Harrison’s Bar and Grille

No Longer In Business

Nice sports bar below a strip club. 20 or so taps with a dozen good brews and several regionals on tap and in bottles. All served at proper cellar temperature instead of ice cold. Nice looking wait-staff was very beer knowledgeable and super friendly. Prices were ridiculously cheap for the good beers. Food was good-enough, standard brew pub fare. Only knock was the whole place is smoking.

Took me a bit to find but fortunately someone I was meeting mentioned it was below a strip club - that was easier to see from the street. Pro’s - Good Service, Good Beer Selection Con’s - Beer seemed not very cold to everyone in my party; VERY smoky; you have to run across the thowing lanes of three dartboards to get to the restroom (there has GOT to be a better set up than this!); in the men’s room the crapper is right there next to the urinals - no stall, nothing... not even a roll of TP to speak of.. no thanks!

Underneath a strip club (just in case that’s what you want to know) this place has good food and reasonably priced beer. Saturdays$2.50 pints, typical pub fare, but good.

I was told this is the one that this chain started with. Hidden away in the basement location in a building that on the corner of Hillsboro & N Harrison. You gotta really look for it as the town of Cary doesn’t allow for sign that would help a person find a place. It pretty much all bar. Big U shaped bar with a wall down the middle. Booths & table also. Several pool table on one side. Lots of TV’s for spoorts watching. Well worn, but kept up, nothing fancy, a practical place. Had some kegs in the ceiling that had cards that said things like "First keg of Blue Moon in NC". Bunch of sports related things too. Service was great, but it was post lunch time and only a handful of people were there, friendly. Found out info on a couple beers that were only listed by name, turned out to be Azalea’s two offerings. Same basic burger, chicken pub fare that this chain carries. I had the house salad with some slice cold chicken on top. It was solid enough. Had the Azelea Navigator with my lunch. Nice neighborhood kind of place. Not a must visit, but if you’re in Cary give it a shot. 07/17/11 now non smoking through out...