The beloved sandwich shop known for its BLTs has opened a second restaurant in Chapel Hill. The new Merritt’s Grill, located at the Finley Golf Course clubhouse, offers more indoor seating and dinner hours.
FULL STORY: Iconic Chapel Hill sandwich shop expands to new location. Where you can get BLTs
Here are key takeaways:
- Merritt’s Grill opened its second location in late July at the 18-hole golf course, owned by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The course is open to the public, just over a mile from the Dean E. Smith Center.
- Co-owner John Toogood said the new spot offers more air-conditioned seating than the original location on South Columbia Street. The iconic restaurant also is experimenting with dinner service and Sunday hours at the golf course.
- The clubhouse fits roughly 60 people inside and has patio seating, compared with about 20 indoor seats at the original Merritt’s location.
- The menu of breakfast sandwiches, salads and other dishes largely stays the same. But the golf course location added a ballpark-style hot dog designed to be portable for golfers on the move.
- Earlier this year, Merritt’s was named an honorable mention on the N&O’s Triangle Top 50 restaurant list and ranked among the top 20 best sandwich spots in a reader poll.
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