By chris on June 1, 2007
Long-time readers may recall that I have a serious shoe addiction that keeps between 20 and 30 pairs of shoes in active rotation. I know some of you ladies out there scoff at such measly numbers, but I don’t personally know another guy with that many shoes. Plus, I have a thing for funky shoes that [...]
Posted in Downtown, Retail
By Ashton on May 25, 2007
There have been dozens of questions about the future of Capital City Grocery since their closing a little while back, and I’d like to thank Crash Gregg of the Raleigh Downtowner for his use of this story. Capital City will in fact be opening back up with quite a few changes and I encourage [...]
Posted in Downtown, Miscellaneous, Retail
By Will on April 16, 2007
Cherry Modern Design has opened their new showroom location in Cameron Village. It is a welcome addition that fills the long vacant space previously occupied by Bath and Body Works.
Cherry is a full service home furnishings and accessories store that specializes in modern Italian furniture, but has a large array of accents to give [...]
Posted in Cameron Village, Retail
By chris on April 3, 2007
FM Goods|Sounds will be hosting their Grand Opening party this Friday, April 6th from 7pm to 10pm. Word is they will have snacks, music, and art for all to enjoy during the party. I don’t have too many of the specifics of the store, but from what I gather they will focus on urban [...]
Posted in Downtown, Retail
By Kathleen on March 19, 2007
When visiting Seaboard Station (off Peace Street) this weekend on my weekly jaunt to Logan’s, Seaboard Wine and CCG, I stopped into the new Ace Hardware to check it out. It was much more than I expected – even my husband, who grew up in the hardware business, was very impressed with the selection [...]
Posted in Downtown, Retail
By chris on January 14, 2007
Longtime local favorite Charlotte’s has decided to pull the plug on their Triangle Town Center location and will close at the end of this month. Of course, this should worry no one as their two
other area stores will continue to feed any and all jewelry and gift addictions in Raleigh.
Personally, I am not too [...]
Posted in North Raleigh, Retail
By on December 30, 2006
We love finding local stores catering to niches. That’s why it was so interesting to run across the Big Bang Astronomy Shop on Duraleigh Road (Next to Salsa Fresh). The store caters to astronomy clubs as well as beginners. They stock a lot of scopes, especially by Meade, and various accessories.
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By chris on December 27, 2006
Another North Hills-ish shopping center is in the works, this time in North Raleigh on Falls of the Neuse Road at Honeycutt. As you know, we here at Raleighing are certainly excited about smart development in Raleigh and on some level are proponents of the success of capitalism in our area.
So, let me first [...]
Posted in North Raleigh, Retail
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