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Mark McCambridge Emerald Flying Dogs Cafe appeals to late-night customers New cafe and deli near campus features both upscale and low-budget meals, as well as student-friendly dining hours Jennifer Bear Campus/City Culture Reporter Since its opening Sept. 12, the Fly ing Dogs Cafe and Deli has given stu dents another option for food and fun in off-campus dining. Owners Gary and Suzanne Smith, formerly of Cleveland, Ohio, say their restau rant can appeal to a wide variety of customers, including students and professors, vegetarians and meat-eaters. Located at 1249 Alder Street, Fly ing Dogs offers its customers an as sortment of specialty salads, hot dogs, hamburgers, appetizers, sand wiches, wraps, desserts and upscale meals, such as grilled salmon and chicken parmesan. Students can eat at Flying Dogs and pay as little as $1.85 for a hot dog, or shell out $13.95 for the most expensive item on the menu: Andon’s Marinated Rib-Eye. “One big way to describe our menu is options,” Gary Smith said. Smith says that the restaurant is very distinctive. A few things he says set Flying Dogs apart from the com petition are the variety of food op tions available, such as sweet potato french fries and vegetarian hot dogs. He also says Flying Dogs will appeal to students because it’s open much later than most restaurants. Flying Dogs closes at midnight Sunday through Thursday, and is open until 1 a.m. on Friday and Saturday. Another thing that differentiates Flying Dogs from other restaurants is the gargoyle theme seen throughout. The restaurant’s logo is a friendly looking gargoyle dog wearing avia tion goggles — there are also several photographs of gargoyles adorning the walls of the restaurant. Flying Dogs is located next to Ben and Jerry’s on Alder, where the restaurant Yelo used to be. Smith says getting the restaurant ready for business was quite a challenge be cause it had to be done so fast. Some of the changes made to the space in cluded upgrading the equipment, laying down carpet, installing two television sets, repainting and redec orating to incorporate the “friendly” gargoyle theme and restaurant logo. Irvin Hubler, University senior and Flying Dogs cook, said the restaurant has already served a wide variety of custom' s such as hospi tal workers, families, students and late-nighters. Hubler was also a cook at Yelo and says his experience there was different from working at Flying Dogs. According to Hubler, Flying Dogs is organized and has an excit ing menu. He also says he likes working at the new restaurant be cause the cooking staff receives a lot of respect from the management. Smith says Flying Dogs has been doing very well since its opening, thanks to customer loyalty. He adds that the restaurant has had many customers come back four or five times. “Repeat business has been awesome,” Smith said. Smith is new to the area. He has only been living in Eugene since Aug. 9, while his wife and three daughters are still in Ohio trying to sell their house. He says he and his wife chose to move their family to Eugene to open their restaurant be cause they love the laid-back, friend ly people. In addition, Smith says he wanted the restaurant to be located near the college campus because it provides an atmosphere of culture and vibrancy. Smith has owned several success ful businesses, but Flying Dogs is his first restaurant venture. Owning a restaurant, however, has been a very' important dream for him he says. His father owned a restaurant, he loves to cook and his wife worked 10 years as a server. 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