KANSAS
RELAYS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Recreation
Page nine
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
Friday, April 22, 1977
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Food and drink highlight evening entertainment
A look at better restaurants
tour of the town taverns
By KATHY GANNON and RICK THAEMERT Staff Registers
By KATHY GANNON AND RICK THAYNER
Fancy restaurants in Lawrence are like rare jewels—they're hard to find, but those people who find them are rewarded. Elegant restaurants in Lawrence aren't all that glamorous, but here are some that have unique atmospheres and commendable food.
ELDRIDGE HOUSE CLUB AND DINING ROOM, 7th and Massachusetts streets—the elegant, semi-formal atmosphere is soothing and romantic. A large row of plants in the window and white, floral arrangements, seem reminiscent of an outdoor cafe.
Pictures of old Lawrence line the walls, fitting for a building that is a resurrection of the original Eldridge House Hotel, one of the buildings that survived Quantrill Raid in 1833.
Variety offered in local galleries
A speciality of the Eldridge House is tornedoes of beef marchands du vin, which is sautéed in shallots, butter, sherry and mushrooms and then flamed at tableside. The Eldridge House also offers a filet d'agneau with lemon juice priced about $6. Wine, from Galla to French Bordeaux, is available from one of the top five collections in Kansas.
Service from waiters in white dinner jackets and hostesses in sleek evening dresses is cordial and efficient. The restaurant seats 165, opens at 5 every evening, offers lunch at 11 a.m. and a morgasm on Sunday afternoons.
THE SRILOIN, 1350 N. 3rd St.—Since 1969, the Sirloin's motto be "There is no substitute for quality in good food," and it is it with good service and a complete menu.
Prime rib, fried chicken, pork chops and steaks—the specialty—are featured. The 6- to 10-course steaks range from $4.35 to $8.85. All are served in a large platter of breaded shrimp and salad dressings.
Subdued, romantic lighting in the 175-seat dining room is created by candlelight and dim overhead lights. Red tile, carpetting, and a soft throw dinner music engrave the atmosphere.
The semi-formal restaurant opens at 4:30 p.m. and is closed Mondays. A Class-A club adjoins the dining room, offering customers a chance to enjoy a drink with their meal.
DON S STEAK HOUSE, 217 E. 4th St.
A homely atmosphere and generous helpings of good food highlight Don's, where nothing fancy is needed to enjoy a fine meal. The menu includes dressings are synonymous with Don's. Country ham steak and catfish dinners also are featured in addition to steaks, which are all prime or U.S. choice.
The restaurant has six dimly-lit dining rooms which seat about 300 people. A cory, dark bar, which serves only beer, has captain's chairs, saloon doors and red-carpeted booths. It seems slightly out of place in the otherwise family atmosphere.
RUSSELL'S EAST, 3400 W. 6th St. (918) 527-5350 trottenbrot East, but few people know. Numerous a carte dishes accompany favorite dinners, such as chicken-fried steaks, prime rib and crab legs. A varied and unique menu, in which finest wines, pleases a melanion of people.
A Spanish decor with red carpeting, sconces and black leather chairs adds to a quiet atmosphere. A waterfall, adorned with armor and plastic greenery, sits in the tower.
The semi-formal restaurant, which seats about 250, has a private club that spotlights a combo on weekends. Service at the club and the restaurant is fast and friendly.
For people whose tastes aren't satisfied by American restaurants, Lawrence offers a variety of desserts.
CAMPUS HIDEAWAY, 106-W. N.
N.Park--Since its establishment in 1980,
it is one of the best campuses in the
country.
See BETTER page 16
Rv LEROY JOHNSTON
Reviewer
Art styles ranging from children's in-
spont, scravis to complex modern art are
available to the art fan in Lawrence,
depending on which gallery, restaurant or
hospital he visits. To sort them out, here's a
random:
KANAS UNION GALLERY...located in the Kansas University and used to show fine art paintings, sculptures, students, Lawrence artists, ceramics, work from collections in Spooner Museum and photography. In the past exhibits have included Australian art and a gift from James Kempin.
SPONDER-THAYER MUSEUM OF ART
Historic art that houses to house and display the university's collection of modern and ancient art. Numerous fine artworks both eastern and western.
WATSON LIBRARY—a block from Spooner; to hang to student art, usually work selected from the annual department of art scholarship show. Some pieces have been bought from the students and are on permanent display.
LAWRENCE ARTS CENTER- CHAM
Vermont St.; charges a commission but
SPENCER RESEARCH LIBRARY- on Memorial Drive; has displays of valuable and manuscripts called from the extensive library of rare books and arts at the library.
LAWRENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY-707 Vermont St.; displays the work of local artists on a monthly basis, with guidance from the Lawrence Art Guild. The children's section is especially rewarding. 767 GALERY-L 7. E. 7th St.; independently owned, 767 has been showing the work of national and local artists since 1971. The gallery shows only established artist on a commission basis, and according to co-owner Judi Geil Kella, business is strong at the Lawrence ARTS CENTER 8th and 9th floors.
restricts itself to showing local talent. Ditchy Patchy, director, said artists don't need any experience to show there. Among the others, the center offers a Life drawing class.
THE MARKETPLACE GALLERY - 745 New Hampshire ST, shows only local artists and has paintings, ceramics and jewelry on display—more commercially oriented.
NATIVE AMERICAN ARTIST LTD.—also in the Marketplace; confines itself to Indian talent in the form of sculpture, paintings and jewelry.
LAWRENCE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
and MEDICAL ARTS BUILDING-4th and Maine streets; htsh show local artists
and Maine streets; both show local art families.
ELIZABETH M. WATKINS COMMUNITY MUSEUM—1027 Massachusetts St., contains many Lawrence relics and artworks and often shows period art work in its collection. The permanent display are a baccalaureum, beautiful old furniture and a perfectly restored Milburn Lighn Electric Car.
WOODCRAFTERS GUILD-401 Elm St.;
a showplace for local artists and sculptors.
CORNUCOPIA RESTAURANT-1801
Massachusetts St.; where anyone with
good, framed work can show, according to
Glen Schoen.
LANGHOFER REAL ESTATE - 711 W
22nd St., shows a village of a community
M·DONALD'S GALLERY - 901 W. 2nd rd
S; usually shows art work from area
elementary and secondary schools, with
commercial and local commercial art
and photography firms.
UNIVERSITY STATE BANK- 955 Iowa St.; uses art to decorate the lobby, usually commercial and stylized work from local and national art firms.
CAMPUS HIDEAYA-106-W. N. Park SI, has a variated collection of paintings from the 19th and 20th centuries.
By the Entertainment Staff
This bar guide is far from complete. But it is an honest attempt by the Kansas entertainment staff to provide a resourceful guide to the town's 3.2 taverns. Lawrence may not have a square block of bars like those in some other towns, but the town are joints that offer something for everybody—no matter who you hang out with, eat with or sleep with.
The only requirements are that you be willing to sip or guzzle beer (or sit there looking silly drinking a coke), have an iron knife and a cell phone. They offered and possess a built-in gas mask to cut through the layers of cigarette smoke in their cars. In the meantime, enjoy and have fun.
For these 21 and older who want something stronger than malt liquor and something quieter than a typical rowdy mix, they do not have the opportunity to enjoy liquor by the drink in a relatively dry state. The clubs require memberships, however, were therefore purchased from a roundup.
THE AQUARIUM, 1717 W. 6th St. — With blue walls, this place looks like the fishbowl its name suggests. Soon the ball will be the "Eagles Roost" and get a new paint job. Its chentelle is but a gallon jar. The players try to make inked in a shot glass for a free draw is a hit.
CATFISH BAR AND GRILL, 618 W. 12th St. -- For those who live north of campus, it's amazing how easy it is to stop here on a Friday afternoon. Sandwiches are served during lunch; their french bread are among the ones in the basket. When a member of the New Haven, James Thrasher now owes the joint.
BRIENTHUE, 1344 Tennessee St.—One of the coziest pubs in Lawrence. The inside decor will often change, but the size remains its himself洋. Whit Shea runs the place. Clientte! Freaks, degenerates, hippies, call them what you want. When he'll lead jam sessions downstairs. Other live music is featured occasionally.
THE BREWERY, 714 Massachusetts St. -- formerly Edith's Place, the Brewery is large and reminiscent of '30s hamburger joints with its red-d vinyl boots and tiled floor. Usually "On Tap" or "Destiny" play on weekends and there is no cover charge. A good place to take a crowd of people, the hurtful scars of childhood can be seen in high school school班 is becoming more Greek.
THE CHUTE, 944 Massachusetts St.
Frat rat bcomers come here to break in
their necks and get drunk.
See TOWN TAVERNS page 14
Night people a different population
By SHERI BALDWIN Entertainment Editor
Day people are asleep in their homes,
beverage lovers are taking the long route
to get home.
Lawrence is slowly becoming differently populated. Out come the night people. People who work now and sleep during the day often things to do than sleep or cave! sleep.
12: 18 a.m. at the West Lawrence Turnpike interchange.
George Bellinger, Oskalosa, has been at work almost two hours. He is among almid drifting exhaust fumes and handles tickets for traffic ooing both wavs.
THE JOB's kind of boring to a certain extent but it's not too bad," Bellinger says. A highway patrolman arranges cheetahs from other vehicles to the airport, where other vehicles. "I feel like an old fighter pilot coming in on an old runway here," the patrolman jokes.
"How's it?" Bellinger asks.
"Boy there's nothing out there tonight,
not ever anybody sleeping," the patrolman
The two joke about what invariably happens—Bellinger getting a request to call the patrolman away from his breakfast—and the patrolman leaves to eat.
A VAN equipped with a CB puls in and
someone nearby. "Somebody said there's a
bear around her."
"Just missed him," Bellinger says.
Clad in a blue jumpsuit uniform, Clad in a blue jumpsuit uniform, Bellinger doesn't mind his night job. He has TV and a heater. Only occasionally do rotten-egg unloads gas fumes bother him enough that he airs his booth out by opening doors. Bellinger's shift ends at 6:30 a.m.
2:05 a.m. at Lawrence Municipal Airport,
Ed Brown, aircraft mechanic from Red
Brown, Mn, is making daily inspections on
the aircraft at Inc., and rental planes.
He also is alone.
"TM REALLY not lonely, I have enough to keep me busy," he said. "It's just that you take what you can get with the job market like it is."
Brown likes his daytime freedom and uses it to fly or bow. He is taking advance instrument training lessons and will possibly train to teach or do helicopter work. His shift runs from 9:30 p.m. to 6 a.m. or later.
2:25 a.m. on campus.
Last week, Scott Kester, 918 Kentucky, became a night person. Now a night watchman for the University. Kester works from 10 p.m. to 6:30 a.m., turning off lights, checking locked doors and watching for fire in KU buildings. He wears an Ausie hat and Army fatigues, carries a clock that keeps a record of when and where he puts buildings and makes frequent phone calls to report his progress.
THIS NIGHT'S route is Bailey, Spencer,
Snow, Strong. Flint and then the whole thing
ever again. There are seven such routes, including a west campus route. He spends a week learning a route, works the route alone a week, then goes on to learn another a week.
2:43 a.m. in Marvin Hall.
The front doors to Marvin are wide open. But a drafting room usually full of nightfall architects has only one student, his head on his arms, his arms on his table, his unfinished project and a softly playing radio nearby.
SUMMERFIELD'S front door is propped open with a trash can. Rick Vizzari, Greenwich, Conn., sophomore, is on his break. Employed in computer dispatch and operations to help computer science students, Vizzari is one of three paid to keep track of campus activities. On day; dispatch is closed only from 4 to 8 a.m. As many as 60 students or under five
3:11 in Summerfield Hall.
See NIGHT page 12
Billy Spears cuts loose on the fiddle
staff photo by MIKE CAMPANELI
Spears happy as travelin' fiddler
By BILL UYEKI
Entertainment Editor
It's been nearly two years since fiddler Billy Spears left his position as assistant manager of the Union Food Service Company Union to travel as a full-time musician.
He had been with the Union for 19 years, starting there in May, 1856, after studying at Harvard.
Spears, 46, talked about his career while his band was preparing to play a recent concert.
"All I've ever really been is a fiddle player," he said. "The Union was a good, secure job and everything, but I just kept getting further into my music. I reached a place where I had to drop one of the two, and I thought I'd try my music again."
In the early '50s, after serving in the
SPEARS GREW up in Hartshorne, Ocala,
and began playing the fiddle in his early
teens. His grandfather and his father also
became teachers, an uncle for
startup him on the instrument.
military, Spears played professionally for four years before marrying his wife Doris. Then came the responsibilities of raising a family of three daughters. Now, with his youngest daughter, Liza, almost 17, Spears started to realize that for a living instead of just for a bobby.
"THE ELAWSY felt that Western awning is on county musician's form of jazz." Speranza.
His type of fiddle play has been called both country and bluegrass, but Spears says his musical roots lie in a style called Western swing. Western swing was a combination of swing jazz and country music, played in Texas and the Southwest in the 40s.
Then, after listening to bluegrass fiddlers like Kenny Baker, Byron Berline and
The most famous Western swing artist was Bob Wills and His Texas Playbies. Spears said he had played with other players who were not playing the Twer, Twerl, F肌nus Liskie, and Jeanie Sheepard.
Vassar Clements, Spears also started playing bluegrass about 10 years ago.
As for country music, Spears says that it's always been around, but what has helped it most recently has been a wide acceptance by a young audience.
Though some may not know it, Spears says there is a difference between a violin and a cello.
"A FIDELITY player is a self-taught musician," he said. "If you study violin for years and stick with it it's really hard to get away from the structured sound."
There's a history behind the Billy Spears Band, which was formed about six years ago. Spears estimated that about 15 of its members were associated with the band since it first started.
The band's original sound was "foksy bluegrass," Spears said, "with a maybe a little more rock," which differs from the current band's swing-flavored sound.
Other members of the band include Bob Case, pedal steel guitar, banjo and vocals.
See SPEARS BAND page 11