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This hideaway bar in Carr Mill Mall serves up creative cocktails and global-inspired tapas By M at t Lard ie | P h o to g ra p hy by B e t h M a n n
o get to B-Side Lounge in Carrboro, you’ll need to take a few turns. First, walk up toward the door of Venable, but don’t enter. Turn to your right, and then round the corner to your left, and head straight. Walk past what looks like a service entrance and take another left when the building ends. Go through the door at the back of the building, and you’ve arrived. Tucked away in a corner of historic Carr Mill Mall, B-Side Lounge is part speakeasy and part tapas bar. The space is cozy, with exposed brick walls and intimate booths that invite hushed conversations with friends over cocktails and a late-night snack. The dark, polished wood bar is the main feature of the space, where B-Side bartenders serve up a range of local beers,
January/February 2020
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