TIME-OUT - Key Persons


Billy Ray Penny

Billy Ray Penny talked greasy as a chicken-and-cheese biscuit. He was the third-shift king of Time Out Restaurant, a Franklin Street institution synonymous with long lines, late nights and drunken appetites. For more than 10 years starting in the mid-1980s, Penny held down Time Out with an attitude. Customers not only expected Penny's custom insults. They loved them. (read the full GO Heels article here)

Eddie Williams

Job Titles:
  • Owner
  • Time - Out Owner
Williams, a third-generation graduate of UNC, was inspired by his wife, Val Williams, to name the new family business Time-Out. The inspiration was in large part because of Eddie's lifelong connection to the sports family at UNC-Chapel Hill. Owner Eddie Williams shares that we've "been catering to Chapel Hill since 1978 and are proud that our customers want to celebrate with us." Offering catering for parties of 10 to 180 people, Time-Out is known for our Signature Box Meals, BBQ, southern vegetables by the pound, Mini-Biscuits, cinnamon rolls, whole southern pecan or sweet potato pies, and deep fried or roasted whole turkeys.

Mike Finn

Job Titles:
  • ACC Associate Commissioner