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After DarkThursday, September 5, 198511 p 9 TO OTTO LLdUliUUUlSo ttfhie By LIZ SAYLOR Staff Writer If you're looking for a change of pace when you go out to eat, then dine in a train car. Take the plunge into a "greenhouse" of seafood and vegetarian concoc tions. Experience the elegance and northern Italy. Try a casual hidea way of North Carolina specialties. Or go for the rather Bohemian atmosphere of "the closest thing to a Northern deli." Breadmen's is "like a New Jersey-type diner," said Bill Pisci tello, manager-owner. "We want to please everyone. We get the biggest cross-section of clientele stu dents, local people, policemen, firemen. One night, we may have one of the richest persons and one of the poorest in Chapel Hill at one time." Breadmen's, at 337 W. Rosem ary St., opens for breakfast at 6 a.m. and stays open until midnight Monday through Saturday. It's open 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday. The restaurant accepts personal checks, and customers don't need reservations. Pita sandwiches, hot sandwiches and vegetables form the bulk of Breadmen's offerings. "We're casual not fast food," Piscitello said. "You get a quality product for what you're spending. We try to keep our food fresh as possible. All desserts are made here. We have an excellent cheese cake and blueberry crumbcake the sort of thing people come in for late at night." Craig Claibourne of The New York Times recently reviewed Crook's Corner chef Bill Neal for his North Carolina specialities. "WeVe gotten lots of publicity . from that," said Kathy Klein, floor . manager at Crook's Corner. Crook's serves seafood, specials and a Cajun ribeye daily special. Prices range from $3.05 for a burger to $10.95 for a steak. Customers can pay with cash, personal checks or Visa. Crook's, at 610 W. Franklin St., is open Sunday through Thursday from 5 to 10 p.m. for dinner and Friday and Saturday from 5 to 10:30 p.m. Sandwiches and salads are served until 1 1:30 p.m. nightly. Customers do not need reservations. Klein said most of their custo mers were students and townspeo ple. "It's a fun and easy place to go with very good food." Aurora draws a loyal following from Raleigh and across the Tri angle and state, said Hank Straus, owner of the 9-year-old restaurant. "We serve Northern Italian cuisine and fresh seafood," Straus said. "We operate as in northern Italy, serving as a first course a pasta or an antipasto, following with a meat, fish or fowl ... or people may just have the pasta or antipasto alone. You can eat for $10 or $40." . Aurora has a huge selection of coffee specialties. The "insalate," or salad, can cost $2,25, and the pasta specialties can cost as much as $11.95. A number of desserts are available, also. Aurora, in the Carr Mill Mall, is open weeknights from 6 to 10 p.m. for dinner and Friday and Saturday from 6 to 10:30 p.m. The bar opens at 5 p.m. Reservations are required. Customers may pay with cash, Master Card, Visa or a local check. Pyewacket offers vegetarian lasagne and candlelight for a special date or drinks for a casual visit with friends. You might hear foreign languages in rapid discus sion or live folk music on Wed nesday and Thursday nights. "Our primary market is probably 20-to-50-year-olds," said David Bacon, manager-owner of Pye wacket since it opened in 1977. "We get a broad range of visitors. We offer full leisure and service. We also have a bar." Pyewacket, in the Courtyard Mall off Franklin Street, offers continental cuisine with seafood and vegetarian entrees. Lunch may cost $3 to $6. Dinner costs from $5.50 to $10. It opens at 1 1:30 a.m. and closes at midnight Monday through Wednesday j 1 1:30 a.m. to 1 a.m. Thursday through Saturday and 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Sunday. "It's sort of an institution here," Bacon said. "It's a Chapel Hill favorite. People whoVe come and gone always come back here. It's an unusual restaurant." Customers usually don't need reservations. Pyewacket accepts cash, personal checks, Master Card and Visa. The Orient Express Eastern European Restaurant will take you from Paris to Turkey, all in one meal if you so desire. Just board the train literally. "We do the cuisine of the coun tries through which the original Orient Express traveled," said George Horwitz, manager and part-owner. "The train started from France, passing through such eastern European countries as Italy, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Aus tria, Germany, Switzerland and ended in Turkey. It began in 1884, and trains are still running in those countries by that name 'Orient Express.' " The clientele includes physicians, students and teachers. Dinners cost about $25 per person. Lunch is served Monday through Friday from 1 1:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dinner is served each night starting at 5:30. The kitchen, run by part-owner Katherine Schlessin ger, closes at 9:30 p.m. if it's not very busy. Russian tea, a "grown up cocktail hour," is served every afternoon at 4:30. "The overall impact is elegance and My god, isn't this delicious,' " Horwitz said. "You eat things here you've never heard of. It's a nice place to come to celebrate things when your father comes to town, birthdays, anniversaries or after a heavy date." The Orient Express requires reservations and takes checks, cash or credit card. You can see the train -cars of the Express at 201 E. Main St., Carrboro. No one faces cancer alone. AMERICAN YGATCCER ' SOCIETY Domanings WE DELIVER STARTING AT 12 NOON! FAST FREE DELIVERY Famous New York Style Chicken Wings, Nuggets Hearth baked Sub Sandwiches & Personal Pan Pizzas ... Since 1982 401 E. Franklin 929-3192 or 929-7827 Eat in or take out Dinner for One 7 wings or 7 nuggets Order of slaw or potato salad Order of fries Order of bread One drink $4.99 tax one per order expires 93085 J Pan Pizza I 2 loader 6" pan pizzas . 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