3.8.24 | Around Town, Carolina Alumni Review
Carolina has a top-rated club pickleball team but no designated court to play on. (See “UNC Wins Pickleball Collegiate National Championship” January/February 2023 Review.) The only public pickleball court in Chapel Hill, in Ephesus…
A decade into a career in cookies, including a pecan crisp variety that made Oprah’s Favorite Things list, Tonya Council has returned to Chapel Hill with plans to add a café to her bakery. Council, a granddaughter of Mama Dip’s Kitchen… read more
A Chapel Hill staple for 47 years, known for cheesy tots and late-night events, closed its doors on Jan. 5. Linda’s Bar and Grill on East Franklin Street was operated by Christopher Carini, who bought the restaurant in 2011. Carini told the… read more
Ay Por Dios!, a newly opened bistro on West Franklin Street in The Courtyard business cluster, will showcase the diversity of Mexican cuisine, along with some specialties from other cultures. After more than a year in the making due to town of… read more
Jamil Kadoura stood across Franklin Street, staring at the husk of his restaurant, Mediterranean Deli. Three hours after he first saw a little lick of fire on his roof, a flame so small he tried to tamp it out with his hands, firefighters hovered in… read more
The road to an award-winning Wagyu beef sandwich ends in Chapel Hill. Capriotti’s Sandwich Shop opened in May on East Franklin Street after retrofitting the space formerly occupied by Waffle House and, even earlier, the legendary Pepper’s… read more
After three years of uncertainty, chef Garret Fleming and his sister Eleanor Lacy, a dessert baker extraordinaire, have finally found a permanent home. Fleming and Lacy had barely installed the pig smoker at their first Chapel Hill restaurant, Big… read more
Al Leaves, Burger Stays Carolina graduates Charlie Farris ’04 and Jason Kesler ’04 helped out alumni Al Bowers ’88 and his wife, Melody Adams Bowers ’85, by purchasing Al’s Burger Shack after the Bowerses filed for bankruptcy for the… read more
Bake Shop Sweetens Market Lydia Ricks loves to watch customers take their first bite of her hummingbird cake. “This is carrot cake country,” she said. “People expect a dense cake, but this has totally different flavors. It sells out as fast… read more
Raising Cane’s Raises the Bar When the Mega Millions lottery prize reached $810 million in July, Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers owner Todd Graves bought 50,000 $2 tickets for the employees in his restaurant chain, which has 650 stores… read more