Longtime Chef: ‘Need Not Fear’ Big Changes at Crook’s Corner Under New Chef, Ownership

Posted Oct 28, 2018
Iconic Chapel Hill eatery Crook’s Corner is being sold to new local ownership and is bringing in a new chef. The restaurant situated at the corner of Franklin Street and Merritt Mill Road where Chapel Hill gives way to Carrboro has been a local food staple for more than 30 years. Its culinary clout has drawn nationwide attention to the eatery and its chef Bill Smith. (Chapelboro.com)

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