r/bullcity

We're moving out of Durham and this subreddit is honestly one of the big things we're going to miss. You folks are a very cool and helpful resource.

Thanks for all the recommendations, advice, and fun you've contributed over the years!

Stay humble, r/bullcity

Comfortable bar seats, relaxing vibe, cute decor, lots of plants but no strong smells, tasty basil mocktail (one of the best mocktails downtown imo, and there's outlets! Outlets are everything. I love working in bars after the coffee shops close. Monday through Thursday only though. If you can work in a bar comfortably on a weekend at night, more power to you. They are also places I'll read books at. You can read a book anywhere!

My top choices of downtown late night bar/restaurant weekday work visits are:

- Eve (new #1 cause the comfier the seats, the longer I'll sit there)

- Velvet Hippo (I used to go a lot, but the broken elevator [not their fault] kept me away for a minute cause I'm disabled; comfy seats and good food, better for early evening yapping, late evening can get busy)

- Queeny's (bar seating is acceptable levels of comfortable, and the food is good)

- Parts and Labor/Motorco (plenty of non-alcoholic options and their house sodas are awesome, the seating leaves much to be desired but they're not the worst stools to ever exist, good food, not great if you want to socialize with the bartender [the bar just isn't built for that, you come here to lock in])

- Alley 26 (expensive, tight seating, everything a girl doing moody work could ever want, immaculate vibes and awesome bartenders)

For daytime work:

- Yonder/The Daily (the bar is closed to laptops after 5pm and on weekends for a more social and lounging less focused and working vibe; so if I'm there to work, I'll leave after that [I like to yap while I work, so moving to a table defeats that purpose lol, or I'll just close my laptop and yap away, I like the people there]; if I have a friend with me though, I'll sit at a table and work till close; high key the worst bar seats but the 10/10 staff and yapability makes me willing to suffer)

- Can Opener (can work at the bar till close, straightforward, easy to get too, pleasant energy; I'd probably have more to talk about if I was there more but I'm currently on a yonder kick)

- Cloche (seats are hit or miss imo, not walkable for me, amazing beverages and vibes, so if I'm willing to drive, I'll go there)

* Not Downtown, but Guglhupf is also very pleasant to work at, though I'm usually at a table and not at the bar.

* I'm 5'1", so my idea of a comfy bar seat and a seat to bar height ratio may be different from yours.

What are your favorite places to work at? Why?

Is it just me or did this make the traffic 100x worse? It was just bad traffic for the people trying to turn onto Alston from Carpenter Fletcher. Now it’s better traffic for those people in exchange for horrible traffic for everyone else.

Trying to stay around $1400/month for a 1br, relocating from the Charlotte area for work. Commuting from Southpoint mall area. It’s a fairly new building so I haven’t seen much about it, but I have seen some concerns regarding safety of the overall area? It’s right off of 70 in Bethesda. Thanks for any input!

NOT Waffle House or IHOP -- but best waffles? I'm a Chicago native raised on Walker's Pancake House (IYKYK), so the bar is HIGH.