Been a while, but I remember where I used to hang out in college--now that I'm older and stop by Raleigh every now and then, where's the place to go now that one's older (on weekends/nights/etc)?

11/9/2005 6:44:33 PM

define older - young professional crowd?

rush lounge / bogart's / white collar crime / hibernian / etc. - but there's still the college kids there too on certain nights

11/9/2005 6:46:41 PM

Yeah, I'd call it young professional crowd...

..although Christ, I feel fucking elderly half the time

11/9/2005 6:50:00 PM

why do you wanna go where the older crowd is?

don't you like 19 year old girls anymore, Burke?

11/9/2005 6:54:15 PM

Dude, I can't fucking stand younger girls. I think I must have an Oedipus Complex or something.

11/9/2005 7:07:44 PM

^if that's your thing try Michael Dean's...that place reeks of late 30s desperation!

11/9/2005 7:48:01 PM

Ri Ra is a mix of mid to late 20s and some college on the weekends...
The Ale Houses draw a good mix, espcially for state games...
Max's Tavern in Cary is good...
Downtown is great, but there are other places people go espcially our age.

11/10/2005 11:31:01 AM

next he will be asking for a wing man

11/10/2005 11:31:50 AM

^^^ hahah...

Thats so funny you say that.

I went there for the first time teh other week with a few friends and had to wait in the bar to eat and it looked like that!

11/10/2005 12:24:52 PM

THE CROWD AT RED ROOM IS OLDER...MID TO LATE TWENTIES TO LATE THIRTIES....

11/10/2005 3:22:48 PM

SawMill Tap Room is older usually

11/10/2005 4:29:03 PM

red room is a gay bar

11/10/2005 5:35:22 PM

Yeah, I need to guarantee myself an enjoyable time next time I go to Raleigh. I'm not driving an hour and a half to tag along with someone who takes 5 hours to figure out what they want to do that night.

Plan, plan, plan!

11/10/2005 7:21:14 PM

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"red room is a gay bar"

RED ROOM WOULD PROBABLY LOSE ITS REPUTATION AS A GAY BAR IF FAGS LIKE YOU STOPPED GOING THERE...

11/11/2005 11:53:13 AM

^^^that must be why all the hot chicks are there.

11/11/2005 12:23:37 PM

bogarts, hibernian, sometimes stool pigeons

i got dragged to Havana's (i think that's what it was called) one night and that sucked.

11/11/2005 11:47:06 PM

Bogarts can be pricey. I was DD for a group of 6 there one night. Tab was over $700

11/12/2005 2:18:29 AM

went to 42nd St. Oyster Bar last night and the majority of the crowd was older (25+) you could say

11/13/2005 12:35:28 PM

I hear ya Maverick, I'd be pissed to if I stood outside for ever trying to figure out where to go.

Here's an idea, if going out with old friends, don't go with 15 people who all have different ideas on what "fun" is...

sorry it sucked for ya.

11/13/2005 11:33:02 PM

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"Bogarts can be pricey. I was DD for a group of 6 there one night. Tab was over $700"

Apparently they really needed one.

11/14/2005 12:08:31 AM

Yes, the 5 of them pounded down. I did get an appetizer though as part of the bill. It was right after a wedding reception so we were there a good while too.

11/14/2005 12:32:44 AM

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"i got dragged to Havana's (i think that's what it was called) one night and that sucked. "

Havana's is a great place to go chill. Dim light, and music thats not loud. I highly recommend it.

11/14/2005 9:26:27 AM

never been to the stool pidgeons in raleigh, but in charlotte they are good.

plus they always have a draft for 1.50

11/14/2005 12:43:32 PM

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"never been to the stool pidgeons in raleigh"

yeah and you dont want to go


that place is the biggest wall to wall cockfest

the bartenders (for the most part) are rude pieces of shit and their prices suck ass

[Edited on November 14, 2005 at 1:09 PM. Reason : that place sucks]

11/14/2005 1:09:04 PM

if i go anywhere in raleigh now it's probably the village drafthouse

11/14/2005 7:38:54 PM

yeah and last time i was at Stool pigeons, the bouncers are complete cock gobblers too

11/15/2005 9:19:00 AM

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"Havana's is a great place to go chill. Dim light, and music thats not loud. I highly recommend it."

I hate Havana's and Havana's hates me. Everytime I go in there i feel like I need to take off my golf spikes and tip the caddy for a good round.

I like going to White Collar Crime when in town.

11/15/2005 10:04:35 AM

havana's is a cigar bar - only go if you like cigars

11/15/2005 10:39:57 AM

i kind of like havana's. But it's more about who you go there to smoke a cigar and have a drink with.

The bartenders have been nothing but nice to me.

[Edited on November 15, 2005 at 1:37 PM. Reason : ]

11/15/2005 1:36:43 PM

I would not consider myself an older person, but def. a young professional. I tend to go to Rush Lounge, Hiberian, April and George, Red Room, Sulivans, and Bogarts...

11/18/2005 9:53:11 PM

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"if that's your thing try Michael Dean's...that place reeks of late 30s desperation!"

i 2nd michael dean's. if you don't leave with a woman, then your fucking gay. the older women that hang out there are just looking for sex too. hell, half of them are married.

11/18/2005 11:01:42 PM

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"Dude, I can't fucking stand younger girls"

Amen

18-22 year old girls, PLEASE stop throwing the pussy my way

thank you

11/19/2005 12:42:53 PM

longbranch

11/19/2005 3:07:50 PM

i go to havanas fairly reguarly

i picked up some nice bolivars today so i may go tonight

[Edited on November 19, 2005 at 9:02 PM. Reason : hmmmmm good idea]

11/19/2005 8:36:02 PM

2nd hibernian


hifizzle

11/22/2005 10:50:50 AM

Havana's is a pretty nice place. And the usual bartender Mike is great. Free shots all the time!

11/22/2005 3:11:53 PM

havanas tonite

11/22/2005 7:03:34 PM

If you just want to have a bottle of wine or something with your significant other, then I like Enoteca Vin, may be just Vin nowadays, behind Hard Times Cafe.

They have really good food as well.

11/23/2005 11:28:36 AM