| Show November 11 1993 PogeS College slang A guide to fine dining in Price by Jennifer Mecham by Renee Pressett Danny Kourianos In Carbon County many restaurants are open for college students to sink their teeth into One might spend hours driving around the town deciding on which of these eating establishments would be worthy of spending their time and their money on Here is the Eagle's guide to finer dining in the Castle Rock area Matadore The Matadore is a steak house but not your usual steak house be cause every Wednesday night is pasta night The Wednesday special is a spaghetti w meatball dinner lasagna wmcatball dinner or a com- bination of both These Wednesday specials are a steal for the price d The Matadore’s steaks are by far the best we’ve ever tasted Other favorites are the shrimp scampi and their daily soups are excellent char-grille- Greek Streak This restaurant is owned by George and Katherine Gianoulis whose heritage is reflected in the atmosphere Their Greek heritage is also prevalent in their homemade Greek dinners and pastries Their pastries have also been named best in the state in Utah Holiday Mgizine’s ty ' s j ' V- v - rv ry’ I fir rU: and Worst of Utah " guide They offer daily specials and Friday's is Halibut cooked Grecian style that will melt in your mouth Other choice picks are their chicken sandwich plate which is mari"Best nated boneless chicken breast pieces in pita bread with a side of rice pilaf Danny Kourianos samples food at Ftrtalno’s Cate (photo by Aaron Brockbank) Farlaino's Farlaino's offers small Carbon County Dmtm y charm with elegance Farlaino’s by day serves breakfast and lunch with daily lunch specials These lunch specials vary from an Irish stew to lasagna which come with homemade soup that you won't find anywhere else By night Farlaino's becomes an authentic Italian "ristorantc" with pastas and appetizers that will take you back to the old country A great choice is the chicken parmesan and every Friday Farlaino's serves up a clam chowder soup that coal-tow- n big-cit- is extraordinary Pick and Shovel This one is out of the way nestled in the little town of East Carbon 20 minutes east of Price on compensates with great food The menu is full of steak pasta and seafood On special nights it offers great Mexican food The meal is served in courses with traditional flare Don't forget to try the strawberry margaritas These four restaurants in our opinion are the best Carbon County has to offer but other restaurants in the area are listed here ranked according to non-alcoho- lic price per Have something to sell? Advertise in the Eagle Classifieds for $3 per column inch CalUyiim ext 150 T IIISIIHVMMWVMW Five If cirfptluiul and one b poor Ratings v opinion only campus speech In this confusing day and age when it's good to be bad bad is good and good is stupid it's a wonder anyone can keep up with today's English dialogue Fortunately only the people under 25 can Anyone who's over 25 still using the "old slang" finds it impossible to decode the new is nothing more then a lowly poindexter However help is available for those wanting to give up their "shmoo" identities to become "hype" Several English professors have created dictionaries consisting of thousands of slang terms These dictionaries are doing more than just aiding the special (ignorant) they're making this creative "verbiage" legitimate CEU isn't impartial to this vivid cultural phenomenon either Students already have quite a collection of original greetings: What's up What it is? (What's going on?) dog (How's it going?) hi son g? Highway 53 Though the journey may seem long the venture is worth it On first sight it might not look like much but where it lacks in atmosphere it The Eagle's culinary criteria Average plate includes drink and gratuity staff writer Awesome is out Sick is in Cool is out Ludc is in Gross is ouL Spoogcisin Can you believe there arc professors from reputable universities such as UCLA BYU North Carolina and Cornell devoting up to a fourth of their lifetimes tracking and studying the “in" slang terms Some institutions are even offering honors courses in 4 (hello) Students say they do this because it's "fun" but docs it go deeper than that? Don Norton a BYU English professor says kids that are using slang are showing resistance and disregard to authority He says slang is a code that only other kids know how to decode excluding their superiors It's a harmless way to work out their problems Even if it's merely a comical way to brag on oneself like "my skills are unlimited" (I’m good) Slang terms originally come from four basic groups: instantaneous thoughts by ordinary people group jargon surfers and sport groups and popular culture like music television and film Forinstapce: "Carlton" refers to a nerd which comes from The Fresh Prince of Bel Air's nerd (See "Slang" on page 8) |
