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In my quest to find a decent, reasonably priced restaurant in
Columbia, I stumbled across McAllistar's.  It's located across from
the the Columbia 9 (count 'em!) theater and so far is closest to the
kind of restaurant I'm looking for.  The food is reasonably priced,
with hamburgers in the $5-$7 range as well as some more daring (and
pricier) specials.

My wife had their surf and turf special (1 crab cake & a 5
oz delmonico strip steak) which was cooked well.  Neither of us
cared for the seasoning in the crab cake, but at least the crab cake
wasn't greasy.  I had the optional ($2.25) salad bar with my burger
and it wasn't bad.  It's very, very small (6 items), but all the
ingredients were good and I really like their Italian dressing.  They
have very good desserts.  One selection is usually made on the
premises, and the others are bought from a bakery in Ellicot City.

The service was friendly and attentive.

It's not a great place, but it's a comfortable place, like JK's, but
better lit and less smokey.  If you're looking for a bite before the
movie or a reasonably priced meal (2 people can eat < $20, $15 if they
order carefully) give it a try.


                        Joe Herman

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