Greetings from Carrboro, There’s an age-old saying: Good food takes time. Braising short ribs for eight hours. Smoking pork overnight, low and slow. Some meals take even longer. This one has been six years in the making. Cross my heart. We set up in the yard in front of his brewery. It had been a […]
Missed Connection: Mysterious with a Manhattan
Seeking: Mysterious with a Manhattan You: professional and smart. A laugh that charmed the room. Even from across the restaurant, I knew that you were the one. But so did everyone else. You were my perfect cocktail – straight up but never shaken. Obviously, we both love the finer things in life. The hum of a […]
WE’RE BACK, BABY!
Greetings from Carrboro, We haven’t resorted to leg warmers. Yet. Or gotten out that Tae Bo “Get Ripped” DVD that I bought in a late-night online fitness spasm in 2004. But I am beginning to think that if Richard Simmons suddenly came out with a “Sweatin’ to the Oldies – Restaurant Edition,” we might just […]
Acme’s Living Wage Service Charge
Greetings from Carrboro, If you have ordered Acme To-Go recently, you’ve seen the “living wage service charge” on your receipt. Because transparency and integrity is at the beating heart of our business, we want to explain to you directly about this charge. Please read about it here, as well as on the flyer below that […]
Happy 23rd Birthday, Acme.
Greetings from Carrboro, Hope is a fragile thing. As my father would say, “That and 25 cents will buy you a cup of coffee.” My dad liked to play the role of the familial pragmatist; it was his paternal armor. Whether explaining that every beer was exactly the same or the “scientific” fact that successful people […]
Acme’s Mardi Gras Staycation now available to pre-order
Greetings from Carrboro, We try. But North Carolina doesn’t really get “festive.” It’s just not part of our social DNA. Most of our festivals are awash in the requisite homespun pottery, strawberry jam, and wood carvings of cute farm animals. And Raleigh’s annual nighttime shindig is to gather and watch a rather large man-made acorn slowly […]
I see a delicious Valentine’s Day in your future…
Greetings from Carrboro, He’d stop religiously. Whether it was cement-block houses on the edge of small farming towns between Charlotte and Myrtle Beach or store fronts in run-down business districts, the colorful, hand-painted signs drew him like a moth to a flame. Tea leaves, crystal balls, coffee grounds, palms – he couldn’t get enough. The […]
Caribbean Staycation
Thursday, January 14, 2021 Greetings from Carrboro, ‘Overreacted’ would be generous. But the news had shaken her. Deeply. And with the vexing writing on the wall, my friend’s mother had to do something. Plain and simple. Because Diet Coke was not the same thing. Not even close. Please. Over the course of a weekend, her husband assembled a double-door […]
Swipe right on 2021!
Greetings from Carrboro, Oh, 2020. I should’ve read the fine print and swiped left. Your profile promises of a wild ride mixed with excellent cocktails and unlimited Netflix and chill got me, though. Admittedly, the word “pandemic” down at the bottom should have set off alarms. But, hey, that’s all Monday morning quarterback stuff now. […]
The Acme Christmas Dinner To-Go – NOW AVAILABLE TO ORDER!
Greetings from Carrboro, There isn’t a consensus around timing. At least our limited survey doesn’t offer one. Some families have their big Christmas meal on the 24th and then spend the 25th in pajamas eating cookies and fudge and watching Die Hard. Others choose something easy for Christmas Eve so that any requisite wrapping actually is […]
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