Chapel Hill/Carrboro History

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As someone who ate at Tex-Mex restaurants often when in Dallas in the 60s and onward I always thought Fats stood up well against them. A little milder yes, but just add the heat. I mean it's Tex-Mex - not truly Mexican nor it's many regional varieties of dishes. Still good eatin tho. Fuel for a show at the Cradle.
 
Quite literally in the same neighborhood as Tijuana Fats’ — A remembrance.

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Which War DID Bob Sheldon die in? He was shot and killed in his bookshop, The Internationalist, on this day (Feb. 21) in 1991. Such a fine person, so packed with good will. His spirit is needed today and every day. If you knew him try and recall it. If you did not then read on and with luck you may be inspired. I think about him often. I see books that he recommended on my bookshelf and ones that he would have, had he lived, in my mind’s eye.

He introduced me to friends who introduced me to friends who introduced me to friends and we worked and learned together. He was part of a beautiful and powerful chain reaction without which the world would be darker and more filled with evil. Imagine that.

I don’t have an Internationalist Bookstore in my life these days. I’m afraid few of us do. If you are the rare person that does then fortune has surely shone upon you. If a Bob Sheldon is in your life in these times then you are luckier still. His was an all too unique soul even in the best of times but in the darkness that envelopes us in these such a light is truly scarce - even precious.

At this link is an essay that Sy Safransky, of ‘The Sun Magazine’ wrote about him, and about Chapel Hill, and those times, and these times too. It is a primary source of sorts, written just five months after Bob’s murder. Take five minutes sometime today. “Essays, Memoirs, & True Stories of the Brave, (July 1991): Of The Brave
 
During my undergrad days at Carolina in the 90s, I was unable to find a decent Mexican option (or Tex Mex for that matter). El Rodeo was just okay (probably the best of the lot. I did much better in the late 90s. There was a great taco place over in Durham...but in a sketchy part of town (and Durham in general was still sketchy back then).

Big difference from the current scene.
 
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Founded 70 years ago...

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Doug Clark's Hot Nuts

Doug Clark's Hot Nuts have changed faces many times since their beginning in Chapel Hill, NC in 1955. The North Carolina Cover band's style has always been the same however and continues to thrive through parties all over the eastern United States.
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Nuts. Hot Nuts.
Get 'em any way you can.
Nuts. Hot Nuts.
Get 'em from the peanut man.
 
This is terrible news. I remember when this kid was born during the early days of Kirkpatrick's (the bar) on Rosemary Street (with the old Town Hall and later homeless shelter -- don't know what it is these days -- on one side and The Shack on the other). Watched him grow up too. Once his dad Tim Sr. moved up to the place on Henderson Street (called Henderson Street Bar) he'd come in with his dog Spike. Tim Sr. was a great bar owner who kept it simple and was always successful and was a blocking back for Don McCauley back in the day. I had wondered what had become of Timmy. His mom Diane too for that matter. I heard that Tim Sr. was living at the beach. but never knew exactly where. Tim Sr. could play dumb with the best of them but I saw him finish the NY Times Crossword -- with a pen-- countless times while doing some afternoon drinking.

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Timothy Kirkpatrick Obituary | Mar 2, 2025 | Pittsboro, NC

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