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In article <5srmhv8s3fbtnsnpbfovtr772qfgfdisni@4ax.com>, Steve Wertz
<swertz@fastmail.micronesia> wrote:

> On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 19:55:47 -0700, Tim May
> <timcmay@removethis.got.net> wrote:
> 
> >In article <7sslhvg408i0r11fnl804h0buohn1v8q69@4ax.com>, Steve Wertz
> ><swertz@fastmail.micronesia> wrote:
> >
> >> On 20 Jul 2003 11:02:34 -0700, geoffm@u1.netgate.net (Geoff Miller)
> >> wrote:
> >> 
> >> >
> >> >What's the deal with that little Chinese restaurant in the
> >> >ugly green building near the south end of Pacific Avenue?
> >> 
> >> Sczechwan Garden.  It does decent dinner crowds but has odd hours.
> >> Sometimes closed for lunch and/or dinner on odd days and not open in
> >> between lunch and dinner on some days.
> >> 
> >> The food is decent.  Not any better or wose then King Chuan, IMO.
> >> Maybe slightly cheaper.
> >
> >It was also nearly the first of the Szechwan-style places in Santa
> >Cruz, even one of the first in Northern California. I've read a few
> >stories about the founding chef and how he got started in the late 60s
> >or thereabouts.
> >
> >Yes, it looks run-down, and yes, it's in the area where the vagabonds
> >and queers and tweakers hang out. Which is why I've never tried it,
> >despite my 20+ years in Santa Cruz and my fondness for Chinese food.
> 
> I'm not sure what categorizes "scechwan" style anymore.. they all seem
> to run together.

If you're going to presume to correct my spelling, by putting your
version in quotes, at least use one of the established variants:
Szechwan, Sichuan, etc. "Scechwan" is not one of them.

> 
> Sandwiched between a seedy tatoo/bong parlour and the ever-corrupt
> Santa Cruz Low-Income Housing Asscociation ($1200/mo apts for $300),
> it's the only free-standing private business left on Pacific Avenue
> that I can think of at the moment.
> 
> I spose this means the bulldozer will be along soon.  I hope they hold
> out.

There are several others: La Famiglia Latino Handout Center, Lesbigay
Outreach, the body peircing place, and Planned Parenthood.

--Tim May