Lantern
Asian Fusion Restaurant
Why pick this one
Lantern serves Asian-influenced dishes using North Carolina farm and fishery ingredients, with gluten-free and vegan options in Chapel Hill.
Best for
- Dinner featuring Asian flavors and North Carolina ingredients
- Locally sourced seafood and farm products
- Group dining or private dining
- Gluten-free or vegan menu needs
- Cocktails, wine, beer, or spirit-free drinks with dinner
Look elsewhere if
- Daytime dining, since regular dining-room hours begin at 5 PM
- Late-night dining after the listed 9 PM closing time
Specialties
- Asian-fusion dinner cuisine
- North Carolina seafood dishes
- Locally sourced farm and fishery ingredients
- Gluten-free and vegan menu options
- Private dining
What makes them different
- Opened in January 2002 by Andrea and Brendan Reusing
- Sources ingredients mainly from North Carolina farms and fisheries
- Chef-owner Andrea Reusing won the 2011 James Beard Award for Best Chef: Southeast
- Named one of Gourmet Magazine's America's Top 50 Restaurants
- Kitchen Patrol has taught weekly cooking classes to Chapel Hill-Carrboro fourth- and fifth-grade students since 2015
- Years in business
- 24
- Serves
- Chapel Hill
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 423 W Franklin St, Chapel Hill, NC 27516
- Phone
- +19199698846
- Website
- http://www.lanternrestaurant.com/
Services
- Dinner dining
- Garden patio dining
- Bar service
- To-go ordering
- Private dining
- Cocktails, wine, and beer