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Carburs Restaurant

Carburs restaurant, famous since 1975, according to a sign over the front door, is closing after tomorrow night. Ownership disputes and family health concerns have led to the sandwich specialist closing the most renowned menu in the North Country for good in October of 2002.

Andrew Golbert purchased Carburs Restaurant in Burlington from Burr and Linda Vail. The transaction included the downtown restaurants business assets and commercial condominium. Golbert is a former owner of the Dog Team Tavern in New Haven and is a partner in the Burlington Bagel Bakery.

A man who once worked there killed himself in the basement. The bullet went through his head and into the wall. You can still see the bullet hole in the basement. Most encounters happen in the basement, which houses the kitchen and tapped kegs under the bar.

Waitresses reported their skirts being lifted up from a cold wind. Doors always slam closed, trapping waitresses in the basement's walk-in. Waitresses were told not to even go down in the basement anymore.

The basement is also connected to other old buildings in downtown Burlington by various tunnels from the prohibition era. There are a lot of reports of hearing people talking throughout the restaurant when no one is there. The ghost seems to prefer making his presence known to the woman with breaking glasses, plates that fly of the counter and sudden increased oven temps too.

A female bartender reported a pyramid of water glasses appearing on the bar, right after she had put the glasses away and turned her back for a second.

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