Bars & Taverns

Blue Horn Lounge

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125 East Franklin St (Downtown)
Chapel Hill, NC 27514

phone (919) 929-1511

Open daily, 4pm-2am.

Small, private bar seats 44, but in an intimate big-city setting, and offers three flat-screen TVs and live music typically two nights a week. Annual membership dues, $1. All ABC permits.

Bub O’Malley’s

157 East Rosemary St (Downtown)
Chapel Hill, NC 27514

phone (919) 942-6903

Open Mon.-Sat., noon-2am; Sun., 2pm--2am.

Sports bar offers 30 beers on tap, 100 in the bottle, plus cider, soda and snack foods. Video games, jukebox and other diversions. ABC-b&w. Entertainment:. DJ, karaoke and live music offered on occasion. No cover charge.

Caffé Driade

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1215-A East Franklin St
Chapel Hill, NC 27514

phone (919) 942-2333

Open Mon-Thu, 7am-11pm; Fri-Sat, 7am-midn; Sun, 7:30am-11pm.

Since 1995, this espresso bar, teahouse and wine bar has been serving coffee roasted daily by the Carrboro Coffee Company, plus whole-leaf tea, pastries and selected beer and wine (plus cigars). Featured on The Food Network (Rachael Ray’s ‘$40 a Day’). Beautiful woods, gardens and patios let patrons relax, unwind, concentrate or ponder. Outdoor dining. Displays art for sale, changed monthly. Beer and wine only. Free parking. Entertainment: Live music (May-Oct), Wed, Fri-Sat. Coffee, Tea & Breakfast

Crossroads 54 Bar

2823 NC Highway 54 West
Chapel Hill, NC 27516

phone (919) 969-7799

Open Mon-Thu, 2pm-midn; Fri-Sat, 2pm-2am; Sun, noon-10pm.

Light snack foods during the week. Chicken wings on Thu. Race cook-outs on Sun. Pool, darts and horseshoes. No cover charge.

Dead Mule Club (The)

303 West Franklin St (Downtown)
Chapel Hill, NC 27516

phone (919) 969-7659

Open daily, 4pm-2am for light dinner fare.

Private club. First-year membership, $25; renewal per year, $5.

East End Oyster & Martini Bar

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201 East Franklin St (Downtown)
Chapel Hill, NC 27514

phone (919) 929-0024

Open Mon-Sat, 8pm-2am.

Simple, upscale cosmopolitan decor. Menu of 101 martinis, a good range of beers and a solid wine list. Limited menu. All ABC permits. Entertainment: Live music on weekends, sometimes with a cover charge (see Uptown under Nightclubs).

Goodfellows

149-1/2 East Franklin St (Downtown)
Chapel Hill, NC 27514

phone (919) 960-8688

Private club.

He’s Not Here

112-1/2 West Franklin St (Downtown)
Chapel Hill, NC 27516

phone (919) 942-7939

Open every day, 1pm-2am.

One of the oldest and most well known night spots in Chapel Hill, since 1975. Known for big (33-oz.) Carolina blue cups of beer (to keep). Entertainment: Live rock & roll, classic rock and blues. Cover charge, $2-3).

Hell

157-1/2 East Rosemary St (Downtown)
Chapel Hill, NC 27514

phone (919) 929-9666

Private club.

Hookah Bliss

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418 West Franklin St (Downtown)
Chapel Hill, NC 27516

phone (919) 967-3066

Sun.-Thu., 1pm-midn; Fri.-Sat., 1pm-1am.

A hookah is a special water pipe for smoking tobacco mixed with various flavorings (think Alice in Wonderland). Offers 30 flavors of standard and exotic tobacco (including apple, melon, pomegranate, chocolate mint and prickly pear), as well as various beers, ales, coffees and teas. Also VIP memberships.