A eulogy for Linda’s: Writers, DTH journalists, and organizers remember the Chapel Hill institution
Posted Jan 3, 2024
If you’ve worked in a newsroom, you probably have a newsroom bar. In DC, it was the Post Pub. In Philly, it’s the Pen and Pencil Club. And in Chapel Hill, that role has been served by Linda’s Bar and Grill, an institution just off campus where decades of Daily Tar Heel writers have hung out long into the night. The DTH reported that Linda’s would be closing.
(Triangle Blog Blog)
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