Oct 30, 2025 - Food and Drink
See inside Glenwood South's new ping-pong bar
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Photo: Courtesy of LM Restaurants
Smash Social Club, a new ping-pong bar that will replace the former Carolina Ale House in Raleigh's Glenwood South neighborhood, will open in November.
Why it matters: The newly renovated bar in downtown Raleigh is the latest investment from the local restaurant group LM Restaurants, which opened Birdie's Barroom on Fayetteville Street last year.
Zoom in: Smash Social Club is a 9,600-square-foot bar that offers several games, including table tennis, shuffleboard and electric darts across two levels.
- The game costs between $8 to $40 for 90 minutes of playing time.
- In addition to a full service bar and craft cocktail menu, Smash's food menu features shareable items like cornbread bites with honey butter, barbacoa or chicken tinga nachos and sweet heat Korean wings.
- It has a 26-seat bar and will have several televisions to show live sports.
Location: 500 Glenwood Ave., Raleigh
Hours: Monday through Thursday, 4-11pm
- Friday, 3pm-2am Friday,
- Saturday, noon-2am
- Sunday, noon-11pm
