Guidebook for Raleigh

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Guidebook for Raleigh

Food Scene

great Belgian waffles and people watching
14 locals recommend
Benelux Coffee
402 Oberlin Rd
14 locals recommend
great Belgian waffles and people watching
Led by Cheetie Kumar, this amazing restaurant has delicious food and an incredible vibe. Yes, she's also the guitarist from Birds of Avalon, and a music venue owner. She's multitalented and her food is incredible.
27 locals recommend
Garland
14 W Martin St
27 locals recommend
Led by Cheetie Kumar, this amazing restaurant has delicious food and an incredible vibe. Yes, she's also the guitarist from Birds of Avalon, and a music venue owner. She's multitalented and her food is incredible.

Shopping

Locally made gifts, cool stuff you need, books, cards and more.
43 locals recommend
Deco Raleigh
207 S Salisbury St
43 locals recommend
Locally made gifts, cool stuff you need, books, cards and more.
You need something new to wear. For women, dudes, babes and even pets. Also great gifts, and next door to a good wine shop!
27 locals recommend
Edge of Urge
215 E Franklin St
27 locals recommend
You need something new to wear. For women, dudes, babes and even pets. Also great gifts, and next door to a good wine shop!
Bike repair, bikes to buy, group rides and rentals. This is the spot for cycling in Raleigh.
15 locals recommend
Oak City Cycling
707 N Person St
15 locals recommend
Bike repair, bikes to buy, group rides and rentals. This is the spot for cycling in Raleigh.
Craft supplies, classes, work space, cool people. This is worth a visit if you sew, bead, felt, knit or just like crafting. Lots of local kits and supplies.
Craft Habit Raleigh
2423 Crabtree Blvd
Craft supplies, classes, work space, cool people. This is worth a visit if you sew, bead, felt, knit or just like crafting. Lots of local kits and supplies.

Essentials

can be oddly crowded , but a full grocery
132 locals recommend
Harris Teeter
500 Oberlin Rd
132 locals recommend
can be oddly crowded , but a full grocery
deli, organics, some fancy noshes and good wine selection
50 locals recommend
The Fresh Market
400 Woodburn Rd
50 locals recommend
deli, organics, some fancy noshes and good wine selection
wine! in walking distance!
The Wine Feed
602 Glenwood Ave
wine! in walking distance!
very close, GREAT beer selection (not joking!) and sometimes oddly good deals on decent wine...
12 locals recommend
Peace Street Market
804 W Peace St
12 locals recommend
very close, GREAT beer selection (not joking!) and sometimes oddly good deals on decent wine...

Arts & Culture

do not miss this
437 locals recommend
North Carolina Museum of Art
2110 Blue Ridge Rd
437 locals recommend
do not miss this
Raleigh's contemporary art museum with a record of edgy shows.
87 locals recommend
CAM Raleigh
409 W Martin St
87 locals recommend
Raleigh's contemporary art museum with a record of edgy shows.

Parks & Nature

great walk around the lake
112 locals recommend
Lake Johnson Park
4601 Avent Ferry Rd
112 locals recommend
great walk around the lake

Sightseeing

I've chosen the brewpub not because of the beer (it's drinkable if anything) or the food (not amazing, but edible) but because their outside patio and the adjacent bridge are the best spot to watch a sunset in Raleigh. YES, they all face East, but the sun shines off the downtown skyskape in incredible ways. Get a (mediocre) beer here and then once the sun is down hit 5Star or Moonlight Pizza or someplace else for a good meal.
26 locals recommend
Boylan Bridge Brewpub
201 South Boylan Avenue
26 locals recommend
I've chosen the brewpub not because of the beer (it's drinkable if anything) or the food (not amazing, but edible) but because their outside patio and the adjacent bridge are the best spot to watch a sunset in Raleigh. YES, they all face East, but the sun shines off the downtown skyskape in incredible ways. Get a (mediocre) beer here and then once the sun is down hit 5Star or Moonlight Pizza or someplace else for a good meal.

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