My friend wants to take me out for dinner Monday night. I want to try a restaurant in the Fayetteville Street area that I haven't been to before (so not Raleigh Times, Sitti, The Oxford, Cooper's, The Pit, Jibarra). Suggestions?

3/12/2011 5:46:25 PM

POOLE'S

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3/12/2011 5:47:34 PM

Oh yeah, forgot to list Poole's But I've only been there for brunch so dinner would be new to me.

[Edited on March 12, 2011 at 5:48 PM. Reason : verbs]

3/12/2011 5:48:07 PM

That new Thai place (http://faithai-raleigh.com/) could be worth checking out.

or Humble Pie.

3/12/2011 5:56:32 PM

Gravy?

3/12/2011 5:59:54 PM

Poole's FTW!!!

I'd say Capital Club 16 but I believe they are closed Monday nights Super bummer cause it is delish!

I haven't tried Gravy myself but have heard decent things. Caffe Luna also good...but close Mondays I think as well.

Dos Taquitos?!

OR FAI THAI! Old Duck and Dumpling just opened with the William D'Auvry menu. The menu looks pretty good. I really wanna try that. I know it isn't exactly Fayet. St. but...close and could be worth trying!

[Edited on March 12, 2011 at 6:15 PM. Reason : .]

3/12/2011 6:15:05 PM

I ate at Sitti once, it was the worst experience of my life; tasteless and overpriced.

3/12/2011 6:16:44 PM

people hate on it, but i really like sono

3/12/2011 6:32:12 PM

Go to Fai Thai! I've been there a couple time and it's really good. Not too pricey and good drinks.

Get the sour curry or the half roasted chicken.

3/12/2011 6:36:25 PM

buku

3/12/2011 6:39:15 PM

I'm pretty disillusioned with Buku after working there. The food is good but I think the price point at dinner is too high. Lunch there is a great deal though.

3/12/2011 6:45:02 PM

Buku is awful.

Poole's is wonderful but closed Monday/Tuesday.

3/12/2011 6:53:25 PM

thx u

now I have decided where to go for brunch tomorrow


poole's it is

3/12/2011 6:54:53 PM

i think "awful" is a little extreme in regard to buku. it wouldn't be my first choice down town. But it's decent and is in the fayetteville st. area. The prices for the entrees are a little high. But I thought there were a lot of decent options outside of the main entrees for a decent price. I've only been once (a few wks ago), but everyone I was with seemed to enjoy what they had (there were 7 of us) and we all got something different. Everything I tried was good and they all seemed to be a decent sized portion for the prices at a place like that.

3/12/2011 7:01:22 PM

I've been twice. Everything everyone ordered was mediocre-to-poor both times, and the service the second time was atrocious. Never again.

3/12/2011 7:12:11 PM

I like cafe luna

3/12/2011 7:56:04 PM

Dammit I forgot so much crap is closed on Monday

3/12/2011 9:00:08 PM

i know...monday is a bad night for dinner! switch it!!!!

i have also heard spize cafe is good...they just started doing dinner, but i think they close early (like 5 or 6) on mondays, lol

poor monday

but i would like to try spize soon

3/12/2011 9:02:10 PM

it's not on Fayetteville St. but Solas has yummy food.

3/12/2011 9:03:31 PM

Spize is DELISH

3/12/2011 9:09:53 PM

Second Empire


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/needle
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put that in your pipe and smoke it

3/12/2011 9:12:45 PM

Big easy

3/12/2011 9:46:42 PM

The Mint

order the truffled mac & cheese...

you're welcome.

3/12/2011 10:28:06 PM

hasha

poole's

/thnread

apparently

geting james beardedis hip now

3/13/2011 5:35:01 AM

Quote :

"i know...monday is a bad night for dinner! switch it!!!!"

I wish I could but the only reason she's in town tomorrow is because she has a flight out of RDU Tuesday morning I think I'm just going to have her meet me at my work and we'll walk around until we find a restaurant that's open.

[Edited on March 13, 2011 at 10:59 AM. Reason : s]

3/13/2011 10:59:36 AM

Spize is marginal.

used to eat lunch there about three times a month when my office was across the skreet.

3/13/2011 11:04:07 AM

No hate/love for gravy?

3/13/2011 11:07:08 AM

Steak and a BJ Day?

3/13/2011 11:07:46 AM

Gravy's calamari is the absolute best I've ever had, and their service staff are phenomenal.

I think it's a little pricey on certain things, however.

3/13/2011 11:11:32 AM

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"The Mint order the truffled mac & cheese..."

you know? i wasnt a big fan of gravy, but i only went there once about a year ago.
and i liked buku, only been there once too though, but we had a huge group and shared basically everything

[Edited on March 13, 2011 at 11:15 AM. Reason : guhy]

3/13/2011 11:13:54 AM

^ i went to gravy when it first opened and was underwhelmed myself; i do think it's got a lot better in the last year, fwiw.

3/13/2011 11:19:12 AM

yeah, been changes in the kitchen and management was brought over floating from other restaurants in empire eats to get it up and going. It is great now- need to go again some time.

3/13/2011 11:25:38 AM

that post made my head hurt

3/13/2011 11:33:13 AM

your face makes my head hurt

3/13/2011 11:45:59 AM

your head makes my face hurt



/that's what she said

3/13/2011 11:47:25 AM

mecca!

but i don't know what the deal is with the new(ish) evening hours and how the food works at night, etc

i've only eaten there for lunch but now it is open late (dunno monday hours though) and i assume has dinnerrrrrrrrr

3/13/2011 1:47:52 PM

Went to Jibarra last night.....definitely wasn't impressed. I wouldn't recommend (even though u said you've already been). Small menu, hostess was an airhead, slow service, overpriced food...etc.

3/13/2011 2:36:23 PM

i also had a bad experience at Jibarra

i liked my margarita but other than that...i was not impressed with what i had. supposed to be seared ahi tuna tacos

sooooo overcooked and disgusting.

3/13/2011 2:39:26 PM

Quote :

"sooooo overcookedpriced and disgusting"

There...fixed it for you.

3/13/2011 2:45:45 PM

Same thing I've heard about your mom.

3/13/2011 2:58:51 PM

Quote :

"Went to Jibarra last night.....definitely wasn't impressed. I wouldn't recommend (even though u said you've already been). Small menu, hostess was an airhead, slow service, overpriced food...etc."

Agreed. If I go to Jibarra I like to just get ceviche and drinks. Their main entrees are always overpriced, bland, and uninspired imo. Their ceviche is pretty fantastic though.

3/13/2011 4:42:36 PM

After looking at the new Thai restaurant menu, I think we'll go there because the menu looks awesome!

3/14/2011 12:57:07 PM

^^^

^^ What is ceviche??

3/14/2011 1:30:16 PM

If you don't know what a ceviche is, you wouldn't know a good dinner. So take your ass to McDonalds.

3/14/2011 1:44:17 PM

^^ kind of like poke made with raw fish, spices, etc. So good!

3/14/2011 1:49:05 PM

Second Empire.

3/14/2011 2:15:29 PM

big easy smells like BO - skip
sitti is stupid expensive and is only beaten out for lameness by the mint
busy bee is good if it isn't busy
gravy is pretty ok
el rodeo is awesome of course
mecca has banging dinner specials and a bar now
the diner on glenwood is pretty good if the servers aren't being dicks

3/14/2011 2:21:15 PM

I wasn't sure what ceviche was eithe®

3/14/2011 3:46:05 PM

5 star

3/14/2011 3:50:30 PM

Quote :

"the diner on glenwood is pretty good if the servers aren't being dicks"

Unless things have changed recently, it fits nicely into the "not very good and overpriced" category.

3/14/2011 3:51:14 PM