Cook Out in
Durham, NC.

How many Cook Out locations are in Durham, NC?

Durham, North Carolina has 5 Cook Out restaurants: on Allendown Drive, Hillsborough Road, S Miami Boulevard, N Roxboro Street and Shannon Road. Two stay open until 3:30 AM, or 4:30 AM on Friday and Saturday, while the other three close at 3 AM, or 4 AM on weekends.

All 5 Durham stores

Cook Out’s official store locator lists five restaurants in Durham, North Carolina, in its October 2026 count. North Carolina has 145 Cook Out locations in 99 cities and towns, and Durham’s five put it among the busiest Cook Out cities in the Research Triangle — behind Raleigh with 6 and ahead of Chapel Hill. The five Durham addresses are listed below.

Four of the five stores have their own listed phone numbers. For the Shannon Road store, the number to call is Cook Out’s general line, 1-866-547-0011. Hours are the store’s own listing as checked in November 2026. Durham is unusual in having two different closing patterns, and the table shows which store follows which.

Day-by-day hours in Durham

Three Durham stores follow the standard pattern: open 10:30 AM, close 3 AM Sunday to Thursday and 4 AM Friday and Saturday. The Hillsborough Road and Shannon Road stores close half an hour later, at 3:30 AM and 4:30 AM. Every store opens at 10:30 AM. Closing times run past midnight into the next morning, so read them as the night that starts on the day shown.

That split matters after midnight. At 3:15 AM on a Saturday, the Hillsborough Road and Shannon Road stores are still serving, and the other three have closed. At 4:15 AM, only those two are left. Holiday hours can be shorter; see the 2026 holiday hours page for the chain-wide picture.

The S Miami Blvd split hours, explained

If you look up the S Miami Boulevard store, some listings show its hours split into two intervals per day: 12:30–3:00 AM and 10:30 AM–midnight, with 4:00 AM instead of 3:00 AM on Friday and Saturday nights. It looks like two different schedules, and it confuses plenty of visitors. It is not two schedules — it is one store, open past midnight, shown the way Google displays overnight hours.

The first interval, 12:30–3:00 AM, is the tail of the previous night’s service: the store opened at 10:30 AM the day before and is still serving into the early hours. The second interval, 10:30 AM–midnight, is the daytime service. Put together, the store opens at 10:30 AM and closes at 3 AM Sunday to Thursday and 4 AM Friday and Saturday — the same pattern as the Allendown Drive and N Roxboro Street stores, and the same closing times given by the other listings that show the hours on one line.

One more listing to ignore: a directory profile for the N Roxboro Street store shows weekday office hours, 9 AM to 6 PM, closed on weekends. That is a wrong, merged listing — no Cook Out keeps office hours. The store’s own listing, updated October 29, 2026, gives the standard pattern: 10:30 AM to 3 AM, or 4 AM on Friday and Saturday.

Cook Out near Duke and NC Central

Durham is a college town twice over, and Cook Out’s five stores are placed for it. The Hillsborough Road store at 3624 sits on the west side of the city, near Duke University, and the N Roxboro Street store at 4245 serves the north side, also within a short drive of Duke’s campus. Both are the stores students reach first after a late game or a library session.

The S Miami Boulevard store at 1540 sits on the south side, by the Research Triangle Park corridor and North Carolina Central University. It is the store for the RTP workforce as much as for students: the lunch crowd and the after-midnight crowd are both real here, and the 3 AM closing exists for the second one.

On big Duke nights — home basketball games, move-in weekend, the end of term — expect the drive-thru lines to run long well past midnight, especially at Hillsborough Road and N Roxboro Street. An earlier visit usually means a shorter wait, and weekday afternoons are the quietest time to go. Feeding a group? One car through the drive-thru with a written-down order beats individual trips, and Trays stack well for a group.

Which Durham store should you pick?

Pick by side of town, and by the clock. The west side has the Hillsborough Road store at 3624, which stays open latest on that side of the city, until 4:30 AM on Friday and Saturday. The southwest has the Shannon Road store at 3119, the other late closer.

The north side has the N Roxboro Street store at 4245, near Duke. The south side has two: Allendown Drive at 2103, by NC 55, and S Miami Boulevard at 1540, by Research Triangle Park. If one south-side line is long, the other is a few minutes away, and that is the practical reason to know both addresses.

After 3 AM on a weeknight, only Hillsborough Road and Shannon Road are still serving. After 4 AM on a Friday or Saturday, the same two are the only option. If you are out that late, drive to one of those two first and save yourself the wasted trip.

Durham on the road

Durham sits where I-85 meets I-40, which makes it a natural stop for drivers crossing North Carolina. The Allendown Drive store is the most convenient stop for I-40 traffic on the south side of the city, and the Hillsborough Road store serves the west side for drivers coming off I-85 and US-15/501.

For a through-driver, the pattern is the same as at any Cook Out: fuel, a Tray, a shake, back on the road. The late closing times exist for exactly that customer as much as for locals. If you are passing through after midnight, remember the split: three stores close at 3 AM, or 4 AM on Friday and Saturday, while Hillsborough Road and Shannon Road run half an hour later. Raleigh is the next Cook Out city to the east on I-40, and Greensboro is the next one to the west.

What to order in Durham

The Durham menu is the full Cook Out lineup: char-grilled burgers, chopped pork barbecue, chicken sandwiches and strips, hot dogs, quesadillas, wraps, a long sides list and the 40-plus flavor shake menu. A Cook Out Tray costs about $7.99 here — one main, two sides and a drink bundled together.

First time? Order a Regular Tray with a Big Double Cook Out Style, hushpuppies and onion rings, and swap the drink for a shake. That is the order the chain is built around. For the full flavor list, see the milkshake guide. Confirm the final price on the board, because prices are set per restaurant.

The value story is the same in Durham as everywhere else: a full meal for about eight dollars, served until 3 or 4 in the morning. That is why the drive-thru line at 1 AM is a Durham institution, not an exception — the city has been lining up at Cook Out since the chain spread across the Triangle.

Prices in Durham

A Regular Tray costs about $7.99 in Durham — one main, two sides and a drink bundled together. The Jr. Tray costs less and suits a lighter appetite, and the milkshakes run about $3.99 across the chain’s boards. Sides, hot dogs and wraps mostly sit in the two-to-three-dollar range, which is why the Tray is the deal: the bundle costs less than the same items ordered separately.

Prices are set per restaurant, so the board at the store you visit is the final word. Check the price before you order if the budget is tight, and remember that tax is added on top. See the 2026 price guide for the full board, with reported local examples from named restaurants.

Durham after midnight

After midnight, Durham still has Cook Out. All five stores are open until at least 3 AM, and the Hillsborough Road and Shannon Road stores run until 3:30 AM on weeknights and 4:30 AM on Friday and Saturday, which makes them the safest bet for a 3 AM order.

The line at 1 AM on a Friday is often the longest of the night — Duke students, shift workers, and I-85 and I-40 drivers all arriving at once — and the kitchen is built for volume, so it moves faster than it looks. Have the order ready before the speaker: main, two sides, drink, in that order. If you are heading to the S Miami Boulevard store, remember the split-hours display: it closes at 3 AM, not midnight, whatever the two-interval listing seems to say.

Tips for your Durham visit

Most Durham visits run through the drive-thru, and the line moves faster than it looks because the kitchen is built for volume. Have the order ready before the speaker: main, two sides, drink, in that order. Cards are widely accepted. If you are new to the brand entirely, start with the Tray guide — it explains the ordering system that confuses every first-timer exactly once. Compare calories on the nutrition page before you order.

Watch out for stale lists. One older Durham page gives the Allendown Drive store the generic 3:30 AM closing, but the store’s own listings — checked in November 2026 — say 3 AM on weeknights and 4 AM on Friday and Saturday. And if a directory shows the N Roxboro Street store keeping office hours, that listing is wrong: the store follows the standard Cook Out pattern. When in doubt, trust the addresses and hours on this page, and check the map pin before you go.

Holiday hours can be shorter than the normal pattern, so confirm before a late-night trip on Thanksgiving, Christmas or New Year’s. When anything is unclear, call the store — the numbers on this page are the store listings, and the general line is 1-866-547-0011.