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We don't yet know the concept for this, but I'm concerned that we continue to see higher-end stuff going in downtown without a whole lot of family-friendly places that are kinder to the wallet. Serendipity is fine, and we like Crosstown and Taipei 101, but I'd like to see more casual, cafe type places.
Are the fine dining places attracting enough customers in Cary?
Friends ate at the farm-to-table restaurant here when it first opened. They were not impressed. Said the fish was not fresh nor were the salad greens.
“The architect is finalizing the drawings so they can get approved, then bid the project and begin work once the project has been awarded,” said Ted Boyd, Cary’s downtown development director. Chuong “is working with the same architect for his layout of the restaurant space,” he added.
So I just visited downtown Cary, and I was surprised at how relatively small it was. Fuquay-Varina has more of a downtown than Cary does. For a city of its size and wealth, downtown Cary should at least be something like Franklin Street (minus all the college kids) in Chapel Hill. There's like 4 or 5 mechanic shops within the vicinity of downtown Cary. I think downtown Cary has the most auto repair shops per capita compared to the other downtown areas within the state of NC. I don't know if it's all the NIMBY's or what, I don't know what's holding back downtown Cary from developing further. I do like Bond Brothers and Crosstown Pub, and I think some of the other restaurants will be a draw, but it's going take something more to bring more people in that area
So I just visited downtown Cary, and I was surprised at how relatively small it was. Fuquay-Varina has more of a downtown than Cary does. For a city of its size and wealth, downtown Cary should at least be something like Franklin Street (minus all the college kids) in Chapel Hill. There's like 4 or 5 mechanic shops within the vicinity of downtown Cary. I think downtown Cary has the most auto repair shops per capita compared to the other downtown areas within the state of NC. I don't know if it's all the NIMBY's or what, I don't know what's holding back downtown Cary from developing further. I do like Bond Brothers and Crosstown Pub, and I think some of the other restaurants will be a draw, but it's going take something more to bring more people in that area
It's a work in progress, and that takes time. It's come a long way even just in the past few years.
So I just visited downtown Cary, and I was surprised at how relatively small it was. Fuquay-Varina has more of a downtown than Cary does. For a city of its size and wealth, downtown Cary should at least be something like Franklin Street (minus all the college kids) in Chapel Hill. There's like 4 or 5 mechanic shops within the vicinity of downtown Cary. I think downtown Cary has the most auto repair shops per capita compared to the other downtown areas within the state of NC. I don't know if it's all the NIMBY's or what, I don't know what's holding back downtown Cary from developing further. I do like Bond Brothers and Crosstown Pub, and I think some of the other restaurants will be a draw, but it's going take something more to bring more people in that area
Cary’s a town. Not a city.
For a long time, it was nothing but a suburb where IBMers could live in nice subdivisions, shop at strip malls, eat at chain restaurants, and send their kids to good, safe schools. And that was enough.
Downtown Cary is becoming what residents want now. It’ll get there.
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So I just visited downtown Cary, and I was surprised at how relatively small it was. Fuquay-Varina has more of a downtown than Cary does. For a city of its size and wealth, downtown Cary should at least be something like Franklin Street (minus all the college kids) in Chapel Hill. There's like 4 or 5 mechanic shops within the vicinity of downtown Cary. I think downtown Cary has the most auto repair shops per capita compared to the other downtown areas within the state of NC. I don't know if it's all the NIMBY's or what, I don't know what's holding back downtown Cary from developing further. I do like Bond Brothers and Crosstown Pub, and I think some of the other restaurants will be a draw, but it's going take something more to bring more people in that area
I’ve always been fascinated by how much more developed the downtown of my “hometown’ Springfield, IL is. Population 115K vs 166K (Cary) and ave family income about half that of Cary (around national ave of 50K vs 100K). https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C...t1E4Zk#imgrc=_
Of course, Springfield is the state capital; also, it is far enough removed from any metro to warrant developing all of its own “stuff” and thus be a stand-a-lone-town (much like FV). Being on Route 66 doesn’t hurt either 😊
No need for Cary to have had developed its own downtown in such a way as it is a hop-skip-jump to DT Raleigh (Yes I know parts of extreme NE FV are pretty close to DT Raleigh but I’m talkin DT FV and/or FV as a whole). This proximity to Raleigh might actually create some friction for the current revitalization too -in the form of competition. For example, why go to DT Cary Farmers market when a couple more miles down the road (I40) I can be at the State Farmers Market in Raleigh…. which has 100x the selection and variety.
While DT FV might have Cary “beat” in restaurants and shops…. for now, I think DT Cary has other “strengths”. Particularly when it comes to public amenities, programming, festivals etc. (Arts Center, new regional library, expanding Fountain Park, Cary Theatre & Cinema, Lazy Daze, Spring Daze, Pimento Cheese Festival, Wheels on Academy, Touch A Truck…. did I mention the Pimento Cheese Festival!).
If you need car fix
Downtown Cary place to be
That we all agree
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