Renuka Soll, who is running for Town Council recently emailed people who had written to Town Council in support of Purple Bowl. In her email, she encouraged Purple Bowl supporters to support her and the other candidates on Adam Searing’s slate (Searing’s campaign treasurer works at Purple Bowl.) Problematically, the email contained inaccurate information (we […]
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We talked to Caroline Spencer about covering the Med Deli fire (and how to help)
Yesterday, Caroline Spencer was walking along Franklin Street when she captured a horrifying sight: Chapel Hill’s beloved Med Deli was on fire. Caroline lives across the street from Med Deli. She quickly went into reporting mode and stayed on the scene, notifying the community that everyone, including owner Jamil Kadoura, was able to safely […]
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Where to eat in downtown Chapel Hill before (and maybe after) the Chelsea-Wrexham match
If the idea of spending 3 hours on a hot and muggy evening watching the Chelsea-Wrexham soccer match in Kenan Stadium sounds awesome to you, imagine how much better it would be to do so on a completely full stomach! Ok, yes, perhaps mid-July is not the ideal time for the match, but what’s done […]
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Mr. Sun Sun, Mr. Purple Sun – please shine down on me
We are among the biggest fans of Purple Bowl. One of the blog blogging households is one of their biggest customers, and is grateful for their variety of delicious lunches and smoothies that were served to hospital employees during the pandemic. To say we love Purple Bowl would be an understatement — we spend a […]
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Rosemary Street property that houses Mama Dip’s for sale for $3.6 million
The Rosemary Street property that houses the beloved Mama Dip’s Kitchen is for sale for an eye-popping $3.6 million. The parcel is less than three quarters of an acre and the restaurant is just over 4,000 square feet. According to a listing for the sale, the restaurant equipment is not included in the sale price, […]
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Three Things We Learned From Watching the March 22 Chapel Hill Town Council Meeting
From the start of the March 22 meeting of Chapel Hill Town Council, it seemed that everyone was bracing for a long night. Despite a relatively slim agenda, the council revisited several contentious items from the past and discussed, for the first time, a wet lab that’s proposed for downtown. Here’s what we learned: People […]