Word: eating
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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With a declining national birth rate, American business will not have a constantly expanding market, but its customers will have more money to spend. The food industry should benefit little from the country's new-found wealth; people, after all, can eat only so much meat and vegetables, drink only so much milk...
There are only a very few places around where you can eat a casual meal and enjoy a beer at the same time. Liquor licenses aren't worth the expense for most local restauranteurs but Buddy bought one and it makes his hamburger haven infinitely pleasant. He offers a good variety of brews at low cost--in the half-dollar neighborhood. Buddy also serves pretty tasty fries with his meals, which is normal for this kind of place, but his green salads are as good as any you can get in the area and they too are inexpensive...
...Hemispheres is a whole new experience. Friends back home will think you've gone crazy when you rave about the asparagus sandwich called the Hemispheres Special, and you'll really jolt them when you go on babbling about such weird dishes as baba ganoosh, falafel, and baklava. Let them eat spaghetti...
...half dozen full-fledged "greasy spoons"--low-budget, fast food places. The food in these establishments is generally cheap, and you usually get what you pay for. The decor in most is hokey and the scene raunchy, but when you are going out of your mind for something to eat at some weird hour of the day, or, if you are just plain sick of eating dining hall food, keep them in mind...
...closing of the Freshman Union on the weekends has saved approximately $120,000 to $150,000 a year, Weissbecker says. But this money-saving ploy has had an overcrowding effect on the River Houses--particularly Adams and Quincy. Often, upperclassmen find themselves having to eat Sunday brunch on the dining room floor because freshmen do not go to the House to which they are assigned for weekend meals, especially those who dislike the walk to the Quadrangle Houses...