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entertain Former train s Alrr By STKVE COl.KMAN (ianiecock Staff Writer Two months ago, I yn hinder ope new bar on South Main Street in what u: be the old passenger terminal for the railroad servim YVh??n th?-? .? *?.? %IIV UUIIUIII^ acquired, there was much remodeling done because the structure had sat emp , twelve vears. hinder turned the station's former waiting room into the main bar and sformed the white' restrooms into th chen. lit* added an upper level along padded spiral staircases and the res Almost Nuts. Almost Nuts is furnished with vi styles of decor, including antique, nu and some forms of traditional which pn a rather pleasing atmosphere. Liv tertamm nt three or four times weekl; every weekend make; the fifty-cent harge worthwhile. v I.INIH K KXIM.AIV he fee by ss ritiy cents isn't cnougi. really I anyone. It usually covers the cost of tne yet we make little or no profit off of the i If we break even we're happy." Almost Nuts attracts its largest numl patrons from the Carolina Community ; seemingly making a concerted effo please this particular sector of Columt The large 14 oz. mugs are used at instead of the standard glass because pe v '>* Vl\ . v.'^., rV V % , -y j \N\ V . ; jL*\?..\' >.-- ' ^ k> V*? { K-V| f i Artificial Inseminatioi V 1 jga <3 4 MK ment tation IUST IN UTS seem to favor the frosty mugs. Despil fact they cost the bar more, Linder claii is willing to take up the difference sim| ncd a provide the public with their preferem sed to Linder said people like the mugs so local ^at he has more than a case a week sto ? was the cost of $1.50 a mug. He said he to be people didn't realize how much they ty for costing him by taking the mugs horn souvenirs but that it helps to put a bar i black business. trail- For this reason, the doorkeeper exchi e k't" your beer or drink from thp muo in n i ... o " " I wiiM cup as you leave. Linder says doesn't m< ult is harrass anvone but it is something he 1 do. irious idem, TI1K L SI*: i?f the large mugs doesn't to oduce patron any more. Beer runs 50 cents a L* on" with several brands on tap, and G5 cen V a,u* bottled domestic beer. All beer at A cover \uts is sold in the tall gooseneck retur lM)ttles, again as a matter of cust preference, but not costing the consum added charge. break Mixed drinks like screwdrivers anc band, ancj cokes are $1.50 although some c door. SUch as Black Russian and Tequila Si are $2.25. >cr 1,1 . Linder expressed pleasure at the succ md is his new establishment and said althoi rl lo started slow and the State Fair distr )'a- from business, things are now beginni Nuts * rsons See NL'TS, paj da Vis \ - sal The drawir \ a are those of I / * New York ar / appeared in riYork Times , "Der Spiegel r* x \ the Musee d< vj . Louvre, Pari Dr. Podwal with Freud's as a fourth ] found himsel the da Vinci; of California ii Device caters to| us he ply to :e. much len ut knew were e for >ut of anges paper .'an to MMM|BM? to ^^BBB^^^^^HHHHff he draft, BSWHHPBit f for ^HK9^^HP///m4? lmosl nable tomer er an I rum irinks jnrise of "acted T^e ?^ railroad depot sat vacai ing 12 years but now houses Almost one of Columbia's newest bars. &e 18 establishment is furnished with i ics work irized ' WV,IM# igs in "Freud's da Vinci" )r. Mark Podwal, a young tist whose drawings have the pages of the "New "Rolling Stone" and +. as well as on the wall of 3s Arts Decoratifs at the j s. I first became acquainted I study of da Vinci when, fear medical student, he 1 f inadvertently locked in V - archives at the University t; .4. ?m ccuwrift ,aV\ v ?. ?A3l^ \aM fr^ ^ [V Rouc^ ^ Rocm'i^ oiith gg J| J<* ?l* ? i < ____________ ? I* I ^i M i m VP* ^H \ ** J IF zpHTU ?2sjk _^_jBrff|^*^f'^v " .^Ss^^^^^^Ste?^feS^^?ySg^sg tit for styles of decor, from antique to Nuts, modern. Most of the patrons of the bar The are Carolina students. many . J ? i ? i ?f - ^ , r a 1 > . ' U<mV?C?V, .' 4-:iz3l <l o 1 ^1^7 *"- vir - - T .f/ ^ vi & el F ', f I 4rt + 4 i% J i" j "7 ; "r"T -4 <!M < ]j J ~:;' z ^ | v^v ,/i?,r,?,j.ikwi,,. ^ '';'^i!i'S~it+,. :J--'-i:.i ^ i \[jSc^y - :li i / w ^ ? -- V. * :";;:;|1 vf^-1 I Hugging Machine ?? ? ' ft H I fwakeofA t" I ^ Eddie - 1