5 things to know about the newest location from Raleigh’s biggest craft brewery
With craft beer at an inflection point, Raleigh’s most prominent brewery is unveiling its biggest project yet — a sprawling neighborhood pizzeria/taproom with games and events space plus a sharp front porch.
Trophy Five Points opens this week at 207 Bickett Rd., Raleigh, in the eye-catching former Electric Supply Co. warehouse. Once the pioneer in Raleigh brewing, Trophy has grown up into one of the leading forces in the Triangle’s drinks scene. Five Points marks Trophy’s seventh location and is by far the largest, opening as a neighborhood wonderland right next door to the popular restaurant Ajja.
Though it’s giant, Trophy Five Points operates like a series of intimate spaces. Here’s what you need to know.
The neighborhood
Five Points has been a popular restaurant destination in the last few years, attracting breweries, restaurants and a doughnut shop. It’s also just down the road from foodie developments East End Market and Raleigh Iron Works.
“We didn’t have a tap room on this side of town and we’ve kind of seen all the growth that’s happening in this area, there was a little bit of a brewing district happening over here,” Trophy co-owner Chris Powers said. “There’s Neuse River, the folks at Nickle Point, East Bower Cider, Lynwood, all those places are on this side of town. It makes sense to kind of become a part of that community.”
The new Trophy features a parking lot for 20 cars, with street parking available along Bickett and Fairview roads.
Big big big
The new Trophy Five Points takes over the iconic 22,000-square-foot Electric Supply Co. building, preserving the rich blue and swapping out the logo. Despite the size, Trophy’s new project feels like a collection of spaces, with a restaurant and bar at the center, situated right behind a glowing neon Trophy Brewing sign.
The living room feel fans might recognize from The Bend Bar continues in Five Points, with leather couches and a bookshelf of vintage beer bric a brac. On the front porch, there are more than a dozen tables, plus a line of fire pits on the astroturf yard.
Pizza
While being a craft beer leader, Trophy is also one of Raleigh’s most popular pizzerias. Morgan Street is where it all began for Trophy but that original pizzeria is maxed out. The new Five Points location will feature a larger pizza menu and more oven space and a new smoker for meats, mushrooms and anything else that needs some smokey flavor.
“Here the menu is going to be a little bit larger than what we’ve been doing on Morgan Street,” Powers said. “On Morgan Street we’ve been kind of hamstrung with what we can do, even with the kitchen expansions we’ve done over the years.”
Games
The biggest space is a future events and game room, which will have four lanes of duckpin bowling, golf simulators and a giant projection screen for The Big Game. Trophy is also building a collection of vintage arcade games.
Innovating
With the craft beer industry facing new challenges, like less thirsty generations and a crowded market, Trophy sees the new Five Points location as tied to sustainability. For Trophy, the key to survival is staying in motion. The brewery made 84 different beers last year and has only one property (Trophy Maywood) that functions like a typical taproom.
“We want this place to continue to be a Trophy hub,” Powers said. “It means a community place were people can connect with the beer....We continue to be creative, make new and different things and stay on or in front of trends — we make a THC beverage, because a lot of people our ages aren’t drinking like they used to but still want to be social. We take the same pride crafting our wine menu and cocktail menu as we do crafting beer. So we stay focused on community and sharing what we do with community.”
This story was originally published November 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM.
