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The search for alternative dining experiences Because of the opening of the new complex near the College, “The Print” has decided to visit the restaurants around the area in order to find alternative food sources to the sometimes very crowded cafeteria. The restaurants we chose are all within 10 driving minutes of the Col lege so we could find out if they would be fit to eat lunch at. Amigo’s Amigo’s Mexican Restaurant, located only about a mile south of the College on Molalla Avenue, appears to be an excellent place to go for lunch, even if you’ve only got an hour between classes. Since the word has not yet gotten out, Amigo’s remains, even on Fridays, relatively uncrowded, and the service is fast and effi cient. We had heard that the food at the restaurant was less than average last year, but we cer tainly didn’t find it that way. I had something called “Mex ican Pizza,” which was a medium-sized concoction of roast beef, cheese, olives and scallions on a large, soft flour taco. For only $2.50, its quality was fine, and its quantity more than sufficient. My companion had a large meat and cheese salad for almost the same price '-'and also felt satisified. The rest of the menu ranges in price from $2.50 to $4, and features a couple of complete dinners for under $4, although the a la carte selection seems perfectly adequate. The nacho chips served cis appetizers are homemade and hot and quite tasty; the salsa could have been hotter, but then, that’s always a matter of taste (dr lack of it). <■ For the price and the conve nience of its location, and the extravagantly kischy decor, Amigo’s is hard to beat. Buen Apetito! High Rocks the Hidden behind Gladstone Safeway off of 1-205, the High Rocks Pub pro bably would be missed by anyone who wasn’t specifically looking for it. If you are lucky enough to find it, you’d better arrive before the lunch hour or be prepared for some exercise. Even if you do arrive during the peak lunch hour, when patrons’ cars are likely to be spilling over into the parking lots of the surrounding businesses, don’t let the line discourage you. You will find yourself seated and served with plenty of time to have a leisure ly meal. The atmosphere is permeated with sports. Pen nants dot the walls, everything on the menu is named and described in terms of baseball, and in the lounge section a wide-screen television is set up so that fans may enjoy a game during their meal. If sports is not among your major in-, terests, don’t worry, the sporty atmosphere is neither over powering nor oppressive. Dur ing busy midday hours a healthy line may accumulate, but service is swift and you will find yourself moving up much more quickly than you may have anticipated. It does tend to get noisy, as a restaurant full of lunch hour patrons will, but it is not unbearable and the quick, efficient service and ex cellent food more than make up for the bustle. The main portion of the menu is made up of various sandwiches. With each comes a trip to the salad bar, which is stocked with such essentials as raw cauliflower, sprouts, spinach greens mixed in with lettuce, and your choice of dressings, to name a few. Depending on how quick an eater you are, your sandwich should arrive about the time you’re laying down your salad fork. The ultirpate sandwich on their menu is the “Grand Slam.” I arrives cut in half; as the full sandwich is too long to fit on the plate. If you are a lighter eater, you might find the “Club House” to your likingHt stands only about two inches in contrast to the “Grand Slam.” New China Short on time, but want something just a little ex travagant and different? The New China is a quick four or five minute shot down Molalla Avenue from the College. . The decor is basic, standard restaurants booths with a few Oriental pictures on the wall. It’s simple, clean and bright, with a “family place”, at mosphere, a good place for friendly conversations. I could have done without the KUPL muzak in the background. Prices are about right for a restaurant of this type, $5.50 a head for one of their larger din ners. We ordered the No. 5 Chinese dinner (American food also is available). The din ner consisted of sweet and sour spare ribs, fried rice^, chow mein and shrimp. The waitresses happily substituted egg foo young for the rice. The big plus for the New China is the service. Our waitress greeted us with a warm smile' and was friendly and helpful. -.One can ap preciate courteous service if you’ve ever had to withstand an obnoxious waiter or waitress. On a few occasions in the past I’ve been tempted to commit' acts of horrible violence. (No hate mail please, we’re not knocking everyone in the profession.) The dinners arrived in a relatively short time. I was a lit tle disappointed in the shrimp which appeared to be huge but were ¿actually half breading. They did have a good flavor, however. If you are a picky person you will notice that the 7 food is just a touch too salty. The meal was not super fantastic, but pretty good and food portions were generous. To wrap it up, the New Chinaris not a bad place to go for lunch. It’s close to the Col lege, the food is good, and it is ■ a Subdued, restful kind of place. Elmer’s will not inundate you in friendliness. Like all family- focused chains, it is a culinary assembly line. The waitresses seat you, pour your coffee, take your order, serve you and give you the check, all with a noticeable lack of smiles or Smalltalk. To emphasize' the point, “The Print” reviewer mention ed to the cashier that someone had left his lights on in the parking lot, and requested she page the owner. Her reply: “Oh well, they’ll find out soon enough.” But if you’re not looking to, strike up a new friendship, the service Is- sufficiently fast and courteous. All in all, Elmer’s is a^very fine restaurant. For cleanliness, speed and downright good’ food, “The Print”; highly recommends Elmer’s. Harry’s Mustache For the money, Harry’s Moustache and Eatery (622 Main St., Oregon City) is a wonderful place to eat a plea sant lunch. Only ten . minutes away from the College, the at mosphere is nice and the food is good. The parking is...O.K., by that I mean that you can find a parking space easy enough...if you don’t mind walking around the block from yOur car to the restaurant. Wheelchair access is no pro, blem because there are no steps to climb, except to the men’ room, which is on the se cond level of the establishment, When a friend and I visited there recently, we were surpris ed at how quickly we wers seated—in about three minutes In two more we had our ordet taken, and in a couple more im were tasting"our salads. Th waitress must have been timini us as we ate, for just moment after we finished our salad sh was there with Our main dishes The speed with which th customer is taken care of 1 wonderful. The waitresses an Elmer’s busboys were really hustling The newest eatery in the just a-runnin’ up and down th College vicinity is Elmer’s, aisles. which is part of the Fred Meyer The quality of the food wa complex that is nearing com- good, and we were give pletibn on Molalla Avenue. enough to fill us up for seven Elmer’s is a chain-restaurant hours afterward. I had Harry1 which caters to a family Combo, which consisted of clientele. It is a variation-ori-a- plate of spaghetti with n theme, being very similar to the choice of two sauces. 1 ha Sambos, Perkins, or Denny’s their meat sauce and fret chains. But Elmer’s is a step mushrooms. It was not as god above the others. The food is as Mom’s, but it was real goo Today computers touch every part of our lives. Ohi^Scientific Personal Computers better in quality and quantity, for $4.25. The salad was fresl have special applications for the student: the atmosphere clarrier x although the mode! (though still a shade “plastic”) restaurant salad only consistsi ‘May be used as a terminal and the service faster. chopped-up lettuce of differ# ‘Allow construction of personal database Elmer’s, like the colors and a little dressil ‘Accomplish data collection and analysis Sambo’s, Denny’s, Kopper thrown on top. The main di! ‘Handle word processing for term papers, theses, etc. Kitchen-type chains, serves " was, to say the least, colorfi ‘Provide entertainment with a wide variety of g breakfast all day long. It is their appealing to the eye, and a) specialty. In comparison with petizing. My friend had i And there’s never a question of access. Your own computer is äKailable, at your other “pancake houses,” it is a meatbail sandwich, which fingertips, any time of the day or night. Fial Computer has Ohio ientific Com superior establishment. Elmer’s $3.25, and he liked it. puters starting at under $500. doesn’t skimp on the food The ceiling had a set i either. Their “short stack” of Casablanca fans that slow pancakes usually comprises, . blew air. around the dinii more food than Perkin’s “large room. The old-looking wo< stack.” The prices, however, paneling on the walls gave i are fairly comparable to the place-a secure feeling, and? 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