FAQs | Dain's Place

Dain's Place is first come, first serve, and have a seat wherever you like. If you'd like to sit on the patio we'd love if you could pop in real quick to let us know, so we can make sure you're taken care of promptly.

Dain's welcomes folks of all ages while the kitchen's open. We've got a high chair, booster seat, and keep a bucket of chalk handy for sidewalk art on the patio. *After the kitchen closes at 10pm the bar is 21+, per NC law.

You bet! We love pups at Dain's and keep 3 bowls of fresh water out front for your four-legged friends. We just ask that you keep your pup on a leash, and of course only service animals are permitted inside.

In the spirit of keeping things simple we don't have a separate kids menu, but we sure do have lots of kid-friendly options. Hot dogs, grilled cheeses, and nuggets o' chicken are especially popular. Ooh and Oreos & milk. Can't forget the Oreos & milk.

Dain's Place has 4 artfully placed HD bigscreen TVs and our staff will gladly accomodate game requests. Bonus points if you know what network you're looking for. *We're a Philly bar with a side of Purdue pride, so when the Birds or Boilermakers are playing they get top billing. Speaking of college ball, we're a hoppin' spot for Duke games, being down the road from campus and all (lighter shades of blue are welcome). Come cheer with us!

Sure do. The password is our phone number, no dots or dashes, which can be found on the food menu and is posted on the walls.

We've got lots! Our drinks menu offers a growing array of delicious N/A selections, from ciders to beers in a variety of styles to spritzes.

Our patties are made with 1/2 lb of fresh, never-frozen, 100% Black Angus beef, cooked to order. No frozen pucks for the fine people of Durham!

Yes indeed. We use the finest kosher, all-beef hot dogs. Seriously. They're really, really good hot dogs.

Herbivores rejoice! Our menu features all kinds of vegetarian options. From Impossible burgers to house-made mozzarella triangles to grilled cheeses to perogies, we've got you covered. (The salad is kind of a banger too, TBH.)

We do our best to accomodate all modification requests, but please note that trace cross-contamination from things like gluten and dairy is unavoidable because we don't have the space to maintain a completely separate cook area. Please bear this in mind if your allergy is severe. Our fryer uses soybean oil, and our kaiser buns are not baked with dairy.

We use 100% soybean oil. No peanuts to be found. What's even cooler - one of our Customers of the Decade™ has been picking up and recycling our fryer oil into bio-diesel for his old school BMW for 18 years running! Shout out to Jurgen for wasting not.

We don't carry gluten free buns at this time, but we're happy to serve any sandwich bunless. It'll even come out on a fancy plate!

Oh yeah. Richman enjoyed our Defibrillator burger, which is topped with bacon, sweet beef chili, cheddar cheese, coleslaw, and yes, you're reading this right - a hotdog. Named one of "The Best Burgers Ever Seen on Man V. Food" by Mashed, the Defibrillator ain't for the faint of heart, but boy is it delicious.

If you're interested in reserving part or all of the bar for a special event, please reach out via our contact form.