A locals guide to visiting Raleigh

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• on2legs Posts: 15,585

  May 2

  Thank you!

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• PJNB Posts: 13,767

  May 2

  Awesome job thanks for this! 

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• darwinstheory LaPorte, IN Posts: 6,940

  May 2

  Thank you OP!

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• droptheleash9 Posts: 1,447

  May 2 edited May 2

  Go play Pinehurst!

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• D-Day Posts: 429

  May 2

   

  Was looking for a view on Relaigh and this showed up too
  
  

  lead direct to👇🏿27 best FUN things to do in Releigh
  https://www.artofit.org/image-gallery/30258628740562063/27-best-fun-things-to-do-in-raleigh-north-carolina/

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• nicknyr15 Posts: 8,969

  May 2

  Awesome info. I’m actually getting tempted to take the drive down. Is there a better beach for surfing between Wilmington and wrightville?

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• GW14158 Posts: 44

  1:41AM

  From Raleigh Wrightsville is exactly 2 hours door to door to the Johnnie Mercer Pier. My cousin runs a surfing camp and lessons and works out of Wrightsville and Topsail. (https://ncsurfadventures.com/) From that would say those are your best beaches for surfing.  

  Randall's Island NYC 9/28/06, Knoxville 9/06/98, Columbia, MD 9/18/98, VA Beach 8/3/00, Charlotte 8/4/00, Cincinnati 8/20/00, Columbia, MD 9/4/00, Camden, NJ 7/5/03, Camden, NJ 5/28/06, Columbia, SC 6/16/08, Wash DC 6/22/08, Charlotte 10/30/13, MSG #1, NYC 05/01/16, MSG #2, NYC 05/02/16, Baltimore 09/12/24

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• Wrangler Posts: 100

  2:37AM

  This is great.  Thank you.  Coming from NY.

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• jasonw Posts: 428

  3:25AM

  Come to Wilmington/Wrightsville Beach on Monday everyone! 

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• Jdub5521 Posts: 157

  3:37AM

  This rocks, thank you! Any recommendations for coffee/breakfast? 

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• walkunafraid Posts: 2,636

  3:44AM

  Thanks for sharing! I'll be hitting up a few of those breweries for sure. Any of them within walking distance of the venue? 

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• Imcoffeegirl Posts: 337

  12:04PM

  Thanks, @GW14158! Where would you recommend to get a great cheeseburger? 

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• nicknyr15 Posts: 8,969

  12:12PM

  GW14158 said:

  From Raleigh Wrightsville is exactly 2 hours door to door to the Johnnie Mercer Pier. My cousin runs a surfing camp and lessons and works out of Wrightsville and Topsail. (https://ncsurfadventures.com/) From that would say those are your best beaches for surfing.  

  More and more tempting. You’ve been a huge help. Thank you. 

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• GW14158 Posts: 44

  2:27PM

  OK!

  
  

  Cheeseburger: Probably Bad Daddy's (there are a few locations but I've been to the one in the Seaboard part of downtown), also MoJos which is located on top of the hill of Glenwood South. (As others have noted here, Glenwood South is the main bar and club area for Raleigh.)

  
  

  Coffee / Breakfast: LOTs of coffee places, but surprisingly not a ton of places for a hot sit-down breakfast.

  
  

  First Coffee (with counter service food)

  - The Optimist (located about 2-3 miles from the Lenovo Center off Glenwood Ave.)

  - Sola (a little further up in North Raleigh)
  - 321 Coffee (Hillsborough St. & The Farmers Market. They employ people with develepmental disabilities)
  - A Cup of Joe (Also Hillsborogh near NC State. It's an NC State Insitution.)
  - Sir Walter (downtown)
  - Black & White Coffee, Warehouse District (near Videri Chocolate Factory which is also really cool to check out!)

  
  

  Breakfast:
  - Best Bagels (and good coffee): Benchwarmers in Transfer Food Hall (downtown near Moore Square)
  - Big Eds (Another Raleigh insitution downtown near Moore Square.)
  - Farmers Market Resturant (probably #1 place for breakfast. I've certainly been there more than any other places combined)
  - First Watch (It's a chain, but good food and not far from the Lenovo Center off Glenwood)
  - Biscuit Belly (Seaboard. Have not been there but hear it's good)

  
  

  Breweries near the venue... Thing about the Lenovo Center is that it's not near anything! There is a bar, The Local right across the street, but that's really it. That used to be Backyard Bistro until the owner of the Canes bought it and changed the name. But the cloest Brewery is probably Raleigh Brewing. Maybe 4 miles away. Raleigh Brewing is near some other stuff as that area is across the street from Meredith College and not far from NC State. 

  
  

  Oh, and other free / cheap things to do: Duke Chapel. While not too enamored with Duke's campus, the Chapel is very very impressive. It's basically a catheral. Also in Duke is the Nasher Museum. But been a while since I've been there. And on NC State's campus is the Gregg Museum of Art & Design. Lastly, some others here have mentioned Raleigh Beer Garden on Glenwood South. Most taps ANYWHERE, but they also have mini-golf in the back. Haven't played it, but hear it's surprsingly good! 

  Randall's Island NYC 9/28/06, Knoxville 9/06/98, Columbia, MD 9/18/98, VA Beach 8/3/00, Charlotte 8/4/00, Cincinnati 8/20/00, Columbia, MD 9/4/00, Camden, NJ 7/5/03, Camden, NJ 5/28/06, Columbia, SC 6/16/08, Wash DC 6/22/08, Charlotte 10/30/13, MSG #1, NYC 05/01/16, MSG #2, NYC 05/02/16, Baltimore 09/12/24

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