Current Events and Updates
October News and Events
Price adjustments
To the NoRa community
Beginning Monday, October 19th, we will be updating our prices to help cover our rising costs as well as help fund overdue wage increases for our amazing NoRa team.
NoRa has always had some of the lowest prices in Raleigh. For two years, we have kept our prices flat while the costs of all of our ingredients and packaging have increased as well as overhead expenses including a 47% rent increase and 40% increase in utilities.
NoRa is thankful that we've been able to provide an exceptional experience for over seven years. Our amazing team - many of which who have been serving you for a majority of that time - is what makes NoRa what it is. This year's price adjustment allows us to invest in our staff. Rising costs had narrowed our margins and limited our ability to recognize the team appropriately. The adjustment will give us the room to address overdue raises as well as recognize the extra care, skill and hard work the team delivers every day.
We know raising our prices affects your budget as well and we've absorbed as much as we could for two years. We value your support and don't take for granted those of you who have made NoRa their daily go-to place. As a small thank-you to our many loyal customers, NoRa will be doubling the loyalty points earned for all the drinks and kitchen-made items whose prices were adjusted. This will be done automatically through the rest of 2026. You can use these points at any time to reduce your bill either at NoRa or Dog-Eared Books.
Thank you for making NoRa a part of your day and your life. We appreciate your support in our effort to keep NoRa special and care for those who work hard to make it a welcoming environment for you.
Plate it Forward
A Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina initiative.
Thanks to all of you who bought the Community Hearth latte during the month of September to help The Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina's Plate It Forward initiative.
NoRa has donated all of the proceeds from the Community Hearths ordered ($325) to the Food Bank. We have decided that we will keep the Community Hearth avaialable through the end of 2026 and will donate a portion of all the sales for the rest of the year to the Food Bank.
Thank you for your generous support to help fight hunger in North Carolina.
NoRa at Night
Thanks for your patience.
We have spent the past two months evaluating how to bring back nights at NoRa. Our goal is to provide a destination for our community to get together in the evenings for fun and relaxation. We have come up with some ideas and hired some new team members as we prepare to test a new concept at NoRa.
Starting in late October, NoRa will be testing a series of activity-centric events at NoRa. Unlike activities we've hosted before, NoRa will be using the entire space, not just The Library, for these events.
Some of the proposed activities are customer-favorites like Bingo night, wine-pairings, Game Night (including Mahjong) and Pumpkin Painting. Others build off of things we've tested or have been suggested such as a Poetry Slam, Trivia Nights and a Manicure and Merlot event with our wonderful neighbors Color-Up Nail Bar.
Please visit our Next Phase page where we will update our plans and schedule of activities.
Nicole & Royce
Congratulations to our very own Nicole and her "Close-up Magic Boy" Royce as they tied the know this weekend.
We are so happy for them and wish them many wonderful years together filled with lovely lattes and beautiful breakfast sandwiches.
