Owner, community members reflect on Mediterranean Deli one year after fire

Posted Jul 30, 2024
In July of last year, a fire broke out at Mediterranean Deli while a contractor was doing roofing work. July 22 will mark one year since the fire, and staff and the community are eager for Med Deli’s full reopening after months of planning and construction. The restaurant will reopen at its original location at 410 W. Franklin St. after rebuilding. (Daily Tar Heel)

Related: Campus Connections

Franklin Street: Where Stories Are Made
Serving as the front door to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill since its very beginnings, Franklin Street is legendary for game days...
Mon Aug 3, 2026

Tar Heel football players get passports for Ireland
Tar Heel football players took advantage of a campus program to acquire passports ahead of the team’s season-opening game in Dublin, Ireland. Carolina’s Phillips Passport...
Sun Aug 2, 2026

Andy Griffith’s daughter reflects on her father’s legacy, North Carolina roots
For generations of tv viewers, Andy Griffith was Sheriff Andy Taylor, who was the wise and kindhearted lawman of the fictional town of Mayberry. To...
Sat Aug 1, 2026

Best-selling novelist, UNC alum Sarah Dessen reflects on her ‘Change of Plans’
At UNC, Sarah Dessen initially chose psychology as her major. But after she took a creative writing class with the late Doris Betts, she was...
Wed Jul 29, 2026