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  • From: djgolf AT mindspring.com
  • To: ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: Milltown restaurant opens today
  • Date: 11 May 2006 12:54:33 -0700


The new Wal-Mart Supercenter just outside Hillsborough is approximately
the size of Carrboro, if that helps. Hillsborough got cheap gas too.

dj golf


Bob Wall wrote:
> Dollar General does have the underwear market cornered in Carrboro.
> Calloway, we should probably not speak for a year or so now.
>
> Went to Milltown for lunch today. All in all thumbs up. Then again I'll
> eat anywhere.
>
> Bob
>
>
>
> paok wrote:
> > You could check out the Dollar General Store in Carrboro Plaza for all
> > your undergarment needs. The CW Bus goes to the Carrboro Post Office,
> > which is just across Hwy 54 from there. That's also of course where the
> > Carrboro ABC store lives, as well as Suds'n'Duds, the local
> > laundromat/bar.
> >
> > Or, if you're hankering for a foray to the Hill, there's always buses to
> > U Mall and Rose's.
> >
> > p
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> >>From: Chris Calloway <ifoufo AT yahoo.com>
> >>Sent: May 11, 2006 10:57 AM
> >>To: RTP-area local music and culture <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> >>Subject: Re: Milltown restaurant opens today
> >>
> >>dj biscotti and i were looking at the place from the
> >>visart parking lot sat eve before the sign was up
> >>wondering what was to be. taking the bus home last eve
> >>about 8pm, i saw a buncha folks in there, too. i
> >>wondered if the place had anything in common with the
> >>federal, cuz there was a kinda federal vibe coming out
> >>of the place i could feel even on the bus. and i'd
> >>been thinking a coupla days afore, ok, now that i've
> >>moved to carrboro, i've got most everthing i had
> >>before in durham except there's no stinking federal
> >>here. and now there is. just in time. for me to be
> >>stinking broke again. cuz now i live in carrboro,
> >>twice as expensive as durham. and i kinda had to save
> >>up for trips to the federal.
> >>
> >>but i ride the bus for free. whoo-hoo! i'm down to one
> >>tank of gas per month now, which is really only for
> >>the monthly out of town experience. during the week,
> >>the old rust bucket just stays parked. i hear that may
> >>be coming to durham. that bus for free thing, that is.
> >>
> >>and i got 4 mint plants (of the 4 variety in the
> >>4:2:1:1 ratio of amch/7:10:97) at the farmer's market,
> >>sat not wed version, including a cedar box of
> >>dimension 36x8 to sit atop the deck railing in
> >>15:14:16 soil. after the new 1.5l bottle is gone,
> >>which could take awhile given my ultra slow sip rate,
> >>it will be back to evan wms green label for me as
> >>well.
> >>
> >>but there is still no place in which to purchase new
> >>underwear, not that i'm not stocked with reserves. i'm
> >>convinced nobody in carrboro wears any underwear,
> >>unless it comes used from the pta thrift store. i'm
> >>just saying in case the reserve ever runs low and i
> >>forget to do laundry. and the bus stops running before
> >>the movies let out. that cannot be good for business.
> >>although i can get a pair of socks at weaver street
> >>for five times the going rate anywhere else in
> >>america. if i wanted brightly tie dyed socks, that is.
> >>bizzaro world. contraction.
> >>
> >>so... tor, you know tor, he's another backer of
> >>milltown.
> >>
> >>the soil is very different here. many rocks. and there
> >>are no yard sales.
> >>
> >>the name of tyler's was originally to have been
> >>"milltown bistro."
> >>
> >>3
> >>
> >>
> >>>And when I drove by last night at 6:30 or so, the
> >>>patio was slam-full of
> >>>people, so I guess the word got out somehow. Any of
> >>>y'all among the
> >>>pioneers? I would've been, but I blew my weekly
> >>>dining budget at Ben's
> >>>Chili Bowl in DC on Sunday.
> >>>
> >>>Jordy wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>Don't know if somebody already mentioned this
> >>>
> >>>but...
> >>>
> >>>>(From the Chapel Hill News online, May 6, 2006)
> >>>>
> >>>>Milltown to open at old Temple Ball
> >>>>
> >>>>Milltown, a new restaurant, is scheduled to open
> >>>
> >>>Wednesday, May 10, in the
> >>>
> >>>>former Temple Ball space at 307 E. Main St. in
> >>>
> >>>Carrboro.
> >>>
> >>>>Josh Wittman, one of the owners of the Federal in
> >>>
> >>>Durham, has partnered
> >>>
> >>>>with several folks from the Federal and others. He
> >>>
> >>>expects that, like the
> >>>
> >>>>Federal, Milltown will be known for eclectic food
> >>>
> >>>at reasonable prices.
> >>>
> >>>>The menu includes mussels and frites, slow-cooked
> >>>
> >>>ribs, fish tacos and
> >>>
> >>>>daily specials.
> >>>>
> >>>>Milltown, which also has patio seating, will offer
> >>>
> >>>lunch and dinner and a
> >>>
> >>>>large late-night menu until 2 a.m.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>(http://www.chapelhillnews.com/news/story/2941138p-9382833c.html)
> >>
> >>>>Dig it!
> >>>>
> >>>>Thanks,
> >>>>Jordy
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