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buku | Global Street Food


Hours:11am-Until
7 Days A Week
 

About Us


 

Located at the corner of Wilmington and Davie Streets in the heart of downtown Raleigh, bu•ku is a local restaurant that tells a global story. The name "bu•ku" itself is an international slang twist on the phrase, "Merci, beaucoup" meaning, "Thank you very much." Inspired by the pushcarts of street vendors in cities across the globe, our chefs harvest an array of unique and distinct flavors and present them authentically, in a virtual kaleidoscope of plates.


The common link: these are foods that people love.

Working within different regional traditions, our menu brings together complex and flavorful dishes and that have been honed over generations. Foods like Polish pierogis, Colombian arepas, and Thai barbecue snapper served in a banana leaf with green papaya salad can be found on the street corners of Warsaw, Bogota, and Bangkok. Their predecessors, prepared in kitchens and over outdoor cook-fires for hundreds of years, are popular favorites that have transformed into street foods to meet the demands of changing times. We strive to convey the immediate thrill a traveler feels eating foods like these as they first cross over the cart and exchange hands into the urban setting.



 

Friday Night Flights: Napa Valley

May4
 

We’re taking you on a Culinary Trip around the World one Friday at a time! Join us for three Amazing Napa Valley Wines and some West Coast street fare. It’s gonna be (as the kids say) cray-cray. 

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Friday Night Flights: New Zealand

Apr13
 

Join us for a culinary trip half way around the world and when you get back, you will actually have a t-shirt to commemorate the experience!!! Bring your stamped bu•ku Passport and we will give you one of our hot new American Apparel bu•ku t-shirts designed by local artist Adam … +More

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Friday Night Flights, Chile!

Feb29
 

Join us this Friday, March 2 as Friday Night Flights transports us to Chile! Bring your stamped bu•ku Passport and receive FREE DESSERT with the purchase of a wine flight!!! Our Chefs have designed Chilean-inspired dishes to pair with each course, so you can make it a full Three-course Wine … +More

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