Bars in Durham

Durham's downtown bar and craft beverage scene has emerged as one of the most celebrated in the Southeast — a former tobacco manufacturing center where the American Tobacco Campus historic restoration has created one of the most complete entertainment environments in North Carolina. Bull Durham's legendary baseball heritage, Duke University's academic excellence, and the creative economy's transformation of Durham's industrial spaces create an entertainment culture of unusual depth and authenticity.

Fullsteam Brewery is Durham's most innovative craft brewery — a downtown institution producing outstanding ales made with Southern foraged and farmed ingredients, creating the most distinctively regional craft brewery in North Carolina. Fullsteam's extraordinary mission to create Southern culinary-influenced craft beer (using North Carolina sweet potatoes, persimmons, and foraged herbs) creates a brewery taproom of genuine Southern regional craft significance.