And at the cozy Trophy Brewing Company, flavorful small-batch beers like the rosemary-scented Rose Gose are poured from trophy-topped taps. At the sleek bicycle-themed Crank Arm Brewing, which has beers like Unicycle Single Hop Pale Ale and Pumptrack Pumpkin Porter, old gears and chains are integrated into the industrial décor and wall-mounted art installations. At the cavernous Raleigh Brewing Company, try the cheekily named Hell Yes Ma’am, an easy-drinking Belgian Golden. The city’s entrepreneurial bent also fueled an explosion of new craft breweries last year, so take a tour of their on-site taprooms to find your new favorite beer. A block away, High Cotton is filled with handmade bow ties (and headbands and cummerbunds) in an array of patterns, from paisley to pink seersucker. Around the corner, get your monogram embossed onto a hot-pink acrylic pendant at Moon and Lola, a shop that specializes in candy-colored statement jewelry. At Lumina Clothing, browse the American-made men’s wear: selvage denim, mustard-colored twill chinos, cotton camouflage-printed ties.
To get a sense of the youthful spirit that has reinvigorated downtown, check out the shops of small local clothing and accessory labels that have recently opened there. More than merely one of the Triangle’s three vertexes, Raleigh is now defining itself as a destination worth exploring on its own merits, regardless of what lies beyond the city limits. Today, North Carolina’s capital is awash in entrepreneurial energy from homegrown clothing labels and converted art galleries to craft breweries and ambitious restaurants. But this geographic shorthand has become increasingly outdated in recent years, as each city has developed a distinct personality.
Raleigh has traditionally been lumped with Durham and Chapel Hill as part of the Research Triangle - the land of science, technology and, in the run-up to this month’s N.C.A.A.
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