Newspapers and beer go together like newsapers and, uh, coffee

The former Raleigh Times building has been turned into a bar. It's also a coffee shop. The N&O reports:

Now downtown Raleigh is attempting another renaissance, and, fittingly enough, the Times building from the '20s is being turned into a watering hole (The Raleigh Times) and a next-door coffee shop (The Morning Times) on Hargett Street.

Read the whole thing here.

While we're at it, what are your favorite post-work watering holes? I recall rather enjoying my times at the Anchor Bar in Detroit, the Heidelberg (which burned down a few years ago and has since been rebuilt) in Columbia, Mo., and you can't have this discussion without mention of the Billy Goat.