The Raleigh Times, if you don't know it you don't know anything. I have been coming here for the last few months and what you have is this. The atmosphere is played perfectly with the newspaper of past. There is no feel of ""concept"" at all. Easily the best food at the price. It is bar food however you just don't get bar food like this anywhere. There is not a better beer list anywhere in the Triangle. Bigger yes, none better. If you do know the bar you probably know about the lack luster service, not bad, just not great. Well not anymore, theres new management it seems which prompted me to write this. My last three months I have never had anyone really take much interest in me until the last two times I was in there. I was in one night with a few friends and one girl with us said she wanted wine but not any of the ones offered. A guy a few tables away must have heard that and he stopped what he was doing got up and came over. Said his name was David and asked the girl what she liked. He said he'd be right back. He returned with a few bottles of white wine opened them and poured her a few tastes. She asked how much they cost and he replied four and five dollars! Where are there 4 and 5 buck glasses of wine? He mentioned that there weren't on the list yet but would be by the coming weekend. We spent about five minutes speaking with him and he really just made her night. She tried three of the new wines and was surprised how good they were. I honestly enjoyed the entire exchange with David he really seemed love that bar and said he felt lucky to inherit such a great place. The next time he saw us walk in and stopped to say hi. That was the first time that anyone remembered us there. It great to see someone taking interest. Note that I consult with food and beverage groups nationally and my eye is trained for this stuff. I hope the new fella keeps it up, he has indeed convinced me. Here's to the bar keep, thanks for looking out for us.
Pros: The food, the drink, the venue, the manager.
Cons: Hopefully none soon.
more