MARYLAND AT NORTH CAROLINA Page updated 10/31/07 Bring your Maryland state flag, wear red and be loud! Game Info Tickets ($40 each) Recommended Restaurants/Bars in Chapel Hill Mike H., a 2005 UM grad and frequent visitor to Chapel Hill, also has offered some thoughts: Breakfast: Mama Dip's Kitchen, 408 W. Rosemary St. “Hands down one of the best southern breakfasts you'll ever eat. Get the sweet potato pancakes or any of the omlettes with Hoop Wheel cheese and you won't be disappointed.” Local Secret: “He's Not Here is fantastic, but the best-kept secret at Chapel Hill is Deep End Bar. Every weekend night they have 25 cent beers in the basement. In fact, the students call it the '25-cent beer bar.' How can you go wrong with that? For a $5 cover you're pretty much drinking free the rest of the night. The trick is though that the deal is only in the basement. The middle floor and the top floor doesn't have the same deal.” Another Option: The Carolina Coffee Shop, 138 E. Franklin St. Click here for a review. “Doesn't sound like a bar, but has great specials and a lot of tradition.” Dining/Beer: Milltown, 307 E. Main St., Carrboro, NC 27510 (phone 919-968-2460). Click here for a review. “Fantastic beer selection and food. Our favorite place to get dinner. It's set up like a German beer house and has hundreds of beer on tap or by the bottle. The burgers and sandwiches are great and so are the clams. Its a little bit farther down Franklin Street, but it's definitely worth the walk.” Wine/Low-Key: West End Wine Bar, 450 W. Franklin St. “This is for the classier or older crowd. It's considered the grad-school bar by students. Great wine selection and a good place to either start the night or just sit and talk to friends.” No Tickets? Ham's. “Good place to watch the game if you can't get tickets.” Warning on Top of the Hill (above): “We were asked to leave after the Terps took down their beloved Tar Heels in basketball last season for cheering too loud. So we refuse to go there anymore. But the food is pretty good.” And, some of the folks at scout.com's North Carolina Internet message board have provided additional suggestions: Breakfast: Crook's Corner. “It's down a bit on West Franklin and probably better for a Sunday brunch than a gameday stop, but they have very good food and the shrimp and grits is not to be missed (and neither is your cholesterol medicine if you order it!). If you are going to do the Sunday brunch, call ahead for reservations.” Breakfast: Sutton's. “An old-fashioned drug store/counter diner right on Franklin Street. Very informal and GREAT place for an early breakfast before you get your tailgating started.” Breakfast: Breadman's. On Rosemary Sreet behind Franklin Street. “An IHop-type menu. Lots of pancakes, waffles, etc. Good stuff.” Breakfast: Ye Olde Waffle House. “The name says what this place is about...on Franklin next to Sutton's.” Dinner: Angus Barn. “OK, my favorite in the Triangle and this one is different and probably better for you on Friday night. It's by the airport and unique. Good steaks and great atmosphere.” Dinner: Spanky's and Top of the Hill. “Both places have good food and drink and a good Franklin Street location.” Italian: 411 West. “Across from Ham's. A bit more upscale, Italian, very good.” Directions to Tailgate Lot The Manning Lot on the UNC campus will be the home for the A-Game Tailgate and the Terrapin Nation, and to get to this lot you should stay on Route 15/501 South once in Chapel Hill. From Route 15/501 South, turn right onto Manning Drive. Take Manning Drive to a left turn onto Skipper Bowles Drive, then a quick left into the lot. Map of Tailgate Lot General Notes about the Manning Lot and Tailgating at UNC Raising of the Flags Conditions and Forecast Previous Trips to Chapel Hill Gameday tailgating at UNC is a great time because the pay parking lots are always filled with Maryland red. Despite Maryland’s sub-par record in 2005, Terp fans did not disappoint — they were in full force both in the tailgating lots and inside Kenan Stadium. We participated in some good-natured trash talking with the fans in baby blue on the walk to the Stadium. Most UNC fans we encountered were very respectful — all that they asked from us was to beat Duke in basketball. The game was a nailbiter. The Terps secured the 33-30 W in overtime after trailing by 10 points with nine minutes to play. Both Vernon Davis and Lance Ball had monster games that ignited the Terps on the field and the Terps in the stands. Click here for pictures from Noli and crew's trip to UNC in 2005. Official Web Sites Team Hotel Alternate Hotel Bring the Flag
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