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If the average college student Ca
has an expense budget anything jus
like mine, then eating out can be a
very wallet-shattering experience, is
When one has orecions littln n*v
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money to spend, one wants to make po:
sure that it isn't wasted. There are tw
few things as aggravating as the m?
feeling you get after dumping ba:
nearly $20 into a meal that doesn't Th
deserve to be served with Alpo. So in
finding a dining spot of exceptional dir
merit becomes a necessity for even the
the most casual food fan. 1
The Golden China Restaurant, Go
located at Boozer Shopping Center, all
solves the value problem as well as sin
offering a refreshing change from res
the usual steak-and-potatoes route. av<
There are several Oriental 1
eateries in town, but this one is mc
number one in my book. an;
The Golden China tends to stay en<
more along the lines of traditional an<
Oriental cooking and does very arc
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The Villa Tronco
cuisine. Located at
across the street fro
a place which mak
from the rain a
gratifying experienc
from the wetness t(
and warm atmosphe
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pleasurable sense
but not claustrophc
plain wooden furnitu
n^H looking tableclothes
kind of simplicity th
associates
establishments. Om
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mustache, soulful
table and entertain l
with a Neapolitan str
The Villa Tronco
restaurant.
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i China dining
iy experience
:le Americanizing. The bill of mospheric that I ha
*e emphasizes a wide choice of in.
ntonese or Szechuan cuisine, not For those worried
it "Chinese food." cliche of Oriental co
The price range of Golden China hungry again after
along the standard that most haven't eaten one <
ler "posh" restaurants use. It is China entrees. The
ssible to spend up to $20 for a came so stocked wi
o-party meal, but it is by no and meat that it ap]
*ans necessary. The best mountain-like. This,
rgains are the entree plates. the two appetizers ]
ese widely varied dishes come the meal, is more i
two sizes; the small entree human being could
iner runs for about $5 or so, and in one evening.
; large entree is around $8. Oriental eating is ,
)ennis Leong, co-owner of The that everyone shoul
lden China, is himself a USC once. The wide vari
imnus. He has been co-owner flavors and just
ce August and has seen the cultural atmosphere
itaurant turn a more-than- meal to be enjoyable,
erage level of business. rsE5jSjSn|^ssH|
rhe atmosphere is one of the
>st pleasant that I have found in
y establishment. Tables are far
nigh apart to ensure comfort.
1 for true lone wolves the booths ~
; the most isolated and at- I ,
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reen was opened by the Tr
whose forebears came
serves Italian anci for whom the es
1213 Blanding, was named, with the
mTapp's, it is serving Italian !
es coming in stationed in Columbic
particularly Jackson, specifically e.
To walk in after World War I. T\
) such a snug missed their moth
re as the Villa cooking, and there wa
provides a Columbia that served
contrast. _ not until the Villa T
nacy is also into its own, that is.
ronco is small Today the restauran
)bic, and the by Carmella Troncc
re and homey- lovely dark-eyed lad
make for the husband Henry, wh<
at one usually attended USC w;
Wom-and-Pop basketball player
e almost ex- distinction of being
with a bushy score 1,000 points in 1
eyes and an They run the Villa 1
from under a with their daughter C
the customers her husband Joe Roch<
eetsong. The food, of coinis
indeed a makes the Villa Trc
As the first piaCe to eat. The ther
i Columbia, it cooperation runs ever
the pasta and the cms!
Tronco's pizza is hon
spaghetti noodles, f<
have a marvelous texi
will not find within the
a package, and the
ve ever dined ? ^
about the old A |j 1
oking, "you're H lnl|l j
an hour," you ^ 1 611111 f
of the Golden 4\Ul J
; small plate * m
ith vegetables \1 ?^\\^. .#
peared almost
coupled with M il?
provided with *
food than one
possibly hold Eni?V delicious vt
veal scallopine, cl
an experience ALL. HOMEMADE,
d try at least
ety of dishes, NOW feB
the outright Hofl
promise any
!e reigns
Fronco
onco family, bread is suitably hot and crusty. It
! from Sicily is hard to imagine an Italian
;tablishment restaurant that does not serve
intention of bread of some description, and the
servicemen Villa Tronco's bread can be
i ? at Fort described as very nice indeed. To
- during and polish the pasta and pizza, one can
lese soldiers have his choice of spumoni or cake,
ler's home which, like the noodles, is made by
s no place in the Martins themselves. The
Italian food chocolate cake should be
rronco came recommended, in particular, for
its richness.
t is operated The Villa Tronco would be
i Martin, a convenient as a place where
ly, and her movie-coers could havp Hinn*?r
3, when he before going to see the film of their
is a star choice. The restaurant lies only
with the one block from Main Street, along
the first to which Columbia's downtown
JSC history, theaters are located.
'ronco along As for USC students, the Villa
armella and Tronco is fairly close to campus,
3. but those who would benefit the
se, is what most from the restaurant are the
>nco a good students who live in the Wade
ne of family Hampton Hotel. As Mrs. Martin
i here, as all said, they are only a bus ride away,
.for the Villa if they do not feel like walking
lemade. The there.
>r example, With its quiet atmosphere and its
ture that one superior food, the Villa Tronco is
: precincts of definitely one of the better places
homemade to eat in Columbia.
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