So, I have created one specific to the Raleigh-Durham area. This discussion board is dedicated to the people who use it, so the structure and atmosphere of the site will be dictated by the public.

Stop by to take a look if you would like and please let me know what you think.

http://www.speakuptriangle.com

24 HOUR DINING: The International House of Pancakes is there on Hillsborough Street. It’s not a “diner” per se, but they do have a lot of great breakfast items.

RALEIGH VIDEO PRESENCE: An online TV station called RTP-TV started up in 2001 (beating Triangle Boulevard only by about 7 years) and ran about 700 shows on the Triangle businesses, food, events, politics, etc. including events on downtown such as the First Night Raleigh celebrations, Taste of Raleigh, St. Patricks Day, NC History Museum, etc. As one of the producers, I’d like to add that we still produce videos that appear through newspaper sites like the Raleigh Downtowner, but we’ve found that most people prefer text stories to video and advertisers definitely do. Getting people to advertise on the web is not easy. Good luck to Triangle Boulevard TV, but you’re not the first to try it and you probably should not keep claiming that in your material since it’s not true.

MUSIC VENUE: They’re not a music venue per se, but the Irish pubs in Raleigh seem to have a lot of music almost every night. TirNaNog has a dedicated stage and Napper Tandy’s also has several outdoor concerts where they block off the street. It would be great to see something like Cat’s Cradle or the Cave like in Chapel Hill though.

PIZZA: It would be awesome if I Love NY Pizza would put a location downtown near all the bars. I think they would make a mint selling their chicken barbecue pizza after 2am.