Guidebook for Raleigh

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Guidebook for Raleigh

Everything Else

Home of the absolute BEST eyebrow waxes ($10), pedicures, manicures, everything! The staff are super friendly and always smiling :)
Pretty Nails
5611 Creedmoor Rd
Home of the absolute BEST eyebrow waxes ($10), pedicures, manicures, everything! The staff are super friendly and always smiling :)
Best library in the county.
15 locals recommend
Cameron Village Regional Library
1930 Clark Ave
15 locals recommend
Best library in the county.

Essentials

Closest grocery store
132 locals recommend
Harris Teeter
500 Oberlin Rd
132 locals recommend
Closest grocery store
Still the best place for fresh produce, specialty foods, fresh meat/fish, and an awesome hot lunch bar :)
199 locals recommend
Whole Foods Market
621 Broad St
199 locals recommend
Still the best place for fresh produce, specialty foods, fresh meat/fish, and an awesome hot lunch bar :)
The cheapest nearby grocery store, although definitely not my favorite.
29 locals recommend
Food Lion
3151 Capital Blvd
29 locals recommend
The cheapest nearby grocery store, although definitely not my favorite.
Bookstore. Good magazine section. WiFi. Lots of tables for working/reading/sipping some coffee.
Barnes & Noble
4325 Glenwood Ave
Bookstore. Good magazine section. WiFi. Lots of tables for working/reading/sipping some coffee.
My office away from the office. This place is locally owned and operated and is just awesome. Casual, quiet, good caffeine selection, sandwiches, and variety of couches/booths/tables and always space.
7 locals recommend
New World Café
5900 Pleasant Valley Rd
7 locals recommend
My office away from the office. This place is locally owned and operated and is just awesome. Casual, quiet, good caffeine selection, sandwiches, and variety of couches/booths/tables and always space.
The closest TJ's around. If you're not familiar with what this is... you should go and explore.
40 locals recommend
Trader Joe's
3000 Wake Forest Rd
40 locals recommend
The closest TJ's around. If you're not familiar with what this is... you should go and explore.
Locally owned and operated small natural foods grocery store. Features: Organic smoothie bar, friendliest & most helpful staff ever, local meats/produce, a huge dietary supplement section.
Harmony Farms Natural Foods
5653 Creedmoor Rd
Locally owned and operated small natural foods grocery store. Features: Organic smoothie bar, friendliest & most helpful staff ever, local meats/produce, a huge dietary supplement section.

Food Scene

Great place to get a good burger and french fries and a milk shake and sit outside on the picnic benches on a warm afternoon.
Char-Grill
3211 Edwards Mill Rd
Great place to get a good burger and french fries and a milk shake and sit outside on the picnic benches on a warm afternoon.
Your typical mexican restaurant. Convenient after a day of shopping :)
La Rancherita Mexican Restaurant
4325 Glenwood Ave
Your typical mexican restaurant. Convenient after a day of shopping :)
casual dining. A staple when I don't feel like cooking -- just head to Panera for a quick soup/salad/sandwich meal
10 locals recommend
Panera Bread
8511 Colonnade Center Dr
10 locals recommend
casual dining. A staple when I don't feel like cooking -- just head to Panera for a quick soup/salad/sandwich meal
Sushi so good.
10 locals recommend
Sawasdee Thai Restaurant & Bar
6204 Glenwood Ave
10 locals recommend
Sushi so good.
You've probably heard about this NC BBQ restaurant on every food network on TV. It's pretty good.
88 locals recommend
The Pit Authentic Barbecue
328 W Davie St
88 locals recommend
You've probably heard about this NC BBQ restaurant on every food network on TV. It's pretty good.
Sunday brunch FTW.
33 locals recommend
NOFO @ the Pig
2014 Fairview Rd
33 locals recommend
Sunday brunch FTW.
When you want a nice dinner out. This is perfect. and delicious.
7 locals recommend
18 Seaboard
18 Seaboard Ave
7 locals recommend
When you want a nice dinner out. This is perfect. and delicious.

Arts & Culture

Brand new NC Museum of Art featuring outdoor movies on the lawn during the summers (June - August). A personal favorite.
437 locals recommend
North Carolina Museum of Art
2110 Blue Ridge Rd
437 locals recommend
Brand new NC Museum of Art featuring outdoor movies on the lawn during the summers (June - August). A personal favorite.
Music venue. Good chance there's something or someone cool performing!
35 locals recommend
Lincoln Theater
126 E Cabarrus St
35 locals recommend
Music venue. Good chance there's something or someone cool performing!

Shopping

220 stores, anchored by Belk, Sears, and Macy's. Basically, the biggest and best shopping center in the Triangle.
18 locals recommend
Crabtree Valley Mall station
18 locals recommend
220 stores, anchored by Belk, Sears, and Macy's. Basically, the biggest and best shopping center in the Triangle.
Women's & Men's trendy clothing store
H & M
4325 Glenwood Ave
Women's & Men's trendy clothing store

Drinks & Nightlife

Usually a pretty chill restaurant/bar. Also a frequent gathering place for meetup groups and social events for large groups. Attended an Airbnb event here once, too! Again, awesome free wifi.
Crabtree Tavern
5300 Homewood Banks Dr
Usually a pretty chill restaurant/bar. Also a frequent gathering place for meetup groups and social events for large groups. Attended an Airbnb event here once, too! Again, awesome free wifi.
The epicenter of Raleigh. Of course it's a bar :)
105 locals recommend
The Raleigh Times
14 E Hargett St
105 locals recommend
The epicenter of Raleigh. Of course it's a bar :)
An underground bar featuring local North Carolina liquors.
54 locals recommend
FOUNDATION
213 Fayetteville St
54 locals recommend
An underground bar featuring local North Carolina liquors.

Sightseeing

Such a great state park to go for a walk in the woods or around the lake. Tons of short or long nature trails. Picnic tables for BBQ's.
119 locals recommend
William B. Umstead State Park
8801 Glenwood Ave
119 locals recommend
Such a great state park to go for a walk in the woods or around the lake. Tons of short or long nature trails. Picnic tables for BBQ's.
drive around. get out and walk around the cemetery and the surrounding neighborhood. lovely neighborhood.
13 locals recommend
Society for the Preservation of Historic Oakwood
418 N Person St
13 locals recommend
drive around. get out and walk around the cemetery and the surrounding neighborhood. lovely neighborhood.