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2 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2005 POLICE LOG FROM STAFF REPORTS ■ An 80-year-old Chapel Hill resident reported Monday that a window at his Crest Street home had been shot out, Chapel Hill police reports state. According to reports, the man reported the broken window frame, valued at $l5O, about 12:03 p.m. Police have not determined what type of firearm was used in the inci dent and still are investigating. ■ An unknown person is want ed for disturbing the peace around 7 p.m. Monday off Whitaker Street, Chapel Hill police reports state. According to reports, the person began fighting with another indi vidual and pulled out a shotgun. The type of shotgun is unknown, but ammunition for a 12-gauge firearm was found. Police are continuing to investi gate the incident. ■ A 66-year-old Chapel Hill woman was the victim of larceny and breaking and entering from her home off Hillview Drive on Monday night, Chapel Hill police reports state. According to reports, someone broke the window pane in the victim’s front door to gain entry before 10:39 p.m. The perpetrator took about S2OO in costume jew elry in the incident. ■ An unattended purse belong ing to an area woman was taken from the Fordham Boulevard Holiday Inn on Sunday morning, Chapel Hill police reports state. According to reports, the purse was taken sometime before 2:12 a.m. from the hotel, at 1301 N. L Mi SELL BOOKS NOW!! Best Prices! FREE stuff during finals week! 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According to reports, an unat tended 2001 Chevy Tahoe was bro ken into without force. A S2OO iPod, sls Dave Matthews Band CD, sls Jack Johnson CD and $lO in coins were taken in the incident, reports state. ■ A robbery was reported Tuesday morning at 143 W. Franklin St., Chapel Hill police reports state. According to reports, a 43-year old man told police that someone tried to take his wallet and then assaulted him. Police are investigating. Familiar faces fill Bavarian bunker BY ELANA JONES STAFF WRITER “Rathskeller” was tradition ally the basement of the town hall in every town in Germany and Austria, and in 1948, Franklin Street received its own version in the form of a dark, cavernous eatery. When the Danzigers, a family of Austrian immi grants, moved to Chapel Hill, they brought the tra dition with them and created the Ramshead Rathskellar. “Now, it’s as much a part of Chapel Hill and UNC as the Bell PEOPLE AND PUCES OF FRANKLIN ST. TODAY: Locals search out lasagna and steaks in basement eatery. Tower or the Dean Dome,” said Carter Honeycutt, the restaurant’s manager. Erwin Danziger was a pastry chef, and the family originally owned the Old World Gift Shop, situated above the basement where the restaurant resides. The transition from gift shop to restaurant was natural, said lan Scott, a bartender and occasional manager at the Rathskellar. “They served coffee and apple pie to the students who would study there. Eventually, they opened a restau rant in the basement.” Eugene “Pop” Lyons, a server at “The Rat,” as it is often called, has been there since 1963. “You meet a lot of different people here,” he said. “But the employees, the atmo sphere it’s just like family here.” Because of the Danzigers’ Mama always said, you can never have OF A GOOD THING Giaduatton \/Ve.ckeA<) M 11 www.spartacusrextaurant.com !■*’ S PAkTACUS RESTAURANT & CATERING 01 DURHAM News Austrian heritage, The Rat features traditional German decor, with dark wood paneling and barrel heads. Each of the rooms of the restau rant is named the Train Room, the Cave Room, the Circus Room, the Coop for its unique decor or function. The Circus Room traces the Danzigers’ flight from Austria to Chapel Hill. The Coop was his torically the room from which fried chicken was sold to waiting students in the alleyway on game days. In the bar, students have marked the walls as their own. There are many jubilant scrawlings com memorating the NCAA men’s bas ketball championships in 1982, 1993 and 2005. Several make unflattering references to nearby rival Duke University. “On game days, we’re just mobbed,” Scott said. “Football games, basketball games... it’s a lot of the alumni who come back, and they want to visit the restaurant they ate at when they were students.” Scott said he thinks it’s the tra dition of the establishment that keeps people coming to The Rat long after graduation. “They come back to see our old servers, like Pop and Linwood and Davis and Mitch, who have worked here for 30 or 40 years,” he said. These waiters, and others who have since retired, are celebrated with caricatures on one wall. Pop also said people return because of the history. “It started off, college kids would come here, but then they come back, and they bring their kids, and then they bring their kids,” he said. — THE 4 Ultimate " 1 tt Slq living PiN I - ~ - - - j AAr ALA 1.5 miles from UNC ~. . * The ultimate amenities: it - FREE gym membership - Sparkling pool - 2 tennis courts U|M • The ultmate convenience: mmm * m - On 5 buslines & B I- Plenty of on-site parking I • The ultimate apartment available with 42" I Plasma TV. - . wmwirm i 110 Pincy DTH/ALEX MONTEALEGRE University alumni Buddy Hollind (left) and Dee and Wayne Parrish eat Tuesday night at the Ramshead Rathskellar, a longtime local favorite. Fred Hayes, a retired mechanic from Hillsborough, estimated that he has been coming to The Rat about once a week for 30 years. “It feels like home,” Hayes said. “You generate friends, you get to know the staff, and it’s always the same.” Hayes said he often orders the specials for which the restaurant is known lasagna, gambler’s steak, or rare roast beef sandwiches. The restaurant is also known for its Hot Apple Pie Louise, named after Louise Headen, who made the pies for The Rat longer than CORRECTION ■ Due to a reporting error, the April 26 article “Officials: 4 cases are a coincidence” states that Student Health Service is providing the men ingitis vaccine for free. It is not. To report corrections, contact Managing Editor Chris Coletta at ccoletta@email.unc.edu. ; CCu6 Nova Thrift Shop J- Graduating? Moving? Downsizing? Donate to Club Nova Thrift Shop! Help raise funds to assist adults living with mental illness. ► J We accept new and gently- used clothing, shoes, jewelry, ” I books, music, house and kitchen items, electronics and small appliances, as well as select furniture Tues-Fri 10 AM-6 PM ■ —— ' Sat 10 am-4 pm C/ub Nova promotes and provides opportunities for (91 9) 967-6985 individuals with mental illness to lead meaningful and 103 C West Main St., Carrboro productive lives of their choice in the community. (Downtown Carrboro behind Wendy's) All donations are tax-deductible. www.clubnovashop.com ®l|p Hatty (Bar HM anyone can remember, Pop said. The Danzigers also owned the Ranch House, on Airport Road, and the Zoom Zoom Room, once located across from Spanky’s, but only The Rat has survived, perhaps because of its central location. “It’s an interesting setting, being a small business on Franklin Street,” Scott said. “We all try to help each other out. It’s a very cooperative atmosphere, and you can always get help.” Contact the Features Editor atfeatures@unc.edu. (Flip Hatty ©or Bppl P.O. Box 3257, Chapel Hill, NC 27515 Michelle Jarboe, Editor, 962-4086 Advertising & Business, 962-1163 News, Features, Sports, 962-0245 One copy per person; additional copies may be purchased at The Daily Tar Heel for $.25 each. © 2005 DTH Publishing Corp. All rights reserved
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