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                          EAT AT JOE'S

     Joe's Deli is at 1710 N. Hercules.  I was awed at the quality of the food.  I didn't get short changed on the tea (the fluid level was lower because of its freshness and irresistibility.) 

The Applebee's Service Button

 Applebee's restaurant on McMullen Booth Road has stepped into the 21st Century with the addition of call boxes at each table.  The idea is if you need service, just push the button (the button is the large circle with the beer bottles on it).  

     There have been a few problems with the use of the new technology.  First, there are no instructions and no label saying "push here."  This has put those still living in the Twentieth Century at somewhat of a disadvantage.  Others have assumed the box was a sort of electronic cooling coaster and put their bottle of beer on it, thus calling the waitress.  But the biggest problem has been with the children.

     Kids love to push buttons and they enjoy creating an effect. It was inevitable.  You push the button three times or more and it goes into panic mode, alerting the manager who immediately comes to your table. Otherwise, it works great.  If you're ready to order, need a refill or dump your tea in your lap, push it and a smiling face appears, ready to serve.  That face often belongs to Mary (below). The local Applebee's is a testing restaurant where new ideas and new dishes are auditioned.

Opinion: Music Affects the Way Wine Tastes 

      Dr. Adrian North of Heriot Watt University has determined that music will influence how a person feels about a particular wine. Chilean winemaker Aurelio Montes commissioned the study. (Señor Montes plays plainsong  for his grapes).  250 college students who did the testing were given free wine. Critics have pointed out numerous flaws in the testing. The testing found that the music set up the brain to respond to the wine in a certain way.  The process was called "cognitive priming theory."

      There is a correlation between wine and music, but the study did not take aesthetics, opinion and comparative cultural control tempered with a propensity for debauchery and bacchanalia into consideration.                                                Return to Front Page

Target used live music to enhance sales in food & wine during the holiday season.

Dr.North came up with a list of music as follows:

cordon bleu

Healthy Single French Toast With Strawberries and Almonds

seven layer cake of the tsars!!

Sunshine Deli

Drew Street at Arcturus