Greetings from Carrboro, It’s official. Acme has become Acme To-Go. For now. Dinner orders can be placed at any time of day through our website and then picked up between 4:45 and 8pm. It’s simple and it’s delicious. Everyday we will be offering our Acme Classics and specials including our Family Meal dinner for 4. To […]
Acme To-Go + Family Meal
March 17th, 2020 Greetings from Carrboro, Over the past weekend, all of us at the restaurant were overwhelmed by the generosity and strength of this vibrant community. The kind words, the spirited elbow bumps, the pizza (thanks, Gabe!) – all those moments of such sincere and heartfelt support. Acme is very lucky to be a […]
This is a complex problem
Greetings from Carrboro, A friend of mine has a favorite saying: for every complex problem, there is a simple answer — and that answer is wrong. And as our team at Acme tries to tackle how our business responds to the covid-19 epidemic, I couldn’t agree more. The unprecedented nature of the crisis doesn’t allow us […]
Hammer time
Greetings from Carrboro, It’s a bit like MC Hammer. Food-wise. Though I’d be the first to admit that assigning any dish the culinary equivalent of “You Can’t Touch This” probably doesn’t elicit rampant salivating. But stick with me here. Just, you know, try not to picture Hammer in those MTV, I-guess-you-call-them pants. Nobody wants to go […]
Rib Night 3/11
Greetings from Carrboro, We all know this; airport food sucks. But you’re stranded. And bored. And you think, hell, ramen in Cincinnati might be pretty damn good; look at that photo! Thirty-seven dollars later you stare at the color beige come to life. With noodles. And maybe chicken? And, joy of joys, it’s the same […]
My mouth is dry
Greetings from Carrboro, Acme was always a high-wire act. I just didn’t know it – at first. The robust naivete and willfulness that got me to that point in my life provided the initial confidence to wander those first fateful strides out into the spotlight. After that, well, I didn’t know how to turn around […]
Mardi Gras at Acme
Greetings from Carrboro, I rationalize. All the time. Often with a heavy varnish of moral vanity. I buy bottled juices at the grocery store that cost seven dollars but do not taste delicious – at all – and look decidedly worse. Similarly, I’ll choose bags of various exotic root vegetable and/or corn chips that are made […]
The Acme Love Tour (Drag Brunch 2/15!)
Greetings from Carrboro, It’s a little creepy. They’re always just so chipper, so California. Part of me thinks that they should sound like some old school sci-fi robot or, you know, C3PO. Or even better – Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator. But when a Google Assistant calls the restaurant to make a reservation, the voice actually sounds like an overeducated […]
Now sliding into your OkStupid DM’s
January 30th, 2020 Greetings from Carrboro, At least I’m lucky enough to have an excuse; I work on Valentine’s Day. And Night. The rest of you, not so much. You can try to deny it. Bluster all you want about a Hallmark holiday. Fight the man! But my 30-odd year run of working every […]
Argyle wine dinner Thursday 1/30
Greetings from Carrboro, Forgive me. I don’t usually wade this deep into pop culture. But I couldn’t help it. Watching all the drama unfold around Prince Harry, William, Meghan, et al reminded me how much we relegate all sorts of things to sibling rivalry. The eldest and the youngest. And the privileges, foibles, and responsibilities […]
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