A couple months ago we sponsored Raleigh’s Best Chicken Wing Contest (Congrats to Lynnwood Grill). This time we’re doing Raleigh’s Best Pizza! We’re doing this contest bigger and better. Our previous contest required participants to fill out a sheet of paper to rate their experience, then I had to calculate the votes and declare the … Continue reading »
Wheels on Academy Car Show I’ve been to quite a few car shows in the Raleigh area and in my opinion the Wheels on Academy Car show has real potential. They really stepped up this year with their 2nd attempt. The weather didn’t work with them very well but the number of cars that participated … Continue reading »
Indy Week has raised the question: Is ExploreRaleigh.org the Triangle’s best local blog? The short answer is “Probably not”. haha We’re a decent blog with some fun and informative posts, but we do have some of the best followers and members. It’s because of you guys that we’re even being considered one of the best … Continue reading »
The home of Raleigh’s best chicken wing is: The search for Raleigh’s Best Chicken Wing is finally over! Due to time constraints our team of experts only visited four of the eight restaurants on our list. We considered six separate grading categories and here are the final results according to our team of self proclaimed experts: 1st … Continue reading »
We asked our friends and followers on Facebook to “Vote for Raleigh’s best Nightclub!” and we got an excellent response. With over 350 votes we have several clear favorites but Mosaic got more votes than any other club in Raleigh. I contacted Mosaic and asked if they’d like to tell us a little about their venue and … Continue reading »
Our 4th stop on our search for Raleigh’s best Chicken Wing takes us to Joel Lane’s Pub in the Glenwood South area of Downtown Raleigh. Scores are out of a possible 5 points. Overall Score - 3.3 – We averaged all the scores taken in each category to get our overall score. I think we’re a … Continue reading »
Our 3rd stop on the gravy train of the wing tour (does that make sense?) was at Ba-Da Wings in Mission Valley near NC State’s campus off Avent Ferry & Western blvd. Ba-Da had been recommended by a couple participants in our wing tour over the past few weeks so we decided to give them … Continue reading »
Our second stop in our search for Raleigh’s best chicken wing lead us to Lynnwood Grill which has an excellent reputation as a great place to grab a beer with some friends or enjoy a game on Sunday. They claim to be the most ‘comfortable’ bar in North Raleigh and they’ll get no argument from … Continue reading »
Each year people across the U.S. make new year resolutions so we’ve decided to make some resolutions of our own. 1. Provide a more consistent calendar of events. Okay, so we’re already behind the 8 ball on this one. It’s Jan 1 and we don’t have a single event on the calendar for January 2013. This … Continue reading »
Last night we went to Blinco’s for our first stop on our quest to find Raleigh’s best chicken wing! We had about 22 people come out and sample some wings and I polled them after they were done and averaged the results and this is what we found. The ratings are from 1-5 with 5 … Continue reading »
