{"id":133071,"date":"2016-10-14T05:00:09","date_gmt":"2016-10-14T09:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/raleighpublicrecord.org\/?p=133071"},"modified":"2016-10-13T20:18:09","modified_gmt":"2016-10-14T00:18:09","slug":"development-beat-renovation-roundup-35","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/news\/development-beat\/2016\/10\/14\/development-beat-renovation-roundup-35\/","title":{"rendered":"Development Beat: Renovation Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Friday, October 14, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

Raleigh beer and wine lovers, who’ve seen their boozing options expand exponentially over the past few years, will soon have even more variety, thanks to\u00a0the Crabtree Beer Garden at Crabtree Valley Mall, Pourworks, which will open in a space at the Manor Six Forks Apartments, and a bottle shop for the beloved Trolley Pub.<\/p>\n

As first reported in the Triangle Business Journal, the former Tomato Pie restaurant was closed at the end of September, and the 4,200 square foot space will be transformed into a pub and bottle shop named the Crabtree Beer Garden.<\/p>\n

The concept will be very similar to the Brier Creek Beer Garden, also owned by Payman Bazooband, which opened in April. The bottle shop at Crabtree will reportedly offer more than 300 varieties of beer, and the majority of its taps will feature North Carolina Beers, according to the Raleigh Agenda.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

$10,000 worth of permits for work at the Crabtree Beer Garden were issued October 6 to Gleeson Controls.<\/p>\n

Pourworks, which bills itself as “Raleigh’s premiere craft beer & wine shop” signed a retail lease with Manor Six Forks, located at 900 East Six Forks Road in North Raleigh, in early September. On October 5, Integrated Commercial LLC received $98,000 worth of permits to begin fitting out the space for Pourworks.<\/p>\n

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I actually live pretty close by to “The Manor” \u2014 I’ve been a frequent visitor to the adjacent Bojangles \u2014 but had no idea there was going to be any sort of retail component to the place. Especially a retail component that only sells booze. I remember settling on my first post-college apartment in large part because it was within stumbling distance of several bars; if I’d found a place that had a beer shop built into it…forget it.<\/p>\n

Of course, Pourworks aims to be more than just a place you pick up a sixer before heading back to your studio apartment to drown out the miseries of your day.\u00a0The owners want to foster a congenial, welcoming environment where everyone can stop in, have a drink and get to know their neighbors a little better. The earliest post on their Facebook account talked about how they want to\u00a0\u00a0“ensure that we identify and align with what the residents and customers want.”<\/p>\n

We liked one of their next posts even better, and not just because we agree that Cheers is one of the all-time sitcom classics:<\/p>\n