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Show Saturday, November 11, 2000 B-8 The Park Record Marketplace Landmark Burgies changes hands Park City business expanding menu, changing decor by Bruce Lewis OF THE RECORD STAFF A Main Street landmark restaurant has new owners. Soo Chyung and Eric Ciffone purchased pur-chased the restaurant at 5?0 Main Street in July, and have been working on changes ever since. -We wanted to achieve a couple cou-ple of things with the makeover. First, we gave the restaurant more of a 'sports grill' ambience. Starting next week, we debut a wider selection of menu items - we want to be known for more than burgers," Chyung explained. He and Ciffone have been working late nights on the renovation, which includes a new bar uptairs and a renovated kitchen in the back. Ciffone, who also owns Mountain Chicken, made use of his carpenter skills to build the bar and t new bench upstairs, both of which were constructed mostly from existing wood. "Both the bar and the bench were made with the tongue-and-groove wood wainscoting wain-scoting which were behind the two K' ; BRUCE LEWSPARK RECORD Eric Ciffone and Soo Chyung are the new owners of Burgies, a restaurant which has become a landmark on Old Town's Main Street The two have added a bar upstairs and have renovated the facility to include a sports-grill theme. 1 Being in the right place at the right i along very often. This is your opportunity to be there. The Summit at Ski Lake is the place. Now is the time. World class skiing at Snowbasin, water recreation at Pineview Reservoir, hiking, biking and camping are all within minutes of your front door. The Summit at Ski Lake gated community offers luxury mountain-top home sites with much more than a view. Twenty years of planning have yielded unequaled attention to detail, both inside and out. How many time have you watched a prestigious area's property values skyrocket as the secret sot out? Welt, "the secret fas getting out. And time is running out. Dont miss 11 your chance. ' . A very limited number of hem s3et ars aviiUb'e now at .The Summit afSkllA.;' ,, new fixtures." Chyung added his expertise in running restaurants to the mix, even as he was purchasing the Main Street location of the Szechuan Restaurant up the street la addition, sports equipment and memorabilia cow lines the w alls both upstairs and downstairs, including several famous players' jerseys, antique skis and bindings, team posters and signs. The interior interi-or walls have been repainted in the bright colors of several professional profession-al teams. "The whole idea has been to make a place where locals and tourists alike are welcome to come in and hang." Chyung said. Nine televisions are arranged throughout through-out the restaurant and bar area, "and with satellite TV, we have more sporting events than the traditional tra-ditional cable channels carry." Chyung and Ciffone plan to add a number of new menu items beginning next week. Although nearly all the restaurani's stature hamburgers will remain on the menu, several improvements will be made. For example, the black and white garlic burger remains listed, but the patties will now be hand-made using fresh gartic instead of garlic powder. "Next week we will add fajitas. A 63 r ? nrtmiHh a.. t,.,. .fc j j I V -Hi Lots begin ai time doesn't come r pastas, bratwursts, San Diego-style fish tacos - with breaded fish - and caiamari," Chyung said. A total of nine beers will be on tap, including a good selection of local rruexo-brews, rruexo-brews, he added. Local menu favorites will remain, including the eatery signature sig-nature hand-cut-and-breaded onion rings and waffle fries. Appetizers range in price from $2.95 to $5.95, dinner salads range up to $7.95 and a soup-and-salad combination costs $4.50. Burgers cost between $6.45 and $3 for the half-pound versions, $1 less for a quarter-pound-size sandwich. Traditional sandwiches are available, avail-able, as are a "grown-up grilled cheese" (with three kinds of cheese, bacon, tomato and onion) and a fried egg sandwich. Beverages on the menu include shakes and malls, sodas - even a venerable root beer float "All the while, the emphasis has been on keeping the family-friendly atmosphere and prices. Burgies is really one of the last places on Main Street that is reasonably priced for a family meal,' Ciffone added. "The crux of our business still comes from families." Burgies opens for business daily at 1 1 a.m. For more information or to order ahead, call the restaurant at 6494)011. 1 1 OGOENUTAH I I '1 n. li vl . i $130,000 t Before and After decorates your home ms-iL ; i KX .: I i I . ; ,s l S - -.J mr " " ' ' I . ; " ? I h -- - - i 1 nrr i n i -nm n in imm mJ LEWiS WRK RiCO0 Alison Fiiimore and Cydnee Diamond operate Before and After Decorating, a business which specializes in home arrangement and decorating services. D Service makes use of items in the home to give a new look by Bruce Lewis OF THE RECORD STAFF "Home arrangement, what's that? Sometimes we have to explain that we dont come in and teU you what colors to choose or what carpet to put in your home." said Alison Fillmore, one of two sisters operating Before and After Decorating. Cydnee Diamond, the other half of the business, explained. "People dont realize what they have in their homes, especially the things stored away in the attic or the basement," Diamond said. "Things like old adding machines, fishing creels, doilies and furniture - they can make wonderful pieces in decorating a home." Before and After at times will 4 ' N ' '' ADVENTURES M LUXURY. 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"We look at creating conv ersation areas, look at the flow in a room, where the doors and windows are, and look at ideas like grouping paintings paint-ings rather than hanging them separately." sep-arately." When the two women first talk with a prospective client, they ask about likes and dislikes in decor. I ' if " r " -,. : ) " - . . ' any favorite themes they might have, and other personal-preference items. "Collections are fun. People collect col-lect because they are attracted to what they collect. What bettei way than to display the things they like?" Fillmore asked. They will aha recommend breaking conventions which have become cemented in clients' minds. "Nothing is written in stone that a particular piece of furniture must reside in a particular room." Diamond said, "and nothing says that furniture in a room has to arranged only along the w alls. We ask. is there something here that you don! want moved from this room?' We have been known to move J Kings around, just pick it up and move it." The tw o also emphasize that not eveiything needs to be used or displayed dis-played all the time. "There are times when we tcc-ommend tcc-ommend that things be taken away Please see Marketplace, B-1C "VOLVO for life Test Drive the all new 2001 Cross Country Today t " i 1004 Cai 4 ftmrt. p hM tV 1 t t ir rW wf pl h4 Poor J.' |