Its an anniversary, but we dont want to go all out, maybe eat for ~40-50 bucks total. Any ideas around Raleigh? We are doing sushi this weekend, so I'd like to stay away from that whole area but anything else is good.

2/8/2007 1:29:33 PM

twisted fork
second empire
caffe luna
42nd street oyster bar

2/8/2007 1:36:14 PM

second empire != $50

twisted fork is good

2/8/2007 1:56:20 PM

518 West

Good italian, nice atmospehere...she will enjoy it, trust me

2/8/2007 2:08:39 PM

I thought Cafe Luna was very nice.

You might also try An in Cary, they have a unique(to NC) Asian selection with a very modern atmosphere.

2/8/2007 2:11:50 PM

oooh

thanks a bunch guys

2/8/2007 2:29:33 PM

Go to http://www.xioscafe.com and make sure you get some mezenthes.

2/8/2007 2:44:26 PM

I hate cafe luna...its got such a chick atmosphere. It is GREAT for dining with the girls...on girls night, but if my boyfriend took me there I would call him a pussy.

2/8/2007 2:49:48 PM

ha ha ha, good joke.

you don't have a boyfriend.

2/8/2007 2:57:50 PM

No shit...but it was the theory of going with his situation

Glad it is that important to you.

2/8/2007 2:58:38 PM

$40-$50.....shit....man i haven't been able to take a girl on a dinner date and not spend at least $100

2/8/2007 3:07:32 PM

518 West

Good italian, nice atmospehere...she will enjoy it, trust me

2/8/2007 3:08:10 PM

bella monica, dos taquitos

both are pretty cheep, have good atmosphere, and good food

2/8/2007 3:32:22 PM

how long of an anniversary?

2/8/2007 3:44:37 PM

about a year, but its our 'month' anniversary and she just happens to be in town...

2/8/2007 5:32:08 PM

mmmmmmcrazyfiremmmmmmmmm

2/8/2007 5:33:28 PM

It may not be as expensive or "fancy" as some of the restaurants, but I still hold that Carrabbas is one of my favorite restaurants. And the Chocolate Dream Cake is heaven!!!

2/8/2007 5:35:49 PM

Bella Monica is awesome.

Great little place that you wouldn't normally expect to find.

2/8/2007 5:41:10 PM

Yeah two thumbs-up for Bella...it's in that place on Duraleigh w/ the Blockbuster, and it just says like "PIZZA PLACE" or something...weird

but AWESOME food

2/8/2007 8:04:26 PM

anyone try fins? taste? cost?

2/8/2007 9:34:00 PM

Bella Monica is great, a real gem. I hate 518, the waitstaff is rude if you don't drink and the food is just not that good. Also, good, Nina's in North Raleigh, that's some good Italian!

2/8/2007 10:07:03 PM

The Rockford is our standby; and you can actually get good food and a couple of drinks for your budget...

2/9/2007 9:41:07 AM

I totally forgot about this place untill yesterday. This kick ass fine dinning mexican resturant opened. Its a resturant and tequilla lounge named Jibara. The astomsphere is kick ass, its almost worth it to go there for that alone

http://www.jibarra.net/triangle.area/intro.htm

2/9/2007 9:52:48 AM

I second the rockford . . and dude . . don't spend that much money if you don't have to, that's fucking crazy.
amount spent =/= amount loved.

518 is good (but I'm biased), sit at a bar table if you can.

5 star is also an excellent choice.

Cafe luna was a huge disappointment . . . NOTHING was made in-house, bleh.

2/9/2007 9:56:04 AM

haha... she got here and i was all excited to start getting ready for our night out and she says... 'I have been craving some Moe's forever'. So, we got some Moe's, went back to the apt and watched the Canes game. She is coming back tonight so maybe we can hit up a nice restaurant for dinner tomorrow.

^as far as the spending money thing... we live about an hour apart and we dont get to do things like this too much, so we look forward to our big nights together. but we both know that we dont need to spend a lot of money to be happy, we did moe's last night and had just as good of a time

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2/9/2007 9:57:21 AM

okay, I thought you guys saw each other everyday or something, that's different

2/9/2007 10:02:09 AM

how many resturant threads do we need?

2/9/2007 10:07:19 AM

as long as each one contains valueable information I say keep 'em all

they're helpful

2/9/2007 10:30:19 AM

its all the same information reguratated

the posts in the thread are just like the posts in all the other threads

lock this up

2/9/2007 10:41:20 AM

sorry if im 'reguratating' something here, but I am looking for info relevant to me today. I have a specific need that I wanted addressed and I took it here and got great feedback. The only person who hasnt contributed anything to this and has wasted everyone's time is you, sir.

2/9/2007 10:50:03 AM

the girl and I went to 518 west tonight. loved it

2/10/2007 3:57:48 AM

An in Cary

yum

2/10/2007 11:21:04 AM

you should go to the rockford...definitely my favorite place to eat

2/10/2007 11:44:27 AM

Quote :

"how many resturant threads do we need?"

i don't know, maybe enough to teach you how to spell the word

2/10/2007 12:15:58 PM

18 Seaboard

2/10/2007 12:27:47 PM