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Isaac Hunter's Oak City Tavern closing its doors

Isaac Hunter's Oak City Tavern will close its doors on Fayetteville Street in downtown Raleigh on March 31.

Posted 2014-03-19T16:09:00+00:00 - Updated 2014-03-19T16:09:00+00:00

Isaac Hunter's Oak City Tavern was one stop along the tour where we learned about different haunted stories and pubs during the Raleigh Pub Crawl & Haunted Adventure tour Saturday night (photo by Wes Hight).

Kathy Hanrahan

Isaac Hunter's Oak City Tavern will close its doors in downtown Raleigh on March 31, owners announced Tuesday.

The tavern opened in 2009 amid the Downtown Raleigh Renaissance. Owners say that as their lease began to wind down at 112 Fayetteville St., their landlord, Pete Gillis, decided to go in a different direction, striking a deal with the owner of 606 Nightclub and Myst in Glenwood South to replace the tavern with a new concept.

Owners Brad Bowles, Ben Yannessa and Zack Medford say they are "heartbroken to see the tavern finally close its doors so abruptly."

"We are proud of our little bar, and we hate to see it end like this," Medford said, "but we know that we will bring Isaac Hunter’s back in the future, and this time make it everything we’ve always wanted it to be."

Isaac Hunter's will remain open from 4:30 p.m. until 2 a.m. daily until March 31. Their official goodbye party will be Sunday, March 30.