New restaurant & brewery opening first NC location in Raleigh soon
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- Crooked Hammock Brewery will open its first North Carolina taproom near Crabtree mall.
- Edwards Mill site features a patio and backyard with games and a fire pit.
- Restaurant is expected to open this spring; Crooked Hammock is hiring.
A new restaurant and taproom is opening soon near Raleigh’s Crabtree mall.
Crooked Hammock Brewery has several locations along the East Coast, but this will be its first in North Carolina. The nearest location is in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
The Raleigh location will be different because its tank room, where beer tanks are stored and brewing happens, will be the centerpiece.
It’s expected to open this spring at 4501 Edwards Mill Road, across from Wong’s Tacos, the restaurant shared on social media.
Crooked Hammock was founded in 2015 “to capture that perfect backyard feeling.” Each location has a lively outdoor area, with activities including bocce courts and horseshoe pits, in addition to lounging areas and hammocks.
Raleigh’s Crooked Hammock will feature an outdoor patio with a stone fireplace, a playground, ping pong tables, corn hole, ring toss and a fire pit.
Crooked Hammock menu
The menu for North Carolina’s location has not yet been posted online, and Crooked Hammock did not respond to The News & Observer’s requests for more information. However, the menus for the existing Crooked Hammock locations offer bar food and cookout staples — nachos, wings, sliders, ribs, grilled chicken, burgers, fish tacos, sandwiches and salads.
Online, entree prices range between $20 and $33, most burgers and sandwiches are $17-$22, and salads are $12-$26.
On tap, the brewery offers a mix of light and refreshing options, hop-forward IPAs and dark beers. A 16-ounce beer starts around $7.
Crooked Hammock is now hiring for positions at the Raleigh restaurant, its website says.
Crooked Hammock is a La Vida Hospitality concept, a group that also operates the restaurants Big Chill and Taco Reho, which have locations in Delaware and South Carolina.
This story was originally published February 10, 2026 at 12:16 PM with the headline "New restaurant & brewery opening first NC location in Raleigh soon."
