Notable Businesses
Although the street is just 3 miles long from the Capital Building to the beltway, Hillsborough Street offers the citizens of Raleigh over 60 restaurants, eateries, and food on the go establishments. With numerous bars, clubs, and nightlife venues as well, Hillsborough Street is developing into a hospitality destination. A diverse business environment including professional services, banks, technology services, and health and body care businesses. The street also offers a variety of necessary services and retail options including health and beauty care, salons, convenience stores, auto repair and tattoo shops, and numerous book stores selling WolfPack gear. One notable businesses on Hillsborough Street is Players' Retreat, a saloon that opened more than 50 years ago. The bar encompasses a former restaurant, the Morning Room, which served as the unofficial headquarters of Hargrove Bowles' 1972 gubernatorial campaign against Jim Holshauser. It was also a frequent hangout of the Wolfpack basketball players, of Norman Sloan, in the 1970's. Mitch's Tavern was used for scenes in the film Bull Durham in the 1980's. The publishing company Lulu is headquartered on Hillsborough Street.
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