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Show Rico's rip-off Good eats come a little more than ok by RICHARD BARNUM-REECE Chronicle Staff The Old Man and the Famished Woman Restaurant is not for the student gourmet on a budget. When the bill is brought to you by one of the modern dancer waitresses you can bet that you won't have that "I haven't eaten in two days and just gorged myself," sense of triumph that the cagey student on the prowl for a cheap meal relishes. No, you won't get that, but if you are content to chip in a quarter for a cup of coffee (all the refills you can implore) and listen to the owner-proprietor and head chef Richard "Rico" Lund-quist Lund-quist comment on the relationship of Jungian Psychology and Eggs Louise over the strains of a stereo system playing Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner and Bach, then The Old Man and Famished Woman should be considered. Actually the prices are not prohibitive. Beef Brochelettes is ticketed at $3.25 ("tender beef slices rolled with garlic sausage and sauce, vegetables and rice"), Beef Lawrence is $2.95; but the real motive for making the break to The Old Man restaurant is the one-half-pound hamburger Rico puts out for $1.50. Entering The Old Man is a little like getting sucked into the vacuum of a surrogate culture. Instead of brandt and Titian thalfe' shelacked and laced t frames that look like Two metal fireplaces gas flames. 'The Sunday breafe Rico got his start in life. Is ago he was hawking p Aspen, Colo., and cc: side. Now he's jumped r cuisine with both feet 0: he serves breakfast fromj; p.m. and you can get r-any r-any style with toast andf cents (count em. Icok rip-off for even the most; of student epicureans. : The Old Man and1; Woman is located tar: Muzak you get Verdi to accompany your adventures in French dip sandwiches. Sometimes a wind ensemble is playing for their supper (usually Saturday evening). On the wall are prints of the work of Rem- at 230 So. and 13th Eat' you have to find le which is in the crack to Pantry and the Village S?" They serve dinner Sunt' Friday from 5:30 p.m. It" |