CityView Magazine

68 | April 2016 (910) 483-2773 143 MAxwell Street Fayetteville NC 28301 15% off on Guns, Home & Commercial Safes! Special Promotional Section te. Everywhere you WHAT'S GOING ON DOWNTOWN C ome for cool restaurants like Circa 1800, Blue Moon Café and Taste of West Africa, stores like Pressed, e Shops at 123 Hay Street and White Trash, as well as events like the Downtown Art Walk, Valentine's Carriage Rides and the Farmer's Market. Downtown Fayetteville – has now become a place to navigate a plethora of art, retail, food and culture… it feels like one of the coolest places on Earth. Creatives and Downtown enthusiasts are taking over converted los that once stood vacant and abandoned. Chefs are taking chances in smart, stylish restaurants with dazzling range of cuisines that reflect Fayetteville's own ethnic stew. And small business shop owners are opening must-shop boutiques in historic buildings where bustling dollar stores and colorful lunch counters once occupied storefronts. Discoveries abound in Fayetteville's Downtown – antiques, Carolina-only products, museums and rare books. Downtown also feels like a Fayetteville neighborhood where you're most likely to experience the thrill of discovery without having to schlep around in a car. It's self- contained enough to qualify as a destination on its own; and there's an energy and spontaneity you don't feel when visiting malls or shopping centers. e monthly Fourth Friday Downtown ArtWalk draws multitudes of patrons, artisans and curiosity-seekers to happening galleries and events. Taking a stroll throughout the Downtown area, galleries and entertainment begin to illuminate in the twilight of evening. Artists and musicians begin to display their wares for all to experience. Maybe there is a gallery exhibit at the Market House or the Arts Council. Walk a little further and there is a jazz band playing at Marquis Market and a poetry reading at Sweet Palette. Everywhere you look, something is happening that you will not find anywhere else. Like the menu at Taste of West Africa, Sherefe and Pierro's, they all take inspiration from Fayetteville's dazzling ethnic diversity. With a mix of art, retail, food and culture – Downtown Fayetteville has become the NEW destination

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