name them

turning 21 and i need to know where to go

3/1/2008 12:41:32 AM

What do you look for in a bar?

3/1/2008 12:42:17 AM

beer

3/1/2008 12:44:17 AM

flying saucer on mondays

3/1/2008 12:44:50 AM

Mitch's

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3/1/2008 12:46:07 AM

snickers:




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3/1/2008 12:46:27 AM

depends are you looking for a cheap bar with good specials to just get plastered at?
or a trendy one a group of girls would want to go out to?


[Edited on March 1, 2008 at 12:47 AM. Reason : .]

3/1/2008 12:46:59 AM

^^clever

^already got a girl so thats not a necessity
eye candy is never a bad thing though

3/1/2008 12:47:02 AM

always finish last.

3/1/2008 12:50:15 AM

good music = Jackpot
mass of TWWers = Ruckus
shitty, god awful food = Sammys
cheapest = PBs
most laid back = Mitch's

3/1/2008 12:55:29 AM

seems good

3/1/2008 1:05:31 AM

A small list, not making judgement if places are good or not. Just throwing them out there and their main features.

cheap places to get slammed (there are more, here is a few of them):
east village (1.50 pints of coors, pbr everyday)
ruckus (mugnight 3 times a week, 5 dollar pitchers monday)
the bar (1.50 beers everyday, 3 of them)
pb's (1 dollar liq/beers tues/sat)
goat (mystery beers)
rum runners (only on wens 1 dollar wells and beers, piano w/singing along, gets old after a few times though)

Places with historical feel/laid back:
mitches (recently banned smoking)
players retreat (57 years next to ncsu)
saucer (not really historical, but has a good pub feel, 200+ beers, hot hot catholic school girls, monday most pints 2.50)

Trendy places (some have various specials, more dressed up crowds, dancing, cigars/wines etc):
mosquito
white collar
blue martini
there are a lot of them in warehouse and glenwood area


[Edited on March 1, 2008 at 1:15 AM. Reason : .]

3/1/2008 1:06:12 AM

^best post so far

3/1/2008 1:30:50 AM

anything else?

3/1/2008 1:39:56 AM

my advice is to not get in the habit of going to glenwood south

3/1/2008 1:42:43 AM

Mitch's (anytime)

Flying Saucer (Monday nights)

Champions (it's great if you like pool and darts...what a shame about all the smoke though)

3/1/2008 1:45:52 AM

^^ what if i'm trying my damndest to be a yuppie?

3/1/2008 1:46:24 AM

^ NELSON'S

3/1/2008 1:47:00 AM

ok how about this:

what if i want pizza made by hippies?

3/1/2008 1:49:24 AM

mellow mushroom...solid establishment, backed hard

3/1/2008 1:51:01 AM

right... but it's in or around glenwood south.

3/1/2008 1:53:08 AM

but it never resembles the jersey shore either...

edit: my advice is to not get in the habit of going to glenwood south on the weekends, after midnight

3/1/2008 1:56:47 AM

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"my advice is to not get in the habit of going to glenwood south on the weekends, after midnight"

qft

3/1/2008 5:07:53 AM

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"my advice is to not get in the habit of going to glenwood south on the weekends, after midnight"

GOAT BAR FTW

3/1/2008 8:09:47 AM

In addition to what's already been said, there's these three around Moores Square/Hargett St:

Landmark Tavern
Raleigh Times
Tir Na Nog

Also, if you have a DD who can drive you to the middle of nowhere in North Raleigh...

Horniblow's Tavern

3/1/2008 9:24:17 AM

yea i've heard a lot about Tir Na Nog,
LovedYoMoma frequents that one

3/1/2008 12:07:33 PM

3/1/2008 12:08:46 PM

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3/1/2008 12:09:42 PM

What are some other suggestions for Glenwood South? My friends are coming up and aren't into the really trendy places and dance clubs. Is Hibernian or Napper Tandies any good?

3/1/2008 12:14:39 PM

yes

3/1/2008 12:31:23 PM

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"yea i've heard a lot about Tir Na Nog"

Wed. they have a lot of good whiskey for cheap. I like the place.

Quote :

"flying saucer on mondays"

only if you like huge crowds. I like the place any other day but monday. I'll pay more for my beer if I don't have to deal with a mass of people, but I enjoy more of the sit down, enjoy my beer and talk to people bar than the stand up the whole time, get bumped by people constantly and try to have yelling conversations bar experience.

3/1/2008 12:33:03 PM

I would recommend the cheapest one that is close to your house if you are a serious drinker.

Then you can abandon vehicle and walk home if you somehow find yourself at 2:30 in the morning standing outside seeing double.

3/1/2008 12:38:13 PM

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"Horniblow's Tavern"

Has recently become my fav bar in raleigh.

3/1/2008 2:13:56 PM

yeah horniblows is great if you want to play ping pong and stare at dudes all night. fuck that place

3/1/2008 3:38:18 PM

Quote :

"only if you like huge crowds. I like the place any other day but monday. I'll pay more for my beer if I don't have to deal with a mass of people, but I enjoy more of the sit down, enjoy my beer and talk to people bar than the stand up the whole time, get bumped by people constantly and try to have yelling conversations bar experience."

this is very true

the saucer is my most favorite bar ever

3/1/2008 3:55:55 PM

Horniblow's, because people like ^^ don't go there

3/1/2008 4:33:47 PM

^ exactly. i don't go there to haggle women. in fact i enjoy a good brew and some competitive pingpong or darts.

3/1/2008 7:52:50 PM

They also have a fine selection of board games

3/1/2008 7:55:49 PM

so now i'm 21...


went to sammy's

might do a hillsborough hike kinda deal tomorrow ( or later today )

3/2/2008 1:41:00 AM

went to sammy's on your 21st? i'm sorry

3/2/2008 1:48:50 AM

I had mine at Jax. It was great because then I knew like 4/5 of the staff.

It really does not matter where your 21st is you are not gonna remember it anyway. You might as well have it somewhere your friends can get into.

3/2/2008 1:51:17 AM

well tomorrow is the real celebration

tonight was just a "lets just go to a bar after midnight so you can buy a beer or twelve"

3/2/2008 2:18:48 AM

if you want to hang out with some old timer state fans, come to NR Pub off of falls

3/2/2008 2:20:11 AM

Quote :

"BUY AN AD!!!"

3/2/2008 2:21:52 AM

I AM NOT AFFILIATED WITH SAID ESTABLISHMENT

3/2/2008 2:23:00 AM

dude everyone is gonna talk shit at me for saying this

but get all yoru over 21 friends together and go to pb's on a saturdya night

its a complete shithole, everyone there is grimy, and i would not fuck any of the women there without double bagging it

but the drinks are soooooo fucking cheap its like a drinking competition wiht a huge stereo system, stripper poles, and an outside bar

you shoudl do it

3/2/2008 2:24:25 AM

and it is safe...10 cops there at all times!

3/2/2008 2:26:08 AM

ruckus (and i know i'll catch shit for that)
east village (was cool before they took all the good songs off the jukebox)
on the border in cary (just because it's walking distance)
raleigh times
dive bar

3/2/2008 2:33:13 AM

http://sidetrackbrewpub.com/ Can't fucking wait till this place opens. Been driving by there for a year wondering what the hell it was, and just saw their website today.

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