Raleigh common restaurant will shut after 14 years, however its meals truck will dwell on
A downtown Raleigh fixture — a restaurant that blends biergarten with European bistro — will shut after 14 years.
The favored Capital Membership 16 and its chef and proprietor Jake Wolf introduced this week that the restaurant will shut on the finish of April and deal with pop-up dinners and its meals truck, Wandering Wolf.
Capital Membership’s final open day will probably be Friday, April 26.
“We determined after 14 years it was time to have a bit shift in our plans,” mentioned Jake Wolf in a telephone interview. “We’ve loved our time downtown, our 14 years. (Capital Membership 16) means a variety of issues to a variety of totally different individuals.”
Taking its title from the 95-year-old, 12-story constructing on Martin Avenue, Capital Membership 16 provided one of many Triangle’s few German-inspired menus and was a vacation spot for all the things from seasonal wine dinners to World Cup matches to its annual Oktoberfest celebration.
Final yr, the restaurant launched a meals truck, Wandering Wolf, which provided a cellular biergarten menu, serving issues like schnitzel sandwiches and bite-sized potato pancakes. Wolf mentioned the meals truck, catering and pop up dinners could be the model’s focus going ahead.
Meals vehicles are sometimes a stepping stone to a brick and mortar, not the opposite manner round, however Wolf mentioned he’s loved assembly diners the place they’re.
“Once we opened (Capital Membership 16) our son was six months previous, now he’s about to enter highschool,” Wolf mentioned. “It’s wonderful what will be packed right into a yr, a day, a no matter. I haven’t been one to observe the standard path.”
Wolf skilled on the Culinary Institute of America, cooked in Germany and New York, then opened Capital Membership 16 in Raleigh. The restaurant turned a preferred lunch spot and nighttime vacation spot for diners all through the Triangle. Capital Membership 16 served a mixture of German and Austrian dishes, together with sausages and fried cutlets.
Located on the nook of Martin and Salisbury streets, the principle eating room’s large home windows and tall ceilings may catch the afternoon sunshine and fill with gentle.
A few of the furnishings and the again bar have been constructed from items of historic previous New York eating places, just like the German spot Luchows.
“It’s been an extension of our dwelling,” Wolf mentioned. “We’ve been so fortune to host weddings right here, individuals have had experiences right here. When you could have a restaurant in downtown Raleigh, it seems to be a bit greater than you ever may anticipate.”
Wolf mentioned that his meals truck will seem at Brewgaloo this yr for the primary time and ought to be anticipated at a a number of Oktoberfest celebrations this fall, together with one at Trophy Brewing.
To observe the subsequent chapter of Captial Membership 16 and Wandering Wolf, go to instagram.com/wanderingwolf.nc.
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