Who's all been to the Duckworth's on park road?

They're opening one in Ballantyne and I want the inside scoop

11/3/2011 11:03:52 AM

It's pretty good, but nothing special enough that it doesn't get lost in the shuffle.

Usually has about 50 beers on tap. A couple hundred more available by bottle. They have a sheet with all the different beers available and they usually have 5 per night that are on draft special for $5/pint, I think.

Food is pretty good, I've had pizza there and a philly cheese steak. Has lots of tvs and a big bar area.

11/3/2011 11:07:38 AM

I've never been inside the place but I've had the food a few times. I like their chicken Philly.

11/3/2011 4:42:05 PM

I love Duckworth's & $2.50 everything on draft on Tuesday & Thursday makes it worth the drive, err, ride, from Flying Saucer Land. Have yet to check out the Ballantyne or Mooresville shops.

11/14/2011 3:41:47 PM

their food is actually great and a lot better than typical bar fare. Portions are enormous. If you have a couple people try tackling the loaded nachos.

also, if you enjoy buffalo chicken pizza theirs is one of the best i've had.

11/14/2011 4:38:16 PM

Kat

11/14/2011 5:03:36 PM

I think I've only been there once and just for beer....it was okay. Maybe I'll try and go during draft nights!

11/14/2011 6:27:24 PM

there is a chance I may move to Charlotte next year.

Gonna be there Monday and Tuesday for my wife's job interview. Part of tuesday they set us up with a realtor to look at living arrangements.

If we do move there, we'll rent for the first year, but what are the "nice" parts of town?

What's the ITB equivalent of Charlotte?

I guess ultimately, we'll need to live close to CMC, and look to rent a house for ~$2k/month or less(ideally).

12/2/2011 5:29:22 PM

CMC Main is off of Morehead, which is in the middle of one of the nicest areas of town called Dilworth. I would recommend looking in Dilworth, some parts of Southend are nice if you are east of South Blvd, also look into Southpark area. You should be able to find something easily, but I can put you in contact with some good Real Estate agents if you're having trouble.

12/2/2011 5:42:27 PM

CMC is setting us up with an agent, and we'll just "use" him to see some shit for now, but when/if we actually get to the point of signing a lease, I'll use my sister who's also a real estate broker in charlotte... she just won't be in town while we're there next week.

Thanks for the advice, just want to hear from some people that live there and compare with whatever

12/2/2011 9:56:52 PM

This town ain't big enough for the both of us

12/3/2011 2:58:01 AM

really really really like the Dilworth, Myers Park, and South Park areas.

12/5/2011 3:05:10 PM

So, it sounds like money won't be an issue if you can afford to live in those areas.

If you're into up and coming and want to get high value at low cost... Check out the Wesley Heights area. Probably a 5 - 10 minute drive at any time of day to CMC.

12/5/2011 3:53:32 PM

Meh, Wesley Heights is still a bit shady, especially if he wants to let his daughter run around.

12/5/2011 4:00:43 PM

Elizabeth is another good area to consider, then.

12/5/2011 4:21:14 PM

I mean, we're definitely going to have to downsize from the size house we have now, but we're gonna rent for the first year and get a feel for the city. maybe we'll hate being in a smaller house and the commute won't seem so bad, and move further out once we're ready to buy.

The houses about 20 minutes south of uptown are much more bang for the buck, but the hour commute each way in rush hour traffic does not appeal to us. We drove from the Ballantyne area to CMC, and with no traffic (Monday at 11a.m.) it took 28 minutes.

Anyway, those are things we'll figure out once we live in the city for a while and get better acquainted with those things, all assuming she gets and accepts an offer from CMC.

12/5/2011 4:55:30 PM

there is always traffic in Ballantyne these days.


I too, recommend Dilworth, Elizabeth, and Myers Park. I live in Elizabeth right near CMC Mercy and Presbyterian and it's very nice. Honestly, those three neighborhoods are so close together you can get to any of them in a matter of minutes. Check out the houses in Elizabeth between 4th and 7th street and also on the north side of 7th street, the neighborhood called Chantilly.

12/5/2011 5:08:09 PM

^This.

12/5/2011 11:11:52 PM

Bobby, I'll tell you what to do. Find a house for rent near Selwyn Ave., like this one for instance: MLS#: 2052493
http://www.carolinahome.com/findahome.aspx

Address is 126 Tranquill Ave.

You'll be walking distance to Selwyn Pub (a little East Village-like but not bad), Mellow Mushroom and some other stuff. Your wife will be close to CMC. DO IT.

12/5/2011 11:18:28 PM

Selwyn Pub is way more frattastic than East Village iirEVc

I've lived on Selwyn for the last 8 years though, so I'm clearly an advocate

I lock my car and door but could probably get away with not doing it

12/5/2011 11:20:31 PM

I mean...Bobby is pretty fratty...

12/5/2011 11:47:49 PM

and you can get fresh meat from Reids and take the little one to Yoforia. It'll be upper middle class bliss i say!

12/6/2011 9:23:29 AM

hahaha

well let's see how her interview goes today.

I'm stuck in Phillips place for the day, but at least there's shit to walk to around here.

12/6/2011 10:12:06 AM

go see a movie. Phillips Place is a nice cinema

12/6/2011 10:32:27 AM

Eat at Cafe Monte or walk across Sharon and have some CowFish

[Edited on December 6, 2011 at 11:09 AM. Reason : Will you be telecommuting for work?]

12/6/2011 11:08:17 AM

Quote :

"go see a movie. Phillips Place is a nice cinema"

Also, the mall is close enough you can walk over there.

12/6/2011 2:49:48 PM

^^ yeah we ate at Cowfish for dinner Monday night, shit was delicious!

I'm looking for jobs right now with Cisco that will let me telecommute. My current job is tied to being on site, so we'll see.

Looks like we'll end up either in Charlotte or Richmond.

12/7/2011 11:06:32 AM

So what Tech companies have a significant presence in charlotte?

12/13/2011 11:32:48 AM

Hmmm. No idea.

Nerd.

12/13/2011 11:42:08 AM

12/13/2011 11:50:40 AM

Microsoft has a campus here on Tyvola I believe. It's right next to Leatherman's Golf.

Siemens and Ingersoll-Rand are also here. Don't know how valid those are for you,though.

12/13/2011 3:20:35 PM

hp, IBM/lenovo. I would definitely look into the banks in the area as well if you might be interested in applying your technical skills/knowledge to something other than R&D stuff. BB&T, Wells, and BofA (duh) have a lot of tech people in the area.

12/13/2011 11:20:30 PM

^ go ahead and throw the financial services companies in there too. TIAA Cref, and Vanguard both have significant IT/development/data warehousing presence. And there is a new (to the area) company called Citco that deals with hedge fund software which is supposed to hire like 300+ people over the next two years. I don't know if all 300 are strictly tech positions, but that seemed like the bulk of what they were listing for when I was looking.

[Edited on December 18, 2011 at 5:01 PM. Reason : Ps if you're into ETL or being a BI systems analyst (ie cognos/sas/etc) I might know some people ]

12/18/2011 4:57:50 PM

Who else made it to the game versus the Angry Birds last night?

12/28/2011 5:35:29 PM

yes, and i'm trying to minimize how much i talk today until my voice recovers

12/28/2011 5:42:07 PM

1/3/2012 1:03:45 PM

looks like a wsoc tv production. 70% violence and tragedy 30% actual newsworthy headlines

1/4/2012 8:10:52 AM

Made reservations at melting pot for charlotte restaraunt week.
I'm excited.

1/4/2012 10:06:46 AM

man i need to look into this asap.

1/4/2012 11:50:55 AM

http://www.facebook.com/events/106296412825139/



These two are friends of Ken and mine and we have some of their art up in our house.

YAY! CHARLOTTE!!

1/10/2012 8:56:58 PM

that sounds like fun! I might go

1/10/2012 10:34:42 PM

good lord, somebody got hit at College and Stonewall this morning too, thankfully they survived

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/01/11/2916789/pedestrian-hit-at-stonewall-college.html

1/11/2012 5:11:16 PM

Well that Stonecrest murder totally ruined my chick fil a run. Poor girl tho ... She was always nice to us.

1/14/2012 4:52:52 PM

heard about that, tried to facebook her to see if i knew her

sad though

1/14/2012 4:57:29 PM

Chima tonight.

1/23/2012 8:34:26 AM

Did BLT Steak on Saturday night, pretty awesome.

1/23/2012 9:07:03 AM

I have to go to Charlotte for a conference in March and it's been at least 5 years since I was last down there. Where would be the best place to stay to have something to do at night? I don't really care about being close to where the conference is since I'm driving down there.

2/3/2012 8:50:46 AM

Need more info. I know you'll have your car, but what do you like to do? Would you want to be near the mall or near the uptown area?

2/3/2012 9:16:57 AM

I was thinking probably uptown. I want a place to get a nice dinner, walk around, maybe do some window shopping. I'll probably hit up the mall on my way back to Raleigh so don't really care about staying close to it.

2/3/2012 9:27:00 AM

Are you talking about Concord Mills mall? There's another mall called Southpark that is about 15 minutes south of uptown. It's got a ton of restaurants around it, as well as the aforementioned window shopping you were talking about.

You can stay at the Epicentre, there's an Aloft hotel there. There is also a Marriott off of Trade st., a Hilton somewhere, a place called the Dunhill, etc. The Westin is nice, but it's a little more of a walk to the restaurants and places that will be open in the evening. The Epicentre has a great sushi place, five guys, jason's deli, wild wing cafe, a restaurant called Mez that I like a lot, etc. Not really shopping to do around there though.

Southpark has some great restaurants near it, especially a Burger/Sushi place called Cowfish. There's a Doubletree at Southpark, as well as another hotel off of Rexford, I think it's a Marriott or something like that...

2/3/2012 9:46:25 AM