Perhaps no antique in the entire Barn widens eyes more than the massive, 17th century sideboard acquired by a High Point antiques dealer. The bar originated in an old drug store in Smithfield, North Carolina. The décor features antique stained glass from Europe once used in one of the Darryl’s restaurants. Not only are you enthralled by the enormous dimension of the table that seats 36, you feel steeped in Thad’s life as a tireless collector of artifacts and antiquities. What better way to memorialize the beloved couple who made everything possible than to name the first, slightly smaller dining room after the diminutive, graceful AliceĮntering Thad’s Room is both a reverent and thrilling moment. Upon completion of construction, it became necessary to name the dining rooms. With such a full, active calendar, what could surpass one cellar dining room? A second dining room, of course!Īfter Alice’s death in 1997, Van and her husband, Steve, began plans to expand the cellar and to add a second dining room created from a storage room beside the first. presidents, played to perfection by actors the annual Murder Mystery Dinner Haunted Wine Cellar Dinner and, of course, the annual New Year’s Eve Celebration. Valentine’s Day Dinner The Robert Mondavi Wine Dinner the annual Dinner Aboard the Titanic Chef Walter Royal’s Teaching Kitchen the annual Seafood Celebration Dinner, celebrating North Carolina’s seafood industry the annual Dinner with the Presidents, with visits from historic U.S. For example, in 2010, our wine cellar calendar of events included: The public response to this one-of-a-kind dining room demanded events and dinners designed to educate guests about wine and food. In May of 1991, Alice and Van opened the dining room to critical acclaim, and guests began booking the room for business dinners, anniversaries, birthdays, engagement dinners, lunches, brunches and every imaginable special occasion. In celebration of the construction crew’s impeccable work, the first dinner in the premier wine cellar dining room honored the labor workers who fulfilled Thad’s vision. At last, guests could tour the cellar or indulge in a luxurious, lengthy five- or six-course gourmet dinner for 12-28 people paired with wines from an extensive international collection. Within one year, intensive construction transformed a basement with cases and cases of wine stacked throughout into the new, temperature- and humidity-controlled home for the award-winning wine collection and a dining room fit for a monarch. Inspired by the first Grand Award and countless requests by guests to see wine in “the cages,” Alice and Van forged ahead with plans to create a wine cellar dining room. began required keen foresight and steely perseverance. Taking up the king-sized mantle Thad Eure, Jr. Van recalls that when she and Alice were in New York City receiving the award, throughout the evening people asked, “Now, where exactly in Europe is Raleigh?” and “What part of California is Raleigh in?” In the world of wine, the Angus Barn had finally put Raleigh, North Carolina on the map! The other restaurants that received the award were in France, Switzerland and California. In 1989, Thad’s devotion and Alice and Van’s determination earned the Angus Barn its first of 20 prestigious Grand Awards, the highest honor bestowed upon a restaurant wine cellar.Īlice and Van were astonished to learn that only four Grand Awards had been awarded. The Angus Barn wine cellar remains one of the country's finest to date. Only a year after his passing, Alice and Van submitted the first entry to Wine Spectator magazine’s competition that awards one of three levels of recognition to restaurants with exceptional wine programs. Truly an unforgettable wine lover's experience!Īiming to build a wine list that would rival any in California, he seized the opportunity to acquire wines that slowly, methodically became one of the most coveted wine lists in the U.S.
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The wine cellar boasts its' own private staff, kitchen, two large dining rooms each with its own full service bar and surrounded by one of the most amazing wine collections in the United States. It took an extraordinary visionary to lay the foundation for such future grandeur. This is no ordinary hallway and staircase! Laborers used hand shovels, carefully removing earth for weeks to complete this magnificent structure.
As you descend the winding staircase leading to the wine cellar dining rooms, glancing at each of the prestigious 21 Wine Spectator Magazine Grand Awards, you begin to feel Thad Eure’s celebrated hospitality.
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