Joe's got the scoop at his Eat at Joe's blog about a new sign posted up at the old McDonald Drug Store on Ninth St. A new establishment called "Ox & Rabbit" is apparently coming soon to the space. No word on what that will entail other than the 'soda and sundries' clue on the sign's tagline, and driving by the space last night, it wasn't easy to see what activity was happening inside the old shop.
As someone who moved to Durham too late to visit McDonald's storied soda fountain, I'm certainly hoping the new place can capture some of the good taste, if not the magic.
More on this as we learn it.
I talked to some of the folks who work at bean traders about the ox and rabbit. Supposedly sundries means stuff that you would normally find at a drug store, excluding the actual prescription drugs. So deodorant, pencils, toothpaste, stuff like that. So, it could be an actually useful retail store on 9th st that isn't a chain. Cozy and vaguely reminiscent are great places - but I don't often need to shop there and when I need something like toothpaste my options are cvs up at broad and guess or whatever wholefoods has.
Posted by: seth vidal | September 13, 2007 at 05:14 PM
This is exciting news; I can't wait to share a chocolate coke with the kids. I can't help but think that Durham establishments can stop now with the ______ & _________ naming convention. I think I'm going to confuse Ox & Rabbit with parker & otis.
Posted by: Valerie | September 16, 2007 at 08:50 PM
The Fox and Goose was my favorite watering hole when i lived in Sacramento. Karen Joy Fowler, whose recent novel "The Jane Austen Book Club" has been turned into a movie that will be released this fall, set her short story, "Game Night at the Fox and Goose," there.
http://ltimmel.home.mindspring.com/gamenight.html
The first bar i was ever a regular in was P & G's (which stood, as i recall, for Pat and Gerry).
I think it's a fine tradition that Durham could stand to see more of.
Posted by: barry | September 17, 2007 at 08:52 AM