The Rat is (Coming) Back

That's right Tar Heel fans, the legendary eatery in the alley is going to pull a phoenix and once again serve those famous burned, tough steaks and cheese bowls. All hail the great Ram's Head Rathskeller in Amber Alley! Daily Tar Heel article

The Rat is Dead!

No, not another Stop Hillary post (that one's still brewing). This is the sad tale of the closing of Chapel Hill's greatest haunt, The Ramshead Rathskeller has closed due to new owners who started selling frozen pizza and stopped paying taxes. Among other reasons:

"(2) The quirky subterranean location MIGHT have actually complied with at least one current building safety and fire code but no one is willing to bet it did …. For the past 20 years. Between bumping your head on low overhangs, tripping on uneven floors and nightmarish thoughts of what might happen if anyone yelled “Fire” …. The Rat was one spark in a faulty greasetrap away from reducing all of Franklin Street to a smoldering ruin. ….. and Amber Alley …. Oddly, no one owns Amber Alley. If a patron slipped on gawd-knows-what he would find no entity public/private for which to sue. So sue everybody ….. Insurance companies frown on such circumstances."
(From BobLeeSays.com)


I hope they find a way to bring The Rat back in that spot, but it might be gone for good this time. Man, I'm gonna miss that place.