Who would have thought that Hickory had such a good music scene. I surely didn't but have been…read moreseeing tons of good shows advertised and finally went to one. The Premier has an ok since parking lot and even though it was full when we arrived I was easily able to find a spot nearby. Plenty of food and drink options as well as both indoor and outdoor areas. Really good sound and show. I would for sure come back to another concert here.

From the owner: The premier indoor live music, bar and event venue in Hickory, North Carolina. Our 8,000 sq. ft…read more facility features an open air bar, state of the art sound, lighting, and space to accommodate up to 600 people. We are excited to feature some of the top artists in the region, while creating unique events that enliven the community.

Nice place for an intimate get together. Nice grounds, fountains, and the house is beautiful…read moreinside. Went to a small wedding there (50 people?), they did a good job. Parking is limited, but they fit us all in.

Awful company all around. We have been a customer for over 20 years and put up with their poor…read morebusiness practices for that amount of time, with over 10 rentals, and we decided to manage a couple of rentals on our own, so they dropped us completely. Numerous complaints from our tenants on their practices and could not even tell you how many complaints from our end. Stay away!

I just moved into a fantastic Townhouse that is a rental property managed by Shook and Tarlton on…read more127. I was hesitant at first to rent from them because of their reviews.... but after today, forget it! A HUGE thank you to Bethany, Chuck, and I'm sorry I can't remember the other guys name. They literally came in with my move in inspection list and knocked it ALL OUT. They fixed everything in their power and then some! They truly went above and beyond and I am so so very grateful for all of their hard work. I know I am going to be very happy here . They really stomped out anything negative I had ever heard about Shook And Tarlton (the office on 127). Thank you again!!!!!! Eileen Thomas

This bar gets a lot of talk, but I honestly don't see the appeal. The crowd is mostly younger,…read morewhich is fine, but the energy feels weird--like everyone's trying to make something happen, but nothing ever does. The music isn't too loud, so you can hold a conversation, but it still somehow feels lifeless. Not much going on inside besides people standing around looking bored. But the real problem? The police are ALWAYS there. Every night out turns into a waiting game--how long before the blue lights pull up? It kills the whole mood. You can't relax, and it honestly feels more like a sting operation than a night out. Mediocre drinks, uncomfortable atmosphere, and too much drama for a place that's supposed to be "lowkey." Hard pass.

I was a loyal Dive Bar patron for a few months--after moving home from college, I was elated to see…read morethat Hickory finally had a good nightlife option. I recommended Dive Bar to all of my friends, and always mentioned how safe, affordable, and fun their business is. Tonight, a friend from college and I were excited to go to the Dive Bar--I hyped up the experience to her astronomically and assured her that it would be the best bar she'd ever been to (bonus points for the arcade games!). Sadly, upon entering, my friend was turned away for having a "fake ID." Her ID is in no way facetious--it is up to date, came straight from the DMV, and boasts the same birth date on her birth certificate. It is also the permanent plastic copy, not the temporary paper one from last year! Instead of trying to scan it or even electing to consult a police officer on the corner right outside the door, she was turned away, leading us to find another bar to give our business to for the night. Her ID is vertical, but this is because she renewed her license prior to its expiration on her 21st birthday--since she wasn't 21 yet and didn't want to risk having an expired license to wait and get a horizontal copy, she was given a vertical (but STILL VALID) driver's license. I am incredibly disappointed with our experience tonight, and will sadly have to rescind my doting on the Dive Bar in all future conversations regarding Hickory nightlife. Ridiculous!

We love coming to Hickory for Crawdads games!…read more The prices are good, the atmosphere is great, there is always so much fun stuff going on and the food options are good. We really enjoy the funnel cake fries and the lemonade is fresh squeezed, refreshing, and fantastic! Don't forget to grab you some peanuts and cracker jacks!! They have so many activities for the kids going on all the time and their fireworks are fantastic on firework nights!

I love Minor League Baseball! What a fun ballpark on the edge of the Blue Ridge Mtns. Been coming…read moreto watch the C'Dads play near on 8 years. In North Carolina, It's those cool crisp April evenings and hot humid August nights that make this a great place to watch a ball game. The low A affiliate of the Texas Rangers, the Crawdads have seen their share of baseball talent move up the minor league ladder. And that means Hickory and the surrounding area has a chance to see THE SHOW'S future. Very affordable tickets, fine enough concessions (maybe the best hot dog I've had at any minor league park!), family fun with games and a carousel, concerts after games and let's not forget Thirsty Thursdays and Fireworks weekends! Sometimes as game time nears, the sun is low in the western sky, the air is clear and off to the north you see the mountain profiles and understand why they'er called the Blue Ridge. Just then the ump yells PLAY BALL and ALL is right with the world.

This place really is an artist's dream...I'm learning to sew and found a book on sewing that I paid…read more$2 for. There were lots of other craft How-To books. They also have great scrap fabric for really cheap in their back warehouse along with partially used buckets of paint, brushes, and tons of other craft needs that would cost you a lot more if you bought them brand new elsewhere. The only reason I gave them 4 stars is because I think they should have craft classes (which they said they might start doing). I was not very impressed with the front portion of the store (the "gallery") but that is just a matter of my own aesthetic preference. It's still a very cool place, and I would recommend ReSource to anyone who is postponing their craft dreams due to their financial status. It's a very smart business in our bad economy. If you check out this store, you also might be interested in going by The Hickory Tree furniture consignment shop on Old Lenoir Road; they are within walking distance of eachother. They have great deals on furniture and the owners are extremely helpful and good people.

Warning We purchased a table from this thrift store about a month ago, with delivery to be arranged…read morelater. Over that month, we called multiple times trying to schedule it, but no one would help or check on the order. We had always made a point to support this store--even going out of our way to bring our donations there--because we believed in supporting a local cause. Delivery was finally set up on April 16th by the delivery person. However, when the delivery was supposed to take place, we received a call saying the table was no longer available--they had put it back out on the floor and sold it again after already scheduling delivery. That makes absolutely no sense. Also, when going to collect a refund-that table was on the floor-they could have made this right, but chose not.to... Adding to the frustration, when we called today for answers, Brianna was extremely rude and hung up on me while I was trying to get information. I called back and spoke with Taylor, who was more understanding, but still did not take steps to make the situation right. From a customer standpoint, this did not feel like an ethical or fair way to handle a paid purchase that had already been committed to a buyer. We understand mistakes happen, but the lack of accountability, organization, and follow-through made this situation much worse. After this experience, we will not be shopping here again.

After being here a week, Extended told me Motel 6 didn't want me here--I got evicted for the second…read moretime in two weeks. Neither property can see each other but secret campaigns they tell you about go far. Extended acknowledged my being at Extended had no connection to Motel 6 but Extended lacked the stones to tell the system to mind its own business and get off my back so had me leave. Sex offenders, drug dealers and hookers do great at Motel 6; they probably never turn those down, but if you call the fire department like I did, you'll have a war with G6, LLCrony--one of its executives, Nathan Simon, I called in the middle of the night via a smoke alarm that wouldn't quit next-door to me Motel 6 ignored every time. For three months. Some of their people live there and so do the owners piddling in their garden between flip-outs on customers and laziness. Other issues at Motel 6 were women sexually harassed by Motel 6 management--that was reality before I got there. It got to me over time (I didn't initially believe it--even after it became a property-wide fact). Motel 6 asked me the whereabouts of one woman who'd been gone a few days but I missed what that was really about; all of them, of course, were homeless, destitute, single, or in the business--prime targets for Motel Predator. One woman told me she was with FEMA when she was propositioned by Motel 6 to party for financial favors not in her interest--so I told FEMA. There were some changes after that: a guillotine. Beeping smoke alarms were as plentiful as trespassers and loiterers at Motel 6--Extended has no trespassers that I noticed although it did have a smoke alarm out by the front where everyone smokes weed--but of course they would, Motel 6 had one out by the front, too--ESS appears too far to walk for the shopping cart crowd--but Extended does have people who prop doors open forever--despite signs on the door not to. Rooms are huge at Extended but so was the campaign against me by Motel Nazis who discovered I was at Extended so told Extended to deny me service--they did so despite my paying Extended more than I was paying Motel 6--I was never behind on paying either. I was banned by Motel 6, Extended told me, for "getting into it with them" over the number of smoke alarms Motel 6 refused to repair and how I refused to move my vehicle so Motel 6 could bamboozle people online with a web site it needed to take pictures for--I was away, anyway. Furious that I wouldn't move my vehicle for Motel 6, Motel 6 made war--I nearly got into a fight with Motel 6's tiny goon who I ran off like the gurly-man who'll always be. If you like seeing Tahmez Davidson's underwear, Camron Pagan's long walks, Jamario McCombs, Jeremy Goodrich, and other career jailbirds you'll love Motel 6--many didn't have rooms at Motel 6 who was busy watching cricket--Motel 6 has plenty of cameras but prefers its big-screen for third world baseball. There is no security at Motel 6 even after a robbery because all of its legalese is designed against you and for the lawyers and G6, LLCrooks. I filed several beefs against Motel 6 via the NCDOJ but even the Hickory Fire Department couldn't get Motel 6 moving on putting batteries in out-of-order smoke alarms--to make Motel 6 look good and me look bad I was banned plus whatever they told corporate about me--my neighbors clued me into what else Motel 6 fabricated against me I was unaware of. I am apparently also banned from Extended after being there a week with no problem, either with me or anything I thought I saw that could have used improvement--drunk people peeing on the balcony wall, for example--no phones despite a fat phone agreement--if you have a weed habit the common area will love you--roaches and roaches were in competition for being on the floor; neither property does improvement, they do profit--9 volts is a stretch that I learned. Extended's Web Site intentionally makes it impossible for any bad reviews to make it past the fabricated ones they wrote plus the ones on Google. In Hickory, NC, corporations run campaigns on people when all you want is a room and not the system in your face when the fire department leaves; any woman harassed by Motel 6--there were many--will also be banned by Motel 6 and Extended, too--according to Extended, anyway, they, too, will be on the G6 shit-list--if they file a complaint it's over for them at Motel 6 or so said Extended. If you were female with FEMA or not with FEMA, report Motel Poonhound aw

I used Liazzo's to cater my wedding in Lincolnton at the Laboratory Mill. I could not ask for a…read morebetter catering experience. I was able to taste test the food twice prior to my event, was in constant communication with Jessica over the menue, and had the menue created for the exact feel we wanted with our wedding. Liazzo's did all of the set up and clean up, priovided the linens, the plates, wine glasses, etc. and the food was absolutely wonderful! Aside from the venue, thenumber one thing people commented on was the amazing food. Liazzo's also helped to supply our cutting cake and cupcakes. Not only are the professional, delicious and accommodating, they have unbeatable prices. I truely could not have asked for a better catering experience and recommend them to ANYONE that needs a good caterer!

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