by Leo Suarez

BeerCon: Wine Specials in Downtown Raleigh


Wine! (picture by Abbyladybug)

BeerCon does not have to be all about tasty suds. As I close in on my 200th beer at The Flying Saucer, I’ve been recently thinking that wine would be a taste I want to improve on. I’m terrible at tasting wine, which is expected because I drink very little of it. My first approach is to simply drink more of it and take note of the bottles I’m sampling. The easiest, and cheapest, way I see to dive into this is to chase the half price specials. Here is a short list of places that offer half price wine each week.

Monday

Tuesday

Thursday

Where have you been? Any wine connoisseurs out there want to recommend a place on or off this list in downtown that has a good selection?

by Leo Suarez

Time Capsule Buried In Downtown Raleigh

Next to the sidewalks of Salisbury Street, there is this plaque on the ground that states the following:

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

BICENTENNIAL CAPSULE

BURIED JULY 4, 1976

TO BE OPENED JULY 4, 2076

The church is on the corner of Salisbury and Morgan Streets if anyone is interested in looking for it. 2076 is quite a ways out so pass this along to your kids so that they can see it being opened on our country’s 300th birthday.

by Leo Suarez

Plaza Cafe

According to this piece of paper on the door, Plaza Cafe will be coming soon to one of the spaces in the Progress Energy building on Fayetteville St. It might not be too crazy to think that Plaza Cafe may open when City Plaza opens this Fall but I do not know this for sure.

There are four entrances to some spaces on the sidewalk of the 400 block of Fayetteville St. in the white Progress Energy building. The space with the old RBC Bank looks torn up but perhaps there is work being done here. Two spaces are covered by paper, one being this coming cafe, and the third is the entrance to the building lobby.

by Leo Suarez

BeerCon: Boylan Bridge Brewpub

The Boylan Bridge Brewpub is a brewpub near the Boylan bridge. (duh!) Anyway, besides the simple name, the ‘bridgepub’ deserves a visit by any beer fan in downtown Raleigh. The beer is brewed on site and they serve a variety of styles from their lighter colored Gaston Golden to the darker Bruno Bitter. You can also order wine if a tasty brew does not quite hit the spot on a warm evening. (ladies?) The food has received mixed reviews but if you want to play it safe, go for the onion rings.

The big draw of the bridgepub is the large outdoor patio with a great view of the Raleigh skyline. Every nice day or night I’ve visited, the patio has been packed with others enjoying the weather and the view. Walk down Hargett St. from downtown and give it a try.

website: http://www.boylanbridge.com/

201 South Boylan Avenue
Raleigh, NC 27603
(Go to map)
(919)803-8927


Via DTRaleigh on Flickr