREA OSBORNE

Zweli's Owners Focus on Bantu Communities for Next Durham Restaurant

Eater Carolinas

Restaurateurs Zweli and Leonardo Williams opened Zimbabwean restaurant Zweli's in 2018, and now they will expand with a second establishment named Ekhaya.

Plates at Zweli's.
— Erin Perkins

Zweli's expands with American Tobacco Campus location

Wral News

The owners behind Zweli's, a family-owned Zimbabwean restaurant, will open Zweli's Ekhaya in the old Saladelia space in the Crowe Lobby, ATC announced Monday.

The owners behind Zweli's
— Wral News

Popular Durham restaurant is relocating to Brightleaf Square

Wral News

TThe owners behind Zweli's, a family-owned Zimbabwean restaurant, announced via social media on Sunday that it would be the last day of operation at their original location at Oakcreek Village.

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— Wral News