Tuesday, March 7, 2000
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 5
Opening of new steakhouse delayed
By Brent Washn
Special to the Kansan
Lawrence residents who have been salivating for a Hereford House steak will have to wait a little longer to eat one here.
The Kansas City-based restaurant originally was set to open on April 15 near Sixth and Wakarusa streets.
Jack VanBlaricon, Carbondale resident, levels bricks of a pillar in Crossroads Center near Sixth and Wakarausa streets. The shopping center will feature Hereford House restaurant, set to open as late as Nov. 1. Photo by Carrie Julian/KANSAN
But Hereford House owner Rod Anderson said the establishment would not open before Aug. 15, and the opening could be delayed as late as Nov. 1.
"As a company, we've been opening a ton of places in the Kansas City area over the next few months," Anderson said. "We couldn't physically spread ourselves that thin. We want to get open as soon as we can."
Anderson's Hereford House Restaurant Group owns two steakhouses, a seafood restaurant, an ice cream parlor and a soda fountain in the Kansas City area.
Construction of the Hereford House in Lawrence's Crossroads Center will be completed this spring. The restaurant will occupy more than 10,000 square feet and will feature a full-service bar, an outdoor mezzanine, a basement wine cellar and a banquet room that seats 250 people.
Anderson, who bought the Kansas City company in 1967 through foreclosure, would not say exactly how much the new restaurant is costing him, but he said the investment in Lawrence was substantial.
Anderson said he hoped to offer a better dining experience to the Lawrence community.
"We will be one of the first premiere-named restaurants to come into Lawrence," he said. "The town is saturated with a lot of low-end kind of establishments."
Some Lawrence steakhouse owners and managers are concerned about the addition of another restaurant. The Hereford House will be the fourth steakhouse in the area, including Don's Steak House, 2176 E. 23rd St., Barbwire's, 2412 Iowa St. and Montana Mike's, formerly Sirloin Stockade, 1015 Iowa St.
"One of the steakhouses has to fall," said Barbwire's kitchen manager J.J. Kimball. "I don't think there is enough room in this city for all of us to stay open."
Don's Steakhouse owner Gary Bartz said he
thought the addition of a new steakhouse in Lawrence might hurt his business — but not significantly. He said the Hereford House would have a separate set of customers.
"Any new restaurant that comes into Lawrence is going to affect my business," Bartz said. "However, those people are miles away from me. They're hitting an entirely different market. I don't think they will hurt us too bad."
Lee Curbow, Olathe freshman, agreed with Bartz. Curbow has eaten at one of the Kansas City Hereford House locations.
"I don't think the Hereford House steaks are as good as Don's," he said. "But the service is better."
Anderson agreed with Bartz that his restaurant would not hurt his Lawrence competitors significantly. He said that because his restaurant would be located on the west side of town, he was not relying solely on the Lawrence community for his customer base.
"With Lawrence by itself, I probably wouldn't have opened a restaurant here, but with the Topeka connection, it's to our advantage to open where we are," Anderson said. "We offer a great product that hasn't been in the area."
Bartz said that no matter where the customers came from, it still was a scary venture to open a restaurant in Lawrence.
"It is absolutely tough to survive in this community," said Bartz, who has owned Don's for the last 10 years. "Most restaurants don't survive here more than two years. If I didn't own Don's, I wouldn't open a restaurant here."
Despite what other restaurant owners have told him about opening an establishment in Lawrence, Anderson said he was excited to get started.
"Lawrence is a very growing community." Anderson said. "I think the town is begging for a restaurant like ours. Competition isn't bad if you aim to be better than your competitors."
G. Love fans turn out for feel-good concert
By BriAnne Hess
Kansan staff writer
writer@kansan.com
With the G. it's all about love.
That's what got Jason Truninger, Kansas City, Mo., resident, hooked on the band, G. Love & Special Sauce. Truninger said G. Love's music was all about love and having a good time.
And yesterday, more than 700 fans piled into the Granada, 1020 Massachusetts St., to experience the love as the three-man band strutted on stage after 10 p.m.
The band consists of G. Love on guitars, blues harp and vocalis; Jiml "Jazz" Prescott on acoustic bass; and "The Houseman" Jeffrey Clemens on drums and percussion.
Truninger went to the concert with his buddy Tyson Lang, Olathe junior.
Lang's friends said Lang looked like G. Love
"It's not on purpose," Lang said. "I like his style. He's a cool individual. I wish I had his talent."
Lang also said he appreciated the fact that the band created a musical style that was different from what other bands were doing.
He likened G. Love's innovative mix of blues, folk, rock and reggae to the breakthrough approach of his other favorite band, Led Zeppelin.
"I could listen to his songs over and over again and never get tired of them," Lang said.
"Led Zeppelin was the first rock band to take a lot of different genres and mix them
together." he said.
He said that G. Love's most recent CD, *Philadelphic*, was a lot different than his other ventures because the first two albums combined mostly blues and folk music.
"On this one, he has turntables," Lang said. "It's more hip-hop."
Casey Chorice, Olathe sophomore, works for G. Love's record label, but said she was also a pretty big fan of the group. Her friend, Becky Westerman, Olathe resident, introduced her to the band when the two were still in high school five years ago.
Westerman said that she became a G. Love fan when her sister got her hooked with the song, "Hey Fat Man" off of the group's self-titled CD, but that the attraction to the band was usually created from another song on that album.
"Baby's Got Sauce" is the hooker for "bodywork." Westerman said.
She said she enjoyed his concert as much as his music.
"It's a feel-good crowd," she said. "Everybody's got a positive vibe going."
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