Prologue 


When I came to Carolina for my freshman year in 1967 the food scene was defined,to me, by a narrow geographical space —to the north by the intersection of Rosemary and Henderson Streets — the west by a block beyond Airport Road (now MLK)— and south to Manning Drive because that’s where Chase Dining Hall was — and on the South Road.

Lenoir Hall as it is today was main north campus dining hall and a great place for snacks was the Scuttllebutt located at corner

I ate mostly on the campus as I believe a lot of us did (I distinctly visiting Sutton’s, the Dairy Bar or was it the Dairy Queen now a Bonchon and on Rosemary was one of the earliest fast casual chains Lums that I know I visited once or twice.

I didn’t return for my sophomore year because I had decided to join the navy following in the steps of my favorite uncle because, in many ways I felt that I needed to. It was a great decision for me, but I began almost began dreaming about returning to Carolina which I did in 1972.

My tour in the Navy was the greatest catalyst for me learning about food and its diversity.  I went out to bars and restaurants with my Navy buddies and being 19, fast food and bar food were familiar.  (I developed a passion for  the  BK whopper,,,).  BTW Navy chow was pretty damned good too.


It was traveling the world that really expanded my palate.  Eating casual food in hotels and restaurants in Sasebo, Japan, Honolulu, Hong Kong. Tokyo, Amsterdam, and Copenhagen, will do that.

It was located on Franklin Street in a basement space that later became Zog’s.

Once you entered the place you became aware of the large aquarium that covered most of the wall.

The food was , to my recollection, excellent bar food like it’s Franklin Street rival Spanky’s.

https://cocochapelhill.com/chapel-hill-glen-lennox-coco-bistro-and-bar-food-menu

My lunch on Wednesday consisted of freshly made hummus on house made pita and a chocolate peanut butter bar from their excellent bakery.

The coffee bar staff is first rare.