Dain's Place

This is the Goldilocks of pubs. Not too noisy, but not depressingly void. A good amount eclectic wall art, but a respect to not be too zane-y. The beer selection and menu have good options but are not incomprehensibly large or limited. If you want to bull-shit with your compadres or be slightly interested in a sports game - this is your bar. Besides, it's on Ninth St. so if you decide it's too crowded (not often the case) or you just don't like it, you can just walk to the next one without losing much of your insobriety in the process. Clutch.

Oh, wow!  Finally.  After being in Durham 2 years and looking for a real burger joint, we found it yesterday.  Extra delicious and excellent service.  We never understood the hype around Only Burger (went there 3 times before I gave up), but I doubt you'll be disappointed if you try this place.  The fries are super crispy and yummy (not like the burned and mushy ones from OB).  But I'll point out 2 things.  1- fries are extra (only $1.99), not included as it sounded from when we placed the order, and 2- chips are included (yummy Miss Vickie's brand).  We'll be going back!

The food and drinks were good but the service not so much. We got tots on fire (really good) and I had a garden burger. Also good were my friends BLT and the grilled cheese/tomato soup.

But service was slow and not very friendly. We waited and waited for refills and for people to come see if we were alright- ended up flagging staff down twice. The kicker- we ordered 5 shots and asked for a coke chaser and they charged us for the soda. That's never happened before