2015: A Year of Openings and Closings
As with any year, 2015 brought some exciting new restaurants and stores to Raleigh, but painfully took its share, too.Here’s a look at the high-impact openings and closings for the year:
Openings
- Standard foods
- Death and Taxes
- Taverna Agora
- Raleigh Beer Garden
- Tropical Pickin Chicken
- Kamado Grill
- Gonza Tacos (Hillsborough St location)
- Cantina 18 (renovation)
- Big Ed’s (North Raleigh location)
- Rise Biscuits
- Jade Garden (reopen)
- P.G. Werth’s
- More
- Carolina Ale House
- Wicked Taco
- Chick-Fil-A (Lake Boone location)
Closings
- Crowleys
- Tir na Nog
- 518 West
- Battistella’s
- BigBoom
- Firewurst
- Pie Bird
- Person Street Pharmacy
- Tyler’s Taproom
- Mantra
- Natty Greene’s
- Zinda (converted to private dining)
- Ciago’s
- Brewmasters
- Filippos the Belgian
- Swad
- Colony Theater
- Marsh Woodwinds
- North American Video
Certainly 2016 will bring its surprises, too. Stay tuned for Gogoraleigh’s predictions for 2016, coming later this week.
Raleigh’s Top 30 Stories for 2015
2015 was another great one for Raleigh. Whether it was much love on cable networks, a slew of new downtown apartments, or great new restaurants, there was a big story almost every week that had an impact on the future of Raleigh. With big changes coming in key decision-making positions, 2016 promises to be a key year for the upcoming decade.
Here’s a look back a the 30 stories that shaped us and moved us in 2015, The stories are presented in no particular order.
- John Kane Teases Duda Paine Tower for Warehouse District
- Gateway Center Concept Teased for South End of Downtown
- Sur la Table Opens in North Hills
- Stuart Scott Dies, Buried in Raleigh
- Dix Park Deal Finalized
- Wake County Public Schools screws up social media with late snow announcement, attitude
- Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon Comes To Raleigh (Smash Mouth singer yells “COME ON, CHARLOTE!” three times)
- Ray Price Dies
- Death and Taxes building opens, gets Architectural Digest feature
- Slide the City Sells Out, WNFIV posts epic video
- Google Fiber Picks Raleigh, begins installation
- Rolling Stones Bring 17-city Stadium Tour to Raleigh, Avett Brothers open, exposing them to an older audience
- Triangle Bus Systems Consolidate Branding
- Wake County Rolls Out Bus Service, Commuter Rail Plan
- Larry Stogner Retires, ALS Diagnosis
- Greg Hatem Calls Downtown “Unlivable ”; #drunktown Campaign Strategies Ensue
- Charter Square Opens
- Skyhouse Apartments Open
- Raleigh “House of Cards” Intro finds its way on YouTube
- Pho Nominal Dumplings Wins Food Network’s “Great Food Truck Race”
- Raleigh Gets Over 55 inches of rain. (12” more than average, 9.5” more than Seattle)
- Final Video Store Lost As North American Video Closes
- Changes in Leadership with Raleigh Chamber of Commerce , City Planner (‘14), and Convention and Visitors Bureau
- Registered Sex Offenders Arrested at State Fair
- Raleigh Houses Featured on HGTV’s “Love It Or List It”
- Stanhope Village Opens
- Aloft Hotel On Hillsborough Street Opens
- Escher Exhibit Wows at NCMA
- Musician Loading Zones Approved
- Annoying Bike Lane Designs Implemented
Recent Stories
- Take an Amtrak Getaway to…Durham April 22, 2016
- Summer ‘16 Promises Huge Concert Season April 19, 2016
- Publix Coming to Downtown Raleigh April 18, 2016
- Daniels Middle School to Build Skyboxes April 1, 2016
- North Carolina Scores Big in Beard Semifinalist List February 17, 2016
- 2015: A Year of Openings and Closings December 31, 2015
- Raleigh’s Top 30 Stories for 2015 December 31, 2015
- 16 Podcasts To Save You from Sports Radio October 23, 2015
- Public Meeting on Fairview Fire Station Coming Monday October 5, 2015
- Parade of Homes Begins Tomorrow October 2, 2015
- Oktoberfest Coming to Booth Amphitheatre This Weekend October 1, 2015
- Traffic Circles Removed from Currituck Design April 28, 2015
- 125 Concerts to Rock Your Summer April 3, 2015
- Cameron Village Planning Parking Decks April 1, 2015
- Let The Madness Begin! March 17, 2015
