UNC Hospitals’ residents will host the second annual Charity Breakfast Buffet with Santa. Proceeds from the breakfast buffet will be used to support the Ronald McDonald House, the SECU Family House, the N.C Food Bank and Toys for Tots. The cost to attend is $5 for children and $10 for adults. Attendees will be able…
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Square dance jam
Carrboro’s Recreation and Parks’ Jam Session Series presents Square Dance Jam on Friday, Dec. 4 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Carrboro Century Center. Join the Square Heels Square Dance Club for an evening of fun and laughter. All visitors will be invited to dance; no experience necessary. Wear comfy shoes. Admission is $3…
Blood drive
Dates and times for blood drives in December are: Walnut Grove United Methodist Church: Sunday, Dec 6 from noon to 4:30 p.m., 7215 Walnut Grove Church Road, Hillsborough Cedar Ridge High School: Saturday, Dec 12 from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., 1125 New Grady Brown School Road UNC Wellness Center: Tuesday, Dec 15 from 2…
Free parking on Saturdays
Every Saturday in December, parking will be free at meters and municipal parking lots until 5 p.m. Normal parking fees will apply after 5 p.m. at the Wallace Deck, 150 E. Rosemary St., and the Rosemary/Columbia parking lot (formerly Lot 2), 100 E. Rosemary St. Look for bags on the meters that say “Happy Holidays…
Shuttle for Harvest Feast
Chapel Hill Transit (CHT) will provide a free shuttle to the seventh annual Harvest Feast, this Sunday at the Raleigh Convention Center. The shuttle will depart from the Friday Center Park and Ride on Friday Center Drive, off of Raleigh Road, at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. and from the Raleigh Convention Center at 2…
Wish granted
Terry McClernon, aka The Food Fairy, was the recipient of a little magic herself courtesy of the Chatham County Economic Development Corporation. The county announced this week that The Food Fairy was awarded the county’s first small business loan under its new Chatham Loan Fund, which was set up to fund local entrepensuers. The county…
Local food lover’s guide
A Southern Season is hosting a gala book launch and signing for Morton Neal’s new book Chapel Hill Food Lover’s Guide with Carrboro and Hillsborough on Sunday, Dec. 6 from 6 to 9 p.m. Neal is a longtime food writer and the former owner and manager of La Residence. Ten percent of store sales, including…
Creasy’s the word
Recently, we were looking over the list of what’s new at the Carrboro Farmers’ Market and came across “creasy greens.†Once the question “just what are creasy greens?†was on the floor, work in The Citizen newsroom halted while the googling commenced. The specific answer is Barbarea verna or cress — upland, winter, field and…
Q(uick) exit
After a scant eight months at 302 E. Main St. in Carrboro, the Q Shack has closed down, citing a lack of business. The barbecue spot was the most recent in a series of restaurants unable to make a go of it at that address. Don’t look for stability there anytime soon — demo work…
Raise a castle
Speaking of Tyler’s, please note that even if you can’t expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you, you can relive all your favorite lines from Monty Python’s The Holy Grail while quaffing a castle-shaped mug of Black Sheep Brewery’s Holy Grail Ale. According to the label,…
Grilled cheese alert
We have it on good authority that Jessee’s makes a pretty nice grilled cheese. “Like the kind you’d make at home,†was the description.
If only . . .
Late one recent evening, while traveling in Durham, North Carolina, The Eater experienced the graciously served and well-crafted work available at the Only Burger truck (motto: “The Only Burger You’ll Ever Wantâ€). The mobile grill truck, whose location is findable on Twitter at twitter.com/onlyburger, produces fine burgers and thin, crisp and hot fries. Would that…
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Board of Education meeting Thursday
There will be a Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education meeting Dec. 3 in Chapel Hill Town Hall at 6:30 p.m. where the newly appointed board members will be sworn in. There will also be an election of a new chair and vice chair. On the agenda are new course proposals for 2010-11 and…