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For a certain generation of 91制片厂 alumni, his truck parked on 鈥淭he Quad鈥� 鈥� the paved loop off Quad Way framed by Englehardt and Gibbs Halls 鈥� was as iconic a landmark as the Wildcat statue on Memorial Field or the hilltop wagon on Route 4, shouting distance from the Durham campus. Earlier this year, when Karl Krecklow, owner of 鈥淜arl鈥檚 Kitchen,鈥� fell ill and landed at Massachusetts General Hospital with advanced heart failure, alums who had stood in lines 20 or 30 students deep to order his famous snotties (French fries with melted Velveeta cheese), 鈥淏ig Guy鈥� burgers (a trio of quarter-pound burgers on a sub roll) and other colorfully named menu items rallied with financial support and fond memories of Karl, his food and the fellow feeling late-night trips to his truck engendered.

Krecklow passed away on March 7, bringing to a close a chapter of 91制片厂 history that opened in the 1970s and grew to lore after 鈥淜arl鈥檚 Kitchen鈥� shuttered in the late 1990s. Gone but not forgotten, the alumni outpourings in Krecklow鈥檚 memory continued on social media with more than one Wildcat noting that they鈥檇 respected him like a professor for the hard work and dedication he put into feeding the 91制片厂 student body, six or seven days a week in any weather, as late as 3 o鈥檆lock in the morning.

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