I came across the Barrel Room on a night out with an old high school friend, which pretty much describes every night out I’ve had since moving to the Bay Area—I have a lot of old friends to rediscover in this neck of the woods. We wanted somewhere to extend the evening but still hear
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Vinos Finos y Picadas 8450 Honeycutt Road Lafayette Village, North Raleigh Website Bites: $3–$8 Cheese & Meat Plates: $10–$30 Vinos Finos y Picadas is a South American wine bar in the new Lafayette Village shopping plaza that’s designed to look like a European village in the tradition of Epcot and Las Vegas before it.

six plates Erwin Terrace 2812 Erwin Road Durham, NC http://sixplates.blogspot.com Small Plates $9–11 We ended up at six plates late on a Saturday night after having waited too long for service at another lounge. six plates was advertised in our American Dance Festival brochure along with its service hours, which are until 2 am on
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