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11 late, great Wilmington bars where we'd love to have one more beer

In the spirit of nostalgia, here's a list of 11 great Wilmington-area bars that no longer exist
Posted by Katie Moore on January 12, 2021 in  #LoveWhereYouLive  Brewery  Good Beer  Old School  Wilmington NC
Bessie's Still legend after all these years. Bessie's, at 133 N. Front St., where the Orton Pool Room was most recently, hosted a lot of live music. (Guitar great Dick Dale played the low-ceilinged, underground room to a packed house.) But Bessie's was also a destination for billiards, with a half-dozen tables in the sprawling space -- not to mention a home base for improv and sketch comedy, spawning groups The Comically Impaired and Changing Channels. They even did plays there as Bessie's Underground Mole Pro... read more

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