Famed restaurant attracts hungry customers
C hrisann K im ________________
With over 400 restaurant
awards, Famous Dave's has
arrived locally at the Tualatin
Mall, attracting many
customers craving the award
winning barbecue food.
From the moment you
enter through the doors,
the scent of warm barbecue
sauce fills your nose and
satisfies your hunger at least
momentarily. The restaurant
ambiance is quite appealing
and looks as if you're at
a restaurant down in the
south. Their decor is wooden
and almost like a cabin or a
lodge. The light and playful
atmosphere give you the
sense that the restaurant staff
and the restaurant itself are
tied together.
The service is incredibly
welcoming. The waiters and
waitresses are professional
and are confident in their
service, doing everything
they can to ensure you enjoy
a decent meal. The waiters
and waitresses ask you for a
refill before jumping ahead
without permission. They talk
to in you in a way that almost
feels like a regular small talk
conversation.
The food at Famous
Dave's is mostly barbecue
food: ribs, steak, chicken,
burgers and various
sandwiches. This restaurant
is well-renowned for its
succulent ribs. Clearly, the
chef prefers spicy and tangy
sauce over his delicious
concoctions. Most of the
Photo by Chrisann Kim
Famous Dave's displays their famous trophies in the main entrance. This restaurant has won numerous
awards for their food for over 14 years.
selections available are
included with a zesty sauce of
some sort. If you aren't fond
of meat, or are a vegetarian,
I strongly suggest to avoid
dining in this restaurant.
Famous Dave's has some
good bargains on a decent
amount of spectacular food.
A jumbo salad costs $9.99,
and a burger is $8.99. Prices
range from $4.99 to $12.99
for appetizers and $2.29 to
$7.49 for lunch specials. After
perusing through the menu
carefully, you can be sure
you'll be happy with your
selections.
Their menu is rich with
descriptions that tempt you to
order more than you can eat.
The descriptions sound very
loose and bouncy, almost like
a conversation, and there are
some comments you normally
wouldn't hear in an ordering
menu, like "a real mouthful
of hollers," or "a sweet pie,
though not as sweet as Mom."
The personal touch on the
menus immediately grabs
your attention and you soon
find yourself reading every
corner of the menu to see
what you could've missed.
Their food is perfectly
tender and juicy. Caramelized
with a buttery coat of piquant
sauce, the salad served with a
sufficient amount of chicken
emitted a vibrant aroma. The
meat was fresh and crisp,
and the vegetables crunched
under my teeth. The flavors
rolled off my tongue. It was
the best barbecue food I've
ever tasted.
One feature in Famous
Dave's restaurant is that they
display their recent trophies
of best nominated barbecue
restaurant in the center of the
room as you walk through
the doors. They are proud of
their achievements and are
confident that their service
and food are excellent.
With satisfied customers
leaving the restaurant,
according to www.
famousdaves.com, "folks like
us made Dave 'Famous'."
With country styled decor
coupled with a magnificent
selection of foods, Famous
Dave's is sure to satisfy any
hungry customer who walks
through their doors.
Surrogates: hopeless, dreary future lies ahead for all
alongside his partner
Peters, played by Radha
M itchell, to discover the
W hat could be worse
secrets of the robots and
than a movie with
uncover the mystery of the
mediocre acting, an
homicides.
uninteresting story line,
This movie was
and poor special effects?
entertaining but more
Nothing. The movie
could have been done to
"Surrogates," however, got
make it a better film. Some
pretty close to breaking
of the computer generated
that streak. It left me
images (CGI), seemed a tad
bored, m aking me wish
hokey and fake. Watching
that I had spent my $9.50
it made me feel that there
on a frontal lobotomy.
was a low budget. The
"Surrogates," which
best aspect was the realism
stars Bruce Willis, began
because it demonstrated
by explaining the birth of
good camera angles that
special androids that live
made the audience feel
the lives for their human
like they were a part of
doppelgangers. It takes
the movie. The story line,
place in a futuristic time
which had a few confusing
possibly decades away
details, was loosely based
from m odern day. The
off of "I, Robot". "I, Robot”
invention of the Surrogate
had a m ajor im pact on the - is another futuristic movie
that involves a m ystery
world.
linked to androids.
Willis is a detective
Som ething that caught
named Greer who is
my attention throughout
assigned a case that results
the movie was the fact
in two dead citizens and
that Willis needed a shave.
their surrogates. He works
M arshall M iller
Badly. His scruffy goatee
alongside with shaved
down sideburns distracted
me and directed my
attention to his facial hair
for the remainder of the
movie.
Willis did a good job
and was perfect for this
role. The best role was
played by Ving Rhames,
an excellent actor because
he kept you wondering
whether he was a good
guy or a bad guy. The
other actors w eren't
spectacular, but they got
the job done.
On a scale from 1-10,
1 being like watching
paint dry, 10 being pure
awesome, It would be a -1.
Everyone who participated
in the movie gave an effort
but it could have used a lot
more elbow grease. It was
entertaining and a good
popcorn flick. If you are
bored and have nothing
else to do, then this movie
is probably for you.
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