I know nothing about Sin City, and their web site goes nowhere. According to their MySpace page the name has been changed to LC’s downtown. The new MySpace page (warning! bad pop country music auto-plays) says Sin City. I’m not sure what the current name is. I haven’t been to this side of town in a while so I’m not sure what the sign out front says.

The first thing that comes to mind about this place is the pronunciation of the name. I’ve heard three variations since living in Raleigh, and I’m sure there may be more. The variations are:

• Teer-Nah-Noh (long “o”, silent “g”)
• Teer-Nah-Nahg (short “o”)
• Teer-Nah-Nogue (long “o”)

Even when a friend of mine tended bar here for a while and used the correct pronunciation in conversation, people still got it wrong. Even though there are ads on the radio, people still get it wrong. Now I must admit that I used the “Nahg” pronunciation for some time. Notice on the first picture how the o in “Nóg” has an accent over it. According to an Irish author enlightening readers, ó is pronounced ’o’ as in low.
So if you were using any of the other pronunciations, you now know the correct one.
And by the way, Tir Na Nóg is a great pub, definitely worth checking out any day of the week.

Caroline and Katie, two lovely bartenders

Dan and Christiana celebrating their fifth anniversary at The Riviera.

Riviera Mediterranean Restaurant & Lounge
135 South Wilmington Street
(919) 834-7480