OmnibusThursday, September 22, 19887
Greeks and
From staff reports
Historically speaking, the Creeks
and Italians have never been
bosom buddies, so why restau
rants specializing in Creek and
Italian food should abound in
Chapel Hill is a bit of a mystery.
But when you're hungry, its not
the sort of thing you want to
consider. There are too many to
list them all, so here's the pick of
the crop-.
MarlaScakls Restaurant and
Oakery located on the U.S. 15-501
bypass features Creek and Italian
food at very modest prices, includ
ing possibly the best and cheapest
pizza in Chapel Hill. A large 16-inch
pepperoni pizza currently runs in
at $6.50, and the large deluxe
everything-induded pizza is $9.50.
Mariakakis' is a great place to go
with a group of friends. The
By ELIZABETH ELLEN
Staff Writer
Reality's realm seems Infinite
sometimes, and examining the
vast expanse can be overwhelm
ing. There exists in Oregon a town
called Boring. People really do live
there.
Nestled in rural western Virginia
is Boring's soul twin Bland.
And right here in North Carolina,
down between Farmville and Wil
son, Is Saratoga. Or at least, the
town limit sign spells the town
name as such. The local general
store spells It "Saratoa" So, take
your pick.
Saratoga (111 go with the state's
official spelling) has one stoplight,
and according to longtime resi
dents of this area, the law enforce
ment officer who habitually hung
out at this intersection was the
town's major source of income. He
made a game out of catching ECU
students speeding through Sara
toga's maze of decreasing speed
limit zones and ultimately running
the red light.
ECU students are not the only
folks who just pass through Sara
toga. The town used to have a
resident doctor vith an office
right on the main drag. He was a
general practitioner with a generic
name Jones or smith or some
thing along those lines. When
Saratoga got to be too much for
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atmosphere is very casual and is
ideally suited to the student
wardrobe. Their back patio, which
looks quite spruced-up these days,
is ideal for large parties.
And if you can resist picking up
a pastry or two on the way out,
you're doing yourself a disservice.
Leo's Restaurant is located a
good walk down West Franklin
Street (about a block beyond
McDonald's golden arches) and
features more up-market Creek
and Italian food in a casual atmo
sphere. Cheapest on the menu is
the highly-recommended lasagna
at $5.75. The chicken or veal parmi
giana clocks in at $7.95, The Creek
side of the menu is a little more
expensive, starting at $6.95. All
entrees, from both countries, are
served with salad and bread. .
him, he not only moved his prac
tice, but he uprooted the entire
building and had it carried away.
Now there's a nifty parking lot
across the road from the post
office.
What is the definition of a town
anyway? Any wide spot in the
road with a post office, a gas
station and a church. Often there
is a Fast Fare or similar store to
keep things lively, but this is not
required.
Just when things get dull, either
something redemptively peculiar
comes along to jar your conscious
ness or you stumble across one of
UNCs campus pencil sharpeners.
There arent many of them, and
those few crop up where you least
expect them. I mean places like the
women's bathroom on the first
floor of Saunders or the windowsil!
on the main floor landing in the
Hill Hall stairwell.
Whether one does it in a
bathroom or a stairwell (or for
that matter, in departments of
music or religion), sharpening one's
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Leo's prides itself on being a
family-run business since 1962,
which, for this area, is something
of an achievement. The restaurant
seats 100, and a quick turnover is
guaranteed. So, if you intend to
move on to ether things after
dinner, Leo's may be your place.
Pepper's Pizza on Franklin
Street is a relatively new addition
to the Chapel Hill pizza scene, but
a very welcome one. Open from
11 a.m. to midnight Monday
through Wednesday, and until 2:30
am Thursday through Saturday,
Pepper's is ideally suited to the
late-nighter. unlike most pizza
places in this area, Pepper's does
not deliver, but the cozy, small
capacity nook is definitely worth
your attention. It's sad that the
graffiti has gone, but at least the
pizza is still hot and spicy.
language skills sharpens one's
mind. And a speaker's world view
is affected by which particular
language he or she happens to
speak. Do English-speaking parrots
think at all like Arabic-speaking
parrots, or those who speak
French or Italian? Put a parrot in
Alaska, teach him to speak Eskimo,
and I'll bet he can learn to distin
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of snow simply because the lan
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these subtle concepts. On the
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If you've ever tried to predict
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today Is a fairly good guess since
Mars makes its closest approach to
our planet right about now. if
invading Martians can be taught
to speak as easily as parrots can,
they could probably be rounded
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and turned into productive
members of society indistin
guishable from the natives.
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