Dame’s Chicken & Waffles Opens on Franklin Street

Posted Apr 29, 2021
Dame’s Chicken & Waffles planned for years to bring the popular Durham-based restaurant to downtown Chapel Hill, moving into a space on East Franklin Street in 2019. Now, after waiting through a turbulent 2020, its doors are opening. The fourth location of the restaurant started serving a limited-time menu this week at 147 East Franklin Street. (Chapelboro.com)

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