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Restaurants offer assortment of salad bars to fit students tastes
By WENDELL WOOD
Salad "bar hopping" runs a close second
to the standard drinking "bar hopping" for
many Chapel Hill students and residents. A
popular means of dining-out here, salad bars
leave the menu and preparation up to the in
dividual diner, guaranteeing satisfaction if
the bar's items are sufficient.
The average salad bar available to the
UNC student is cheap, (between 2 and 3 dol
lars) compared to a three-course meal at a
Franklin Street restaurant, (between $4-5)
and best of all, most salad bars are "all you
can eat."
"As many men as women eat our salad bar
alone as a meal," said an employee at West
ern Sizzlin' Steak House, "and one Chapel
Hill policeman eats the salad bar almost
everyday."
, Another advantage of frequenting salad
bars includes fulfilling nutritional require
ments often ignored by college students. If
the salad is carefully made, without loading
up on potato skins, crackers, dressing, crou
tons, etc., a meal from a local salad bar can
be filling as well as low in calories.
"A lot of people think salad bars are di
etetic, but (with too many of the wrong
things) they're not" said Margo McCoy, a
junior from Charlotte and a seasoned salad
bar hopper.
In selecting a favorite salad bar, it is im
portant to check the freshness of the items,
as many salad eaters warn against the spoil
ing of eggs and cheese. The size of the salad
bowl is also, important in getting your
money's worth, especially if a salad bar of
fers a one-bowl deal.
Lastly, one should check the items of a
salad bar for nutritional value. If a restaurant
provides cottage cheese, fibrous vegetables
such as broccoli, beans or squash, and fruit,
you can be confident of having a Healthy
meal.
Here is a list, in alphabetical order, of
most salad bars in the Chapel Hill area, their
prices and pros and cons.
Blackie's Steak House, Rosemary Street.
Btackie's salad bar without the, meal costs
$3.95, and includes salad staples such as let
tuce, carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes and
onions. Mushrooms, eggs, cottage and Ched
dar cheese, asparagus spears, ham and
crackers make this salad bar healthy but still
expensive.
'Doofinkeys Cafe, Carr Mill Mall. This In
novative and moderately priced "natural
salad bar" ($2.25 for one bowl, $3.25 for all
.you can eat) offers tofu, broccoli, cauli
flower, sprouts, cottage cheese, dried fruits,
granola and nuts,-plus the salad staples.
Four Thieves Restaurant, Kroger Plaza.
Besides the staples, this $3.95 salad bar
($3.50 at lunch) includes cottage cheese,'
eggs, mushrooms, pineapple and peaches
and spring onions.
Godfather's Pizza, Kroger Plaza. At $1.59,
this salad bar is Chapel Hill's cheapest, but it
also offers less. Besides the regulars, chow
? mein noodles, cottage cheese and eggs will
tide you over.
Jordan's Le Charolais, Rosemary 5treet.
This steak house's lunchtime salad costs
$2,95, and it's $3.95 after 5 p.m. With the
salad staples it includes spinach, broccoli,
yellow squash, peanuts, sprouts, potato and
macaroni salad and chow mein noodles. A
variety of crackers and a cheese barrel make
this salad bar well worth the money.
Looking Glass Cafe, University Square. For
a small one-bowl salad bar at $2.65 and all
you can eat at $3.50, this bar offers healthy
extras but not enough for the money. Home
made dressings, sprouts, cottage and swiss
cheese, eggs, mushrooms, and sunflower
seeds are some of its features.
The Pine Room, the Pit This salad bar,
like the lunchtime Greenhouse in the Union,
. has a unique 1 5$ per-ounce charge, with a $3
.maximum. Offering cottage cheese, eggs,
ham, cheese, pineapple and sprouts accom
panying .the salad regulars, this salad bar is
one of the better features of UNC's food ser
vice. Also offered at Chase - Cafeteria oh
South Campus. :
Pizza Hut Franklin Street and across from
University Mall. My favorite for the price of
$1.89, ($1.59 at lunch) this pizza chain salad
bar has cottage cheese, pineapple and apple,
potato and macaroni salad, chow mein
noodles and pizza Crackers (the best).
Wendy's, Maih Street in Carrboro. Unfor
tunately, this $1.89 salad bar doesn't have
cottage cheese but it does offer eggs,
cheese, sunflower seeds, mushrooms and
big platters, as well as the basics.
Western Sizzlirr's Steak House, Rosemary
Street For $3.39, I've never been fuller. Fried
potato skins, ham, cheese, eggs, sprouts, cot
tage cheese, potato and macaroni salad, a
variety of relishes, fruits and sunflower seeds
make this salad bar one of the most popular
in town.
If you are lacking ideas for a supper get
together, a home-made salad bar may be
your cheapest and healiest dinner to offer!
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Wendell Wood is a contributor to Spotlight.
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