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THE OXFORD BLUE BOOK MICHAELMAS TERM I968 ms port- Restaurants 'VWa^,A?aps3port* £ Wrf°ert8 1 t Exhi^iti ^Clothes " Plays .f.xo^® M„+n THE OXFORD BLUE BOOK Number 6 Circulation 7000 EDITORIAL OFFICE: 74 Woodstock Road, Oxford. LONDON ADVERTISEMENT OFFICE: 4 Fitzroy Square, W. 1. Tel. EUSton 4455. MANAGING EDITOR: Stephen Foster (Magdalen) ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Adrian Tayler EDITORIAL STAFF: Chris Osland (Hertford), Jonathan Murray, Maggie Smith (St. Hugh's) ADVERTISING: Stephen Foster, Adrian Tayler ARTWORK: David Gamblin INDEX Art 25 Music 28 Bands 30 NUS Concessions 34 Buses 39 Organisations 3 c; Cafes 4 Plays 3265 Coaches 39 Postal Information 35 Dress Hire 30 Printing 35 Films 27 Restaurants 4 Halls for Hire 30 Sport 29 Hotels 32 Telephone Nos. 33 Information 32 The Press Local Communications 9 Trains 49 Map of Oxford City 22-23 Transport 39 Motoring 34 Typing and Duplicating 43 Maison Francaise 10 Although every attempt is made to ensure that information given in this book is accurate ,m>l impartial, the Editor cannot accept any responsibility for loss or inconvenience caused by inloiiii.nl> supplied to him incorrectly, or which has become incorrect through lapse of time, clcrlal 01 min i >- Published by Pergamon Press Ltd. Printing by Bletchley Printers; binding by Henry Brooks (i »xbn.I) I '* Bring your grant cheque to the Midland Use it to start a bank manager for bank account with advice—and help the Midland. Then —on your finances. we’ll very quickly And while you're a give you a cheque full-time student-, book with which to you won’t be asked draw cash or-pay to pay a penny in bills. charges, provided It’s nice to know you keep your, your money is account in credit. absolutely safe. But a bank Give your local Midland account with us promises you manager a ring—his number something more. A chance to is in the ’phone book—or go budget your money each term; and see him about opening an and the right to go to your account. Do it now. Midland Bank EATING IN OXFORD CONTINENTAL ELIZABETH (French), 84 St. Aldate's. Impeccable service, superb cooking, very generous portions, excellent wine list. All in all, it is very reasonable at about £2 a head. Open daily except Monday (and Tuesday out of term). 12.30 - 2 pm; 7-11 pm. Because of limited space it is advisable to book. La CAPANNINA (Italian), 247 Cowley Road (opposite the Regal Cinema). Decorated with rustic beams candles, coloured lights and plastic grapes. Food is excellent, it is best to stick to the Italian dishes - the pastas are particularly good. Main meat dishes are heavily spiced and hot. Probably this is the only place in Oxford where you can eat Calamares. Good selection of Italian wines; also Ordinaire by the glass. Approx. 25/- per person for three courses. Open daily 12-3 pm; 6-11.30 pm. La CANTINA di CAPRI (Italian), 34 Queen Street. The atmosphere of this cellar restaurant is pleasant without being too pretentious. Good pate and pasta: Spaghetti 6/6. The best value main courses are the Italian dishes - the steak was thought rather expensive. Both veal dishes are good and there is a varied sweet trolley - the orange fruit salad in liqueur is delicious. The service is swift and attentive. Limited wine list, not cheap. Approx. 25/- per person. Closed Thursday; Lunch 12.30 - 2.30, dinner 6-11.30 pm. La SORBONNE (French), 130a High Street. Oak beamed, pleasing and genuine decor; atmosphere as French as they come, as are the prices. About £2 a head will buy you an excellent meal, served with great panache by highly efficient and charming waiters. Downstairs there is a Casse-croute, open at lunchtime only, where you can eat for about 10/-, but the service was found to be less helpful than in the main restaurant. Open 12-3 pm; 7-11 pm. Not easy to find since it is down a narrow alley opposite Webber's. LUNA CAPRESE (Italian) 4 North Parade. Decorated Caprl- style with a rather swinging clientele. Excellent, quite friendly service. The food is exclusively Italian; there is a good choice on the menu and the overall quality is high. Pasta 5/-, veal dishes about 14/-; vegetables extra. The wine list is limited and expensive. Open 12 - 2.30 pm; 6 - 11.30 pm. RUSTIC GRILL (Spanish and Traditional), 16 Turl Street. This restaurant takes up the ground floor of the Taj Mahal, and will even serve curries from upstairs on request. Perhaps unfortunately named, since grills as -we know them are not the main item of fare; nor is the decor very rustic. However, the Spanish dishes are reliable and live up to the Taj's tradition of generous helpings, although one investigator was rather put out when the Indian waiter told him that Chicken Andalusienne (10/6) was an "English" dish. SEVILLE CELLAR (Spanish), Queen St. Oxford's only all Spanish restaurant. Tortilla is good value at 5s. Poor selection of sweets and service could be more energetic. Eating is by candlelight. 4 ENGLISH BROWN'S CAFE The Market. Bread-and-dripping atmosphere, but food quite wholesome. Open daily 9 a.m. -5.15 pm except Thursday. CLARENDON George St. A main restaurant of good quality with an attached self-service cafeteria. The latter has a better atmosphere than Crawford's, though the food is not always as good. Open 10 am - 8 pm. CRAWFORD'S Queen Street. A large cafeteria. All human life is represented here. Good choice of a la carte dishes; helpings generous for the price e.g. steak and kidney pie and two veg. for 4/-. Open daily 9.30 am to 8.00 pm. EASTGATE GRILL BAR, High St. Good blend of restaurant and pub atmosphere. Rather expensive - Prawn Cocktail 5/-. Service tends to be slow. Wine list available 11.45 am - 2.15 pm., 6.30 - 10pm. FINE FOOD, 64 Cowley Rd. This cafeteria seems to have established itself fairly well now and has considerably more character than hitherto. Open most of the day, seven days a week. Cheap and good value. FULLERS, 24 Cornmarket St. Small restaurant serving hot and cold dishes around 10/- per head. Service slow; best range of ices and sundaes in Oxford. Open 9 am - 6 pm. Closed Saturday. GEORGE’S CAFE, The Market. Best breakfast in town for 2/6. Tea in pint mugs. Open weekdays 7.30 am - 5.00. Closed at 1.30 on Thursday. HEALTH FOOD STORES, 70 High St. Limited choice in sub terranean room. Smoking forbidden. Open weekdays 9 am - 5.30 pm. Closed at 1 pm on Thursday. JERICHO HOUSE, Walton St. A Berni pub-cum-steakhouse. Range of steaks around the 12/6. mark with choice of cheese and biscuits or ice cream to follow. LONG JOHNS, Ship St. Small modern snack bar. Limited menu, though some items are good value. Quick service. Also cellar ’bistro’.. ROEBUCK GRILL, Market St. Decor characterless, but service impressive. Food good and inexpensive. Allow £1 per head. Open 12-2.30 pm. 6-10.30 pm. TACKLEY HOTEL, 106-High Street. Excellent food at exception ally reasonable prices; dinner at approx. 27s. 6d. per head. Their coffee lounge is one of the town's best cheap restaurants, although service may be slow sometimes. Licensed. Open 12-2 pm., 6-11 pm. WELSH PONY HOTEL, Restaurant seating 40 and one of the busiest trades in snack lunches in the town. Italian dishes also available at reasonable prices e.g. spaghetti only 3s. WIMPY BAR, St. Giles. Small. Hamburgers here are better than you'll get from the hot-dog-men and cost only about 3d more. Quite the worst service in any Wimpy Bar our investigator had ever entered! 5 • Very easy Parking • Supper Licence LOTUS • Parties Catered for HOUSE • Dancing floor available Chinese restaurant OPEN DAILY 197 Banbury Rd. Tel: 54239 12 noon • 3 p. m. (Close to Summertown Shopping Centre! 6p.m. • Midnight Golden Palace Golden City Restaurant (Oxford Ltd) Restaurant fully licensed until 11.30 pm parties catered for 21-27 George Street, Oxford. 1 ship Street, Oxford. (1st floor) Tel. 42317 Tel. 48224 and 49151 open daily 12 noon-11.30 pm special luncheons served from 12 noon 2.30 pm mon-fri bamboo house CHINESE RESTAURANT Fully Licensed & Special Undergraduate Lunch 5/6 Mon.-Fri. 36, Little Clarendon Street Oxford. Tel. 54594 OPEN DAILY 12-3, 5.30-11.30. 6 ORIENTAL BAMBOO HOUSE, Little Clarendon Street. Very pleasant modern Chinese decor. Food good, but not cheap. Dinner for two about 25/- to30/-. Especially well done: sweet-sour pork, spare ribs. Service very helpful. One of the best Chinese restaurants in Oxford. Open 12 to 3 pm, 5.30 to 11.30, and all day Sunday. DEAR FRIENDS, Woodstock Road. Intimate atmosphere - the restaurant consists of several small rooms each with three or four tables. Service not very helpful. Cheaper dishes no better than those of other restaurants, but the expensive ones are very good. Delicious selection of soups - especially worthwhile Crab Foo Yung. DILUNIA (Indian), ,108 Walton St. Inexpensive with curries around the 6s. mark. Generally unexciting. Open daily 12-3 pm.; 6-midnight. GOLDEN CITY, 1 Ship Street. Good choice of Chinese dishes. Try their chicken chop suey and egg pancakes. Prices not as reasonable as they used to be (average per person about 10/-). Service fairly quick but not particularly helpful. GOLDEN PALACE, 21-27 George Street. Pleasant decor and at atmosphere suitable for more formal functions and parties.