A life long rule has been never to expect much from a suburban strip mall bar.Get in, get out, go home empty and disappointed.
Plus, Southern cities are not known for old time corner tap rooms. Nor are passionate sports fans known to inhabit such places.
And usually when a bar has to bill itself as a "sports" bar, it usually disappoints.
So the first time I ventured into Woody's I was expecting bad wings, big brewery beer selection and cheesy sports memorabilia bought at a local KMart.
Not so. First off, any bar that serves Red Strip and Labatt Blue in ice cold bottles will get my attention. Couple that with the hot waitresses, great wings, both Buffalo and Jerk, and local Tobacco Road, Panthers and heavy Hurricanes memorabilia.
Most sports bars downplay the local NHL team in favor of more popular sports. Raleigh only has the Hurricanes. They are front and center.
The atmosphere at Woody's is real.
It is surely one of the better sports bars I have been in south of the Mason Dixon line.
So many strip mall bars could take a lesson from Woody's. There is no need to be bland and boring.
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