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6A 1 Friday, August 31, 2007 | The Red & Black Mellow Mushroom feasts on satisfaction with new location By RACHEL WEBSTER The Red & Black Mellow Mushroom pizza the Gourmet White variety, specifically changed Athens’ new est restaurant co-owner Grady Landis’ life. With olive oil and garlic sauce instead of marinara, the pie features provolo ne, mozzarella and feta cheeses, sun-dried toma toes, onions and fresh tomatoes. "It’s really good,” said Landis. “That pizza hon estly got me to like toma toes. I ; didn’t eat tomatoes until two years ago. That is a true story.” A Georgia Southern graduate, Landis said he got tired of wearing a tie every day while working for the Atlanta Thrashers. He bought a Mellow Mushroom franchise with his father and stepmother, threw on a baseball cap and reintroduced Kosmic Karma pizza into the lives of Athenians. The new location opened its doors Aug. 6 and now is welcoming customers into a dining room with Georgia inspired mushroom mem orabilia and a bar boast ing 40 beers on tap. Bright yellow walls, a shiny red bar and rows of dark wooden booths dominate the restaurant’s decor. Landis said the desired effect was to look “like a restaurant that people would walk into and feel like, ‘Wow I’ve never seen anything like this. This is different, this is really cool.’ But still inviting, too.” The new co-owners bought the franchise after the last owner failed to renew and the differ ence is apparent in the look of the 6500-square presentfstu dent PgPPBHmp Each entree of: jS? I WE DELIVER TO \ UGA CAMPUW | M|43-8888! 1055 Gaines School Lion) Intramural Hag Football Slga-UpS Prlltay, ftuinst 3ist and Tussuay, Septeidier 4th Don’t miss out on your chance to win the intramural flag football championship! Special sign-ups will take place at the Ramsey Student Center in room 226. i ------- ~ ~~v MELLOW MUSHROOM Where: 320 E. Clayton St. Phone: (706) 613-0892 Take out or dine in available. Hours: Kitchen open 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., full bar open until 2 a.m. foot restaurant. “It’s a better Mellow Mushroom feel than what the other place used to be,” said Justin Sales, a senior from Danielsville. “The last place didn’t have the big statues. You couldn’t see all the beers on the wall.” The bar has more beers on tap than any other Athens location. All Sweetwater and Terrapin varieties are available, as well as Woodchuck ciders, a Blue Moon seasonal beer and old favorites such as Bud Light. “We didn’t want to have 15 run-of-the-mill gener ics,” said Landis. “We pretty much have some thing for everybody. We tried to really get a good mix.” The variety translates to the menu as well, since Mellow Mushroom serves not only pizza but also “Monumental Hoagies” and “Scrumptious Salads.” The menu features tempeh and tofu options right alongside steak and cheese hoagies. There are no fryers in any Mellow Mushroom locations and all the cheese is low fat, Landis said. “You can basically come here and eat as healthy as you could anywhere,” said Landis. “If you want to be bad, you can come here and eat a pizza with every 11IC I , LINDY DUGGER The Red a Biack ▲ The new Mellow Mushroom is next to Doc Chey's. It attracts with tasty food, a mesmeriz ing interior and a bar featuring 40 beers. meat on the menu. It’s your choice.” Choice is what attract ed the Landis family to the franchise. “You’ll never walk into two Mellow Mushrooms and have them be the same,” Grady Landis said. In this location, a bright mural reflects Athens and University football legends such as Vince Dooley and Hines Ward. Daily drink specials are on the way, and Landis said there are special menu items in the works Friday, August 31st Tuesday, September 4th 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. The University of Georgia Department of Recreational Sports Intramural Sports Division of Student Affairs VARIETY & SPORTS for Athens patrons. “When you’re here all day and you start messing around, you come up with some pretty crazy ideas, like crushing Doritos and putting it on a pizza,” said Landis. “There’s a lot of stuff you can do.” Whatever pizza innova tions surface in the future will only add to customer Sales’ enjoyment of the space —as long as the statues stay. “I like the football play er mushroom guys on top of the bar,” he said. HEAD Then Recycle SKIICINEMAS 340 Tanger Dr., Commerce Located in the Tanger Outlet Center SHOW TIME HOTLINE: (706) 423-9659 Admission: ADULT $7 00 STUDENTS ( a valid Student ID) $6.00. SENIORS (62+)/CHILD/MAT $5.00 ■ ALL MOVIES PRESENTED IN A STEALTH CINEMA ENVIRONMENT! SHOW TIMES FOR 9/04/07 - 9/06/07 'Showl'Tics include pi(.-advcrtainmc-n:i BALLS OF FURY PG-13 Paiiy4:4Qp 7:gQp9:3Qp isa-Suni?.p ziQpdso BOURNE ULTIMATUM PG-13 Daily 4:40p 7:00o 9:15d CHUCK AND LARRY • PG-13 DADDY DAY CAMP PG pet, 4:30) 7:10c 9:450 i Sa-Sw 1235 c ZXc ato HALLOWEEN R OattSfflb 725 b 935 p ?4<*.ai SUPERBAD R DaMate 7.05 P 9:3ft) isa-Sjii23a>ateo UNDERDOG PG DaAs:lop Sa-Sui 12-_3Ct> MCPaBo www.novacinemas.com Bulldog endures injury, anticipates future home games By ADAM LIPPER The Red & Black Danielle Abelson’s deci sion to join the Georgia women’s soccer team was one of the catalysts that turned Georgia into a rep utable program. When Abelson verbally committed to Georgia in 2005, her junior year at Woodward Academy, the Bulldogs were coming off a 4-9-5 season. After the down year, Patrick Baker, the 2003 National Coach of the Year at Florida State, became Georgia’s head coach. Abelson, who had want ed to play at FSU for Baker, decided to follow him and take a chance on the devel oping program, becoming the first commitment for the 2006 class. She was also the Atlanta Journal- Constitution’s 2006 South Metro Player of the Year and a top-100 recruit. Her decision sparked a No. 8 recruiting class. “What she did, she made other players from the ‘O7 and ‘OB recruiting classes interested in Georgia,” Baker said. “Because of Dani, we were able to attract recruits throughout Georgia. It was a very encouraging com mitment and one that I’ll never forget. I’ll never underestimate her commit ment. You’ve got to get one to take the step of faith.” Abelson did and others followed. But when she arrived at Georgia in 2006, the others played and Abelson watched. She had to take a medi cal redshirt after suffering from osteochondritis disse cans lesion in her right ankle. The condition caused a fraction of her talus bone to separate and FBALL Ticket Office eliminates confusion >• From Page 1A the University would receive all seven home game tickets. Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and transfer credits were not applicable, he said. However, Lawrence wrote in an e-mail that the Ticket Office’s records show Turner has 28 cumu lative hours, but only 19 were earned ’ at the University. Turner received a split package of three tickets, for the Oklahoma State, Ole Miss and Auburn games. Packages were split into groups of three and four, Lawrence said, each includ ing two conference games. Oklahoma State tickets become deprived of blood. Abelson injured the ankle her sophomore year of high school. She had X-rays taken, but they were negative. Playing on the ankle for two years wors ened the injury. When she came to Georgia, she expected to play. Instead, the injury was discovered. On July 20, Abelson underwent surgery in Atlanta. For an hour, doc tors drilled holes into her talus bone, allowing blood to recirculate and a hew bone to grow in. “I was upset about hav ing to do it, but I wasn’t nervous,” said Abelson. “I went in with wanting to get it done because the quicker I got it over, the quicker I stepped back on the field.” Doctors told her it would take a full year to recover. She wore a cast for two weeks and a boot for six. During rehab, she used a Thera-Band for strength conditioning and ran aqua sprints for stability. Now thirteen months later, Abelson feels she is around 90 percent. She injured her foot in an exhi bition match against Clemson Saturday and is listed as a game-time deci sion for tonight’s home opener against Texas Tech. “Playing Saturday against Clemson was just a preview,” said Abelson, “but it’s nothing like play ing on your home field, which I’ve been wanting to experience.” Regardless of how she plays, she’s helped trans form Georgia into a recog nized soccer program. But if Abelson plays with the same determination that she handled last year with, she’ll do just fine. went into the packages of three, while tickets for the games versus Troy and Western Carolina went into the packages of four. When asked if she would take the issue up with the Athletic Association, Turner said, “No, because they don’t care. I’ve just figured out that the Athletic Association just wants to make money, and they’re making it either way. 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