The owner of Folly’s Drafts and Snacks in Kernersville has opened a cocktail bar just a block down the street. Social Habit is now open seven days a week at 242 N. Main St.
Mark Stamper owns both businesses. He is a Kentucky native and former West Virginia resident who initially came to North Carolina to work as a tire technician in the racing business. Mark Stamper, owner of Social Habit, poses for a portrait on Friday, Aug.
9, 2024, at 242 N. Main St. in Kernersville, N.
C. Years ago, he ran a restaurant called Stamper’s in Greensboro. He sold that in 2007, took some time off, and later spent a few summers gold mining (and putting his diving skills to use) in Alaska – ending up on the reality TV series “Gold Rush: White Water.
” “I was in 19 episodes in Season 5,” he said. Returning to North Carolina around 2017, he worked as property maintenance manager at Castle McCulloch in Jamestown for a while. People are also reading.
.. Stamper said the sale of some gold allowed him to open Folly’s as a sort of general store in 2020 right in the middle of the COVID pandemic.
Now Folly’s has evolved into one of Kernersville’s most popular spots for beer and live music. Stamper joked that he opened Social Habit because he was “getting tired of drinking draft beer,” but the new bar offers a different atmosphere than Folly’s, with comfortable couches and antique or vintage fixtures everywhere – in keeping with the character of the 115-year-old building. The exter.