Sam Nazarian, through his Los Angeles-based SBE Entertainment Group, agreed to purchase the Sahara from the family of late casino pioneer William Bennett.

No purchase price was disclosed, but sources said the transaction was between $300 million and $400 million for the 17.45-acre parcel on the Strip that includes the 1,720-room hotel-casino.

The comedian recently was diagnosed with a heart condition and wants to give up the rigors of a six-day workweek to focus more on TV production.

Johnathan moved his twisted sendup of a magic show to Las Vegas in 2001, and performed at the Golden Nugget, Riviera and Flamingo before opening at the Sahara in May 2005. A recent Comedy Central special helped revitalize his profile outside Las Vegas.

Nazarian, founder and co-owner of SBE Entertainment Group, said Saturday that the Strip's northern end is bursting with potential, which was the key factor in buying the 55-year-old Moroccan-themed hotel-casino.

"There's a tremendous opportunity for this property," said Nazarian, 31, whose company operates hotels, nightclubs, restaurants and a Hollywood film division.

Angela Sampras, a former "Crazy Girls" dancer who started a rival show, says she was confronted by management and removed from a booth by security late in the show.

Sampras said Karen Raider, associate producer for Norbert Aleman's "Crazy Girls," came to the booth and demanded to see her ticket stub.

Raider "grabbed my arm and tried to pull me out of the booth," Sampras stated in an e-mail. Sampras was a performer in the show for most of the 1990s.

Raider's version: "I told her she's a fired dancer and 'you have to go.' Security took them out. She knows she's been eighty-sixed from day one.

"She's just hyping her new show," Raider said in a telephone interview.

Sampras and her husband, Matt Stabile, who was with her, opened their "X" burlesque show at the Flamingo Las Vegas last month. Also with the couple were "X" girl Britney Palmer and comedy magician Nathan Burton.

Sampras said she was told she was eighty-sixed "because I stole their girl and that I copied their numbers! I have never stolen any of their girls. No one owns the dancers; they are not a piece of property or slaves. I have always tried to do everything different from 'Crazy Girls.'

A "Crazy Girls" publicist issued a statement rebutting the claim by "X" producer Angela Sampras that "Crazy Girls'' associate producer Karen Raider "grabbed" Sampras' arm during an incident Thursday at the Riviera.

Both sides agree on this much: Sampras was in a booth in a party of four when Raider confronted her and instructed her to leave the "Crazy Girls" showroom late in the show.

Raider "only touched her arm," according to "Crazy Girls" spokesman Wayne Bernath.

He added that Sampras' party requested comped tickets to the show, and when that failed, asked for a reduced price by invoking Raider's name.

Bernath added that Sampras joined her party when the lights went down.

Comedy magician Nathan Burton confirmed that he called Bernath to inquire about comp tickets, a common reciprocal practice in the entertainment community. When Bernath couldn't reach Raider about the comp request, Burton said he purchased two-for-one tickets.

The reason Sampras arrived late, said Burton, was that he had called her and invited her to join him and his date, "X'' dancer Brittney Palmer. When Sampras and her husband, Matt Stabile, decided to join them, Burton purchased their tickets, he said.

Burton said Raider "freaked out" when she saw Sampras in the center VIP booth and "grabbed her arm and said, 'You've got to get out of here.'"

Raider summoned security, and the foursome was escorted out.

In an e-mail to me, Sampras, a former dancer with "Crazy Girls," took issue with Raider's contention that Sampras was fired from the revue.

I think I might have been the only person at all three, and the coincidence offered a perspective on how memory is transformed into legend.

The bittersweet event was the funeral of '50s lounge pioneer Mary Kaye, followed by an upbeat musical get-together — a "party" may not be the right word, but it felt like one — at the Sahara.

The sweat was all in the service of some sizzling rock 'n' roll, bashed out as if R&B were short for rhythm and bombast.

At the MGM Grand on Saturday night, Seger and his diesel-powered pelvis begged the obvious question: What is rock 'n' roll if not a series of arch gestures — the clenched fist punching the air to the beat; the locomotive, nonstop hips; the guitar held high, like some hard-earned trophy?

For more than three hours late Saturday night/early Sunday morning, Kevin Federline smoked cigarettes, munched on free food (jelly beans were in the buffet), swilled Grey Goose vodka and loudly chatted up an odd assortment of friends that included Jeff Beacher and his tiny sidekick, Wee Matt.

That was about the extent of Federline's duties as host of "Let it Be" night at the Beatles Revolution Lounge at the Mirage. He strode in at midnight and ducked into a VIP area behind a sheer silver curtain, where he remained until shortly after 3 a.m.

Federline did not spin any music - that was best left to the qualified - but he did sway and bounce to a wide selection of rock, hip-hop and R&B mashes, including samples from his own rap release, "Playing With Fire." (Not to belabor the point, but this is the second time I have visited Revolution and I have yet to hear a Beatles song, or a sample of a Beatles song, or even a bartender humming a Beatles song.)

Guests in the club, which was busy but not brimming, were allowed to snap photos of the curiosity behind the curtain. Several female revelers were decked out eerily to resemble a pre-shaven Britney Spears - at times the place looked like an audition for "Legends In Concert." A particularly aggressive young blonde nearly bowled over KirvinDoak PR rep Adrianne Offerman while trying to plow her way inside the roped-off area, where Federline and his posse were yo-yoing around on stuffed white sofas.

The mind reader, one of two shows unofficially set to replace Earl Turner at Palace Station on Feb. 5, has developed a Web site that serves as a conduit between the public and producers who want to paper their audience with free tickets.

The Vegas Seat Fillers site (www.vegasseatfillers. com) gives shows an outlet to advertise via e-mails offering free tickets. For instance, a producer might decide to give away 10 or 12 tickets in exchange for an e-mail going out to thousands of people.

"It was a labor of love at first," says McCambridge. "I could not believe how it has taken off with no publicity whatsoever."

More from The Las Vegas Review Journal here:
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2007/Jan-18-Thu-2007/living/11884670.html

The Blackjack Club will be on the third floor of the Las Vegas Motor Speedway's new infield media center. It will give race fans a bird's eye view of the front straightaway, provide access to the pits and the new Neon Garage and give them a patio from which to watch the racing action.

"This is like putting a VIP suite above the pitcher's mound," said LVMS general manager Chris Powell. "The Blackjack Club will take the NASCAR experience to a new level." Passes for the Blackjack Club are available by calling the LVMS sales and marketing department at (702) 632-8254. All passes are good for all three days and include pit passes, Neon Garage access and VIP parking. Gentlemen (and ladies) "Start your engines!"
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lenny/2007/0117.html

Near the end of Mac King's show, the comedy magician leaves the Harrah's stage to seek out an audience recruit. The bit of business, it soon will be learned, involves shaking down the volunteer for a $100 bill and quite possibly burning it to bits.

You can understand it's important to ask if the guy has seen the show before. On this particular afternoon, the first one had.

And so had the second. "Three times," he said.

The third recruit was the charm for King, who last week marked the beginning of another charmed year — number seven — at Harrah's. During that time, he has moved upstairs from the 350-seat Improv comedy club to the 530-seat main showroom, while maintaining his reputation as the best entertainment bargain on the Strip.

More here:
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2007/Jan-19-Fri-2007/weekly/11991382.html

Giddy Over Rao's

Answer: So far 2007 is shaping up to be a pretty quiet year in terms of major openings of hotels. The only big one set to open this year is Palazzo, the $1.6 billion, 3,000 room sister hotel to The Venetian. It is expected to open before the end of the year but no official date has been set yet.

When complete it will operate as a separate hotel from The Venetian, with its own check-in and services, but will be connected to The Venetian in several places to create one contiguous experience once you get inside. In addition to the rooms, bringing the total to more than 7,000 in the entire complex, there will be a 100,000-square-foot casino, more shopping, meeting space, and all of the restaurants and nightclubs you would expect in a hotel of this caliber.

The other new hotel set for its debut this year is not really new in the way most people apply it. Within the next couple of months, work should finally be complete on the revamping of The Aladdin into Planet Hollywood, which will bring with it a whole new look and feel both outside and in. The casino is reportedly nearing completion and work is underway on redoing the mall area, the guest rooms, and the exterior of the building. This long delayed project should be fully complete by spring.

That’s it for openings, but 2007 could see a closure or two. Imperial Palace and Barbary Coast were slated to close in 2007 but that has been delayed now by the $27 billion purchase of Harrah’s Entertainment. I expect these places will now remain open into 2008.

Portions of the Tropicana may close as a massive redevelopment of that properties gets underway this year but the bulk of the property will remain open.

And of course The Stardust will be imploded soon to make way for the new $4 billion Echelon Place development. And no, I don’t know when it will be imploded yet but will put it in my column when I do.

A couple of major shows will be opening in 2007 including “The Producers” at Paris Las Vegas and “Spamalot” at Wynn Las Vegas. Later in the year we should see the new Cirque du Soleil magic themed show opening at Luxor, although that has not been officially announced yet.

2008, 2009, and 2010 will be the really big years at The Strip will gain more than 10,000 new hotel rooms with major developments now under construction.

Question: I heard they are tearing down The Tropicana. Is that true?

Answer: Yes and no. The new owners of The Tropicana are planning a massive, $2 billion redevelopment and expansion of the site and the hotel as it is now will be almost entirely replaced by the time the project is complete.

But some of the hotel will remain and it will stay open for business during the construction.

The two hotel towers will remain while as many as four more are built around the property, bringing the total inventory to more than 10,000 rooms including some condominiums. The “garden” rooms out back, part of the original hotel, will be demolished.

The rest of the hotel will be closed in portions while they build new stuff to replace it. When complete there will be an all new casino, a bigger convention center, a shopping mall, new restaurants and entertainment facilities, more parking, and a revised pool and recreation area.

Part of the complex will retain The Tropicana name but at least two of the new towers will get a new name and be operated as a separate, but still connected, property.

Construction is expected to begin in the next couple of months and take more than two years to complete.
http://www.vegas4visitors.com/column/index.htm

Andre's
Eat at the quaint off strip restaurant and you will feel like you are in a neighbors elegant dining room sharing the delights of a talented chef. Spend that meal with a special someone and you lose yourself in the moment.

Canaletto in Venetian - Grand Canal Shoppes
If you want to fell like you have died and gone to Venice this is the place. As a Gondola goes by and the music fills the air lean over and think of something sweet to say. It always works.

Eiffel Tower Restaurant at Paris Las Vegas
With great views of the Las Vegas strip and the Bellagio fountains this could be the place to pop the question. If at all possible try for a seat near the windows.

Fleur De Lys at the Mandalay Bay Hotel Las Vegas
The amount of flowers on the wall make this place perfect for the romantic meal in Las Vegas. The French food will get you in the mood for the rest of the evening. The dining room can be too bright for a romantic interlude but concealing your feelings is just as much of a challenge.

Le Cirque
It is at the Bellagio and it is very classy. You will feel the romantic atmosphere in the hushed tones of the room and as long as you are not concerned about the price tag this restaurant delivers the goods.

Michael's at the Barbary Coast
This is romantic in the way Las Vegas was once the place to go out and feel important. Old school style and class surround you in this Las Vegas legend.

Mix at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Resort
The views are incredible and the vibe is very hip and modern. It can be romantic if you're going for that new era James Bond thing. This place can be the complete package as an after dinner spot as well.

Mon Ami Gabi at Paris Las Vegas
If you are out on the patio or in the dining room this has that French influenced of Love is in the air kind of atmosphere. Watch the Las Vegas strip as you whisper your succulent thoughts into your neighbor’s ear.

Nobu
This is easily one of the best restaurants in Las Vegas and the atmosphere alone can make it a special night. But the food will help you have a night that you will remember forever.

Olives at the Bellagio
Its romantic because it allows you to get up real close to your date and have a conversation with their ear lobes. The place is a little loud but when you get that close to someone for so long, something good is bound to happen.

Top of the World Restaurant
Sure, it is at the Stratosphere but with a view of all of Las Vegas and some real good food you can fall in love with your date, celebrate a special occasion or just impress the person you met the night before.
http://govegas.about.com/od/dining/a/RomanticRestau.htm

Actually I don't think this game should be considered a table game, as there are no chairs for the players to site down on. Why? Because no one in their right mind wants to play this game for very long.

More Here:
http://casinogambling.about.com/od/othergames/a/wheel.htm

This will be the very first new concept to officially open at the Planet Hollywood Hotel & Casino and, as such, offers some interesting career promising opportunities. An open job fair is being held from Tuesday thru Saturday at 2-4P each day at the original Planet Hollywood outlet inside the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace. And if you haven’t yet gotten a chance to stop by Planet Hollywood to see all the changes, you will be surprised.

Let the Games Begin.
It’s taken four years but something tells us the bubble is about to burst on the seasonal poolside battleground. While last season provided several pool-party related options that weren’t named Rehab, it was still a relatively slow progression, especially considering the amount of revenue Rehab has been steadily pulling in. We broke the news first about TAO Beach and the all-new BARE Beach Pool at The Mirage, as well as their plans to host a rival Sunday pool event (for the grossly uninformed, Rehab is a weekly, Sunday pool party at the Hard Rock Hotel), but as the temperatures slowly begin to rise, more plans are being unveiled helping to fully recognize how impacting this summer season is going to be. The bully on the block is still Rehab, which is moving forward, into their 4th season, with creators Jack LaFleur and Chad Pallas still on property after the Morgans Hotel Group’s hard rocking purchase. BARE has now confirmed a commitment to Sunday’s, although isn’t necessarily true competition to Rehab because of its small size and capacity level. TAO Beach hasn’t officially reached a decision on where their local focus will be, but being based inside the giant Venetian, Sunday’s would most likely be very strong without the promotional push that TAO has become so good at. PMG’s answer to the pool club, Venus, will be returning at Caesars Palace, but have decided to side-step the battlefield instead simply opening doors seven days a week without any particular promotion. Like BARE, neither TAO nor Venus have the capacity level to truly go after Rehab. Because of the unique nature and adult focus of these pool parties, it is difficult for any major resort property to create as large of an event as Rehab. With a younger demographic, and similar party-property mentality, only perhaps the Palms could really give Rehab an all-out, throw down battle. Alas, the Palms have announced that when the pool opens, it will again focus on Ditch Fridays, while adding more elements to the poolside party like a poolside BBQ included with the $20 cover. Does this mean that locals will be seeking out smaller and more intimate poolside venues for their sun drenched enjoyment or is Rehab simply the giant that no one wants to mess with? Will Ditch Friday’s continue their strong run that ended the summer? Is anyone going to get any sleep at all? There are a lot of questions that don’t have answers just yet, it is certainly going to be an interesting summer.

LAS VEGAS, – RawVegas.tv (http://www.rawvegas.tv), the first-of-its-
kind Internet-only TV channel dedicated exclusively to covering the 
Las Vegas scene and lifestyle, today announced the launch of a new 
reality series starring Sin City’s hottest professional dance troupe, 
the Vegas Pin-Ups.

Consisting of a weekly series of short-form Webisodes, “Raw Reality: 
Vegas Pin Ups” will track the five stunningly beautiful and talented 
girls of the popular performance group as they train for upcoming 
shows and candidly reveal details about their professional and 
private lives.  Among the initial Webisodes viewers can watch on 
demand at RawVegas.tv include a video of the dancers discussing their 
penchant for post-coital donuts while rehearsing for an upcoming 
performance and another in which they contemplate a proposition to 
pose nude for a famous Australian photographer.

Steve “Chops” Preiss, president and general manager of RawVegas.tv, 
said, “RawVegas.tv prides itself on original programming that offers 
online viewers a candid look at the lives of Las Vegas personalities 
so they can see what really happens here. The Vegas Pin-ups are 
perfect for this series because they epitomize the Vegas lifestyle as 
it relates to the city's dynamic nightlife scene and the quest to 
make it big in the Entertainment Capital of the World.”

Consisting of professionally trained dancers Amber “Ambrosia” 
Brovelli, Victoria Valene, Kathleen Von, Angela Marie and Gloria 
Vivelo, the Vegas Pin-Ups have been heaped with critical praise ever 
since their first Las Vegas show more than a year ago. From 
silhouette performances and synchronized chair dances to tantalizing 
group routines, the Vegas Pin-ups offer a retro-perspective to Las 
Vegas entertainment that has captivated audiences at Sin City 
hotspots like Tao and Ice and star-studded bashes like Steve Wynn’s 
Super Bowl Party.

“The Pin-Ups and I are very excited to work with RawVegas.tv. You 
couldn’t ask for a better way to showcase our talent on and off the 
stage,” noted Brovelli, the creator and owner of the Vegas Pin-Ups.

“Raw Reality: Vegas Pin-Ups” is the latest in a series of reality 
programs launched by RawVegas.tv, the revolutionary online 
entertainment channel goes where regular television dare not tread as 
its exposes all sides of the “anything goes” Las Vegas lifestyle with 
original video content produced specifically for the Internet. Other 
programs in the "Raw Reality" series includes “Raw Reality: Daniel 
Negreanu,” which chronicles the fast-pace life and unfiltered rants 
of one of poker’s most popular and successful players. Upcoming Raw 
Reality series will star a variety of personalities ranging from 
professional gamblers to Las Vegas Strip headliners.

About RawVegas.tv

You can NOW listen to ALL of the previous guest interviews under "Show Archives" on the website!

http://www.VegasTalkRadio.com

Since our show has been running for several years now, there are quite a few.  So you'll need to select the Intial of the Last Name of our guests to locate them.  Take a look around and listen in!  Each interview runs less than 20 minutes.

This week's show for Thursday, March 8, 2007 contains:

An interview with Early Clover, lead male singer of The Coasters playing nightly at the Sahara with the Platters and the Drifters. The last nineteen years, Early has spent touring nationally and internationally as the lead singer of the acclaimed "The Cornell Gunther Coasters", keeping alive for fans all over the world the songs, the sound and the style that made the group famous. Early also perfroms his own show called "A Tribute to Legends and Motown" keeping alive the top sounds of the sixties and seventies.

The "Vegas Confidential" call with Norm Clarke,  Norm is voted "Most Connected" person in town and daily columnist for the Review Journal and author of the best selling "1,000 Naked Truths".
http://www.NormClarke.net

"Show Happenings" with Chuck Rounds - Chuck reviews the events happening this week in Las Vegas.
http://www.StraightFromTheStrip.com

"Fine Dining" with chef and Radio Show host Les Kincaid.
http://www.LesKincaid.com

"The Godfather of Las Vegas", Mark Wayman's Insider Report
http://www.godfatherlv.com

"The Las Vegas Nightclub Report" with Jodie Rocco from TravelNice.com & Nightclubs.com
http://www.travelnice.com/?aid=7397

"The Las Vegas Locals Report" with Tom Wilkinson from Vegas4Locals.com
http://www.Vegas4Locals.com

The American landscape has become increasingly dotted with soulless chain restaurants and coffee roasters, while the greasy spoon, that Hopperesque American institution where bacon and eggs, liver and onions and waitresses with spotted uniforms and grumpy personalities are kings and queens, slowly fades into the background.

But the genre is far from dead here in Sin City, a town that still runs on bad java, all-night portions of cholesterol-enriched fare large enough to choke an Arabian stallion and slot players looking for redemption before the day laborers show up for their hash browns and toast.

We mean, of course, no disrespect when we use the term greasy spoon, but rather a wistful sort of affection. The term originated in London, where it referred to working-class joints and not specifically to the oil slicks at the bottom of dishes served by inept line cooks. Greasy spoons, what's more, can be found in almost any country, without regard to cuisine. Japan may be world capital of the genre, a country of three-stool noodle shops and more restaurants per capita than any other. In France, truck drivers crowd into roadside bistros, the better to chow down on dishes like veal brains or beef Burgundy.

And here's to the British (and Irish) pub, well represented in Vegas at places like Crown and Anchor, Nine Fine Irishmen and many others. Nothing says Mylanta like such delicacies as the Scotch egg, banger sausages or a greasy plate of fish and chips.

So, with apologies to those shining examples, here are some of our favorite greasy spoons in Las Vegas.

These are greasy, delicious burgers that soar on the wings of hand-formed patties, huge hunks of meat weighing in at one-third of a pound, inside chewy, yeasty buns that may be the best I've ever tasted. Mustard, ketchup, relish and onions are the default, but you can also have mayo, lettuce, pickles or tomatoes on request. I couldn't resist adding bacon. Hey, they don't pay me to pussyfoot around.

Owner Hans Aaresjold is from Jersey, and he understands the concept of the submarine sandwich. The one with Italian cold cuts is amazing, especially if you ask for soppressata. There is a good homemade soup every day, too, such as turkey-noodle or vegetable-beef.

But the reason I come by is for what I consider the city's best brisket sandwich, piled high with huge slabs of tender beef. Aficionados have it sloppy Joe-style, slathered with Cole slaw and Russian dressing on steamy slices of rye bread. 603 LV Blvd. S., corner of Bonneville. 382-6292.
Max Jacobson

Mugshots
This energetic, cushy little joint has all-you-can-eat fish and chips, clams steamed in garlic beer broth, not to mention the delicious mini-burgers and the Sunday special—peel-and-eat shrimp for peanuts. The crowd favorite remains the Chicago beef sandwich, which has mounds of Italian beef piled to the sky on a Gonella Roll, and served with a side of au jus or hot pepper sauce. 3342 S. Sandhill Road, at Desert Inn. 454-6100.
Michael T. Toole

The food here is homey and consistently good. Hamburgers are fat and juicy, and liver and onions is grilled in front of you, a huge portion. Cabbage soup, generally available, is on the sweet side, and completely delicious.

If you're flush, by greasy spoon standards, have the New York steak, at $11.95, with a choice of soup or salad. This may be pricey by drugstore standards, but the quality rivals that at tonier steakhouses. And there's always 21 shrimp, a mountain of batter-fried shrimp with fries, or that ethnic treat, the gyro, here nicely broiled and tasty. 1700 LV Blvd. S. 444-4459.
Max Jacobson

Diamond China at Sonny's Saloon
What could be more Vegas than eating Chinese with strippers, video-poker players and Cantonese-speaking customers in a local's saloon at 3 a.m.? Welcome to the Diamond China at Sonny's, where the eggs are preserved, the clams are tossed with black bean and the bird's nest is fresh from the wall of a Thai bat cave.

It's boxy and claustrophobic in here, and the service can be a tad surly, but the food is sheer poetry, some of the best and most authentic Chinese cooking in town, at fair prices.

Barbecued duck is terrific, and so is spicy salt squid, tofu and sliced pork with fish-flavor hot pot, and beef chow fun with dark soy sauce. For stalwarts and those who are nostalgic for Cantonese-American favorites, there is even a reasonable version of egg foo young. 3449 Industrial Road. 796-8982.
Max Jacobson

Big Mama's Rib Shack and Soul Food
Big Mama's Rib Shack is good, honest soul food. The place is completely lacking in décor—it's basically a big, empty box with mason brick walls; look past this, and you'll be in for a treat. All the hallmarks of great Southern cooking are here (read: anti-Atkins friendly): gumbo, barbecue ribs (not just splattered with barbecue sauce, but slowly smoked with real hickory), Southern-fried chicken, fried oysters and catfish. Better still, the sides are nearly as filling as the entrees: spicy cabbage, black-eyed peas, sugar-laden corn muffins, deep-fried okra, moist, tender collard greens and spicy Cajun fries. If you survive all this, then go head-first into the dessert tray—the sweet potato pie or warm peach cobbler will finish you off in fine style. 2230 W. Bonanza Road, off Martin Luther King Blvd. 597-1616.
Michael T. Toole

The meat is spectacular, alternately crispy and soft, in gelatinous hunks on ribs or in small pieces from the hindquarter. The broth is as flavorful as a French stock. First come bowls of halved limes, chopped cilantro and chopped onion. When the meat arrives, you get a basket of hot corn tortillas and roll your own.

This is a handsome place. You eat at tables topped with the Mexican tiles called azulejos, in a room stocked with colorful pottery and Aztec sun symbols. Waitresses speak minimal English, but it doesn't matter, since there is no menu. They'll bring the Corona, while salsa music blasts away on a jukebox. If you must, have flan for dessert. 953 E. Sahara Ave. 892-9711.
Max Jacobson

Huntridge Drugstore
No place feels more old-Vegas than this east-side pharmacy, which can be entered through a dark bar filled with denizens that look like they are from the shallow end of the gene pool. Food is prepared from scratch by an adept Italian-American chef, so if you are not here for the hearty breakfasts, it's best to rely on anything even vaguely Italian.

Seating is at one of the restaurant's two enormous, Formica-topped counters, on stools that appear to have been built for the vertically challenged, or in red leatherette booths. The stuffed peppers, bursting with meaty, rice-based stuffing, are delicious, and so is the meatloaf, spaghetti and meatballs and the chef's homemade lasagna. Liver and onions is one of the menu staples, and there is an exemplary Patty Melt. Go elsewhere for dessert, though. The only two available, chocolate or vanilla puddings, at $1.35 a dish, are from a can. We're not that nostalgic. 1122 E. Charleston Blvd., at Maryland Parkway. 382-7373.
Max Jacobson