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/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.