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these are just a few of the places the hudson mahler gallery goodnight’s Comedy Club mellow mushroom FIVE POINTS/HAYES BARTON mOORE SQuARE/CITY mKT. where the downtowner is available west at north landmark tavern Clarion hotel hibernian hayes Barton pharmacy artspace each month. with our 100% pickup rBC plaza sheraton hotel info desk ymCa hillsborough street sushi Blues / Zely & ritz (sidewalk) nofo @ the pig tir na nog irish pub rate, many locations run out after 712 tucker progress energy building lobby theatre in the park helios Café (sidewalk) rialto Big ed’s (sidewalk) just a few weeks. if you can’t fi nd a Cooper’s BBQ Beansprout restaurant Brueggers Bagels third place Coffee troy mezze copy, visit our website and read the DOWNTOWN Capital City Club lounge Bada Bing pizza lilly’s pizza current pdF available online. you in all raleigh rickshaws progress energy Building shop CAmERON VILLAGE salon 21 J. edwin’s salon WAREHOuSE DISTRICT can catch up on past issues too. wake County Courthouse bu•ku harris teeter/suntrust Bank the Cupcake Bakery shoppe hayes Barton salon Flanders gallery if you have suggestions for raleigh City Council Building Carolina Café BB&t primp salon Flying saucer Bar another location where you’d like raleigh Chamber of Commerce Crema Capital Bank Fly salon SEABOARD STATION the pit restaurant to see the downtowner, email us at spize Café Cameron Village library lee hansley gallery offi ce of the secretary of state 02 Fitness Jibarra restaurant [email protected]. north Carolina theatre offi ce Busy Bee Village draft house Bliss salon seaboard wine tuscan Blu we love hearing from our readers! raleigh memorial box offi ce taz's wine, tobacco & gifts york Companies revolver Boutique 18 seaboard (sidewalk) Contemporary art museum raleigh urban design Center raleigh Visitors Center Village deli ace hardware Capital Bank great outdoor provision Company DOWNTOWN CONDOS empire properties HISTORIC DISTRICT galatea mIDTOWN/NORTH/OTHER the dawson raleigh City museum legislative Building cafe peace China Barnes & noble (Crabtree) 222 Condos downtown raleigh alliance HILLSBOROuGH ST./NCSu GLENWOOD SOuTH person street pharmacy logan trading Co. sawasdee thai 510 glenwood raleigh times Bar second empire restaurant sullivan’s steakhouse (foyer) oakwood Bed & Breakfast Carolina Ballet offi ce park devereux sitti Campbell law school lobby 510 glenwood business foyer gallery C POWERHOuSE DISTRICT Q shack (north hills) the Cotton mill hamlin drugs wral-tV5 lobby 510 glenwood (sidewalk) nC museum of history napper tandy’s glo de Vie medspa (north hills) the paramount morning times irregardless Café rockford nC dept. of labor 42nd street whole Foods palladium plaza French | west | Vaughn Char-grill (sidewalk) tesoro salon nC dept. of agriculture natty greene’s margaux’s Looking Back at 2011 All things considered, it was a pretty good year for Downtown Raleigh

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he City of Raleigh headed into a new contemporary Mexican restaurant Jibarra (cel- that we may face in the near future. saw lots of year with plenty of national attention ebrating their sixth year in business), downtowners activity on the expansion of the new development asT it yet again topped several “Best of” lists in 2011. can enjoy authentic Italian at Tuscan Blu with Chef code, called the Uni ed Development Ordinance e city’s “hostess with the mostest,” downtown Maurizio. Tasty Beverage Company is downtown’s or UDO. Raleigh, seems to improve every year, learning how new bottled beer shop and, for a er dinner, visi- to entertain, serve and treat us better and better. tors can stop in for delicious chocolate treats at the 2011 de nitely furthered this upward trend. brand new Videri Chocolate factory. All this can be Downtown hosted the 2011 NHL All-Star game fes- found in one building and just around the corner tivities and received glowing reviews from hockey from the Contemporary Art Museum, Humble Pie fans around the country. e second annual Hop- and Flanders Gallery in the Warehouse District. scotch music festival was a weekend to remember; e second accomplishment of downtown I’ve never seen downtown buzz like it did that week- Raleigh’s atmosphere is more subtle but de nitely end in September. Others may have been excited by worth mentioning. roughout , restaurants catching a glimpse of Hollywood when Colin Firth expanded their hours, including opening on days and Emily Blunt were lming “Arthur Newman, previously closed or serving lunch when previously Golf Pro” on Fayetteville Street. dinner was only o ered. It seems that any night rough the great events and de ning moments, is worth planning an outing into downtown: the downtown Raleigh continued to push itself and the streets are busier, the nights (and days) are fuller, entire city forward with amazing speed into the and it’s getting better every day. future. Along with key construction projects completed in , important plans are in the works to More an Meets the Eye continue the growth that the nation has begun to realize and expect from our city. Behind the scenes, citizens and city o cials are all working to plan for the future. Planning for growth Expanding Your Choices has been a strong theme in Raleigh for the past few years and was no di erent. In downtown, the food, drinks and atmosphere are In a move towards creating a more e cient and a winning combination unmatched anywhere else accessible government, a group of Raleigh citizens in Raleigh. Last year’s thriving restaurant scene came together and hosted the rst ever CityCamp raised the bar in two ways. Raleigh. On a weekend in June , CityCamp Firstly, the new additions gave visitors and hosted an open source style “unconference” where residents new tastes to excite their foodie palates. participants drove the agenda. Groups were formed Famed Raleigh chef Ashley Christensen added a around di erent city issues, including better under- trio of establishments on Wilmington Street; Bea- standing the bus system or how to report neighbor- View looking south from one of the new Green Square skywalks. sley’s Chicken and Honey serves fried chicken with hood problems, and came up with technological a variety of fresh sides while, next door, Chuck’s solutions to solve them. rough a list of sponsors, is form-based code attempts to make it easier cooks up premium hamburgers and e Fox CityCamp gave one outstanding team for the for developers and builders get their proposals Liquor Bar serves specialty cocktails for downtown best idea and solution. Smaller meet-ups continue approved and begin work more quickly by speci- loungers in the hidden basement. You can’t miss it and will hopefully see the second CityCamp fying the types of development allowed in certain under the neon “Liquor” sign on Martin Street. build on its current success. parts of the city. is bene ts developers that follow Another victory of new additions in the down- While citizens utilized technology to solve the code with faster approval and fewer upfront town restaurant scene is the variety of eateries now neighborhood problems, our city planners pre- costs for plan modi cations. Easier + faster + lower lling the historic Depot building. Alongside the emptively tackled the larger development issues cost = more construction + new business. >>>

RALEIGH DOWNTOWNER mAGAzINE | downtown raleigh’s premier monthly | Volume 8, issue 1 3 4 RALEIGH DOWNTOWNER magazine | downtown raleigh’s premier monthly | Volume 8, issue 1 held outside of California and about , Triangle center. e ve- to six-story building will be built at residents showed up on “Public Night” to take a look the corner of Oberlin Road and Clark Avenue, giving at the cars and technologies behind them. residents walkable access to Cameron Village. Ground With the addition of even more EV stations pro- oor retail will also serve sidewalk pedestrians and vided by o ce parks and shopping centers, Raleigh add even more to Cameron Village’s extended list of is on the way to embracing the future of automotive shops, restaurants and services. e project has already travel and becoming a nationwide example for envi- begun so expect to watch it take shape in . ronmentally aware and green-friendly cities. ese Down the street from Cameron Village is another advancements are particularly relevant as more elec- cleared plot of land that will one day hold the West tric vehicles become available on the market in . Morgan Street Apartments. is two-building project city-installed electric vehicle charging EV’s aren’t the only transportation getting atten- promises to bring around residential units to the stations are available to the public. tion in Raleigh. Various forms of mass transit took historic neighborhood along Morgan and Hillsbor- Citizens are being asked for suggestions which steps forward in ; Plans for light-rail, high-speed ough Streets, just a short distance from downtown’s will be addressed by the city, integrated into the UDO rail and expanded bus service were all mentioned in Glenwood South district. Along with apartments and where applicable, and eventually adopted. is code is the news last year. At a local level, the Bus Transit townhomes, over , square feet of o ce and retail considered one of the tools to guide the city’s growth Plan combined with the light-rail plan call for a future space is also planned. e walkable nature of the area as speci ed in the Comprehensive Plan. that will allow residents in Raleigh and Wake County combined with the historic character of the neighbor- e e ects of that long-term plan can already be to move around in a di erent and more e ective way. hood makes a perfect combination for an attractive, seen on a small scale. Newer construction in down- e bus plan will expand routes as well as increase livable community. town will now require certain pedestrian amenities, the frequency of popular routes. More express bus such as the livable streets inspiration of expanded service will be added going into Cary, Wake Forest, sidewalks. In , a project to bring outdoor seating Garner, and other Wake County towns, and connec- at the expense of a few parking spaces was completed tions to Durham will also be expanded. With the new at e Glenwood Center in downtown’s Glenwood advent of the online and app-driven bus planning South district. Without the plan in place, the wide so ware (see the article on page ), taking advantage sidewalks may not have been included in this renova- of mass transit has never been easier. tion project. Bus service areas county-wide and the compli- e sidewalks are especially signi cant because, mentarily-planned light-rail line will connect the down the street, ground has been broken on Glen- denser, more active areas including Downtown Cary, wood South’s rst hotel. e -room Hampton Inn NC State, Downtown Raleigh, and Triangle Town will overlook the busy Glenwood Avenue and enter- Center. In , the city endorsed their pick for the tainment district. Downtowners are hoping for suc- nal layout of the tracks that will go through down- cess when it opens in late or early as more town Raleigh, paving the way for more detailed engi- hotels are needed in downtown overall. neering work to begin. Zooming out to a more regional view, the South- east High-Speed Rail plans between Raleigh and Richmond, VA are coming together. e downtown Raleigh piece of this rail line stirred controversy over the proposed route options, speci cally with how to Downtown is busier not only during the move the trains along Capital Blvd. Two plans had the day but also later into the evening. tracks within close proximity to downtown neighborhoods and would have caused street closures in the Almost back to back on St. Mary’s Street and Glenwood South area. With community feedback, Boylan Avenue are the apartment projects St. Mary’s planners came back later in the year with a third alter- Square with residential units and Boylan native that seemed to please residents and businesses with units. With an estimated investment of Hampton Inn construction has begun in the in the a ected area. e ability to ride a train to our million in construction, these two projects will help new Glenwood South location. nation’s capital in under four hours is slowly coming infuse capital into local economy and the proximity into reality. of so many new apartments will give renters di erent Outside of the planning rooms, the city is taking options to choose from. action and preparing us for a potential future of alter- e Age of the Renter Raleigh’s living options are quite diverse and the native-fueled vehicles. Electric vehicle (EV) charging Inside Wade project (www.insidewade.com/DT) o ers stations were installed throughout and, according In an era where home ownership is declining, the a di erent take on the high-rise condos located near to the city, the th station was installed in January power of the renter is rising and the market is the central business district. Single family homes and . As of today, city-installed stations are avail- responding accordingly. In , land was cleared townhomes will make up this three-phase project in able to the public with the rest dedicated to recharg- for construction to start this year on multiple proj- West Raleigh. Seventy homes have already been sold ing city-owned EV’s. In downtown, you’ll nd them ects that will bring around new apartments to the as part of the rst phase and a neighborhood club- within parking decks and near major landmarks like downtown area. Approximately more are in the house and pool will open later this year. In total, over Nash Square and Fayetteville Street. pipeline, with some site plans already approved and homes are planned for this development located Last year, Raleigh proudly hosted Plug-In , a construction planned to begin this year. near a convenient crossroads for easy access to the national conference dedicated to the plug-in vehicle e Residences at Cameron Village will bring rest of the Triangle and within walking distance of the industry. is was the rst time the conference was almost residential units to the historic shopping RBC Center. >>>

RALEIGH DOWNTOWNER mAGAzINE | downtown raleigh’s premier monthly | Volume 8, issue 1 5 Serving the City and o ce space for a growing into the Future county. e county jumped at the opportunity for lower con- roughout , numerous publicly struction costs due to the cur- funded projects moved forward. rent economy and the project Along Jones Street, a pair of build- will be delivered under budget. ings connected by a skyway over While the structure outwardly McDowell Street is close to comple- appears mostly complete, inte- tion. e new o ces for the Depart- rior work will continue through ment of Environment and Natural until a planned opening in Resources (DENR) have been n- early . ished. ese o ces are a part of the Raleighites and visitors Green Square Project, which also really enjoyed themselves in includes the adjacent building. e Green Square complex, including the Daily Planet sphere encompass three city blocks. downtown Raleigh last year. I e other half of the Project, wouldn’t consider a break- set to open in April of , will consist of the Nature Daily Planet will be online for classrooms across the out year for downtown, but given the economy of the Research Center, an expansion to the North Caro- state to watch. rest of the country during the last months, you’d lina Museum of Natural Sciences. is new wing of e Daily Planet comes to us with a generous dona- have to admit we did pretty darn well. All the behind- the museum will showcase the work that scientists do tion from the State Employee Credit Union (SECU), the-scenes work will soon come to fruition and blos- rather than traditional exhibits with information. whose new tower is also nestled within the Green som into even more major accomplishments in the e most eye-catching feature of the Nature Square Project. roughout , the SECU tower has coming year. Research Center is the three-story sphere–aptly appeared out of the ground and construction of the Cheers to our downtown hostess for all you do for called the Daily Planet–that dominates the view at -story structure has now been completed. our great city. the corner of Salisbury and Jones Streets. Inside the A little further down the street, overlooking a Leo Suarez is a passionate Raleigh advocate who pho- sphere, visitors can watch a variety of science-related corner of downtown’s Nash Square, is the Wake tographs and writes about the city through his website, events and presentations. e experience isn’t limited County Justice Center. e -story, , square- www.DTRaleigh.com. Feel free to drop us a line regarding to the sphere itself, however: the broadcasts of the foot building will add much-needed courtroom this article to [email protected].

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2011 was a good year for downtown. e economy began to slowly pick We’re in the process of putting together our new website for and up, more projects were started, and quite a few new businesses and res- are looking for lots of new contributing writers. Do you share our passion taurants opened their doors. I think we’re all looking forward to for downtown? Are you out and about in North Raleigh, Durham or the an even better and brighter 2012: the grand opening of Green Triangle and want to share your experiences with our readers? If you enjoy Square, a new hotel in Glenwood South, the new Justice Center, writing and want to be a part of the Downtowner family, send us a quick new apartments with retail space on St. Mary’s St and Morgan writing sample at [email protected] and tell us what you’re St. and in Cameron Village, and no fewer than ve new restau- passionate about: fashion, music, movies, shopping, charities, green living, rants opening in downtown in the rst ve months of the year. visual or performing arts, cooking, whatever you like. We’re also looking Looking back at , there’s no better way to show support for photographers who can help us capture downtown nightlife and events, for your favorite businesses and shops than voting in this year’s photo essays, and more. We look forward to hearing from you! Best of Downtowner Awards. Tell us your favorite new restaurant, who has the best co ee, sushi, pizza, or martinis, friendliest sta , best wine list, your favorite TV personality, and many C G more. Head on over to www.bestofdowntowner.com and share the love Publisher, Raleigh Downtowner Magazine with all your local favorites. [email protected]

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ince Raleigh started being featured on so many questions in six categories, including Food, seat tickets), Jibarra Modern Mexican (), Troy “Best Of” lists over the past few years, the rest of Restaurants, Goods & Services, Shopping, Local Mezze Lounge (), Tuscan Blu Italian (), Art America is beginning to learn what we already People, and Out & About. From sushi to spas, of Style Boutique for Men & Women (), Logan’s Sknew: Raleigh is a pretty cool place to live, work milkshakes to Mediterranean, fried chicken to One Stop Garden Shop (), Raleigh Wine Shop and play. e latest accolade for the City of Oaks, food trucks; we’ve got it all covered. (), Tesoro Hair Design (free haircut + free awarded this past November, is top dog as Amer- e voting area for eligible answers has color), Wells Fargo IMAX eatre at Marbles (free ica’s Best City awarded by BusinessWeek.com. It changed since our rst Best of Downtowner movie passes), NC eatre/ eatre in the Park/ doesn’t get much better than that. A few other “Best Awards last year. Our readers told us they love Carolina Ballet (two show tickets), Downtowner Of” positions from we can boast about include downtown but wanted to vote for their favorites Magazine T-shirts, drink huggers, and lots more Best Place for Business and Careers (Forbes), all over, so we’ve expanded our voting area this free goodies. Two voters will also win the chance America’s Healthiest City for Women (Wom- year to include not just downtown but all of Wake to join Food Editor Brian Adornetto and Publisher en’s Health Magazine), Most Educated City in County. Apparently Downtowners do venture Crash Gregg on one of their Triangle Dining res- America (Men’s Health), Best City for Tech Jobs to North Raleigh and even into Cary and Wake taurant pro les, where they’ll enjoy incredible food (Forbes), Best City for Men (Men’s Health), Forest on occasion… and be featured in the article. Next Big Boom Town (Forbes), and many more. e best news about voting in our Best Of Voting is open from now until Monday, March Visit www.bit.ly/BestofRaleigh to see the other lists Downtowner Awards? Everyone who takes part th at www.welovedowntown.com, so there’s we’re dominating. Quite simply: Raleigh rules. will be automatically entered to win one of great plenty of time to think about your local favorites Now let’s get local to nd out why some of the giveaways, one for each question. Prizes include gi and cast your vote in the Second Annual Best of reasons it’s so great around here. Following are certi cates to the Carolina Hurricanes (lower level Downtowner Awards!

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irk Muller, , was named head coach of knew as a player? Probably the biggest thing is that the Carolina Hurricanes on Nov. , , you keep learning every day. We watch so much becoming the th person to serve as head video now and see so much that you just know the coachK in franchise history, and the third since the game better. Players worry about too many things team relocated to North Carolina in . that they have no control over rather than just Muller is in his rst season as an NHL head playing. Focus and concentrate on the stu you coach, having previously served as a head coach for can control and don’t worry about the rest. the Milwaukee Admirals in the American Hockey League (AHL). As a player, the Kingston, Ontario, What’s a normal day like for you? Typically on native totaled goals and assists ( points) 6 practice days we start in the morning around in , career NHL games over seasons with : or : and have our meetings, and go over what the NJ Devils, Montreal Canadiens, NY Islanders, we want to accomplish that day, the message we want Toronto Maple Leafs, Florida Panthers, and Dallas to go over before practice. en we watch videos Stars from - and is a six time NHL All- and run practice. A er that, I try to t in a workout. Star. He skated in career Stanley Cup playo I need to get a little more in than I’ve had recently games, totaling points including the Stanley (laughs). I get back home around or . I have two Cup-clinching goal for the Canadiens in ’. His daughters at home so it’s family time and usually o wife, Stacey, is also from Kingston and they have to one of their sporting activities from school. four daughters, twenty-year old twins, Brittney and Kourtney, who are at university in Canada, and Email, text, or phone: what’s your preferred daughters Bryelle and Kira ( and ) who made 7 form of communication? Now I text. I can’t the move with them here to Raleigh. We caught up catch everyone on the phone at the right time with Muller at a rare moment of downtime to learn Your coaching staff has a LOT of experience anymore so I get a lot more done if I text them. more about this interesting local celebrity. 3 on the ice as players. Does that help with coaching? It’s great actually. In pro sports there What’s your favorite food? You can’t beat a What do you like best about moving here to are a lot of good coaches who never played the 8 good steak. And lobster. So I guess you could 1 North Carolina? I like the weather! People are game at a pro level so their experience comes say surf n’ turf would be my rst choice. friendly; the tra c’s awesome. Raleigh is really from di erent paths. But what’s unique is that if an easy place to get used to. I’ve moved a lot you look at the new generation of kids—whether Do you have any hobbies? Yeah! I used to enjoy and knew about the golf and the ocean in North in sports or not—the big thing is that you really 9 going out for a beer and then I switched to Carolina, but honestly I wasn’t aware how close have to communicate with them, talking to them the wine so now I really enjoy wine. I’m enjoying the mountains were. It’s really gorgeous here and every day and feeding them information. If you the golf here and I’m a big lake guy since I like kind of like a California of the East. add up all the games and the experience we’ve all boating. I’ve gotten into mountain biking lately had in di erent situations, I think we can relate and this is a great area for it. What’s your vision for the Canes in the next to every guy in every playing situation that might 2 few years as far as what you’re inheriting and come up and hopefully guide them in the right If you had to go back and choose a different what you’d like to do with the program? I think the direction. 10 career path—you couldn’t play hockey, you biggest thing is to create a reputation that we’re a couldn’t coach—what might you enjoy doing? My hard working team, di cult to play against, com- What’s the most memorable moment of your fantasy would be to run a wine vineyard (laughs). petitive every night, and we’re not going to beat 4 career? Well, it would de nitely have to be I actually have an orchard of organic fruit trees ourselves. We want to be known as a well-disci- scoring the winning goal in Montreal in the ’ back home on the farmland near a lake. I really plined team playing a high-tempo game, with an Stanley Cup nals. at’s the kind of moment you have a lot of fun working on the farm. I’d like to in-your-face mentality. We have a good base right dream about. get into the vineyard world. But, realistically, if now and need to keep building on it to get better. I had pursued school and didn’t turn pro at , I want to nd guys who have the talent, the skills Now that you’re on the other side of the glass, I’d have gone into law. What would’ve happened and the character that’ll get us to that next level. 5 is there anything you’ve learned you wish you from there, who knows.

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ittle by little over the last year, Glenwood has into the wee hours of a weekend morning, you can Lbeen reduced to a veritable ghost town of closed choose from Shawarma (Lebanese gyro), Spicy Sage restaurants. But now, it’s trying to stage a comeback. Popcorn, Chipotle Shrimp Wraps, and Lemon Pu s, In the same space where e Globe once made its among others. e specialty cocktail list features fresh home, Oryx has moved in and is trying to kick start and surprising ingredients including toasted walnuts, the turnaround. pomegranate seeds, lychee puree, and candied bacon; Your rst question might be about the unusual de nitely not the same old same old. name. An oryx is a type of antelope that roams the Owned by a Triangle foursome, Oryx is serious deserts of North Africa along the Mediterranean Sea about supporting local businesses and animal welfare. from Casablanca to Alexandria. is amazing beast is General manager and co-owner Elizabeth Layman an herbivore that has adapted to harsh desert condi- explains, “We want to be certain the animals live tions and has learned to thrive in spite of food scarci- good, full lives and are treated with respect and dig- ties and drought conditions. nity from birth to plate. If we don’t know where and Oryx Restaurant and Ultra Lounge, however, is an how it was raised or grown, it won’t make its way into entirely di erent animal. Here, there is no dearth of our kitchen.” In keeping with this philosophy, all of food and no shortage of beverages. All of the menus the restaurant’s meat and sh are also hormone- and (dinner, late night, and cocktail) change with the sea- antibiotic-free. sons and utilize local, sustainable ingredients. e Our evening started with the Prosciutto Wrapped three are all fun and healthy in di erent ways. e Shrimp (), Meze (), and Eggplant Cannelloni dinner menu showcases unique, underutilized avors (). e shrimp were huge, sweet, and succulent with and the late night menu is far from the usual fast food/ a delightfully crisp and salty cloak of prosciutto. e bar fare. If you work up an appetite while dancing Meze was comprised of hummus, a creamy, garlicky

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Congratulations to Emily Pender who correctly identi ed the photo in our last >>> Where’s it @ as the Shimmer Wall on the east side of the Raleigh Convention Center. e Cree Shimmer Wall is a ,-square-foot piece of made up of , light and dark alumi- num squares that change shape and disappear as the squares ap in the wind. It is backlit at night by LEDs, which are programmed to slowly change color and can display more than a million di erent colors. e wall depicts an image of an oak tree, one of the most familiar symbols for Raleigh, the City of Oaks. Our runners up were Eric Gillespie, Tina Winters, Chris Rice, Amy Vintner, and Tony Kirkland. anks for entering and be sure to try again on this month’s photo.

12 RALEIGH DOWNTOWNER mAGAzINE | downtown raleigh’s premier monthly | Volume 8, issue 1 Baba Ghanouj, edamame and by far my favorite sides of the Oryx Restaurant and Lounge white bean Falafel, and Oryx’s night. A plate of those two and 510 glenwood ave suite 103, raleigh wonderful Parmesan Flatbread an order of the atbread would 919.803.1089 | www.oryxraleigh.com Visit www.facebook.com/raleighdowntowner with Arugula. While the Baba make me a happy guy. Served for more photos. over homemade black tagliatelle was spot on, the true star was — — the absolutely stellar atbread. (pasta similar to wide fettuccini), $ $ $ $ Topped with shavings of nutty, the mussels and shrimp in the salty parmesan, the atbread Rafael were bathed in a lemon dinner: tuesday–saturday 5–11pm was slightly charred, chewy, and ouzo broth and tossed with sau- late night menu: thursday–saturday 11pm–3:30am loaded with peppery arugula. To téed mushrooms, arugula, and Club: tuesday–saturday 11pm–4am create the “cannelloni,” roasted tomatoes. is was my favorite peppers, ricotta, and pesto were rolled and wrapped inside entrée of the night: the pasta was sublime and the broth was meals: dinner, late night, and brunch coming slices of grilled eggplant. is vegetarian dish was fun, hearty enchanting. soon Cuisine: new american with mediterranean and and robust. Whether ordered as an appetizer or entrée, this e Lavender Roulade () from the small but expand- moroccan ﬂ air dish is a winner. ing dessert menu was light and moist. is gluten-free treat’s ambiance: Clubby For our main course, we had the Mediterranean Lamb lavender cream was refreshing and pleasantly oral. Finally, dining style: upscale Shank (), Grilled Tenderloin (), and Seafood Rafael we sampled an order of the Lemon Pu s () from the Late dress: stylish, trendy recommended dishes: prosciutto wrapped (). e shank was braised until tender but, for my taste, Night menu. ese cloudlike spheres of fried dough were shrimp, eggplant Cannelloni, seafood rafael, ours was a bit dry and slightly under-seasoned. It was served served with a luscious cinnamon honey. Don’t miss these lemon puffs with roasted Brussels sprouts and farro bathed in browned even if you have to make a special trip just for dessert. noise level: Can get loud butter. e farro (European wheat sold in whole Oryx o ers the total package: a fun night out Features: Vegetarian, low carb, and gluten-free options, take out, outdoor grain and pearled form) was perfectly cooked, including an upscale dinner, live music/DJ, re ned seating, bar dining, lounge area, live pleasantly seasoned, and a welcome change from cocktails, and dancing—all under the same roof in music, dJs, bottle service, credit cards the typical potato or rice side dish. e tenderloin the heart of Glenwood South. accepted was rubbed with zaatar (a Middle Eastern herb, wine list: small but growing Brian is a culinary instructor, food writer, and chef. alcohol: Full bar sesame, and spice blend), grilled and sliced. It was His business, Love at First Bite, specializes in private parking: street and paid parking deck next door drizzled with Sauce Bordelaise and served with cooking classes and intimate dinners. For more infor- reservations: accepted (recommended on charred sweet potato hash and a pile of fabulous, mation, visit www.loveat rstbite.net. Reach him at weekends) slightly spicy zucchini. e farro and zucchini were [email protected].

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RALEIGH DOWNTOWNER mAGAzINE | downtown raleigh’s premier monthly | Volume 8, issue 1 13 Photos below are from First Night Raleigh New Year’s Eve celebration in downtown. A new attendance record of over 70,000 was set this year. Raleigh Downtowner Magazine was again a proud sponsor of First Night. For more photos, visit www.facebook.com/RaleighDowntowner Photos by Thomas M. Way & Crash Gregg

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14 RALEIGH DOWNTOWNER magazine | downtown raleigh’s premier monthly | Volume 8, issue 1 Go Canes! Photos from recent Hurricane’s games. Welcome to our new coach, Kirk Muller, featured in this month’s 10 Questions on page 11. Photos by Thomas M. Way

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Sig and Nancy Hutchinson enjoying a warm Colton (L) and Melissa (R) sledding at Winterfest in City Plaza, City Council member Russ Stephenson and Mayor winter night out in downtown Raleigh complete with snow, sleds and lots of smiles. Nancy McFarlane downtown for First Night

Janna and Alycia at Brooklyn Heights Congrats to the Ibarra brothers on Jibarra’s 6 year anniversary! Jan Burkhard (Carolina Ballet) & Jason at London Bridge Pub

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s with any profession, passion or Red fruit: Very common, this usually means that you Ahobby, we wine people are occasion- should expect aromas and avors of cherry and/or rasp- ally guilty of going into too much depth or berry, though it can also involve red currants, strawberry, detail when discussing this love of ours. cranberry, pomegranate or watermelon notes. Typically, Please don’t judge; we mean well. Like a the presence of these red fruits also implies a certain level hi- audio a cionado raves about how big a di erence of juiciness or an easy-drinking quality. their “tube ampli er” makes in conveying the warmth, Green notes: Most o en a negative quality, “green” depth and detail of their favorite music, wine people tend tends to imply under-ripe fruit, manifested in vegetal to geek out in describing what we believe to be our latest aromas similar to that of green bell pepper. But on the and greatest nds. positive side of things, notes of green tobacco and green Sometimes the discussion revolves around the level peppercorn tend to add a pleasant complexity to the wine of detail, nesse, elegance and/or balance that makes a and are o en on display in wines made from the (fully wine so enthralling. Other times it’s the impressive opu- ripe) Carmenere grape. 715 N Bloodworth St Pictures, floor plans, maps lence, plush texture or hedonistic con- Blue fruit: Kind of silly, ‘cause there’s & more unique homes at centration of the fruit that excites us so really only blueberry. But every so o en www.peterRumsey.com much. Regardless, every so o en our it’s just the right comparison. Sorry. 919-971-4118 giddy enthusiasm causes us to throw Purple fruit: A little less silly, this around any and all of our favorite wine includes plums, prunes and gs. It also descriptors, which may be a bad thing includes—shockingly—grapes. Yeah, considering they rarely convey a ton of sometimes we describe a wine as being information to the more casual drinker. grapey, meaning it’s fairly simple. A one- is can happen when frequenting your note wonder. favorite local retailer or restaurant, and Orchard fruits: e mention of for this I apologize, sort of. orchard fruit encompasses a lot of the When you happen to catch us on most popular white wine descriptors, one of these days, what sometimes gets particularly apple, pear, apricot, and lost in the shu e are the more broad- peach. Many a Chardonnay will feature strokes characteristics of a wine. A er notes of apple or pear, be they fresh,

years upon years of jotting down tasting photo thomas m. way baked, over-ripe, under-ripe or other- notes, it gets easy to look past the basic Marty enjoys a superb Malbec at Troy wise. Apricot and peach are typically avors that characterize some of the Mezze in City Market reserved for more aromatic, slightly world’s most popular wines; Pinot Noir should invariably obscure wines, such as Viognier, Albariño or Arneis. have some cherry aromas; Sauvignon Blanc should always Tropical fruit: Unique to white wines, comparisons be at least a little herbaceous; Gewurztraminer, while not to tropical fruits, such as banana, pineapple, mango or exactly a mainstream grape variety, should always have papaya, are fairly o en a bit of a back-handed compli- at least a hint of lychee fruit to it … sorry, this is one ment, as they imply a certain amount of over-ripeness. of those aforementioned geeky moments. In an e ort to Herbal and oral: ese nuances can be a little harder chat about what we think really separates a wine from to put your nger on than the overtly fruity aspects of the pack, we may dismiss these must-have characteristics a wine. Notes of rosemary, garrigue (Google it), laven- with a momentary concession that, yes, it does have the der, roses, and white owers are common in a number red fruit or citrus notes, but those are to be expected. So, of wines. It’s usually a attering descriptor, though some if for no other reason than to buy myself some leeway in grapes, like Argentina’s Torrontes, can occasionally take the way I talk about wine, I’ll explain what the heck we it to perfumey excess. mean when we lump avors and aromas into these highly at’s all for today’s lesson. Sometime soon we’ll generalized categories. delve into the most common aromas and avors that are Dark fruit: is is the catch-all, sometimes the crutch, derived from sources other than the grapes themselves, descriptor since so many red wines have blackberry, such as the soil and oak treatment. black cherry and black currant notes. From California Je Bramwell is a co-owner of e Raleigh Wine Shop, located Cabernet and the wines of Bordeaux, France, to the more at Glenwood Ave, as well as the author of VinoBurger, a cookbook that combines wine country-inspired dishes in obscure Mencia of Spain or Aglianico of Italy, a boatload burger form with easy-to-grasp wine education. Drop Je a of red wines are aptly described as having “dark fruit.” line at Je@ eRaleighWineShop.com.

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Local Gallery News M H , A E

he Martin Street Galleries,” usually hapless, sometimes vicious. South , and Sara Botwick’s Departure. Tamburlin “Twith four galleries running ere is a hint of the Holocaust– mounts row upon row of gabled homes and apart- from Visual Arts Exchange to Flan- books are burned in “Silence” as a ment buildings, running the structures up a long ders on West Street, scarcely has the huge metal eyeball looks on. Russo’s hill to a thin line of trees and a gray sky. Below and weight of the downtown collection creatures are herded onto boxcars in front of it all is a small green patch containing a (Fayetteville to Blount Street), but it in “Decay.” Bodies are buried and tiny playground. Presumably hordes of children live does have a certain ring to it. And it burned in mass graves in “Death.” within these structures, hordes that can scarcely does include the booming Contem- Ferocious monsters appear amid be accommodated by the playground. e title, of porary Art Museum. weird forests. But, as Pogo might say, course, is taken from Hieronymous Bosch’s famous CAM’s downstairs gallery cur- “the horsemen are us.” th century triptych which notoriously takes us rently has a small but thoughtful We are literally embraced by Face- from Bosch’s Eden to his peculiarly grotesque Hell. and delightfully imaginative show Facebook Friend by Lee Cherry, book Friend, created by Lee Cherry, Patrick FitzGerald, Karoon titled ID:ENTITY – Self: Perception + McDowell at CAM. , digital Patrick FitzGerald, and Karoon Reality. e show is in keeping with interactive, wood, mirror. McDowell. As we stare into a small CAM’s mission to bring cutting-edge hole at a vacuous face, we are show- work to the Triangle; once we enter the gallery and ered by clusters of projected phrases: “late for class wander among its digital videos, we become part of again,” “working hours, got nothing done,” “nap the show’s meaning by interacting with and being time,” “need to change….” Identities exist somehow immersed in pieces created by faculty, sta , students in cyberspace, determined by what is said to and by and others connected to North Carolina State Uni- us and what we say about ourselves. versity’s arts and humanities programs. ough already used in a number of elds, digital Profoundly based around Mark Strand’s haunting 3D printing provides one of the most striking exhib- poem “ e Tunnel,” the very rst item in the show is its in the show in McArthur Freeman’s Poly-faces. Tunnel Vision, an interactive digital work by David A tablet displays a generic plastic head that Profes- Tunnel Vision by David Gruber, David M Rieder Gruber and David Rieder that is both mysterious sor Freeman, employing various tools in a program at CAM. , digital interactive. and moving. As the words of the poem icker in and called Z Brush, molds to suit his model. Astonish- out of focus, a stranger appears murkily in the center, ingly, a 3D printer turns the digital image into a plas- ere is a push-pull duality in Usanis’ night scene. a circular tunnel in his chest. As we watch, we nd tic head. Seven are displayed in the gallery. A factory lines a street, lling most of the space; in ourselves also appearing in a small box set within an e newest kid on the block is, of course, the front of the building, Usanis has photoshopped a image of the speaker’s house. Visual Art Exchange, which moved here from line of closed stores and a large sign announcing On the opposite wall, David Milsaps’ Routine per- the Moore Square area some months ago and has the opening of a fast-food joint–all made slightly mits the viewer to rearrange entire city blocks. e entered with a massive show of artists, “Con- but eerily transparent. ere is no sign of life here. viewer may move any one of blocks, some cut in temporary South.” Featuring painting, photography, Nevertheless, I found the print quite beautiful: a half, all photographed from above and set on a large statuary, and installations, “Contemporary South” is dark blue sky looms over the street and contrasts grid that includes our state capitol. Touching one as varied a show as one could ever hope for. vividly with the dark maroon of the factory while rectangle makes it disappear and another move into Photography provided the best work in the show. I the transparency of the stores lends an uncanny its space; no matter how we change the streets, how- was drawn to Eric Tamberlin’s photomontage Garden sense to the whole. ever, everything is held within the matrix that Mil- of Earthly Delights, Richard A. Usanis’ Contemporary e landscape in Botwick’s large panoramic C saps has framed with black images of city structures. print “Departure” seems to have arranged itself for We may think that we control the environment, but the eye: small patches of greenery lead diagonally to Milsaps insists that we internalize a “hive mentality” several highways that cut across the print. Beyond, a as we stay pinned within the cities we have built. large sandy wasteland is lled with low warehouses, One step into the gallery proper and we face a o ces, autos and machines. Two wedges hold the non-interactive but altogether harrowing set of four print–the rst containing trees and highways, the digital videos–Marc Russo’s e Four Horsemen of second the huge area beyond. the Apocalypse: Silence, Decay, Consumption, Death. Inevitably and intriguingly uneven, “Contempo- In each, narrative is replaced by brief digital clips that rary South” is not a show I would want to miss. come and go in a seemingly accidental progression. For more information on CAM Raleigh and the Despite this apparent disorder, each is uni ed by its Visual Art Exchange, visit www.camraleigh.org and own basic color scheme. Humans are represented by www.visualartexchange.org. e Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Death by Marc round-headed melds of birds, insects and Pinocchios, Russo at CAM. , digital video. Max can be reached at [email protected].

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f you drive down Glenwood Avenue, just past back to Raleigh, where Ryan and Eric Red is a medium-bodied amber with Umstead State Park, you’ll nd a nondescript both went to college, the brothers a crisp, hoppy nish. e Dark Con- Iindustrial park on the le hand side of the road. opened the doors of Roth Brewing struct Sweet Stout is a creamy mouth- Tucked back inside this park is Roth Brewing Com- Company to the public in June . ful of a brew. Hints of chocolate and pany, a relative newcomer to the local scene, but far Current head brewer Jimmy Weber co ee address the nose rst, but the from inexperienced when it comes to its brewing. worked as a volunteer at rst. “When stout quickly covers the tongue and Brothers Eric and Ryan Roth started homebrewing two of my good friends opened up leaves a sweet nish of to ee (I’m in April while living in Virginia. A er moving Roth, I began volunteering from the drinking one right now, and am look- beginning,” explains Jimmy “Soon, the ing forward to the next one already.) opportunity for me to come on board Roth’s third year-round brew is Foe- full-time came along and I’ve been here Hammer, a Barley wine-style ale. ever since. I love my job. I don’t know Stepping up to the table at . percent how exactly I went from volunteer to alcohol, it’s currently the highest ABV head brewer, but it’s awesome working here.” brewed in Raleigh. e FoeHammer starts with Roth Brewing utilizes malts and hops from all a body rich in to ee and malt but also has a rich over the word to cra three beers for year-round hop aroma from the extensive hopping that occurs consumption. eir agship and best-selling beer during the brew process. eir current seasonal is the Raleigh Red American Amber Ale. Found brew is the Forgotten Hollow Cinnamon Porter. Eric and Ryan Roth on dra at many bars around the area, the Raleigh Aged between ve and eight months, this porter has

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18 RALEIGH DOWNTOWNER mAGAzINE | downtown raleigh’s premier monthly | Volume 8, issue 1 rich dark chocolate and caramel is done by hand. ere is really gravitate towards this attitude and this envi- notes balanced by the spice of the no automation on the brew- ronment. We are just happy that beer lovers really cinnamon. Jimmy also brewed ing house side. All of our enjoy our beer.” a Mint Chocolate Stout, avail- beers require a lot of work able for only a short time this to create, but it’s worth it past December, with pepper- in the end,” Ryan explains. mint extract and organic choco- e recent addition of the late nibs. It was a rich, dry stout bottling line, which the that the guys plan on unleashing guys built themselves, has into the world in bottles later this opened the brewery up for year. eir soon-to-be-released greater distribution. “We’re Sex Viking Dunkelweiss will be bottling the Dark Construct available for a short while in the and the FoeHammer now. next few months. Dunkelweiss We’ve had the Dark Con- is the dark brother to the Hefe- struct in stores in growlers, weizen. Named by committee at but both will now be avail- the brewery’s tap house, the Sex Viking is brewed able in bottles across the state.” When asked what with rye to enhance the warmth of the Dunkelweiss sets Roth Brewing Company apart from the rest of If you enjoy taking brewery tours, Roth o ers up and balance its natural fruit notes. e the local breweries, Ryan responds, “Our six tours weekly onFridays and Saturdays at , and summer seasonal is the MiMei, a honey size is what really makes us di erent. pm. eir taproom is open from -pm Monday plum Hefeweizen. Brewed with orange Because we’re small, when you come to through Saturday. Roth Brewing Company is located blossom honey and plums that come drink our beer, you meet us. We’re here at Triangle Drive, and they can be found online in whole and are prepared on site, this brewing every day and bartending in the at www.rothbrewing.com and reached by phone at lighter-styled Hefeweizen is light and taproom at night. We aren’t just a brand. ... Stop in and say hello to the brothers crisp and leaves you wanting another. When you come here, you aren’t just Roth and sample some really good beer. Everything at Roth is done manu- some guy drinking some beer. You are Michael can be reached for hoppy comment at michael@ ally. “All of our mashing and grinding part of the family. People have seemed to raleighdowntowner.com.

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aleigh was born as a “planned city” in . Carolina Agricultural Society. e fair has been cele- Prior to that, the area (known as Wake Cross- brated annually since then with the exceptions of Rroads) was purposed to serve as a rest stop to (during the Civil War and Reconstruction) and for those traveling north to south or vice versa. In - (the Agricultural Society disbanded and the , the North Carolina General Assembly decided state Agriculture Department took over operations) and that the Crossroads would be a great place to set – (during World War II). up permanent residence for the state capitol. Joel e rst institution of higher learning in Lane, a local businessman, sold a ,-acre Raleigh, Peace College, was established plot of land to the Assembly and plans in . Shaw University followed in were laid out for the city that were as the rst African American college, modeled a er the then nation’s capi- not only in North Carolina but in the tol, Philadelphia. e city was named entire South. St. Augustine’s College Raleigh, in honor of Sir Walter Raleigh was founded in for the education and his lost colony, Roanoke. Raleigh of freedmen by Episcopal clergy. e was o cially incorporated on Decem- North Carolina College of Agriculture ber , and recently celebrated its and Mechanics Arts (now known as th anniversary. North Carolina State University) was Instrumental to the role of the city as founded in . Meredith College fol- capitol was a Statehouse, or State Capi- lowed in . Raleigh is renowned tol building. e original State Capitol for its higher education opportuni- building was destroyed by a re in ties today and attracts students from all and reconstruction began two years later. Com- over the country and abroad. pleted in , the new North Carolina Capitol To celebrate the establishment and growth of building is, by its own admission, “one of the nest Raleigh, on December , , the Raleigh City Museum and best-preserved examples of a major civic building hosted a birthday party for Raleigh in a kid-style fash- in the Greek Revival style of architecture.” Our Capitol ion. ere were party hats, goodie bags, an epic scav- building is renowned for its beauty and elegance not only enger hunt and, of course, plenty of cake. Stop by the in the state, but across the county. Many historic moments Raleigh City Museum anytime to help have taken place within those walls. During the Civil War, us keep celebrating! it was here that state legislators signed the Ordinance of Secession in the House of Commons Chamber. e Raleigh City Museum is located at Fayetteville Street in downtown Raleigh Firsts in Raleigh and is open from am–pm. Tuesday Our young city has established many customs and institu- through Friday, pm–pm on Saturdays, tions that make it unique. e very rst North Carolina and First Fridays, pm–pm. If you have any questions, please call .. or State Fair was held in Raleigh in by the North visit www.raleighcitymuseum.org.

20 RALEIGH DOWNTOWNER mAGAzINE | downtown raleigh’s premier monthly | Volume 8, issue 1 No More “Where’s the #@!% Bus?!” TransLoc App—Rede ning Public Transit J H

ntil recently, purgatory was alive, well and nation to seamlessly consolidate multiple tran- Uthriving at a bus stop near you. We have all sit agencies’ data into one free, easy-to-use app been there—the countless minutes wasted, pull- accessible on the web, on smartphones, or by text

ing “the bus loves me, the bus loves me not” petals message. Riding the bus, reducing our CO foot- from a nearby dandelion, as we wait and wonder print, and commuting between Raleigh, Durham, when, if ever, the bus will show up. anks to a and Chapel Hill has never been easier. new app developed by TransLoc, that bus-waiting e only question remaining is how will you eternity has nally ended. use the bus? Here are three suggested Saturday tours to test out GoLive rsthand.

Coffee & Art Tour Spend an a ernoon enjoying Raleigh’s thriving downtown art scene, and support the environment at the same time by taking the bus! Start Park & Picnic Tour by downing your favorite ca einated beverage at Spend an a ernoon enjoying downtown Raleigh’s Wilmoore Cafe. en hop on over to Artspace and greenways and burgeoning fashion district. Start watch Raleigh artisans express their creative at Moore Square Park, where you can go nuts mojo, or use GoLive to nd the next bus headed over the newly restored Raleigh acorn, before for North Carolina State University, where you hiking over to the Raleigh Denim Workshop can view Gregg Museum’s “Barkcloth, Bras, and and Curatory. Buy some new duds to model Bulletproof Cotton: e Power of Costumes” through Nash Square Park on your way to Glen- exhibition opening January th. Finish your wood Avenue to pick up a bottle of wine at e transit excursion at Cup A Joe on Hillsborough Raleigh Wine Shop and some tasty sandwiches Street, where you can enjoy liquid sugar cookies to go at e Rockford. Using the TransLoc app, (also known as ai tea) and purchase local art catch the nearest bus to Pullen Park where you o the walls of the co ee shop. Since you’re not can enjoy your food while watching the sun set driving, you can keep a pad on hand to jot down behind our growing city skyline. Don’t forget to stories, sketch inspiring works or just doodle your bring some extra bread for the geese, who will way between locales. certainly appreciate a late a ernoon snack from a well-dressed benefactor. Food & Beer Tour TransLoc is available on the iPhone, Android TransLoc, a downtown Raleigh-based com- As the “Don’t drink and drive” signs remind us, and Blackberry markets. To access the app online pany, has been utilizing transit GPS data to beer and driving do not mix. Booze and bussing, go to: http://triangle.transloc.com. develop and deploy elegant, user-friendly web and on the other hand, has the ring of a great Satur- day excursion! Start this tour with a pancake stack mobile tools for passengers and administrators Jenn Halweil is a writer with an entrepreneurial spirit, of more than transit systems nationwide since at the Remedy Diner (Raleigh’s resident organic who weaves together lmmaking, social ventures, and . Now, TransLoc is focusing on improving its eatery) or a great Turkish dinner (with lots of veg- green technology. Send us your thoughts on this article local transit system by partnering with etarian options) at Troy Mezze in City Market to [email protected]. GoTriangle and DRI Corporation to pro- since drinking on an empty stomach is never duce GoLive—a website and mobile app advisable. Both are conveniently located that lets passengers track buses across the near Moore’s Square Transit Station Triangle in real-time. Launched in late making it easy to catch the CAT November, the app provides trip information for Route bus to Big Boss Brewing all buses across the Triangle Area, including Tri- Company, where you can enjoy an angle Transit, Capital Area Transit, the Durham a ernoon brewery tour the second Area Transit Authority, North Carolina State Uni- Saturday of each month. A er you’ve versity’s Wol ine, and Chapel Hill Transit. downed a Bad Penny, hop over to Raleigh has been dubbed the “New Silicon Flying Saucer on West Morgan via the Valley” by Newsweek magazine, and recently CAT Route to sample your favorite “Best City in America” by Businessweek. GoLive is seasonal pumpkin beer. Finish out the a perfect example of how Raleigh continues to night at Busy Bee to witness the local lead the nation in its commitment to techno- hipster culture in all of their Saturday logical innovation and environmental steward- glory before using GoLive to hitch a ship. GoLive is the rst project of its kind in the ride home.

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Amedeo’s Italian Restaurant B A, F E | P T M. W

n , Amedeo Richard DeAngelis Sure, Amedeo’s has had its ups and downs, just like and expansion during the Valvano era. e prosperity Imoved from his hometown of Reading, the ‘Pack. But you can’t be in business continuous continued with Dick’s old friend Chuck Amato, who PA, to Raleigh, NC, leaving his family and years in the same location and expect everything to be hosted his weekly television show at the restaurant (as his parents’ grocery store behind to pursue tiramisu and cannoli. e restaurant experienced a few did Herb Sendek). ose were the best of times for a football scholarship at NC State. Dick, as lean years in the early s but there were great times Amedeo’s. Business was booming, old friends were he is known to friends, went on to be a pivotal member always around, and the restaurant bustled. Dick prac- of NC State’s rst ACC Championship team in ’. Fol- tically had his whole family working there and his col- lowing graduation, he le to pursue his football dreams. lection of State memorabilia grew exponentially. But Eventually, Dick returned to Raleigh and became an then, Amato was red, Dick’s wife Betty became very assistant coach at his alma mater under the legendary ill, and the family business su ered. With these hard- Lou Holtz. Although he was living a dream in a city he ships taking a heavy toll on Dick, he decided in loved, something was missing—his mother’s cooking. to retire and turn the restaurant over to his children. It was the early ’s and Italian American food still He’d pop in and work the room every so o en but as hadn’t made its way past Baltimore. So, in , when far as the day to day stu , he would rather be at home a tiny venue on Western Boulevard became available, taking care of his wife. Dick’s mouth started watering. It was close enough to Unfortunately, Betty passed away and things only campus for him to both coach and run the restaurant. became worse for the restaurant. Finally, in , So, he moved his mother (and her recipes) to Raleigh Amedeo’s led for bankruptcy and nearly closed. Soon Owners Dave Parker and David Harris with Amedeos and Amedeo’s was born. rst employee Lynell Williamson a er, however, David Harris and Rodney Byrd (who

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22 RALEIGH DOWNTOWNER mAGAzINE | downtown raleigh’s premier monthly | Volume 8, issue 1 Amedeo’s Italian Restaurant 3905 western Blvd, raleigh also own the Remington each) are now available and 919.851.0473 | www.amedeosrestaurant.com Grill) stepped in and pur- come with a side of pasta. Visit www.facebook.com/raleighdowntowner chased § of Amedeo’s, e huge slices of Cheese- for more photos. with the remaining § cake, Tiramisu and Triple — — — still under the owner- Chocolate Cake are still there $ $ $ $

too. “Yeah, but what about ship of Dick’s daughter, dining hours: sunday–thursday: 11am–9:30pm Jill DeAngelis Parker, the pizza?” you ask. I’ll put it Friday & saturday: 11am–10pm and her husband, Dave this way: Lynell Williamson, Bar hours: monday–sunday: 11am–Close Parker. e new major- the very rst employee Dick (as crowd dictates) ity owners renovated the hired to work at Amedeo’s meals: lunch and dinner kitchen, remodeled the back in , is still tossing Cuisine: american italian bathrooms and, before long, they had Amedeo’s back on top the dough and manning the ovens. You can bet he makes ambiance: Family sports bar noise level: medium (dining room), high (bar and headed in the right direction. Not only is Amedeo’s still sure everything comes out just right. area) going strong, but the original seat pizzeria has grown to a In addition to the timeless food, Amedeo’s is a veritable Features: take out, private dining, outdoor seat restaurant with private rooms and catering. NC State sports museum. Original Championship and Bowl seating, drink specials, vegetarian options, Harris and Byrd insist they make everything in-house banners hang from the ceiling, team balls and other memo- catering, lunch specials, nC state student/faculty/staff dis- with fresh ingredients just as Amedeo’s always rabilia are tucked in every corner, and the walls counts, accepts credit cards did. ey’ve kept all of the old favorites on the are covered with autographed photos and post- alcohol: Full bar menu and make them with care from Dick’s ers. It all adds up to a fun place for watching reservations: accepted wireless: Free mother’s original recipes. So, if you’ve been State games, eating some pizza, and reliving parking: parking lot longing for Mama D’s popular Bleu Berg Salad your college days. downtowner tips: nC state stu- (.), Amedeo’s famous Lasagna (.) or dents get 15% off every day, with faculty and staff receiving a 15 percent discount sunday to Pasta Cacciatore (.), you’ll nd them on Brian is a culinary instructor, food writer and personal chef. His business, Love at First Bite, special- thursday on most food purchases. state stu- the menu. Additionally, Harris has introduced izes in private cooking classes and intimate dinners. dents get 50 percent off entrees on tuesdays a handful of new, more contemporary Italian For more information, please visit Brian at www. after 4pm and 50 percent off pizza during away dishes, taking their o erings beyond red sauce. loveat rstbite.net. Brian can be reached at brian@ games sunday through thursday. Chicken Marsala, Piccata, and Francese (. raleighdowntowner.com.

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The 2nd Coming of the Cassette Z O

ince the inception of Digg Up is release featured twelve local acts on six STapes in , friends and band tapes, ranging from the sloshy, punkish sounds of mates Nathan Price (Naps, Nests) Raleigh’s Whatever Brains to the eclectic pop-cen- and Brian Corum (Lonnie Walker, tered creations of Charlotte’s Yardwork. e indi- Naps, Nests) have epitomized the vidualized packaging of the collection set, which term “DIY record label” in a new old-fashioned highlights all of the great Triangle bands involved, way. In their case, however, we’ll call it a cassette made the Cassingles all the more appealing. label (yes, cassettes). e evolutionary spawn of e creation of the Cassingles prompted Digg the clunky track cartridges is experiencing an Up’s rst big event, a two-night Digg Upp Tapes interesting resurgence in Raleigh thanks to the Cassingles release party at Kings Barcade. e suc- e orts of these -something-year-old musi- He said, ‘Tapes are so cheap, even if we lost money, cess of this show at Kings led Price and Corum to cians that were digging for something new in the we’d only lose, like, .’” A few weeks later they talk with one of Kings’ co-owners, Paul Siler, who time capsule of popular culture. Not only do they had a small mixer, a borrowed Pro Duplicator tape collaborated with them on starting a monthly Digg create and distribute the nostalgia-conjuring cas- machine, a box of blank tapes, shrink wrap pack- Upp show series with the rst performance in Feb- sette releases for local bands they believe in, but aging, and a blow dryer—apparently all the neces- ruary of . e success of this show series, as well they also book and promote shows in and around sary ingredients for a successful cassette label. as “Digg Up Presents” at Slims, led to sponsorships downtown Raleigh that, so far, have been absolute ey were now ready to begin manufacturing from PBR, Nice Price Books, e Benelux Café, hits with the locals. their rst cassette for their own band, Naps. How- and an exclusive advertisement backed by NewRa- ever, a er completing the project with cover art leigh.com. ese endorsements helped boost their and a track list, the two friends realized they might presence at Hopscotch in , when they hosted have a problem. “A er we made the rst few Naps two very well-attended day shows at the Hive and tapes we thought about how many people actually Kings. eir Saturday day show featured acts such still have a way to play them. en it dawned on as Future Islands, Lonnie Walker, Nether Friends, us: we should o er digital downloads of the tapes Quiet Hooves, and Birds of Avalon featuring Cli too. In a couple days we had download cards made from the Flaming Lips. With big plans for , that we put inside the tapes that people could use the inventive founders of Digg Up Tapes kick start to download the album for free online,” Price says. the year o by releasing “If All We Have is Time” “We were super pleased with our rst e ort.” from Carrboro’s TOW3RS (featured in last month’s Armed with inspiration, materials at the ready, Downtowner Local Music column). ey also have and willing bands, Price and Corum were anxious every intention of pressing vinyl this year, with to start getting the Digg Up Tapes name and idea TOW3RS’ being the rst in line of many. out there. For their next release in July of , It’s incredibly impressive how far Digg Up they decided to transfer Lonnie Walker’s recent Tapes has come in less than two years, armed with WXDU live studio performance onto tape. Once nothing more than borrowed cassette recording the cassettes were made, Lonnie Walker boxed equipment, talented friends and a big helping of about of them and took them on the road. panache. ey’ve helped revive a lost-but-not-for- e band soon found that the tapes sold better gotten medium in a supportive environment: the than any of their other merchandise. In explain- great music and art scene of downtown Raleigh. ing quick and quiet success of the tapes, Corum Learn more about Digg Up Tapes at www.dig- Price and Corum’s idea was born from a con- muses, “I think the tapes did well mainly because guptapes.com. versation with their friend, William Cashion of of the rareness, the obvious low price, and the Zack can be reached at [email protected]. Future Islands. “We wanted to help our friends fact that it came with a free digital download of by releasing their music cheaply and e ciently, the release. It’s like nding a piece of vinyl you’ve with no hoops to jump through. We had a lot of been wanting for a while—at half the price.” good ideas bouncing around, but nothing stuck as e next step was obvious for Corum and Price: much as the idea of cassettes. I love having a tan- to get all of their friends musically involved in the gible piece of music in my hand much more than Digg Upp Tapes plan. “ ere are so many bands just a digital copy, so why not create something a in the Triangle that we love and are friends with. little out of the ordinary that people could hold We wanted to get them all to release singles with on to,” Corum explains. Price continues, “William us,” Corum says. e next idea was to release a made a great point when we were talking to him. sort of box set called “ e Cassingles Collection.”

24 RALEIGH DOWNTOWNER mAGAzINE | downtown raleigh’s premier monthly | Volume 8, issue 1 RALEIGH DOWNTOWNER magazine | downtown raleigh’s premier monthly | Volume 8, issue 1 25 26 RALEIGH DOWNTOWNER magazine | downtown raleigh’s premier monthly | Volume 8, issue 1 Jan 31–Feb 5 nC theatre and Broadway series south present DOWNTOWN SNAPSHOT Green Day’s American Idiot. the new york From the Downtown Raleigh Alliance times calls green day’s american idiot “thrilling and emotionally charged, as moving as anything on Broadway!” Based on green day’s ground-breaking rock opera of the same name, this daring new musi- Dear Reader, As February approaches, we invite you to join us cal tells the story of three lifelong friends, forced in celebrating the growth and success of downtown at the Down- to choose between their dreams and the safety of town Raleigh Alliance Annual Meeting and Downtown suburbia, and features the smash hits “Boulevard of Broken dreams,” “holiday” and “21 guns.” tickets Achievement Awards Ceremony on ursday February from as low as $16. www.nctheatre.com/shows/green- -pm at the Raleigh Convention Center. days-american-idiot is year we are excited to celebrate individuals, businesses and organizations Brought to you by Capital Bank and its commit- Feb 6 (Monday) & Feb 7 (Tuesday) whose community impact has signi cantly contributed to the revitalization of ment to the performing arts and artists in Raleigh. The 27th Annual Emerging Issues Forum at .. | www.capitalbank-us.com the raleigh Convention Center. generation Z is the our city center. In accordance with the tagline, “Destination Downtown: Right most highly connected, globally aware, and digitally on Track,” the Alliance presents guest speaker, Roger Brooks, President of Desti- at the Raleigh Winterfest Ice Rink in City plaza savvy group in our history. Join us as we explore every Tuesday through Jan 24: two for one tues- gen Z’s impact on our economic and workforce nation International Development, to reveal the key ingredients of an outstand- days ($8), 4-9pm development, how increased connectivity raises ing destination. every through Jan 25: live music Wednesday the bar, and how we can ensure their–and north is year, the DRA really wants to engage more downtown residents in its wednesdays. skate from 4-9pm and enjoy live Carolina’s–overall well-being. 8am-3pm. Cost: music at the rink from 6-9pm. non-profi t, government, higher education: $275 & e orts. A er all, the residents are the lifeblood of any strong downtown. at’s every Thursday through Jan 26: date & skate individual: $400. Visit www.ncsu.edu/iei/index.php/ why we’re o ering heavily discounted tickets to Raleigh citizens that live inside thursdays. Free carriage rides with skating wrist- news-events/2011-emerging-issues-forum band from 6 pm-9 pm, skating open from 4-9pm. the boundaries of Peace St., Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Boylan Ave. and Blood- every Friday through Jan 27: rock around the rink Feb 9 (Thursday) worth St. or in surrounding downtown neighborhoods. Qualifying residents can martinis to the max at the wells Fargo imaX® with dJ paradime from pulse 102 from 6 pm-10 contact Erin Heiderman at -- or erinheiderman@downtownraleigh. pm. skating from 4-11pm. theatre at marbles Kids museum, 5:30pm-8pm. every Saturday through Jan 28: skate from 11am-11pm. martinis to the maX is a monthly happy hour (2nd org for the resident promo code. every Sunday through Jan 29: raleigh winterfest thursday of each month) at the wells Fargo imaX For more information about the event, including an online registration and ice rink at City plaza. noon-5pm, $8 for adults theatre at marbles featuring an inspiring documen- and kids. tary, specialty marbletinis, beer and wine, and light payment form, visit YouRHere.com/AnnualMeeting. e RSVP deadline is admission is $8 for adults and children. Check out appetizers. event tickets are $20/person or $10/ ursday, February , so don’t delay! We hope you will join our celebration of all the live timelapse footage of the skating rink at http:// imaX power pass holder. all ticketholders must be the great things happening in downtown Raleigh. abclocal.go.com/wtvd/feature?section=weather/ at least 21 years of age. For more information or to forecast&id=7605202 and more info at www. purchase tickets, visit www.imaxraleigh.org/marble- Please enjoy this issue of the Raleigh Downtowner Magazine. godowntownraleigh.com/raleighwinterfest tinis. next martinis at the max is march 8. Jan 21 (Saturday) February 14-19 pineCone presents Red Horse Project with eliza nC theatre and Broadway series south present a gilkyson, John gorka, and lucy Kaplansky together brand new 25th anniversary production of the leg- D D on stage. at Fletcher auditorium. Call the pineCone endary musical, Les misérables. this new pro- President and CEO, Downtown Raleigh Alliance box offi ce at 919-664-8302, www.pinecone.org or duction has been acclaimed by critics, fans and new www.YouRHere.com visit progress energy Box offi ce to purchase tickets. audiences and is breaking box offi ce records wher- Cost: $20-$27 ever it goes. the new york times calls this les mis- érables, “an unquestionably spectacular production Jan 26 (Thursday) from start to fi nish.” the london times hails the First Annual Artreach 4 Kids Gala & Photo new show “a fi ve star hit, astonishingly powerful.” Exhibition benefi ting the artspace youth outreach www.nctheatre.com/shows/les-miserables programs at artspace. live jazz with Kim arrington, live cover band the lawn darts, heavy hors d’oeuvres Feb 16–Mar 4 and desserts, silent auction items provided by local Carolina Ballet presents Balanchine Rarities in Fletcher auditorium. thanks to a grant from the artists and businesses, aspiring artist of the year national endowment for the arts, Carolina Ballet is selection. general admission: $30 (pre-purchase) reviving three short works by george Balanchine that $40 (door)–includes event entry, wine and chocolate are so rarely performed that they’ve almost been con- tasting, heavy hors d’oeuvres, photo booth ticket. sidered lost. included in the evening is a la Françaix, Vip ticket: $50 (pre-purchase) $60 (door)–includes one of Balanchine’s few comic pieces, hailed by the beverages and private Vip food and bar stations, New York Times as “whimsical... told with clarity, photo booth ticket, special Vip hosts to serve you charm, wit-and just enough seriousness.” tickets start throughout the evening. more info www.artreach- at just $25. www.carolinaballet.com/balanchinerari- 4Kids.org. ties.html Jan 27 (Friday) Feb 18 (Saturday) Roots to Rap: A musical Conversation at the Exhausted Remedies: Joe Holt’s Story at the nC museum of history. hear a discussion led by raleigh City museum from 2-4pm. meet Joe holt, pierce Freelon, university professor and founder the fi rst african american student to try to integrate of Blackademics.org, about north Carolina’s musi- the wake County public school system. mr. holt will cal roots and infl uence on hip-hop and rap culture. share his 37 minute documentary, “exhausted rem- the program includes special performances by local edies: Joe holt’s story”, following with a Q&a ses- artist the Beast and others. $11 in advance, $15 at sion with museum guests and mr. holt. Visit www. the door, 7pm-9 pm. For advance tickets, visit ncmu- raleighcitymuseum.org for more information. seumofhistory.org. Feb 23 (Thursday) Jan 28 (Saturday) DRA Annual meeting and Downtown Awards at the raleigh Convention Center. 11th Annual African American Cultural Cel- Ceremony networking reception (5pm); dinner and awards ebration at the nC museum of history, 11am-4pm. Ceremony (6pm). the dra 2012 annual meeting enjoy a day of activities, crafts, music, entertainment, and downtown achievement awards Ceremony cel- and foods in celebration of the state’s african ameri- ebrating individuals, businesses, and organizations can heritage and culture. in honor of the festival’s whose contributions are making a signifi cant impact 11th year, this year’s event highlights north Caroli- on the revitalization of the city center. admission na’s 11 historically black colleges and universities— dra members $50 / non-members $60. For more the largest number of any state in the nation. over information and to sign up for tickets, visit www. 75 musicians, storytellers, dancers, historians, play- godowntownraleigh.com/annualmeeting. wrights, authors, artists, re-enactors, chefs, teach- Mar 15–Apr 1 ers, scholars, and other presenters will share their Carolina Ballet presents The Little mermaid. culture and heritage. Visit www.ncmuseumofhistory. single ticket prices start at only $25. www.carolina- org for more information. Cost is free. ballet.com/thelittlemermaid.html

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