Goat

best spot around as far as I am concerned. this is one of the only spots around town that I actually feel welcomed. I can usually go in there and shoot the sht with about anyone in there. This is a great place to be if you just want to have some beers and be sociable with people. so it might be a dive bar but it is a great dive bar that has its own spirit and originality to it.…

Great neighborhood bar. This is a great neighborhood dive, if you're into laid-back / blue collar bars. (If you're a yuppie, try the Ugly Monkey downtown, not the Goat.) It's small, the bartenders are personable & friendly (as are the patrons, most of the time), and the drink prices are good. A very diverse crowd, ethnically, economically, and age-wise: afternoons are an older after-work crowd, evenings and late nights bring out a younger crowd. Although it's close to NCSU, it's not much of a student hangout. It's mostly just locals from the neighborhood surrounding the Goat. So if you're just stopping in for the first time, you may not get its appeal ... come back, hang out, meet some of the locals.

The main downside - be prepared to smell like cigarette smoke afterward!…

Ugh. If you go to the Goat and you're of a different kind than the majority of the people there, they will make you feel unwelcome. Go to the Goat if you want to spend your weekend time off with rude snobby weirdos who give you really bad service and keep an eye on you if you look different from the people there.

Simply put, the Goat only wants your money and your business if you look right. I just wish they would put up a sign saying what's on their minds and who they are not willing to serve and who they are.…

Ignorance and Prejudice. I agree with Gatorelena; the "Slant Eyed" Chinese New Year promotion was both offensive and hurtful. I'm not Asian; I'm a white woman, but there is _no_ _way_ that I would ever give my business to a bar that encourages people to think of ethnicity & culture as a costume. And I _definitely_ wouldn't want to hang out at a bar with anybody who thought that that was cool.…