House of Swank is closing their retail location downtown by the end of October and moving back to an online/festival sales model.
TBJ article sites lower foot traffic as the main reason.
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It’s pretty cringey/lazy Spencer Gifts-tier t-shirt humor with a local twist. Not upset about the storefront opening up for something more interesting.
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Interesting; that link led me to this TBJ link about a new multi-vendor retail space that opened up in the basement of the same building (below House of Swank)
https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2022/08/23/raleigh-retail-artisan-vendor-space-downtown.html
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Bring me Crunkleton!
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Whew; Midwood*, New Anthem, Crunkleton will be a strong combo.
*assuming their bbq is any good, never had nor heard anything about it.
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I’ve heard from a couple friends in Charlotte who like Midwood’s stuff, especially their brisket. I’m an ENC kid, so the bar’s pretty dang high.
Does anyone know yet which units the newly-announced tenants will occupy? I’m guessing New Anthem will want one of the larger units like A1?
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They could also combine the series of smaller parcels if they wanted to be in the Hollow itself.
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Amen (especially) to the idea of a breakfast spot. Ever since Finch’s closed there’s been a lack of classic breakfast options on the north side of Glenwood South.
Bring on an urban Waffle House please!!!
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First Watch ain’t cuttin it for me. I am jealous Bloc83 has 321 tho.
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A 20 dollar breakfast (main+coffee+tax+tip) is fine for special occasions but it’s not something that I’d do every weekend.
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Don’t forget they just landed Vic’s also!
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You could go there once every 2 weeks, and make waffles at home the other weekend. I can send you a recipe. 
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the point is to NOT make my own food every day of the week!
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I like first watch , will still go to six forks location cuzzzz free parking. 
I’ll go to the new location from time to time when it opens cuzzzz walking. 
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I’ve said it 1billion times before I’ll say it once more: there is always ample free parking downtown. You just have to walk a tad bit more than 20 feet to your destination.
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This is especially true for weekend mornings when most of us consider a sit-down breakfast place like First Watch.
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Yeah, on weekend mornings, downtown is practically a “for locals only” zone. You can park anywhere.
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I go to Heat so I’m curious which of those spots they’ll take up. The current size of their fitness-only space is about 2500 sq ft so maybe A2 or C2?
Will definitely miss their old spot on Glenwood - that was the perfect spot for them but definitely happy they’re sticking around downtown Raleigh.
I’ve been to Midwood a few times in Charlotte at their Plaza Midwood location and it was pretty solid. And MilkLab is awesome as most people know.
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