its ok, I can understand the awesomeness of living close to a bar. amedeos has shitty service and subpar food but I can walk there so I still go

8/25/2011 4:02:35 PM

If you like good beer, Flying Saucer downtown and soon Tylers Taproom in Seaboard Station. Raleigh Times is great for cheap eats, good beer and people watching. PBs is good for Hepatitis A.

8/25/2011 4:05:00 PM

i've been warned numerous times about PBs, and I was told to apply for a job at the Flying Saucer

8/25/2011 4:06:47 PM

Get a football ticket and come tailgating with us.

8/25/2011 4:09:34 PM

if i can get a ticket, i will most definitely take you up on that

8/25/2011 4:10:35 PM

if? just show up and buy one for $10, or maybe even less.

8/25/2011 4:11:00 PM

You don't need a ticket. Just tailgate.

8/25/2011 4:11:54 PM

ok then, yes i will be there

8/25/2011 4:13:43 PM

make friends on campus and have them request tickets for me.

8/25/2011 4:15:44 PM

you can always venture over to Lynnwood and hang on the roof with me

[Edited on August 25, 2011 at 4:57 PM. Reason : herped so hard I derped]

8/25/2011 4:35:01 PM

Quote :

"ON THE ROOD"

8/25/2011 4:38:08 PM

what happened to the chicken that tried to cross the ROOD

8/25/2011 4:48:01 PM

Another thing you can do: Check out the other sections of the wolf web! The lounge will have events and stuff going on (in a more serious manner than Chit Chat), entertainment always has threads on upcoming movies/concerts/etc., and sports talk will take care of any sport you are interested in!

8/25/2011 4:57:59 PM

Don't spend exorbitant amounts at the crossroads theater- go to mission valley for new releases or blue ridge for month old $1.50 movies.

8/25/2011 5:09:52 PM

best sports bars:
Bada (mission valley)
Sammys (mission valley)
Tobacco Road (glenwood south)
Brickhouse (hillsborough st.)

hole in the walls:
Goat
Ruckus (dank pizza, mission valley)
Sadlacks (hb street)

NCSU bars:
The Players Retreat (hillsborough st.)
Mitch's Tavern (hb st.)
East Village (preppy, hb street)

Clubs
Still life (Gwood South)
Solas (multi level club w/ rooftop, Gwood South)
Ess Lounge (Warehouse district)
City Limits (trashy 18+ club)

Hipster/Trendy Bars:
Raleigh Times (near Fayetteville st.)
The Hive (rooftop, fv st.)
Iaasac Hunters Tavern (fv st.)
Foundation (fv st.)
Landmark (fv st.)

Live music
The Berkley Cafe
The Pour House (moore square)

Irish bars
Tir Na Nog (moore sq.)
Napper Tandy's (gwood-ish)
The Hibernian (gwood)
Flying Saucer (not irish but lots of beer)

party-type bars
Lucky B's (gwood)
Ugly Monkey (trashy)
The Downtown Sports Bar (not really a sports bar, gwood)

off the top of my head. I'm sure many here will disagree with the categories but whatever. I'm from here so PM me if you want to know anything more about what this fine city has to offer. I really think it's a jewel of the South but alas, many on TWW are haters.

8/25/2011 5:16:47 PM

exiled- i wouldnt even begin to know where lynnwood is.

wow, looks like i have a lot of choices for bars to check out- better get on that this weekend!

8/25/2011 5:18:16 PM

lol at the list of "hipster bars"

There will be good music tonight at Tir-Na-Nog for free

[Edited on August 25, 2011 at 5:30 PM. Reason : ]

8/25/2011 5:29:07 PM

Hipsters hate the Hive. It's too Glenwood South... I like it, though. Best outdoor seating in Raleigh?

And also, Woody's is a better sports bar than any of those listed except TR if you actually want to see/hear games.

[Edited on August 25, 2011 at 5:32 PM. Reason : and isaac hunters hipster? lol..]

8/25/2011 5:32:00 PM

i guess landmark and the times are sort of hipster, but if that's a category, neptune's should be on the list

the hive a hipster bar?? i don't think so

[Edited on August 25, 2011 at 5:37 PM. Reason : -]

8/25/2011 5:35:08 PM

I could've used a thread like this back in the day

Goodnight's Comedy Club near downtown has both local and nationally recognized comedians do shows there all the time (I've seen Tosh and MacDonald...McDonald?) So check it out and see who is coming to town. Don't have the website off the top my head, just google it.

8/25/2011 5:42:32 PM

you should ask about where the best barbecue place is, that'll be fun

8/25/2011 5:45:35 PM

I guess I should have put trendy, not necessarily scene or hipster. but it's a mixed crowd usually

8/25/2011 6:31:02 PM

I think the Hive is fairly hipster.

But Neptunes is the epitome of hipster bar.

8/25/2011 6:39:39 PM

What's the place next door to the Hive that smells?

[Edited on August 25, 2011 at 6:50 PM. Reason : slims?]

8/25/2011 6:48:06 PM

slims

8/25/2011 6:54:09 PM

Quote :

"I was told to apply for a job at the Flying Saucer"

uhoh

8/25/2011 7:24:15 PM

cat_on_surfboard.jpg

8/25/2011 9:16:40 PM

Quote :

"What's the place next door to the Hive that smells?"

the best bar in Raleigh and one of the last refuges from the guido glenwood south crowd.

8/25/2011 9:21:36 PM

That's just silly. I have this argument all the time it seems, but I so very rarely see that type of crowd in any bar aside from Glenwood. I never see but one or two that would fit that cliche in any bar on Fayetteville Street, Wilmington St, at Flying Saucer, etc... unless you think anyone who wears a polo or a button up shirt is a fist-pumping guido.

And I go out a lot and to a wide range of places, so it's not like I'm some recluse who doesn't see the downtown scene.

[Edited on August 25, 2011 at 10:06 PM. Reason : x]

8/25/2011 10:05:52 PM

Quote :

"Now I go to Mac's since it's closer to where I live (Cary)"

git out of my bar. jk, i wonder if i've seen you wolfpackgrrrrr

8/25/2011 10:39:02 PM

why uhoh to working at the flying saucer?

8/25/2011 11:50:20 PM

^^ Probably. We spend too much time there. But now that we're closing on a house we're broke and eat ramen noodles every night

8/26/2011 9:04:09 AM

^^Don't listen to the haters in this thread. There's a lot of pretentious judgemental people on TWW. Most of the places mentioned are great, and aren't full of annoying people (regardless of what is said on here). Also nothing wrong with working at the Flying Saucer. They make good money and all seem like a cool bunch over there (one of the few bars in Raleigh that is busy every night).

[Edited on August 26, 2011 at 9:15 AM. Reason : and don't bother with Lynnwood Grille. It's way the f*ck out in North Raleigh]

8/26/2011 9:14:31 AM

Quote :

"best sports bars: Bada (mission valley)"

hahaha wait do what? seriously?

Quote :

"I think the Hive is fairly hipster."

uhhhh, no. not even close. have you even been there? they'll be next door at slims, not the hive.

8/26/2011 10:17:22 AM

relax TKE-Teg, i like the saucer

my "uhoh" was more like "if this girl is cute enough to work there TWW is going to go all creepy e-game on her"



[Edited on August 26, 2011 at 10:27 AM. Reason : uhoh]

8/26/2011 10:25:02 AM

^haha, no problem. My comments about the ppl on TWW weren't related to my Saucer comments.

8/26/2011 10:27:45 AM

Don't listen to the haters in this thread. There's a lot of pretentious judgemental people on TWW. Most of the places mentioned are great, and aren't full of annoying people (regardless of what is said on here). Also nothing wrong with working at the Flying Saucer. They make good money and all seem like a cool bunch over there (one of the few bars in Raleigh that is busy every night)

8/26/2011 10:28:03 AM

8/26/2011 10:30:06 AM

Quote :

"and don't bother with Lynnwood Grille. It's way the f*ck out in North Raleigh"

Since when is US-70 considered North Raleigh?

8/26/2011 10:31:47 AM

^^

[Edited on August 26, 2011 at 10:43 AM. Reason : ^north of crabtree = N Ral]

8/26/2011 10:32:06 AM

I'm sure that's more of a statement of annoyance over the certain group of loud judgmental type on TWW that make it their quest to shit all over 85% of bars/eateries in Raleigh. It's the single most annoying trend on this site... Or maybe he's e-gaming?

8/26/2011 10:32:12 AM

Lynnwood Grill is in North Raleigh

anything on Lynn Rd. is in North Raleigh

if you disagree you're dumber than i thought

8/26/2011 10:36:08 AM

Quote :

"since when is US-70 considered North Raleigh?"

US-70 is considered a lot of things

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_70

8/26/2011 10:44:53 AM

Quote :

"Now I go to Mac's since it's closer to where I live (Cary)"

My business is right next door from Mac's.. it's a solid bar actually, and I've had a few pretty fun evenings there although it tends to be an older crowd. Plus I get to play guess that tune when I'm sitting at work hearing their music blaring through my wall.

The offer to tailgate was serious, although you'd have to be willing to hang out w/ 5 drunk dudes drinking cheap beer trying to throw a bean bag through a small hole in a wooden board for 4 hours.

8/26/2011 10:56:04 AM

Quote :

"you'd have to be willing to hang out w/ 5 drunk dudes drinking cheap beer"

this is my dream night

8/26/2011 11:05:55 AM

^ You are welcome to join too then

Although we really do enjoy our 5:0 guy to girl ratio we bring at the tailgates....

8/26/2011 11:55:08 AM

don't worry...

i tend to get drunk and wander when tailgating...


i won't fuck up your ratio for long

8/26/2011 11:57:05 AM

Quote :

"Lynnwood Grill is in North Raleigh anything on Lynn Rd. is in North Raleigh if you disagree you're dumber than i thought"

I've always heard of it referred to as West Raleigh or sometimes Northwest Raleigh and I lived off of Lynn Road for 15 years. North Raleigh is Six Forks Road, son.

8/26/2011 11:58:26 AM

^^^~

8/26/2011 11:58:49 AM

^^ you mean Midtown

8/26/2011 12:00:14 PM