Al’s Burger Shack is expanding in Chapel Hill — although, not with another restaurant location.
The popular burger joint at 516 West Franklin Street added another business to its operations, with the official opening of Puddin’s Beer Shack on July 29. The bar is at 104 North Graham Street, part of the string of Midway business spaces, and serves another side to the outdoor seating offered at Al’s Burger Shack.
Owner and operator Charlie Farris says the restaurant bought the space last October, when Quantum Soul was still a tenant. Once the crystal and magikcraft shop closed in December, though, a decision needed to be made: lease the space to another business or expand some of Al’s operations into a second building. Farris says moving the bar to its own space and having an “extension” made the most sense…