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Town Hall entertains
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Staff photo by Gary Lobraico
Let schoolmasters puzzle their brain.
With grammar, and nonsense, and
learning
Good liquor, I stoutly maintain.
Gives genius a better discerning.
Oliver Goldsmith
Unfortunately, in North Carolina, where
Baptists rule with a pious hand over a
conservative legislature, liquor by the drink
is still prohibited.
However, there is always beer.
So much beer, in fact, that in the mid '60's
Playboy magazine estimated that Chapel
Hillians consume more beer per
undergraduate than any other college town
in America.
With that reputation to uphold, students
must go at once, without delay, to the pub
of their choice. And since many students are
new in town, w e've devised this brief guide to
the local bars to help them on their way.
Now an institution in the village, the
Shack has inebriated students and
townspeople alike ever since Jeff opened his
Franklin Street confectionary and sold
moon-pies for a nickel.
For the good old boys at the Shack, a
place where khakis and topsiders dominate.
Bud is still the king of beers and beach music
reigns supreme.
Located just down from the police station
on West Rosemary Street, the Shack, in its
traditional state of decrepitude, looks as if it
might crumble into ruins at any moment.
But don't worry, there are enough hefty beer
drinkers there on weekends to hold the roof
up even if the walls collapsed.
If you like the sound of the Shack but your
phobia of falling rafters gets the best of you,
you might try Kirkpatrick's next door.
A one-room, sparsely decorated new bar
opened this summer by a former Carolina
football star, Kirkpatrick's offers a wide
selection of beach tunes on the juke box;
along with plenty of bar space, scattered bar
tables and some of the newest pinball
machines in town.
Another new bar in town is RW's,
previously the Scoreboard and the Tar Heel
Sandwich Shop. New owner Raymond
Williams has transformed what once was a
delapidated eyesore into possibly the
classiest bar in town.
Divided into two separate facilities, one
housing the deli, the other the bar, the entire
interior is decorated in what could best be
described as "hip church."
Complete with authentic pews salvaged
from the Lemon Springs Baptist Church,
stained glass windows and high vaulted
ceilings, RW's is probably the brightest new
addition to the Chapel Hill bar scene.
Draught beer is a quarter a glass during
the Soap Opera Special from twelve to one
p.m., and all the kosher sandwiches are
moderately priced..
Harrison's, located below Town and
Campus clothiers on the main block of
Franklin Street, is another new bar that adds
- a touch of class to downtown Chapel Hill.
Featuring a wide selection of fine
imported beers and wines, and an extensive
choice of sandwiches, salads, desserts and
soups, Harrison's lets you eat and drink in
style, for a price.
Their salads range in price from $1.75 to
$2.50, with sandwiches from $1 to $1.95.
Food service stops at nine, but cheese and
wine are available till closing.
The last of the new pubs uptown is the
Village Squire. Formerly PJ's, an over
priced, teen-infested automat with food
second only to Servomation in its
indigestability, new owner Bruce Hill
promises to change all that.
Decorated in rustic brick and timber, the
Squire's specialty is the Squireburger, a
generously garnished quarter pounder on a
sesame seed bun (No, 1 can't sing it).
They also offer a luncheon special daily,
priced from $1.50 to $1.80.
If ever there was a bar in the mold of the
English pub, the Endangered Species is it.
Hosting darts, backgammon, bridge and
chess tournaments regularly, the
Endangered Species is the quiet place to
escape to when the other bars are
overcrowded and deafening. Local celebrity
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John Santa will be there Aug. 30, and his
ditties are always a delight.
If you're a supporter of athletics, or if you
wear an athletic supporter, McCauIey's is the
bar for you. Situated in downtown
Carrboro, McCauIey's caters to jocks and
the women who chase them.
Crowded on weekends without
McCauIey's is rustically decorated
combination of Euiopean brothel
modern NFL. Former superstar.
Baltimore Colt halfback, Don McCauley
appears periodically during the off-season.
Otherwise, Tom Kennedy (no relation)
provides cold beer and conversation to a
packed house nightly except Sunday.
Conveniently located in Chapel Hill's
theater district, the Town Hall entertains
street urchins in the ruins of what once
housed J.B. Robbins department store.
The deli here is above average, if you
don't mind eating your corned beef on rye in
the presence of cockroaches and rats.
Rock bands provide entertainment
nightly except Sunday, and the cover charge
ranges from 50 cents to $2.
Uptown on West Rosemary Street, down
the alley by Tijuana Fats is the Cat's Cradle.
A little hard to find for newcomers, it's well
worth the search if bluegrass, blues and folk
music appeal to you.
The cover charge is rarely over S2 and the
atmosphere there is hospitable despite the
dreary, non-descript interior. On a good
night the entertainment is impossible to beat
in Chapel Hill.
The town's only private membership club
is the Electric Company, located on East
Franklin Street in Eastgate Shopping
Center. It is also Chapel Hill's only gay bar.
and one of the largest in the southeast.
Traditionally one of the most popular
freshman meeting places, the Bacchae
Room, under the Zoom Zoom restaurant on
Franklin Street, offers the most expansive
seating arrangement in town.
Given to accomodating entire fraternities,
sororities or dormitory floors at times, the
Bacchae is always crowded, usually rowdy,
and the juke box blares beach music all night
long.
The Bacchae also harbors the largest
collection of pinball, foosball and space age
game machines in the area.
While the weather stays mild, one of the
nicest spots to just sit and sip beer with
friends is the Village Green. A two-story
stucco structure across Rosemary Street
from the Shack, the Village Green offers the
average drinker three options.
A wide assortment of game machines line
the walls of All The Time downstairs, while
the second story, He's Not Here,
accomodates those who would rather sit
quietly and avoid the chaos.
But the real attraction is the courtyard.
Secluded from hustle and bustle of
downtown traffic by a ten foot adobe wall,
many a leisurely hour can be spent lounging
on the grass there, oblivious to the outside
world.
The Tavern, down the hill on Franklin
Street, is one of the most popular bars in
town, catering mostly to fraternities and
sororities. The beer there is the coldest in
town, the juke box is laden with vintage
beach music, and, aside from the shortage of
parking space, it's a nice place.
More popular with the older set than with
students. Tiffany's Lounge is the only bar in
town with a brown-bagging license for
people who prefer the hard stuff.
A plush, candle-lit club, complete with
barmaids in bunny suits, riffany's would be
the perfect place to step out in style if the
entertainment wasn't so second-rate.
Clarence's, located just dow n from the bus
station on West Franklin Street, is strictly a
beer drinker's bar. Old friends gather there
to shoot the bull, and that's about it.
In a similar mold of neighborhood pubs is
The Pub. nestled between the laundromat
and the dry cleaners in the Town and
Country shopping center. Not the place to go
if you're looking for excitement, but the beer
is beer and the people are friendly.
If vou prefer beer over books, but your
folks want you to study, just tell them you're
going to the Library. Located on West
Franklin Street, the Library offers billiards
and coid beer as we!! as an airtight alibi.
Tucked away between the Librarv and the
Bus Station lies the Hideaway, one ol the
coiest places in town to drink a quiet beer
and whisper sweet nothings into the car o!
your choosing.
Similarly lucked away beneath the
Wildflower Kitchen on I ranklin Street is the
C ave. Decorated to suit its name, the Cave
hosts local bluegrass. blues and folk artists
for a minimal cover charge.
Billiards, darts, bridge, and other pastimes
also make the Cave a pleasant place to isit.
if you can find it.
That's it. Not a bad selection tor a tow n of
thirty thousand. And for the trulv
discriminating drinker, there are p!ent
more in Raleigh and Durham.
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