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New restaurant is more than “Sooo Gute”
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Michelle Paulman/DN
Carol and Guenther Beckmann, owners of Beckmann International, sit at a table at their new
German restaurant, Sooo Gute, 130 N. 13th St.
By Sarah Duey
Staff Reporter
Polka music, bralwursl, red cab
bage and Warstcincr beer arc a
“wunderbar” combination.
Instead of traveling across the At
lantic Ocean to find such pleasures,
Lincolnitcs now can taste old world
Germany in downtown Lincoln.
“Sooo Gulc stands for good Ger
man food,” said Gunther Beckmann,
owner of Sooo Gulc, 130 N. 13th St.
“Sooo Gulc” means “so good” in
English.
Beckmann first came to Nebraska
in 1956 to practice cabinctmaking
and building in the Old-World man
ner. He is now showing his love for
the United States by bringing the au
thentic German taste here.
Sooo Gulc offers more than 50
varieties of gourmet German meals, a
bakery counter full of fresh pastries
and hard rolls and a deli with more
than 40 imported German goodies,
Beckmann said.
“I must point out the applesauce
tortc,” Beckmann said. “Every birth
day, my mother made it for me, and
now I’m making it here.”
The menu features the “truly Ger
man meats”—Frikadcllcn, bralwursl
and knackwursl, Beckmann said. Red
cabbage and mustard accompany the
meats, which arc 80 percent lean.
“I must say that American burgers
and dogs never tasted this good,”
Beckmann said.
Beckmann’s wife, Carol, said lhal
University of Ncbraska-Lincoln Food
Processing played an instrumental part
in helping Sooo Gule with pricing and
handling techniques. -
The downtown Lincoln restaurant
is only the start of the Sooo Gule
concept. Beckmann International
hopes loexpand its restaurant concept
.into other heavily German-populated
areas.
Beckmann said he thought lhal
because of the great German popula
tion, Americans were ready to taste
German gourmet food.
Because Beckmann has lived in
Lincoln for 12 years, and Nebraska
has a 46 percent German heritage
population, he started the franchise
here.
Beckmann said his company also
manufactured push-carts and trailers
that serve these same German good
ies.
“We call our concept a ‘ fest, ’ wh ich
means To celebrate’ in German,”
Beckmann said.
“We celebrate our concept.”
Beckmann said he had to be com
mitted to make his concept work.
“I have to cat, drink and sleep it,
otherwise, it isn’t possible,” he said.
Beckmann said Sooo Gule, which
opened June 19, had already experi
enced great success.
“We’ve been told we have the best
potato salad west of the Mississippi.”
Kansas Festival to link
college, veteran bands
Venture sparks
2nd annual gig
By Stacey McKenzie
Senior Reporter
A calm, 20-acre field seven miles
outside of Lawrence, Kan., will
sprout five bands Saturday at the
second River Valley Music Festi
val.
The eight-hour festival has grand
offerings of rock V roll, R&B,
gospel and soul.
The festival’s showboats are
Little Feat and the BoDcans.
Soul Food Cafe, The Red Devils
and Lawrence’s Baghdad Jones also
will play.
The first festival attracted about
7,500 people from 10 states.
Promoters said they hoped to
double attendance this timearound.
Little Feat — They’ve been
around for two decades and arc on
their 12th album. The seven-man
band regrouped in 1988, and has
since pul out three albums.
BoDcans—The BoDcans’repu
tation as one of the great college
rock bands still holds with their
latest release, “Black and White.”
The BoDcans’ grit shows in their
live performances as well as on
their albums.
Soul Food Calc — This five
piece R&B, soul and gospel band
from Dallas was named Best New
Original Band in The Dallas
Observer’s 1991 readers’ poll.
The Red Devi Is—Named “Best
Blues Artist” at the 1992 Los An
geles M usic A wards, The Red Dev
ils have played to packed houses
around the L.A. area. The Red
Devils just released their first al
bum, “King, King,” on Def Ameri
can Records.
Baghdad Jones—A seven-piece
R&B band from Lawrence,
Baghdad Jones features a sax
Jriven sound seasoned by the soul
ful voice of Buffy Barton.
Short-lived flicks peak interest
By Anne Steyer
Staff Reporter
9 Another minor week for home
video — more small releases.
Though that is not to say that these
offerings arc not fit Jfof viewing, just
that they did little at the box office and
probably won’t be in high demand on
video.
“Mississippi Masala” Director
Mira Nair’s (“Salaam Bombay!”) lat
est film has been compared to “Jungle
Fever” because of the interracial ro
mance at its center.
Like “Jungle Fever,” this film docs
more than examine the love affair of
two very different people — it exam
ines the difficulty their families and
their communities have in dealing
with their relationship.
Nair explores the relationship and
also incorporates the importance of
trust, family ties and culture.
Denzel Washington (Oscar winner
for “Glory” and the star of thcupcom
ing “Malcolm X”) and Anglo-Indian
newcomer Sarita Choudhury play two
people from different backgrounds
who are falling in love in the New
South. Hence the title: the location,
and masala refers to a blend of spices.
“White Sands” Mickey Rourkc
adds another sleazy, bad-guy role to
his already full collection (“Wild Or
chid,”*^ 1/2 Weeks”) in this compli
cated mystery/thriller.
Willem Dafoe (“Platoon”) also
stars as a small town New Mexico
deputy. He follows the tracks left by
a dead man directly into a hornet’s
nest replete with illegal activities and
unscrupulous federal agents.
Mary Elizabeth Maslrontonio
(“Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves”) is
the requisite skin.
Also this week:
“TimeOut: The Truth About HIV,
AIDS and You” Arscnio Hall and
Magic Johnson, together with some
special guests, give the straight talk
on AIDS. Both talk confidently and
with concern to young people about
this serious epidemic.
“The Playboys” played Lincoln
for a very short lime this summer. It
stars Robin Wright (“The Princess
Bride”) Aidan Quinn (“Avalon”) as
two members in a love triangle set in
Ireland.
Although it did not play here,
“Leaving Normal” looks like it will
be worth a watch. It stars the under
appreciated Christine Lahti (“Run
ning on Empty”) and Meg Tilly (“Big
Chill”) as two women who find them
selves during a road trip to Alaska, a
la “Thelma and Louise” meets “Easy
Rider.”
MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
By The Associated Press
1. “The Firm,” John Grisham
(Island-Dell)
2. “A Time to Kill,” John
Grisham (Dell)
3. “Night Over Water,” Ken
Follcll (Signet)
4. “The Sum of All Fears,” Tom
Clancy (Berkley)
5. “Needful Things,” Stephen
King (Signet)
6. “The Novel,” James Michencr
(Fawcett)
7. “Against the Wind,” J. F.
Freedman (Signet)
8. “Outer Banks,” Anne Rivers
Siddons (Harper Paperbacks)
9. “Exceptional Clearance,”
William Caunitz (Bantam)
10. “Sec Jane Run,” Joy Field
ing (Avon)
11. “Games of the Hangman,”
Victor O’Reilly (Berkley)
12. “The Choice,” Barry Reed
(St. Marlin’s)
13. “Daniel’s Bride,” Linda L.
Miller (Pocket)
14. “The Kitchen God’s Wife,”
Amy Tan (Ivy)
15. “Xanth 15: The Color of Her
Panties,” Piers Anthony (Avon)
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20 Vehicles For Sale
1991 Geo Metro convertible, red. AM/FM laps 14.000
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