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Basil Pot oi vegetarian me _l ? - discriminating By Dale Smoak The Basil Pot is a vegetarian restaurant ent operation. It offers Columbians a unique and perience. The atmosphere is informal. There are simp chairs, a variety of plants hanging from the cei bulletin board. The waiter seats himself in an em to take your order. There are a number of standard dinners. The salad, the soup of the day and the vegetable of t ners include the main dish, which changes each d available, as are dinner salads. Beverages incl herb tea, cider, wine and imported beer. My salad Saturday night put many others I \ included romaine lethirp ?ninanh hoa? wuia KJ[JI V/UU3 and the house dressing was excellent. The vegi good, too. The vegetable of the day was green seeds. It was slightly on the crunchy side and reported positively on the main dish, which wa sauce over pasta. After the meal, we talked with one of the restaurant. He told us that the restaurant had g poem by Keats. Out of a concern for quality, the four days a week, Wednesday through Saturday until 2 and for dinner from 5:30 until 9. The quality of the food reflects the preparatioi the first worker arrives at 5 am. The next pei prepares the lettuce for the salads. It takes two 1 and wash the lettuce. Around 9, the next per nrpnarina thpcalaH domichoc , 1 O 6?? "WIIWJ. Alan, the employee we talked to, estimated t customers are regulars, with the lunch crowd bei the dinner crowd. He gauged that only about 10' vegetarians. Much of the time a friend brings a sk the time, he said, they seem to like it. Although a business, the Basil Pot is run philosophy. All employees are paid the same, bee one job is more important than the others. All Recently, they and 221 Pickens, another vegetal been alternating employees in an effort to see wta eacn omer. Periodically, vegetarian cooking classes are taii members. The restaurant also sponsors comi benefits. The Basil Pot is an unusual restaurant because standards of quality and its involvement in comr are reasonable. It is located at 2721 Rosewood Driv | j Urgently needed people with MononucI I j Medical Research. If you now have or ha j j the past 2 weeks mono, you may qualify j week for 3 hours of your time. Call 254h ! j information. Mon. thru Fri. k Serologicals Laboratory Suite 105 2719 Middleburg Columbia, S.C. 29204 y' With any /sandwich purcl I try a piece of cheesecakev \ for onlu \ V. x 25c Pi " ' ,s ^a^urH; I fers 9 nu for lave had to shame. It , nuts, tomatoes, etc., e-bean soup was very beans and sunflower very tasty. My friend s spinach and cheese employees about the otten its name from a . Basil Pot is open only , for lunch from 11:30 y/^uj 1. Each business day, son arrives at 8 and / nours just to separate /4! zjjj son arrives and starts f hat about half of the I .ng a bit steadier than / & of the clientele are / BSSEIfSSfi epucai iriena. Most ot j BKKKtKKKMT-lZ: on a work-collective ^ ause they feel that no M Jm. tasks are alternated. j| j /^m *ian restaurant, have vj^ it they can learn from ght by one of the staff QF nunity projects and ^L ; of its menu, its high QQK nunity affairs. Prices Oil I e. eosis to aid in I ve had within [ j | for $80.00 per j."j 5537 for more I \ I a ^ I I Mb I _J C r IF YOl \ p( iase\ OUr \ $8fiCKC ; i 1 ITIeet JTHTIQfJ I while I at the I h :' r^ I v.v.....\.. ?? ... ^ U, . V ^ - : I ft f?A: *&< ?**SR3X.#&. . *& 1 8 ?" >^^ .; :^>&Ysv. . 5 . r ; .^fevxl j i ..x .< ",A"' i j I .... fl "' -'. MB MnttflM CSAUBHB *&!^ ^, t i V? & jS , .f ^ 8 ^ 8 ;:': i UIHIUU vviiiuuvvd RVING OUR DELICI 4DWICHES & SALAD 11 a.m. til midni FOR YOUR NIGHT LIFE V row THF TOO I CM ^ w <* Mi I Ink FINEST DISCO >pening at 4:3' I PREFER fl QUIETER ATI DOWNSTAIRS at trending LIVE ENTERTI ?very weekend iflmmON Tournaments $50 cash prize : old friends or fin< enjoying your fav Stage Door 1 '1 & \ m a ^1 B i t^fSjUii ? mm t amers ?Nt \ jil i Hi O HAPPY HOUR j fllon. thru Sat. ! < 4:00-7:00 OUS DELI >S ALL DAY aht VE OFFER EL) IN TOWN O til.... TIOSPHERE TRY I ie Door 1 ^INITIENT I every Tuesday I d new ones j orite cocktail 1 634 Harden I