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By Justin Zamudio, San Angelo Standard-Times, Texas | |
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The
The restaurant will serve breakfast, lunch and dinner. It will feature
The menu will feature lunch items such as salads, sandwiches and entrées along the line of chicken-fried steak and nachos.
Dinner items will be more fine dining and consist of steaks, chops and seafood with vegetarian items, McDonald said. Unique items will be concocted in the scratch kitchen -- including ice cream enchiladas, which are essentially Mexican-style crepes.
"Our prices are going to be very good. We're going to be competitive," McDonald said.
"We're striving to be the best restaurant in
Having the full-service designation will enable the
Poor management nearly sunk the once-booming establishment.
A few years ago a skeleton crew scraped by to keep the 147-room hotel functional. There were nights when there was zero occupancy. The reputation of the hotel had become tarnished around the Concho Valley, and the building fell into disrepair.
A building contractor bamboozled by the then-hotel owners was granted a lien to the hotel to compensate for construction costs. The contractor hired a hotel management firm that pulled the hotel from the ashes of Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Today the hotel management is rebuilding relationships that were damaged by previous owners, and it is taking full advantage of the lodging boom at a time when a number of hotels are simultaneously being constructed. The hotel is fully staffed and constantly remains near capacity, said
On Tuesday the
Men focus of health fair
Men are the focus of an upcoming health fair hosted by
The event will be at
The health fair will feature numerous screenings, such as blood pressure and blood sugar checks, bone density examinations and a body mass index analysis. It coincides with Men's Health Week, which is intended to heighten the awareness of preventable health problems and encourage early detection and treatment of diseases among boys and men.
"Bottom line is the men's health fair focus is to get men to take ownership of their own health," said
"It doesn't mean that if they go in and get their annual physical that they are less of a man for doing that. It actually means the opposite -- that they are concerned about their health and want to be really healthy for themselves and their families."
Although men are the focus of the health fair, women are encouraged to attend, Campbell said. There will be a wide array of health pamphlets, resources and door prizes, he said.
Representatives from major insurance carriers will be present to answer questions about health care coverage, Campbell said.
"With the advent of the Affordable Care Act it became obvious to (insurance representatives) they needed to be in the community and provide information firsthand," Campbell said.
"It will be a lot of fun for everybody, and it will also be educational."
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