Looking to find a new lunch spot? With live music, board games and escape rooms? Try the Boxyard located in Research Triangle Park. A place where members of the surrounding Triangle communities can eat and connect inside the Park. Boxyard RTP utilizes repurposed shipping containers to give space to smaller businesses in the area to showcase their craft, ranging from barbecue places to escape room venues.
Bulkogi: Bulkogi serves Korean barbecue and Latin food with an Asian twist. They serve traditional Korean food such as bibimbap, a cooked rice dish often served with sauteed vegetables, marinated meats and a sunny-side-up egg. Bulkogi is also known for serving mandu dumplings with a choice of four fillings: veggies, a ground chicken and beef mix, chicken or kimchi.
BuzzyBakes: Every treat crafted and sold by this business is made from scratch. They do not use any preservatives or artificial additives in their cooking. The owner, Carrie Haub, wrote on the store’s website how her interest in baking originated when she and her family moved to California’s wine region. During her time there, she experimented with combining the aromas she came across into her baking. She also utilizes honey from local beekeepers as a way to use a natural instead of an artificial sweetener in the baked goods sold at the store.
Game on Escapes & More: With this popular attraction at the Boxyard, they feature three distinct escape room experiences; known as Container 51, Cat Burglar and Jailbreak. The premise of Container 51 is set in a desert environment, where a mysterious shipping container was located in. A scan of the container reveals a hidden chamber, as guests who participate play the role of researchers. As the container is opened, they will discover that it is not human technology. As for the Cat Burglar, the setup follows a billionaire keeping his bank codes hidden in a shipping container. The goal is to collect these codes and escape without getting caught. In the Jailbreak experience, guests are imprisoned and the goal is to eventually escape with only 30 minutes on the clock. People who participate in this attraction can have the option to compete with friends, as they are placed in a different cell.
Guildhall Games: Guildhall Games is a specialty store that sells a variety of games and toys such as board games, plushes, dice, enamel pins and paint-by-numbers kits. The owners of the store, Jake and Nicole Guild, highlight on their website how they see board games and toys as a few things that they believe everyone can enjoy. Among their vast board game selection are Bananagrams, Cascadia and Codenames. They also feature role-playing games including spell book cards for Dungeons & Dragons and Avatar Legends. With their array of board games and role-plays, they have different puzzles that range from 35 pieces to 5,000 pieces.
Lawrence Food and Co.: Lawrence Food and Co. consists of two distinct restaurants and a bar, which include Lawrence Barbecue and Leroy’s Tacos. At Lawrence Barbecue, they serve oysters, wings, sandwiches, smoked meats and a variety of sides. At Leroy’s Tacos, guests will find their smoked brisket tacos, spicy chicken tacos, brussels sprout tacos, nachos and other sides as well.
Meat & Graze: Meat & Graze serves charcuterie boards, sandwiches and a variety of bites for guests to snack on and enjoy. These bites include a cheesy take on bruschetta known as mascarpone crostini and deviled strawberries, which are strawberries stuffed with whipped goat cheese. Other items they sell on their menu are whipped brie crostinis; a honey whipped brie with prosciutto and apples; and blue cheese bites, which consist of cambozola cheese, rosemary, apricot and hot honey. Meat & Graze also has charcuterie classes, where guests can go to learn how to make a charcuterie board.
The Boxyard is a great place to go unwind with friends, with their variety of foods that allows everyone to have something that they would enjoy. Before eating at one of the many restaurants, guests can find themselves in an escape room or playing a board game while they eat. For those who need flowers, back-to-school supplies or even a haircut, the Boxyard can be just the place for that.
