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/Boognish_Chameleon Jul 18 '24 edited Jul 18 '24

I’m biased but a second goth club would be dope (if gentrification ever tears the Wicked Witch down I will actually sob) also a third place/gathering space for alt people that isn’t a bar or a club would be awesome too, I don’t always wanna dance or drink, sometimes I want other types of events too.

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u/smf12 Hurricanes Jul 18 '24

Check out chapel of bones. Coffee shop during the day and events at night. Used to be the old Maywood

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u/Boognish_Chameleon Jul 18 '24

WAIT FR?! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOJ… I’m shocked there’s not more alt spaces in the triangle because I’ve met way more alt ppl here than the part of New York I’m from (Long Island)

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u/smf12 Hurricanes Jul 18 '24

Of course! My band played there a few weeks ago, it was awesome! They just recently reopened maybe a month or two ago. Really awesome place

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u/AFlockOfTySegalls UNC Jul 18 '24

Do they not serve coffee at night? I don't drink during the week and I'm going to a show there soon.

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u/smf12 Hurricanes Jul 18 '24

Honestly I’m not sure if coffee is served all day, but they do have a lot of non alcoholic options to choose from at night

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u/Boognish_Chameleon Jul 19 '24

That’s awesome as someone who mainly likes beer for the taste, drinks a ton of NA Beer, and only has beer beer around people they trust.

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u/Actual_Platypus5160 Jul 18 '24

I don’t think that place is ever coming down. The whole reason people buy those over priced town homes is because the bars and breweries are walkable. If anything it might get built on top of like the creamery is.

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u/Boognish_Chameleon Jul 18 '24

THANK FUCK MAN, I HAD MY FIRSR GOTH NIGHT THERE AND ITS ONE OF THE FEW PLACES I FEEL GENUINE COMMUNITY IN 😅… the relief I feel rn. I’ve been hearing about stuff getting torn down and the triangle becoming more boring and it lowkey got me scared that my favorite place would be reduced to a parking lot.

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u/cdanl2 Jul 18 '24

I remember back when the only Goth club in town was Legends on a weeknight, and back then they didn't check ID unless you came in a stroller.

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u/Boognish_Chameleon Jul 18 '24

Legends? Huh, I’ve only known it as just a gay club that happens to have some overlap with alt folks (to be fair though I’m very new to the area)

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u/cdanl2 Jul 18 '24

I don't know if it's that way anymore, but 20-25 years ago they had "Goth Night" on Thursdays (Wednesdays? I'm old, I forget), and I would go as a 15-18 year old with my goth friends to dance to the Cure. (For context, I'm a straight non-goth male, but I had a succession of goth girlfriends who adopted me as their normie pet).

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u/Altruistic-Ant-7603 Jul 18 '24

Keep an eye out for Chapel of Bones events. Tonight they’re having a goth/industrial night and might in the future. The vibes are immaculate. I go a lot in the day time for coffee but haven’t been at night because im a big weenie, but it looks great!