Haha. Nice bump. Glad to be going back to see how Raleigh has changed in 8 years. Any food recs?
Unfortunately the venue is kinda on the outskirts of town so unless you wanna go downtown there aren't a ton of options.
I will say though that the corner of Chatham and Maynard in Cary is close and has TONS of awesome restaurants if you're into International stuff -- several different Indian restaurants, Jamaican, Baghdad bakery, multiple Chinese joints (diff regions) etc.
There's a decent barbecue place nearby -- ole time barbecue. Classic old school bbq joint for sweet tea and alll the soul.
Right next to the venue there is a brand new restaurant called the local that just opened -- haven't been yet. A lot of people pregame events at Bru's and walk over to the venue -- there's a tunnel that goes under the street.
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^ when I was at NC State I washed dishes at Ole Time Barbecue 😆 It was my job to load 300lbs of meat on the grill every afternoon for them to use to next day. I made $6/hr
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I will say though that the corner of Chatham and Maynard in Cary is close and has TONS of awesome restaurants if you're into International stuff -- several different Indian restaurants, Jamaican, Baghdad bakery, multiple Chinese joints (diff regions) etc.
There's a decent barbecue place nearby -- ole time barbecue. Classic old school bbq joint for sweet tea and alll the soul.
Right next to the venue there is a brand new restaurant called the local that just opened -- haven't been yet. A lot of people pregame events at Bru's and walk over to the venue -- there's a tunnel that goes under the street.
1998 Raleigh
2000 Virginia Beach
2003 Raleigh
2016 Raleigh Thanks HB2
2016 Columbia
2020 Baltimore Thanks COVID
2022 Baltimore The only original COVID venue not rescheduled (due to construction) :(
2022 Denver
2024 Baltimore
2025 Raleigh 1 and 2