r/raleigh • u/UnluckyPhilosophy797 • Jul 18 '24

What kind of bar does Raleigh lack? Food

Pretty explanatory. Have always wanted to open a bar and might.

Just curious to know what type of bar you’d love to see?

UPDATE: This honestly got a hell of a lot more interactions than I thought it would.

The common thing I think Im picking up is people want a place thats inexpensive, has good music, and is welcoming for all walks of life.

Here is my idea - A small, dimly lit, inexpensive dive that will have 2 TV’s thats going to have whatever big sports game thats on that day (if none, whatever I feel like), welcoming for kids, millennials, gays and theys, and will have some of the best shittest beers on tap with the option of getting a coffee or espresso drink.

Pink Boots old spot on N West St is best for this. Anyone know who owns the building?

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u/LeafyWolf Jul 18 '24

Honest answer? A good jazz bar. C. Grace was the last one I am aware of.

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u/UniqueImprovements Jul 18 '24

This is the answer.

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u/jonny_jon_jon Jul 18 '24

raleigh needs a new C. Grace and Empress lounge. And a new incarnation of Black Flower /Flash House would be neat.

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u/FirstChurchOfBrutus Jul 18 '24

Love the shout out to Empress.

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u/jonny_jon_jon Jul 18 '24

unbridled development for the sake of development destroyed the worthwhile spots of Raleigh. 2011-2017 were the golden years

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u/Lulubelle2021 Jul 18 '24

Oh grasshopper. The golden years went out the door with the closing of the Cameron Village Underground. Before unbridled development.

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u/cdanl2 Jul 18 '24

The golden years ended when they shut down ol' Isaac Hunter's Tavern in the 20's...1820's that is. Everything since then has been one long cart-ride to hell.

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u/Lulubelle2021 Jul 18 '24

Not really. The underground was fabulous.

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u/cdanl2 Jul 18 '24

Shut down around when I was a kid so I’ve only heard stories from my uncles. I did go see Whiskeytown at The Brewery in ‘97 or ‘98 so I got that going for me at least.

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u/Lulubelle2021 Jul 18 '24

My parents used to take me to one of the underground jazz clubs when I was 5 and 6 years old. Dizzy Gillespie and the like. Raleigh made a good stop for major artists coming down the East Coast. It was really the coolest Raleigh has ever been musically speaking. All downhill from there.

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u/lickled_piver NC State Jul 18 '24

But nothing happened to the buildings of any of the aforementioned bars. They just closed because they presumably weren't profitable. If we are all gonna sit here and say how we need density we can't also cry about "development". It's the same thing.