Ben Gibson

The Social District will open in downtown Statesville today.

General Manager Vinny Bulgarino said not to worry about confusing the restaurant’s name with the area of downtown where patrons can take their drinks from store to store, called a social district. He wants Statesville’s newest restaurant to be seen as a social hub for everyone.

“We’re in the social district of Statesville, so it’s kind of a play on words. It kind of helps us out here” Bulgarino said. “But it’s important to have that place where everybody can go and socialize. Statesville is not necessarily a big town, but it’s not a small town either. We just want to have that hub where everybody can come by, say hello, have that old school vibe of, almost like ‘Cheers,’ where it’s just a neighborhood, bar, club a

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