Little Bull
Restaurant · Durham
810 N Mangum St, Durham, NC 27701, USA
Highlights
Small plates, unique cocktails, and global flavors served with flair
Small plates, unique cocktails, and global flavors served with flair
"One of several restaurants by a prolific local chef, presenting bold flavors and modern casual dining that contributes to the city's rapid restaurant expansion." - Regan Stephens
"Opened in 2023 by the same chef, this earlier project at 810 North Mangum Street garnered high praise from local critics and diners." - Erin Perkins
"A chef-led restaurant represented by chef-owner Oscar Diaz, whose participation in the symposium reflects the kitchen’s active engagement with contemporary Southern foodways and the conversations around labor, service, and community influence in restaurants." - Erin Perkins
"Chef Oscar Diaz’s homage to Mexican American cuisine is intentionally tucked into the historic Old Five Points neighborhood—behind family homes, a few barber shops, and a commercial garage—to create a quaint, community-focused spot without main-street hustle. The comfortably hip but unpretentious menu channels Diaz’s first-generation Chicago-to-South perspective, with standout plates like birria dumplings, local-catch ceviches, and beef cheek barbacoa on bone marrow served with fresh tortillas; dishes encourage sharing and continuous ordering so groups linger and sample broadly. Lower rent in the area also lets the owner offer staff livable wages while keeping prices reasonable for guests." - Erin Perkins
"The chef behind lauded Raleigh restaurant Cortez Seafood + Cocktail, Oscar Diaz, branches out to Durham with the opening of Little Bull this spring. Diaz wants to redefine American comfort food through his view as a first-generation Mexican-American who grew up in Chicago and ended up in the South. Look for items like dumplings stuffed with birria and served with giardiniera chimi churri and confit papas." - Erin Perkins
