If you’ve heard the buzz about a new arcade and bar opening in downtown Durham and wondered what became of it, get your quarters ready. Quarter Horse Bar & Arcade will soon open its doors on the corner of Mangum and Main streets. Its owners say June 1 is the target date for the debut […]
Curt Fields
Bio: Curt Fields is the Associate Editor at INDY Week. He lives in Raleigh.Email: [email protected]
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Pub Grub
If you’re out for serious drink, food is often an irrelevant consideration. All that matters is the bartender’s talent and the beverage options on the shelf, right? Not always. There are times when you find yourself starving in midtipple and end up inhaling a greasy burger, flaccid fries, and a lingering feeling of regret. It […]
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Drinking Problems
A chalkboard outside a restaurant catches my eye. It touts brunch and mimosas. I love brunch. I love mimosas. So in I go. “Oh, you have to wait on the mimosa, hon,” my waitress says. “It’s only eleven. We can’t sell mimosas before noon.” That was my first encounter with North Carolina’s labyrinth of liquor […]
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Looking to Indulge in NC Beer Month? We’ve Got You Covered.
We love our beer in North Carolina, with 203 craft breweries and counting. In April, we celebrate that love with North Carolina Beer Month, when breweries and bottle shops host special events across the state. We’ve digested some of the Triangle’s best beery festivities in the coming weeks. For the impatient, Raleigh’s BottleMixx on Creedmoor […]
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Superhero MC: Darryl “D.M.C.” McDaniels Returns to the Comics That Helped Mutate a Catholic Schoolkid Into a Hip-Hop Legend
NC COMICON: OAK CITY Saturday, March 18 & Sunday, March 19, $15–$60 Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh www.nccomicon.com/oak-city A conversation with Darryl McDaniels is as fast-paced and layered as a good comic book, and that makes sense. Most people know McDaniels as the tracksuit-wearing, Adidas-sporting “D.M.C.” half of rap legends Run-D.M.C. But comic book fans know […]
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Drink This: The Blind Barbour Really Has a Cocktail Called the Smoked Turkey, and It Really Does Contain One of Those Things
THE BLIND BARBOUR 3055 Medlin Drive, Raleigh www.blindbarbour.com Excluding certain small-batch bourbons and twenty-five-year-old single malt Scotches, the best thing you can have in your glass at the moment is a Smoked Turkey. No, this is not some Thanksgiving-themed fever dream. It’s a specialty cocktail at The Blind Barbour in Raleigh that stimulates your palate […]
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Movie Review: Everyone Says Lego Flicks Are Uniquely Fun for Kids and Adults. We Sent One of Each to The Lego Batman Movie to Find Out.
The Lego Batman Movie Now playing One statement you are guaranteed to hear regarding any Lego-based movie, TV special, or video game is that it offers fun for young and old alike. Testing that, the INDY sent two reviewers—one thirteen, one demonstrably older—to The Lego Batman Movie. THE KID: Not the jokes you need, but […]
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The Blind Barbour Celebrates First Anniversary With Free Tastings All Week
The Blind Barbour, an excellent neighborhood craft cocktail and bourbon bar in Raleigh, celebrates its first anniversary this week. Beginning tonight, the bar will offer complimentary tastings every evening. From 6 to 8 p.m. tonight, a tasting of Jim Beam’s small-batch bourbons will feature pours from Basil Hayden’s, Booker’s, and Baker’s. As an added attraction, […]
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Failed Updates of Classic Dishes Abound. Brier Creek Beer Garden’s Duck and Waffles Isn’t One of Them.
Brier Creek Beer Garden 8521 Brier Creek Parkway, Raleigh Brunch served Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. A dish that was once only the province of down-home soul food restaurants, chicken and waffles has become nearly as ubiquitous as pasta, dotting haute cuisine menus and fast-food specials alike. At the newly opened […]
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Feeling Thirsty? Let Local Breweries Help You Through North Carolina Beer Month
North Carolina’s annual Beer Month got off to a fun, sudsy start this weekend with events across the state. Of course, the Triangle’s brewers represented at bottle shops, breweries and bars. Durham’s The Glass Jug couldn’t wait for the month to arrive and launched Beer Month Thursday night, hosting an event that featured the tapping […]