Common Market Durham — Restaurant in Durham

I was really hoping this place would be awesome but it really didn’t meet my expectations- it took them 40 minutes to make my hot sandwich on a Saturday at lunch time. They have a good variety of drinks- a topochico was $3.50! Sandwich value was fine- $10 for mine.

The thing that really got me though- they announce your name over a loud speaker and a name was getting called out every few minutes so don’t expect to have a good quality conversation, especially on a busier day. On the day I went several people didn’t pick their sandwiches up soon after being called so the person on the loudspeaker was straight up screaming names on the mic. So loud and unnecessary.

The set up is fine on the top floor but downstairs there’s a wall of wines and beers and tables right in front of it so we had people almost on top of us the entire time looking at the wall of wine or playing the video game and toy machines right behind us. Maybe remove that table so people’s butts aren’t in peoples faces that are sitting down?!

TLDR: The sandwich was good- get it to go, the experience inside was pretty meh. Wouldn’t recommend overall if you want a place to sit down for lunch.

PS- Parking is mostly street parking, i parked about a block down as it was busy on the street...

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This is always a wonderful place, to eat. I came to Study This morning, and walked down stairs to where I was the only person. I sat down at a booth in front of the bar studied, and watched the Jimmy Carter funeral (RIP). Which was already ON. About 45 mins later two people come down and sit at the bar and proceed to speak poorly of the program, and then ask it to be changed by the manager who accompanied them down stairs. I politely say that I am watching the program. and then is proceeded to be made to feel "othered" Less than, and invalidated by wanting to watch something that was already Playing. I will chose to spend my Days off somewhere else where I will not be treated in such a manner. As a person of Color this is so...