Cornelius Karaoke needs HELP
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Dear People of Lake Norman :-)
I have been going to Saeed Safaie’s karaoke bar for 7 years. Maybe you have, also? It’s a fun place behind a former gas station (now a snow cone shop), and behind the fence.
A little about Saeed’s………The bar’s owner emigrated from Iran in 1976 and began working in the bar and restaurant business as a way to fund his college education soon after he moved to Charlotte. When he graduated from UNC Charlotte in 1985 and couldn’t find a job using his mechanical engineering degree, he decided to turn his years of experience working in the service industry into his own business.
Safaie opened the original Saeed’s near UNCC and turned it into a popular college hangout. When the city implored him to move for construction of the light rail, he searched for a new location and found the dark bar behind the gas station in Cornelius. The price was right, and he opened the doors in 1998.
At first, he worried about the inconspicuous location. “People say they drive by here so many times, but because it’s behind a gas station, they don’t know what kind of place it is,” he says. “They don’t know if they should come in or not.”
People found it, especially the many NASCAR folks who live in the Lake Norman area. They come mostly Mondays through Wednesdays during the season, when hardly anyone else is there and NASCAR drivers aren’t traveling for out-of-town races.
“We try to keep it low-key and be nice to everybody,” Safaie says. “We are not a big franchise. That’s all we can do.”
The microphone is on and waiting for anyone who wants to belt out some karaoke without a full spotlight in the small bar hidden from the crowds.
Anyway, long story short, Governor Cooper shut down all bars past 11PM this summer. Last Friday he moved that to 9PM. These guys cant make it on that and I’m sending this out to the neighborhood to just put the word out to go stop in and have a beer or a cocktail sometime.
https://www.facebook.com/SaeedsKaraokeBarandGrill/
Come on in and sing a song and buy a beer.
Thank you for reading this far :-)
I have been going to Saeed Safaie’s karaoke bar for 7 years. Maybe you have, also? It’s a fun place behind a former gas station (now a snow cone shop), and behind the fence.
A little about Saeed’s………The bar’s owner emigrated from Iran in 1976 and began working in the bar and restaurant business as a way to fund his college education soon after he moved to Charlotte. When he graduated from UNC Charlotte in 1985 and couldn’t find a job using his mechanical engineering degree, he decided to turn his years of experience working in the service industry into his own business.
Safaie opened the original Saeed’s near UNCC and turned it into a popular college hangout. When the city implored him to move for construction of the light rail, he searched for a new location and found the dark bar behind the gas station in Cornelius. The price was right, and he opened the doors in 1998.
At first, he worried about the inconspicuous location. “People say they drive by here so many times, but because it’s behind a gas station, they don’t know what kind of place it is,” he says. “They don’t know if they should come in or not.”
People found it, especially the many NASCAR folks who live in the Lake Norman area. They come mostly Mondays through Wednesdays during the season, when hardly anyone else is there and NASCAR drivers aren’t traveling for out-of-town races.
“We try to keep it low-key and be nice to everybody,” Safaie says. “We are not a big franchise. That’s all we can do.”
The microphone is on and waiting for anyone who wants to belt out some karaoke without a full spotlight in the small bar hidden from the crowds.
Anyway, long story short, Governor Cooper shut down all bars past 11PM this summer. Last Friday he moved that to 9PM. These guys cant make it on that and I’m sending this out to the neighborhood to just put the word out to go stop in and have a beer or a cocktail sometime.
https://www.facebook.com/SaeedsKaraokeBarandGrill/
Come on in and sing a song and buy a beer.
Thank you for reading this far :-)
Organizer and beneficiary
Gordon Engle
Organizer
Cornelius, NC
Saeed Safaie
Beneficiary
