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Show Alex's restaurant is a dash of Gallic spice on Main Street Alex Dusser brought about 23 years of cooking experience with him when he opened Alex's, Park City's newest restaurant. Alex's is a family-run operation at 442 Main St. Dusser is a one-man show in the kitchen while his wife, Mireille, and son, Dominque, take care of the dining-room responsibilities. respon-sibilities. "I am ze chef and ze dishwash-cher, dishwash-cher, sometimes," Alex said in an unmistakable French accent. And his cooking, predominantly composed of fish and fowl, has an unmistakable French touch to it. He said his specialties were the sole and the roast duck with raspberry sauce. His meat dishes include lamb, veal, sweetbreads and Cornish game hens. The chef also makes his own bread and desserts and suggests, perhaps, a lemon or chocolate mousse or maybe the cheesecake. Alex said he makes eight to 10 desserts daily. The 42-year-old Dusser said he began cooking in 1958. In 1963, he was chef on the oceanliner S.S. France. He came to America shortly after that and was chef in New York City's La' Siene. After a restaurant venture in Pennsylvania he headed west and opened a restaurant for singer Paul Anka in Sun Valley, Idaho. Two years later he began La' Provence, his own restaurant in Sun Valley, which he ran for six years. He had a restaurant at Brian Head Ski Resort before deciding to come to Park City in December 1985. His restaurant opened Feb. 1, 1986. "I first came to Park City to visit my friend Phillipe (Held, owner of Phillipe's restaurant). I liked it here and decided I wanted to move here," t -' ' ' "'-.- s "V .' ; ; : ! , r S - -: ' : i-sr: : i I j I ; 3 i . ; j v; - ; i r :v i '. . i , !? . V. Brian Head and Paul Anka. Alex said. "So far business has been fabulous and I love it. "We have the right food for the right price and find a wide variety of people are attracted here," he added. add-ed. "I like the ski resort life. You work hard for a few months and then take it easy for a few months." He said he offers no luncheons and will not until the summer, when he plans to refurbish the patio adjacent to his restaurant for outdoor dining. He hopes too, that he may be able to offer wine with the meal at that time. Currently, Alex's is open from 6 until about 10 p.m., seven days a week. Alex said he prefers reservations reserva-tions since the restaurant can seat only 42 people. Some walk-ins are accepted, depending on cancellations. :- I i' 4 ; 1 ' ? i 5 ninir- ! MOTHER KAREN'S aKlWEAR 85-8(1 Mother Karen's on Main Street will close Saturday after a year and a half of operation. Mother Karen's to leave its down-filled nest Utah The Park City factory outlet of Mother Karen's active sportswear will close Saturday as part of the firm's shutdown of its Utah operations. opera-tions. Mother Karen's Real Good Goods Inc. was purchased last August by the Boston-based CML Inc. and the firm's entire sales division was moved mov-ed to Sacramento, Calif., said Mar-jorie Mar-jorie Trulock, operations manager for Mother Karen's in Salt Lake City. In California, the firm will be operated under the name of CML's Ouldoorsman arm, which includes Sierra Design, Gokey Co. and the Outdoorsman manufacturing facilities and retail stores. Mother Karen's, in the basement of the Galleria Building at 608 Main St., has been operating in Park City since August 1984. The store's merchandiseconsisting mer-chandiseconsisting primarily of active sportswear, including down jackets and ski wear-has been marked down 75 percent for clearance. But most of the popular sizes have been purchased, employee Dawn Tatomer said Monday. Tatomer said five Park City employees will be among the 25 workers statewide who will lose their jobs when the retail outlets close. The firm already has closed its Crossroads Plaza outlet and effective ef-fective Sunday also will shut down its remaining stores in Ogden, Murray Mur-ray and Orem. Mother Karen's was founded in 1973 by lied Oelerich of Salt Lake City. In the future, the Mother Karen's goods will be available only on a wholesale basis. 11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Daily The Freshest of Seafood, the Best Ribs and DAILY SPECIALS (Prices $3.50 - $5.50) from Spike's old recipe file. 649-3729 3rd Level Main Street Mall Top of Historic Main Street Mondav - Thursday 1 1:30 - 2 p.m. 5:30 - 9 p.m. Friday -' Saturday 11:30-2 p.m.. 5 30 - 10 p.m. Sunday 1 1:30 - 3 p.m. Branch 11:30 -4 p.m. Park Rord Thursday, March 20, 1986 .PaSeB9 Comic croquet match to kick off P.C.'s 'Spring's a Beach' week Ever wanted to be a Queen of Hearts, an Ace of Spades or a Knave? Your chance will come April 5 as the community is invited to participate par-ticipate in a vigorous game of Pink Flamingo Croquet at the Park Meadows Racquet Club. The event, called the "Pink Flamingo Flam-ingo Croquet Challenge At Alice's Tea Party," kicks off a week-long spring celebration called "Spr-mg's a Beach in Park City," sponsored by the Park City Chamber of Com merceConvention & Visitors Bureau. The sponsors of the wonderland-like wonderland-like croquet match are the ChamberBureau's Park City Prospectors Pro-spectors Chamber Ambassadores). The croquet challenge will start at noon Saturday. April 5, at the Park City Racquet Club (Sneakers). Teams will compete for prizes donated by members of the ChamberBureau. The Prospectors have challenged the Rotarians to the first matches. Local community leaders will participate par-ticipate as characters in a hilarious combination of tense athletic competition com-petition and comic antics, following the "Alice in Wonderland" fairy tale portion, the Queens croquet game. In the book, the game was played on a chess board by a full deck of cards, using hedgehogs as balls and Pink Flamingos as croquet mallets. There is no charge to the public and all are encouraged to come as your favorite Alice character, or in a lawn party theme. Windows on World Cup: Artful panes, tailgates win contest Utah Power & Light, Valline Gallery and Peek-A-Boo's were the big winners, against tough competition, competi-tion, in the window display and tailgate party competitions held this month in conjuction with the Subaru Park City World Cup Ski Race. According to Robbie Beck, assistant assis-tant marketing director at the Park City Ski Area, there were 46 entrants in the window display contest and 34 vehicles entered in the tailgate party competition. The window contest encouraged merchants to create window displays welcoming the World Cup ski races to Park City. "We were really pleased with the response to the contests because it was the first time we had ever done anything like this," Beck said. "We had about 350 participants in the tailgate contest so we think it was very successful." Utah Power & Light won the multiple multi-ple window display category. Easy Street was second and Wolfe's at the Holiday Village Mall was third. Valline Gallery picked up first place in the single window display category by beating Rugged Elegance, which finished second, and the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, which was third. There were four categories in the tailgate contest. In the Best United States Ski Team Banner category, Valline Gallery First Cabin Lodging finished first. Peek-A-Boo's placed second and the radio station KPCW was third. Mac MacQuoid's entry finished first in the Best Set Table category. Sneakers club was second and Valline GalleryFirst Cabin Lodging finished third. The MacQuoid entry picked up its second win of the day in the Most Festive Vehicle category. KPCW finished second in the category and Prospector Square Hotel was third. The Best Ail-Around tailgate entry went to Peek-A-Boo's, with Park City ChamberBureau finishing second se-cond and Sneaker's in third. The response to the contests was good enough, Beck said, that they may be repeated in November when the World Cup returns to Park City. Wall berg takes helm of Silver King Bank Dale Wallberg has assumed the position of manager of the Silver King State Bank in Park City. His promotion took effect in January, according to Silver King's president, presi-dent, Dick Wilde. Wallberg has been in the banking bank-ing business for 15 years, beginn ing with a position at Tracy Collins Col-lins Bank & Trust Co. Six years ago, he came to Silver King, where he has worked as a loan officer, of-ficer, assistant vice president and vice president. Wilde said, "He's done a good job and deserves the promotion. He's dedicated to Park City." r mT"' Tape Is p Bi:( : A r-- 1 til if r vjr vU O'j Vjt U U v. J w Excmp.ss f- All rJiCrchsitdtes up to Collector's Quality Navajo Sand Paintings Reg. $250 Now 175 Handmade Pottery Reg. $48 Now S29 All Handmade Leather Items 30 off Th Grand Hotel Gsileria SCO Main Street Arnpla Parking et r:::r Chevrolet Spectrums Cavahers Canaros 4 cyl. Cv :.' , Vc:e Ca'-zs Caprices Ccr.et es Cargo Astro Vans Chevy Vans S10 B'azers El Carr.inos C K 1 0 tnru 20 Ser.es Lt D'y Pcs Oldsmobile Fireruas 4 cyl. Calais 4 cyl. Cutlass Cieras 4 cyl. Cutlass Cruisers Cutlass Cupremes Delta Royales Ninety Eights USED CAR SPECIALS 1 984 Chevrolet S-1 0 Blazer 1 984 Jeep 4dr Cherokee $8995.00 Loaded Low Miles $8995.00 1984 Subaru GL SW 4 x 4 1982 Subaru DL SW 4x4 Loaded $6995.00 Like new $4695.00 BILL MAWHINNEY MOTOR. 1 220 Park Avp 801 - |