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...Castro, who wrote this week's cover story, found early evidence of the back-to-basics trend in her own West Side New York City neighborhood. "Last year my brother Jim came from California on a business trip," she recalls. "On the third day he took me to a cafe he had found near my apartment, a cozy little no-frills place. As we walked in the door, the woman who runs the restaurant greeted him with a big smile, said, 'The usual?' and started making his breakfast...
...best house-organized social events at Harvard. Aside from the traditional Winter Formal and Spring Waltz, Adams has yearly Halloween and Mardi Gras parties, complete with dancing which would make most people blush--until they learn how to do it. And every Tuesday the house committee sponsers Cafe Mardi, which offers, among other treats, sexpresso...
...last year, and when chef-owner Gert Rauch reopened it as the Courtyard Grill, he had done away with grilled pheasant breast with shitake mushrooms in favor of more casual food, such as grilled marinated duck with warm cabbage salad. In Cambridge, Mass., Michela Larson added a glass- enclosed cafe atrium to her restaurant, Michela's, which serves a restrained version of her Northern Italian dishes. Cod, braised and served with a sauce of leeks, sherry and smoked bacon, replaced grilled swordfish. In the main dining room, it's all wild mushrooms and truffle oil; in the cafe, the fungi...
...there is a greater selection than ever of high-quality, affordable dining places. In recognition of that, the 1991 Zagat guide to Southern California restaurants lists the "Top 100 Bangs for the Buck," inaugurated in the New York edition a few months ago. For the first time, formerly unfashionable cafes and family-style restaurants are ranked for value with the same care afforded Spago or Lutece. A wedge of ollalieberry pie at Russell's, an inexpensive Long Beach, Calif., eatery, is deemed "a slice of pure heaven." Not far away is the Shenandoah Cafe, where patrons "love those apple fritters...
Gardenburgers are not meant to taste like Big Macs. "We don't put in artificial hamburger flavor," says Wenner. "The Gardenburger is its own experience." The burgers have sold well in such outlets as the Hard Rock Cafe chain (where they cost $7.95), Sheraton Hotels, Disneyland and Portland restaurants (where they go for $2.95). Wenner expects to sell 8 million patties this year...