Preserve a Fun Place - Moodollars Cafe

[TBone]

There will be a meeting at 7 PM Tuesday, June 9 at Moondollars Cafe in
Jackson Square to brainstorm ideas to help save this great place for
food and music. If you want to sustain something worthwhile in Oak
Ridge, come on down and share what you know, your ideas. The question
is, "Can our community actively create the kind of retail venues we
believe will help sustain OR as a fun and great place to live or must
we leave it to the marketplace - red in tooth and claw?"

[Julio Ibanez]

I would love to hear how this turned out if anyone wants to post an
update. I had prior commitments, but have been hearing a lot about
Moondollars and was going to be stopping in soon to check it out. I
hope they're not in too much trouble!

In the process, since I'm new to the area, I'd love to hear about any
other local restaurant recommendations that are off the beaten path.
Big Ed's=firmly on beaten path. Good food, good for the community,
but I already know it's there. In fact, I think they hand you a flier
with your purchase contract or rental agreement. At least, they
should. :)

[nb...@ion.chem.utk.edu]

magic wok. hands down best food on the planet. don't expect a menu; just
ask miss Betty for the special. It's on Tyler road. Also, next door is a
little grocery with a fantastic Mexican deli. Around the corner is the
Homeland cafe with (from what I hear) pierogies to write home about.

[lostsc...@bellsouth.net]

Didn't the homelands cafe go out of biz? What oak Ridge needs in my humble opinion is a good currie house, but then you would expect an ex-Brit to say that.

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[Victoria Medaglia]

Homeland cafe is still here. It moved. I forget where -- somewhere closer to the turnpike.
A curry house would be wonderful! The very thought brings back memories.

On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 8:21 AM, <lostsc...@bellsouth.net> wrote:

Didn't the homelands cafe go out of biz? What oak Ridge needs in my humble opinion is a good currie house, but then you would expect an ex-Brit to say that.

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Men marched asleep...

 

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>
> magic wok. hands down best food on the planet. don't expect a menu; just
> ask miss Betty for the special. It's on Tyler road. Also, next door is a
> little grocery with a fantastic Mexican deli. Around the corner is the
> Homeland cafe with (from what I hear) pierogies to write home about.
>
>
>
>

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Modernity has drawn a line. A line around voices. A line under the past. It has circled, encompassed, enclosed voices, in order to separate them, in order to order them, in order to set them one against the other.
-- Eloise Knowlton: Joyce, Joyceans, and the Rhetoric of Citation

[kelly...@comcast.net]

Have you been here yet?  Also, Gourmet  Cafe has a bit to offer, but selfishly I am biased to say Moondollars is the best. :-)  Ok, I sneak to Betty's too...some amazement at how she can offer one option every day and still pack the place out.  Wow.  Amazing.  What if I just start having ONLY burgers...hmmmmm....and beer.

Kelly

[kelly...@comcast.net]

Homeland is
----- Original Message -at 154 Talmeda, which is near Appalachian Underwriters building on the strip mall behind...hugh neon sign.  Open still different hours, but phone number is 483-4818. Tell them the people at Moondollars sent ya (oh, and our number is 482 1568...shameless plug).  There are new maps that have these and other businesses (shopping and dining) available from Oak Ridge City Visitors and Convention Bureau on Turnpike (at old Wildcat Den building on corner across from Mickey's Produce and next to Universalist Unitarian Church).

Kelly Ayers
Moondollars Cafe

From: "Victoria Medaglia" <paper...@gmail.com>
To: sustain-...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 8:34:11 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: Preserve a Fun Place - Moodollars Cafe

[Julio Ibanez]

Nice! I was wondering about Magic Wok, I will definitely have to try
it!

A curry house sounds good, even to a non-Brit!

On a slightly unrelated note to curry, I was directed to a fantastic
Mediterranean place by a co-worker. It's hidden amongst the abandoned
storefronts in the back of that shopping center across from the
Hospital on the turnpike. If anyone else knows what I'm talking about
chime in. Otherwise, I'll dig up a name for anyone interested.

And, Kelly, Moondollars is on our list to try for sure! :)

On Jun 10, 8:50 am, kellyay...@comcast.net wrote:
> Homeland is
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -at 154 Talmeda, which is near Appalachian Underwriters building on the strip mall behind...hugh neon sign. Open still different hours, but phone number is 483-4818. Tell them the people at Moondollars sent ya (oh, and our number is 482 1568...shameless plug). There are new maps that have these and other businesses (shopping and dining) available from Oak Ridge City Visitors and Convention Bureau on Turnpike (at old Wildcat Den building on corner across from Mickey's Produce and next to Universalist Unitarian Church).
>
> Kelly Ayers
> Moondollars Cafe
>

> From: "Victoria Medaglia" <paperma...@gmail.com>
> To: sustain-...@googlegroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 8:34:11 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: Preserve a Fun Place - Moodollars Cafe
>
> Homeland cafe is still here. It moved. I forget where -- somewhere closer to the turnpike.
> A curry house would be wonderful! The very thought brings back memories.
>

> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 8:21 AM, < lostscots...@bellsouth.net > wrote:
>
> Didn't the homelands cafe go out of biz? What oak Ridge needs in my humble opinion is a good currie house, but then you would expect an ex-Brit to say that.
>
> --
> Men marched asleep...
>
> -------------- Original message from nb...@ion.chem.utk.edu : --------------
>
> > magic wok. hands down best food on the planet. don't expect a menu; just
> > ask miss Betty for the special. It's on Tyler road. Also, next door is a
> > little grocery with a fantastic Mexican deli. Around the corner is the
> > Homeland cafe with (from what I hear) pierogies to write home about.
>
> --
> Modernity has drawn a line. A line around voices. A line under the past. It has circled, encompassed, enclosed voices, in order to separate them, in order to order them, in order to set them one against the other.

> -- Eloise Knowlton: Joyce, Joyceans, and the Rhetoric of Citation- Hide quoted text -
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> - Show quoted text -

[Victoria Medaglia]

Julio, would that be Mediterranean Delight?

Victoria

[Julio Ibanez]

That's the one! Thanks!

Very good food and fresh hummus! I think they might have a dining
space, but I get the sense that it's more of a takeout sorta joint.

Julio

On Jun 10, 9:40 pm, Victoria Medaglia <paperma...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Julio, would that be Mediterranean Delight?
>
> Victoria
>

[kelly...@comcast.net]

Hummus is fresh at Moondollars and Venice Pizza as well.

Kelly
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[Victoria Medaglia]

Mediterranean Delight is primarily take-out, but they have a small room next door where you can, as they say, "sit in." No atmosphere, but the food is so good you don't notice. BTW, they buy local produce when they can get it.

Victoria

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He who postpones the hour of living is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses. -Horace, poet and satirist (65-8 BCE)

[bob_in_oakridge]

We tried Homeland Cafe when it was in the house,we had thought they
went out of business too..The food was outstanding.I have not tried
Magic Wok but friends come from Knoxville to go there.Great Mexican
food,El Arriero.They have taken down the sign because they are
changing their name.Its on the turnpike next to Little Caesars and the
tanning salon.I do have one suggestion.Oak Ridge needs to advertise
its businesses better.Dont just leave it up to the businesses
themselves.Help them out.The City also needs to advertise the events
better.

[bob_in_oakridge]

I have to agree.We were at the fresh market one time and that is how
we found out about Moondollars.I really like the atmosphere.Very
friendly people.They took the time to come by our table a number of
times to chat with us and ask about the food.What they do is what is
lacking in the average restaurant today.