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The swath of land betweenColorado Boulevard and Claremontstreets, and between 9th and 11thAvenues - known to its neighborssimply as 9th and Colorado - has been

a sort of island that people have large-ly driven around. All that may changein the coming years, with redevelop-ment plans now set for the site.

Comprising roughly 30 acres,Shea Homes has been working withthe Colorado Boulevard HealthcareDistrict, local community groups, andcity planners to develop a concept forthe site. In February, they released ageneral development plan that wouldsee the location transformed into atrue mixed-use development, com-prising commercial, residential, andretail, integrated on almost every

block, according to spokesmanMarcus Pachner.

Its taken multiple years, work-ing with the community to developthis master plan, Pachner explains.Surrounded by six strong neighbor-hoods, its always been an island thatpeople simply drove around. Thechallenge has been to make the neigh-

borhood permeable, and to do that,weve re-established the street grid.Albion Street will now go throughfrom 9th to 11th, and the whole proj-ect will have a very urban format.

Were also saving a number of buildings on the site, and throughadaptive reuse theyll retain a smallerfootprint, which lends itself to small,local retailers.

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surrounding community has been sav-ing some of the areas local landmarks- particularly the Nurses Dormitory, alarge brick building located centrallyon the site - along with the quad-rangle and the Bridge, which many

view as the sites main feature. Eachof these would be preserved underthe current plan - and the bridgeitself could be transformed into a resi-dential structure. For these reasons,the plan has already received supportfrom Historic Denver.

The critical care tower and VAHospital would remain at the site.

9th Avenue is the border between two Council districts,laughs Pachner, so Ive been jok-ing with Councilwoman Robb andCouncilwoman Johnson about whosedistrict these folks will actually livein.

The project is currently before a

number of city agencies, who will becommenting on the plan and evaluat-ing it for everything from sanitation,density, and design to traffic, parking,and impact. It will also receive com-ments from the Colorado BoulevardHealthcare District at a meeting onMay 1st. After that, the developmentmoves forward to rezoning, and withtitle transferring to Shea on January1st, Shea is hoping to begin workimmediately afterwards.

As yet, the project remainsunnamed - but if youd like to take astab at it, Shea is invited suggestionson their project website, sheaneigh-

bors.com.

With an overflowing City Council cham-ber, two measures to re-zone Denver neigh-borhoods for only single-family homes endedtheir nearly two-year odyssey. With the paceof scrape-offs increasing on what seems to bea weekly basis, the Denver City Council begantwo public hearings to consider whether tokeep two areas of West Highland and SloansLake predominantly single family, or to allowscrape-offs for the construction of duplexesand triplexes. The import of the re-zoningswent well beyond two neighborhoods. Thecore questions was whether the city would

act to protect neighborhoods as envisioned by the citys master plan, Blueprint Denver.The public hearings began at 6:30 P.M. and

concluded at 2:15 in the morning. When thecouncil finally passed both measures by 11-2margins, the clock had struck 3:15 A.M.

The 11-2 margin was misleading. A legalprotest meant that the council had to passthe re-zonings with ten votes, and with twostaunch opponents, Councilwoman JeanneFaatz and Councilman Charlie Brown, theopponents had only to garner two votes toscuttle the proposals. With tough questionsfrom the council as a whole, and significantdiscomfort with the process and the potential-ly adverse impacts upon some property own-

ers, as the evening stretched beyond midnightinto the early morning, tension mounted andthe outcome was in doubt.

The passage means fewer scrape-offs intwo limited areas of North Denver. The votewas a repudiation of the Planning Board thatoverwhelmingly rejected the rezonings, andthat many critics see as tilted in favor of devel-opers who are less-than-committed to the con-cept of neighborhood stability at the core ofBlueprint Denver. For neighborhoods acrossthe city that have been working on small areaplans, the rezonings represent a victory, anda renewed commitment to Blueprint Denverby the City Council. The rezonings presage afight over a massive zoning plan update effortthat will likely have similar impacts acrossDenver. And not insignificantly, the passages

are a bittersweet victory for North Denverscouncilman Rick Garcia, who has been at thecenter of a storm over scrape-offs and thecitys response for three years.

Initially, in private, Garcia had rejectedthe mandatory rezonings in principal, hold-ing that the change in development rights ofindividual property owners was too great aburden. But Garcia agonized over the changesthat neighbors were facing, particularly onblocks where multiple scrapeoffs were trans-forming the essential character of the area,subjecting neighbors to impacts and lessen-ing the salability of their own properties.Garcia was working hard on a compromisesolution to the very end, pushing proponents

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last year thatwould haveseen Lowrysh i s t o r i cHangar No.2 radicallytransformed,a second planis now beingproposed bydevelopmentgroup IRG that will see retail, self-storage, and office space integratedinto the current structure under anadaptive re-use model.

The sale of the hangar had been bro-kered by the Lowry Redevelopment

Authority (LRA) on behalf of theWings over the Rockies Museum,who believed that they needed thesale of the building in order to takeon new improvement projects andexhibits, and remove liabilities, both

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Last month we observed someof the key problems besetting thenations financial sector. In the pastfour weeks, things have continued toworsen, as banks, hedge funds andtrading companies have deleveraged.

But things have gotten even worsein our foundation - the energy sec-tor that powers our cars, heats ourhomes, and motivates our manufac-turing.

Oil prices have hit record his-toric, inflation-adjusted highs, andgasoline is well above three dollarsa gallon nationwide. Many readersof our pages know of peak oil, theconcept that global oil productionwould peak and thereafter decline.That notion is one founded in geol-ogy, not economics or wishful think-ing. Evidence abounds that we havereached some sort of peak plateau,with oil production hovering in 84-86

million barrels of oil produced. Thatflat supply is one part of the storyof high oil prices, but it isnt the solecause.

For a moment, let us call the evertighter supply of oil (tighter becausedemand grows, particularly in Indiaand China, while European demandslightly shrinks, and American con-sumption is relatively flat) the funda-mental reason for higher prices. Butfundamentals dont explain the wholepicture -- it costs Saudi producers aslittle as $6 to get a barrel out of theground. Analysts say the demand/supply picture should account for $80barrels of oil, not $110. Why the 25%premium? Part of the story is specula-

tion. Stocks, as an asset class (a basketof investments), are essentially flatover a ten year period. When the Wall

Street Journal reported in March thatthe S&P 500 was in a decade-longholding pattern, many took note. Butsavvy big investors have watchedstocks with long-term concern andswitched much of their money into

commodities, notably oil. The fancyname for that is asset class rotation,but the simple result is that more buy-ers for oil in the commodities futurespit mean higher prices paid by you atthe pump.

The second issue is inflation, whichfolks, notably the Federal Reserve,will tell you is in check. But in fact,the Fed has been printing money at abreakneck pace. More money meanshigher prices for everything valuedin dollars. Monetary policy is mak-ing the price of oil higher by the day.Observer Peter McKenzie says the Fedhas been creating money at the rateof 17% a year, an astonishing growth

rate. McKenzie and others argue thatthe Fed reinflated the economy afterthe tech stock crash, 9-11, and now thehousing crash by pumping vast sumsinto the economy -- now the chickensreturn, with higher prices at the pumpand at the supermarket.

Price, however, isnt the whole ofthe energy nightmare.

In late 2007, Saudi production was8 percent lower than the peak levelreached in 2005, despite the fact thatoil prices had risen roughly $20 perbarrel since then, according to theWorldwatch Institute. This means thatSaudi Arabia is no longer a swingproducer one that has the ability tochange the price by altering its out-

put. That doesnt mean that Americanenergy policy isnt still based uponbegging the Saudis to increase pro-

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duction to curb pricing, despite theevidence that it wont, and cant, haveany apparent effect.

And big oil companies are goingout of business. Thats right, they areself-liquidating, even with gargantuanprofits. Exxon Mobil is buying back atan astounding rate, Exxon spent 60%,or $29 billion, of its cash flow, buy-ing its own stock in 2006, more than

any other company in the Standard& Poors 500. It has eliminated 16%of its shares in the past five years.Big oil, together, have spent $52.4 bil-lion in stock buy-backs in the pastyear. The industry isnt spending thatmoney looking for new sources ofoil largely because it doesnt thinkit will find much. Matthew Simmons,an energy investment banker who hasmade millions for oil companies, toldCNBC viewers that the sector is in liq-uidation, slowly but inevitably goingout of business. Simmons isnt alone.Bloomberg reports: Investor-ownedoil companies -- along with govern-ment-owned producers outside the

Organization of Petroleum ExportingCountries -- are only a few years awayfrom going into decline. By 2011 orso, these companies, including RoyalDutch Shell Plc and BP Plc in the U.K.,Frances Total SA, and ConocoPhillipsin the U.S., will no longer be able toincrease their production, says CharlesMaxwell, an analyst at Weeden & Co.By 2014, their output will begin a longdecline, says Maxwell, who has beeninvolved in the industry for 50 years,mostly as an analyst. Theyll be inliquidation, he says.

The long and short of it? The bigcompanies that have provided thevast majority of our energy arentgoing to be doing so in the forseeable

future. The world we know as energyconsumers will soon be very, very dif-ferent. And there are few crystal balls

for seeing the future accurately.So what can you do?Conserve, conserve, conserve. At a

basic level, recycle, reuse, and attemptto reduce your daily energy consump-tion. Thats tough if you drive a bigSUV miles to work every day, butrecognise that $9-$10 a gallon gas,the current price levels in Europe, arecoming your way.

If you are an investor, get active.Demand the companies improve theirfinancial returns by creating efficien-cies. And while renewable energystocks - companies in solar and windpower - are currently overvalued,investing in them in the long run willhelp your nation immeasurably.

Encourage politicians to supportsane monetary and fiscal policydriving real interest rates to zero maybe counterproductive for the majorityof America households. Concurrently,we must balance the federal budgetvery soon. Our national indebtednessis driving the dollar down, and reduc-ing our ability to be economically

flexible. Call your Congressperson,and demand they articulate an energypolicy that incorporates the realityof monetary and fiscal policy. Theymight want to address global warm-ing, too. America needs a vocal con-stituency for a reality-based energypolicy today. We cant wait for tomor-row.

Get informed. The complicatedissues that interrelate finance andenergy are not rocket science, but theyrequire some effort to understand.But if youre not informed, you proba-bly wont see the bus until it hits you.The consequences for your childrenare worse yet...

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School mock trial team this weekendtook fifth place out of 44 teams atthe National High School Mock TrialsChampionship in Wilmington, Del. Itwas the first time a Denver PublicSchools team ever competed at nation-als.

The GWHS team went to nation-als because they won the state titlein March, after competing against 22other teams from across Colorado atthe 23rd Colorado Bar AssociationHigh School Mock Trial Tournament,

held in Fort Collins at the LarimerCounty Court House.The team did really well, espe-

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The eight-student team from GeorgeWashington High School missed promto face off on Saturday against 44other teams from the United States,Commonwealth of the Marianna

Islands, Guam and South Korea. Theteam has been building momentumsince this years seniors were fresh-men.

We showed up in Delaware lateThursday night, went to dinner andthen worked until 4 a.m., said GWHSsenior Conner Phillips. Then wewaged evidentiary war for two daysagainst students from Maine to SouthKorea.

This years mock case was a corpo-rate law case that involved a Fortune500 company. Students worked as law-yers and witnesses, debating a hos-tile takeover of a Delaware corpora-tion by another company. Nationalteams were ranked by real judges for

the ways they each handled the samemock court case. Judges surveyed thehigh school teams for their courtroomabilities and legal prowess.

At mock trial competitions, teamsprepare for both sides of the case anddont find out which side they willtake until they step into the court-room. Students perform all roles. Theyare judged on how well they know

the case, question witnesses, advo-cate their side of the case, make andrespond to objections, as well as howwell witnesses play their roles, anddramatic speaking and persuasiveargument skills.

The 25th annual champion-ship awards were presented bythe Honorable Ruth Ann Minner,Governor of the State of Delawareand the Honorable Myron T. Steele,Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

of Delaware. High school studentswho participate in the CBA mock trialprogram are given a rare opportu-nity to learn about the substance andthe processes of the law, and to havetheir performances critiqued by expe-rienced trial lawyers and judges, saidAdministrative Law Judge David P.Cain.

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tens oil company prof-its. There is no cash forlattes, massages or aweekly lawn service. I

must bite the bullet anddo the job myself. Oneproblem: I lack equip-ment, knowledge andtalent in this area. Theonly thing Ive eversuccessfully grown is acredit card balance. Leftto my own devices, Idespoil green livingthings. Its happened

before. What to do? Seekadvice from people wisein the mysterious waysof yard maintenance.

So I paid a visit tothe local big-box garden

store and was amazedat the throngs of peoplefilling their carts withplants, trees, shrubs,fountains and all man-ner of rocks, bricks andpaving stones. I had noidea so much could bedone with ones outdoorspace. I approached asalesman and explainedmy predicament: cantafford yard help, no toolsof my own. He point-ed out the equipment Iwould need just for start-ers: mower, edger, weedtrimmer and spreader.Next, hand tools: rake,hoe, spade, shovel,pruning saw. I priced allthese items and shookmy head in dismay. Heexplained that properlygrooming lush greengrass involves pesti-cides, herbicides andplenty of water. I freelyconfessed I could sacri-fice a virgin on my frontlawn and it would stillwither and die withinhours. He agreed that

lawn care in our semi-arid climateis a challenge. Perhaps, I told him,rather than spend a small fortuneon equipment, with no guaranteeof success, I should just plant dollar

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The salesman suggested I giveup on grass and try Xeriscapeinstead. That way, I could improvemy outdoor area and eliminate

water waste by the judicious useof stone or brick walkways andwooden decks or patios insteadof turf. I could plant groundcoverand drought-hardy plants. I couldplace fences, trellises and gazebos atstrategic locations and add colorfullandscaping rocks, thereby beau-tifying my yard while still beingenvironmentally conscientious. Yes,I told him, I could do that, but forthe price of all that material, I couldscrape off my house and rebuild it.The salesman agreed that this alter-native too would be expensive.

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Blueprint Denver sustained in re-zonings

and opponents into mediation, and twiceamending the bills to give property ownersmore time to act with their own properties.The final form of the measure gives propertyowners to the end of the year to pursue devel-opment, and existing multi-unit buildings arefully protected - results of a broader bill just

passed by the Council, and both essentiallycompromises pushed by Garcia. In the end,however, Garcia pushed the rezonings to aCouncil vote. Pointedly, as Garcias colleaguesnoted, he did not lobby them on measures sokey to his own district, acknowlegding thatthe issue was a watershed one for the city andthe conflicting, substantive interests involvedwere ultimately at play in any broad change ofresidential zoning.

For the proponents, including the princi-pal applicants - neighborhood activists JudeAiello and Steve Kite - the evening marked theend of a two-year struggle in which successoften seemed impossible. For the opponents,which included many from the neighborhoodsas well developers with money at stake, thedefeat seemed a surprise. They had put much

stock in technical legal arguments offered byDan Markofsky, issues that seemed of littleimpact upon the City Council or their attor-neys.

What City Councilman Paul Lopez calledthe Fourth of July, early, the debate wasmarked by impassioned testimony on bothsides, some good arguments, and some legalsophistry. Nearly eighty people signed upto testify on the measures, and necessarily,with some of the testimony being repetitiveand often off-topic. Many opponents of thedownzoning, particularly some who were noteven affected directly, brought in issues notentirely germane to the issue - the plight of thedevelopmentally disabled, the water sourcefor Sloans Lake, and neighborhood concernsfar distant from zoning. Many realtors and

developers, not from North Denver, testified.They were balanced by neighborhood activists

from groups across the city who recognizedthe bellweather nature of fulfilling BlueprintDenvers promise to protect neighborhoods.

It began with the citys CommunityPlanning and Development departments rec-ommendation for rezoning. Peter Park, thecitys head of planning and development,lauded his staffs efforts, saying the zoning

proposals met all of the criteria for reviewand consideration. He called the existing zon-ing a mismatch with Blueprint Denver, thecitys master plan. Park said the issue boileddown to keeping a single family neighbor-hood from becoming a multifamily one.

Diedre Oss, the city staffer who hasworked upon the rezoning said the areas wereover 80% single family detached homes (theWest Highland area in question is 87% singlefamily homes), the core reason planning andzoning recommended the rezonings to pre-serve character of the neighborhoods.

Oss said that under ultimate buildoutconditions, an additional 134 zone lots couldexpand, the potential addition of 134 newduplexes and tri-plexes in the area. That wouldreduce single family homes to just 37%, what

Oss termed a threat to the neighborhood.Oss said that R-1 zoning effectively preservedthe neighborhood, and quoted BlueprintDenver as saying that areas of stability areoverzoned.

The most effective approach is to reducezone district development capacity, said Oss,in recommending that Council pass the mea-sure.

The testimony stretched on for hours.Opponent Markofsky argued that the zoningapplication was not complete, that the listingof owners was flawed. Krista Chisholm saidthe rezoning isnt going to fix the ugly homeon the neighborhood. South Denver architectPeter Pappas said that debate was about thefuture, and that change did not represent athreat to the neighborhood. Dan Hoops, a

long-time opponent, attacked the process rhe-torically: is this how you recommend plans

be created?Proponents attacked the size and form

of the new duplexes. April Butler called theneighborhood truly under siege. Four homesdemolished on her block were replaced withten units, with Victorian and Arts and Craftsbungalows bulldozed. Elizabeth Wheeler cited139 single family homes already demolished in

North Denver, a count that grows weekly, andchanneled her Italian immigrant grandmotherwith a cry of Basta! - enough. Many multi-generational neighborhood residents decriedthe scrapeoffs. Steve Kite urged the Council tokeep the commitments of Blueprint Denver.John Lanternman, a planner and consultant todevelopers, called the neighborhood a beauti-ful symphony, marred by discordant notes:with multifamily development... eroding theexisting character of the area.

Realtors clashed on the proposal. Georgeand Betty Luce of Nostaglic Homes said notall realtors are against neighbors, and BettyLuce produced home sales data that showedhome pricing in R-1 areas outpacing that inR-2. Opposed was Realtor Kathleen Genereux,who built one of the most widely criticized

duplexes directly on Sloans Lake, and has been a consistent supporter of the scrapeoffpotential of R-2 zoning.

In the end, however, the Council sidedwith the proponents, apparently moved bythe argument that protecting the existing mixof homes in the neighborhoods with rezon-ing fulfilled the spirit and letter of BlueprintDenver. Despite charges from CouncilmanCharlie Brown that the planning departmenthadnt been fair, the lengthy process, agreedto be flawed, seemed to convince a majorityof the council that rezoning was critical inprotecting two predominantly single familyneighborhoods.

With opponents threatening lawsuits, thematter may be far from settled. But the publicphase of the debate, as tortured as it has been,

has been closed.

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but high expectations as well. FourTeach For America teachers are atSkinner this year, and another isexpected next year. Principal NicholeVeltze, who was at Skinner when thenew teachers arrived, is a product ofthe program as well.

Teach for America describes itselfas the national corps of outstandingrecent college graduates and profes-sionals of all academic majors andcareer interests, who commit twoyears to teach in urban and ruralpublic schools and become leaders

in the effort to expand education-al opportunity. According to Teachfor America (TFA), its mission is tobuild the movement to eliminateeducational inequity by enlisting ournations most promising future lead-ers in the effort.

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Its a pretty common occurrencefor me to talk about the concept ofDinner and a Movie, but it is usuallydone so in the context of finding a

location to eat before you go see afilm. Well, today we are going tocut out the middleman and liter-ally discuss din-ner AND a movieas we exploreNeighborhood FlixCinema & Caf,lovingly shortenedto Flix on Fax bythe locals.

Flix on Faxis an Independent Movie theaterfeaturing not only traditional Indyfilms, but often giving the opportu-nity for local film makers to show-case their work in a public arena.

On the evening of my most recentvisit we saw Hermann Hermann,a full-length feature that was filmedhere in Denver with the whopping budget of $700. Clearly the peopleattending this theater arent lookingfor the traditional big-box Cineplexexperience, which is good since theywould be disappointed if they did.This applies not only to the mov-ies, but to the dining and snackingoptions as well.

When you walk into the lobby ofFlix the first thing you will notice isthat you are actually standing in amulti-purpose space: theater conces-sions, dining room, and bar. Yes. Bar.

At the concession stand you wont

find Milk Duds orlicorice. Instead youhave a menu of appetiz-ers, salads, sandwiches, and entrees.

The only true nod to traditionalmovie fare is the bottomless tub ofpopcorn.

When youplace yourorder youalso indicatewhether or notyou are goingto eat in thedining roomor the theater.

Yes, the theater. If this is youroption, your selections are servedon a heavy plastic tray that will fitinto the cup holder of your theaterseat. You slip it into place, swivel

it in front of you, and voila ... anupgraded TV dinner. And in theorythis sounds great.

The drawback comes when youconsider some of the menu options.I, for one, am not too keen on theconcept of eating anything withgravy or sauce in the dark. If youhave a stacked sandwich or some-thing that will need attention inlifting or dipping, this is going todistract you from the movie a slight bit. On the other hand, if you havesomething you want to share withyour companion, say the large tubof popcorn, how nice to have a cen-tral, shared tray so that one of you

isnt constantly reaching toward the

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groin of your neighbor!Eating from trays can also be a

bit distracting to the people aroundyou. Stabbing at pasta or scrapingup Chicken Pot Pie gravy is goingto catch the peripheral vision morereadily than the occasional piece ofpopcorn. It seems that the patronsrecognize this, too. I would estimatethat less than 5% of the people in thetheater actually use the meal trays.Most arrived early and enjoyed theirfood in a more leisurely fashion inthe dining room.

I would also be remiss if I didntdiscuss the quality of the food. Itneeds to be understood that thisis a theater first, a dining experi-ence second. Most of the items arethawed and microwaved rather thanlovingly made onsite. So rememberthis before you toss down $11 for aPot Pie or $9 for pasta with chicken.For theater food its refreshing. For a

dining experience its a TV dinner.Still, if you are in a hurry to catch

the early show and you are abso-lutely starving, I have to say thathaving the option of a nice chickensandwich instead of theater nachos(if you add jalapenos, thats a veg-gie, right?) is a very nice alternative.

Oh, and did I mention they hada bar? At Flix you can request yourdrink in a plastic cup so that youcan bring it into the movie with you.Thats a nice adult bonus.

There is also an earth bonus. Flixhas an advanced recycling programwhere all containers are separatedout of the trash at the end of thenight. Given the current push forgreen living, the desire to offermore nutritious edibles, and theirefforts to support local artists infilm, Flix seems to be ahead of thecurve. ***

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Cherry Creek News& Central denver dispatChPage 12 May 16, 2008Udis Bread Caf

Udis Bakery has been a familiarfixture in the Denver area for the lastthree decades, growing from a sand-wich cart in the 70s to the citys big-gest producer of locally-made artisan

bread and granola.What the average Denverite may

not know is that Udis now has a res-taurant, where they prove that theycan make more than just bread. A lotmore.

Please try the bread pudding($5.50), if you try nothing else overhere. Swimming with vanilla cream,topped with large chunks of toastedwalnut, served at your table bub-

bling-hot this delectable dish is atonce a necessity on chilly mornings,and a respite from your nightmares oftoo many bread puddings past: thosecold, flavor-free cubes with too muchsugar syrup, brandy, or both. Forgetthem all. You will as soon as you havethat first bite.

The hummus ($4.50 small, $10large) is a delight, too: freshly made,just the right flavor balance, and com-plemented beautifully by the malti-ness of the Rustico bread. The sweetpotato fries ($5) are rather like thoseIve tried anywhere else, but theyrepleasant and balanced with just theright amount of salt.

The eggs Benedict ($9) has anorange twist to its Hollandaise sauce,and a couple of other twists: wafer-thin Black Forest ham instead ofCanadian bacon andb biscuits insteadof English muffins. The biscuits werea little soggyprobably an unavoid-able hazard in eggs Benedict-- but

the ham was an excellent touch: notonly more tender but less salty thanits more familiar counterpart. The

(appropriately enough) Stapletonegg sandwich ($3.75) with egg, tomatoand Swiss cheese on grilled flatbread,is the perfect meal for busy people:simple, substantial, carb-and-protein

balanced, and even easy to eat one-handed while walking or driving. TheFrench toast ($4.50 small, $7.50 large),made with Udis signature Challah

bread, is the softest French toast Iveever eaten, and scores extra pointswith me by coming with real maplesyrup. I would like a bit more fruittopping on it, though.

Udis Caf has a more impres-sive array of sandwiches than youvefound in your local mom-and-popcoffee shop, or your local VitaminCottage. The California BLT ($8.25),one of their newer offerings, is richwith avocado and is generous with itsthick, crisp bacon. The apple walnutchicken salad sandwich on cranberrywalnut bread ($8), has a less creamy

texture than its sister at ParadiseBakery, which may be a drawback tosome but a welcome feeling of light-ness to others. The panini made withBlack Forest ham ($8.25) uses cave-aged Gruyere cheese, which punchesup the saltiness but also gives thesandwich a bit more personality thanSwiss would.

To top it off, Udis serves Dazbogcoffee, another local and whowouldnt smile at this partnership?An Israeli guy with his sandwich cart,two Russian guys with their coffeeshop. Keepin it local. Which is what,in my mind, makes Udis Caf standout against a Panera, a Paradise or an

Atlanta Bread. Its all about local.Frances Hardzinski

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