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...herpes? If your inner Ken Jennings surmised that an unfortunate 20 percent of your neighbors have infected genitalia, you might want to try your hand at a weekly trivia night. The main draw at Uno’s Sunday night throwdown, according to many participants, is host Al S. Beuscher, who speaks in a voice stolen from the “Price is Right.” The Bee Gees-loving trivia master says of himself, “People tend to really like me.” Not everyone agrees: Beuscher was “mugged once after trivia...
...Even so, the waiter sensed decision-making might be difficult. His two cents were liberally proffered. “I don’t mean to be the ‘everything’s good’ guy, but really it is,” said Will Beuscher, the pink-shirted waiter, who is ponytailed and wizened and has a masters in education. The lamb appetizer ($9), served with hen of the woods mushrooms and red khuri squash puree, melted off the fork, cooked perfectly pink in the middle. Its only fault really was the overload of three slices...
Before serving the main courses, Beuscher offered culinary advice and philosophizing. The immense skate came with a tutorial on how to cut sideways to avoid severing ligaments. Topped with tomato and parsley garnish, the gently flavored fish flaked easily but was definitely upstaged by the meat. The skirt steak ($20), served with potatoes, carrots and a chunk of marrow-filled bone, came with another lesson. While diners used to suck marrow out of the bone, hence the term “sucking the marrow out of life,” these days the bone comes sliced in half...
...Beuscher, a middle-aged waiter, said he was around in 1969--when students took over University Hall to protest the Vietnam War--and is amazed at the difference 30 years makes...
...Beuscher said, there is little visible evidence of activism on campus. Whether there is support for Nader beneath the surface that will translate into votes is anyone's guess...