Hunt St

After the closure of Duke’s Tavern due to the destruction of the Washington Duke Hotel, which we will discuss shortly, owner Herb Rigsbee created Herb’s Bar/Lounge. Herb’s Bar was listed in the Damron Travel Guides starting in 1978, a few years after Duke’s Tavern was demolished. In the Travel Guides, Herb’s Bar/Lounge is classified as a “cruisy”...