Beloved rotisserie chicken brand takes over iconic Raleigh restaurant building

One of the Triangle’s most popular restaurants just opened a new location near downtown Raleigh. The Peruvian chicken brand Alpaca unveiled its latest Raleigh restaurant last month, opening on Hillsborough Street near the NC State campus. This is Alpaca’s 16th location with more on the way. Beloved for its smoky, charcoal-roasted rotisserie chicken, Alpaca has exploded in the last few years from a handful of locations in Durham and Raleigh to a statewide favorite, expanding to Sanford and Fayetteville and Wilmington. With the new Raleigh location, Alpaca opens its closest...