12/06/2013
Retail News..... From The N&O
Great shout out for pals and clients Jeff and Walker.
Coming Soon...
"Person Street Neighborhood Bar"
.... Being made possible by Jeff and Walker's Big Dreams and actions and Coleman & Associates Team's usual "Never Give Up" deal making strategies.
We utilized our most sophisticated quantitative and qualitative location research analysis in seeking the Perfect site for a great neighborhood bar where "everyone knows your name."
How that highly technical analytical evaluation pointed to a spot which is only a few blocks walk from both Jeff's apartment and my home is beyond belief :).
Was it our visionary ability to see that after being a sleepy little collection of businesses for 30 years, N. Person is becoming the hottest little village in Raleigh for art, shopping, food and fun.
Gallery C, PieBird, The Station, Yellow Dog Bakery, Wine Authorities, Nicole's Art Gallery, a new Tequila Bar, Oak City Eye Care and more....
Possibly....
Or could the normally unbiased analysis have been slightly skewed by Jeff being a diehard Tarheel basketball fan like Ms Kay and me, and the fact that he'll have the big screen TV sync'd with the sound from the Tarheel sports network, and that we can walk home after the games......
.... Just maybe
Either way... We can't wait!
See the N&O article below...
Person Street Neighborhood Bar, the latest addition to the expanding Person Street Plaza near downtown Raleigh, is opening in the coming weeks.
Owner and operator Jeff Clarke said he hopes to have the place up and running by New Year’s Eve, but the opening could be in January.
The bar will offer beer, wine and cocktails, and will operate as a private club since it won’t serve food. Memberships will cost about $5.
Person Street will have eight rotating tap beers, which Clarke and co-owner Walker Bradham hope will include brews from around the state such as Raleigh’s Big Boss, Winston-Salem’s Foothills and Green Man Brewing in Asheville. The bar will also carry bottled imports and domestics that include Pabst Blue Ribbon.
“We love the local beer around here,” Clarke said. “We are beer people. … We are lucky to have such good ones around here. We are definitely going to take advantage of that.”
Draft beer will be $4.50, and bottles will range from $2 to about $5.
Clarke and Bradham will work with their staff to create seasonal cocktails made with fresh ingredients that will change four to five times a year. They also plan to use herbs such as mint, basil and thyme from nearby Raleigh City Farm.
The owners want to partner with small family vineyards for some of their wines, and hope to use soon-to-be-neighbor Craig Heffley’s Wine Authorities as a resource, too.
Clarke, who plays guitar and sings for the Americana band Cousins, wants to use his music connections to bring bands to the bar. The place will also have a jukebox, TVs and a giant projector screen to show N.C. State games, political events and movies on slow nights.
The roughly 1,800-square-foot space will have an indoor-outdoor front with a roll-up door. Clarke and Bradham hope to add an outdoor patio next summer.
The bar will seat 99 and have tables and chairs, bench seating and a six-to-10-seat alcove.
“If you want to be a neighborhood bar, you want it to be comfortable and not precious enough that it keeps people from having a good time,” Clarke said.
Person Street Neighborhood Bar is at 805 N. Person St., next to Yellow Dog Bread Co.
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