Love the paint job. More multi-colored buildings please!
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Any idea who is doing the sign painting?
Looks like the guy in the lift… (No, I have no idea. Just happened to be walking by.)
Instagram @spclsigns also is Dj Spclgst
He has done nearly all the hand sign painting around Raleigh. Father and Sons, Transfer Food hall, The Cardinal, Morgan St. food hall, St. Roch, Trophy, Wye Hill, etc.
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He’s quick with uploads too. This is from yesterday
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Popo is ready for it to open too
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I was just informed that Mission Valley Cinema is closing in Aug 31st.
They just renovated the restrooms not that long ago so they seemed to be doing ok. I really wonder is this is a first step that leads to a redevelopment.
I’ve been coming here for over 25 years now.
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I recently heard a rumor that the whole cinema was being renovated…
4 new vendors opening at Morgan Street Foood Hall
New vendors Primal Cuts, Pazza Pasta, Auntie Betty’s and Raleigh Mini Donuts will serve starting in September
Primal Cuts specializes slow-roasted, hand-carved prime rib sandwiches on Italian artisan bread and hand-cut chips
Pazza Pasta will offer made-to-order pasta dishes priced between $8-$12 along with fresh-cut Italian meats and cheeses, fresh salads and a cannoli bar.
Aunty Betty’s gin bar will serve expertly-crafted cocktails using “some of the world’s finest gin,” according to the release.
Raleigh Donuts, which is a local favorite each year at the North Carolina State Fair, will serve mini donuts topped with a wide variety of sweet options.
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Assuming a few of the OG vendors have dropped- any idea which ones some of these are replacing?
There was that revisioning charratte for Mission Valley but I’ve not heard of anything definite. Ambassador did close Colony and I thought it was doing fine. It’d be a surprise to me if Six Forks (their 4th acquisition) outlasted Mission Valley too. If all of those close, I hope Rialto is enough for them to continue to exist as a company. Rialto was their only asset for a long time before they added the Colony so hopefully that is the case. Rialto is one of those places that Raleigh needs to maintain for its substantial character and to keep the substantial overall commercial breadth of 5 Points solid.
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Six Forks Station Cinema is my go to when I randomly decide to go see a movie on a whim. Never crowded (which might end up being a bad thing for their longevity, but I enjoy it while it’s here), and no stupid gimmicks like “pick your seat” that always screws you when going to see a movie last minute, and no waiter service interrupting my movie (I appreciate the Alamo for what it is, and they do seem to have superior sound to any theater besides IMAX, but when the waiter literally walks in front of my view right at the climax of the movie- every single time- it’s grown too annoying for me to justify the $15 tickets). Six Forks must survive. Rialto must survive. And for the enjoyment of State students, Mission Valley must survive.
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I was told by a friend who knows the owner that their margins have been really bad this year. It doesn’t sound like they’re planning a renovation.
I attended several of the Avent Ferry Corridor workshop meetings. With the biggest tenant going out, and probably nobody to fill that space without significant building changes, I wonder if this might prompt a redevelopment? The Cathedral is done and they have the 55+ community under construction over on the Pullen Extension. The Avent Ferry Corridor plan is completed, there’s going to be a BRT connection at Western and probably a tunnel over to NCSU. Maybe the Diocese and York are ready to redevelop the property?
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@Jake that’s interesting about Alamo. For a business that’s such a stickler about silence, I’m surprised that their own processes would interrupt the movie experience. I think that I’d complain to management about that in the context of their experience brand.
I have the season pass at the Alamo. I haven’t ever noticed an issue with the waiters. They usually crouch like Quasimodo so while present, they aren’t obtrusive. Though I do think they are weirdly slow on refills. I tell people to go ahead and put up your refill slip about 20 minutes before you think you’ll need it and not wait until their glass is empty.
A random aside, I’ve noticed the same thing here in Boston this week. Different restaurants, different parts of the city, same look of concern whenever I ask for refills. Only once has someone preemptively asked. As I said, weird aside.
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Same as @JeepCSC, Karla and I have a season pass and haven’t been bothered with the wait staff. To each his own. I MUCH prefer that over having kids kicking the back of my seat at a traditional theater.
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Go to Six Forks Station and you’ll be one of 3 people in the theater (haha). No, they definitely do crouch and try their hardest not to interrupt the movie, but even seeing a shadowy figure crawl out in front of me- especially ALWAYS during the climax/right around the 20-minute-left mark of every movie- just completely distracts me and takes me out of it. And it also really bothers me to know that every time they come by with the checks, I know for a fact that there’s about 20 minutes left of the movie. It just completely takes me out of the experience.
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Okay, so, how do waiters talk to you during films if they have a zero tolerance policy for talking? Is everything done by cards and hand signals? 
It’s by paper and pen.
Thanks! 