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Opening set
A scene of the dining area of the Crab Claw Seafood House
scheduled to open to the public for lunch and dinner, May
16.
The ‘Crab Claw’
IS ready to open
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
Back Mountain residents who enjoy the seafood houses of Maryland
in less than two weeks.
Paul Bankovich will open the Crab Claw, modeled after the seafood
houses of Maryland and the New England coasts, May 16, serving
fresh seafood for lunch and dinner daily.
Formerly from Swoyersville, Bankovich and his wife, Arlene, with
their two sons, Paul and Jeff, now live in Dallas. They opened their
retail seafood store about three years ago on Memorial Highway,
Dallas. Now, Bankovich, math instructor at Luzerne County Commu-
nity College for the past 19 years, will fulfill a lifelong ambition when
he opens his seafood restaurant. His will be the only restaurant in the
area having live lobsters available from which customers may select
those of their choice from the large holding tanks. The lobsters as
well as other seafood will be trucked in daily by Bankovich’s own
trucks, from the Chesapeake Bay or from the shores of New England.
The Crab Claw, name of the new restaurant, will be open every day
but Monday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., with both lunch and dinner
served at prices affordable to all. Lunch will be served beginning at
11 a.m. and dinner will be served beginning at 3 p.m.
The diningroom and grill room, which accommodates approxi-
mately 100 persons is furnished in solid light oak and is highlighted by
earth tones of brown and beige. Paintings and prints featuring scenes
from the Chesapeake or the New England Shore add to the seafood
house atmosphere. A huge satellite mounted on the roof provides
programs from all parts of the world and raw clam and oyster bars
afford customers to order then sit and watch the clams or oysters
shucked and prepared for serving.
All food served at the Crab Claw is prepared on the premises and is
fresh daily. Nothing is frozen and the large, all-stainless steel kitchen
has a 20-foot stainless steel sink at one end where all live crabs are
placed then washed and iced down. The ice makes them numb before
they are steamed for serving to customers. Huge broilers accommo-
date preparation of the food and two huge walk in freezers hold the
live seafood when it is brought in by truck.
The Crab Claw will feature as its specialty - ‘crabs’ - but the menu
also includes items for everyone. But all diners are advised
“B.Y.0.B.” - that’s right - “Bring Your Own Bottle.”” The Crab Claw
does not have a liquor license, but will provide diners with set-ups if
desired.
Their menu is best described as ‘Menuficent” at prices for the
entire family. Specialties include steamed crabs, steamed shrimp,
steamed stone crab claws, lobster-crabs, steamed Maine jumbo crabs
or blue crab claws, all seasoned with Bankovich’s own Chesapeake
spice.
The luncheon menu includes sandwiches of crabcake, softshell
crab, fish fillet, snow crab salad, pile high ham or salami or sirloin
burger. all served on a hard roll with potato chips and cole slaw;
stews, chowders or soups; steamed clams, steamed mussels or
steamed oysters. raw clam or oyster bar; variety of seafood
appetizers, side dishes and delicious salads which for the light
appetite are meals alone.
Dinner entrees, served from 3 to 10 p.m., include stuffed flounder,
fresh fish catch of the day, combination platter, Maryland crab bake,
fried oysters, lobster tail, scallops, surf and turf, New York strip
steak, Maine lobster and a New England bake of lobster, clams,
hardshell crab, potato and corn on the cob (in season, of course).
Soda, coffee, ice tea are the beverages unless one brings in their own
alcoholic beverage. Desserts are prepared on the premises as is
everything else and they are equally delicious.
If you have been to a Maryland or New England Seafood House,
_ come to the Crab Claw and compare. “Perfection is the Bankovich
motto.” If you have never been to a Shore seafood house, now is the
‘ime to try dining at one in your own community.
Many area residents enjoy
visiting New York City periodically
to see a Broadway show or to shop
at such stores as Macy’s or
Gimbel’s. Some travel to New York
simply to see the ‘“‘sights.”
Whatever the reason for the trip,
visitors can find an entertaining,
educational and inexpensive tour
available to them. This tour is the
NBC Studio Tour (New York).
The tour
affords people the.
opportunity to
find out what
goes on behind
the scenes of a
radio and
television studio,
the latest in video
effects and
technology, and
the early history
of the NBC
broadcasting
network.
Visitors are escorted throughout
the facility by a knowledgeable NBC
guide who is willing to answer any
questions posed. The tour is the
chance to find out about NBC from
its origins to the season’s hit shows.
There is even a special photo
gallery in the studio that reflects
the network of yesterday and today.
People on tour visit such famous
sets as “The Today Show,” “NBC
Nightly News,’’ the control room of
WNBC-AM Radio, videotape room,
makeup room, and the famous
Studio 8H-currently the home of
‘Saturday Night Live,” and ‘‘The
David Letterman Show.”
The Mini-Studio is set up to show
those interested how one looks on
camera, how ‘“The Tonight Show’’ is
produced, how sound effects
operate, and how graphics are used
on the TV monitor. Visitors also
discover how a major network
covers a main sports event using
the new ‘Van Go” mobile unit.
The NBC Radio and Television
Studio Tour is located in the RCA
Building, Rockefeller Center, in the
heart of New York City. The tour is
one of a working facility so often the
bn throughout the course of the
our.
Tickets are sold on a first-come-
first-served basis so it is advised to
get to Rockefeller Plaza early to be
assured of a reservation. The tour
lasts approximately an hour and
departs at regular intervals from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. The NBC Tour in
New York is not as eleaborate as
the one in California, but it is well
worth the time and effort.
Another point of interest, not far
from the NBC Studio Tour, is the
Museum of Broadcasting. It houses
a radio collection beginning with a
1920 broadcast by Franklin d.
Roosevelt, an eye witness account
of the Hindenburg disaster, reports
of the dropping of the first atomic
bomb on Hiroshima, and many
other events in news, sports, public
affairs, and entertainment.
The Museum’s television
collections include such Golden Age
TV dramas as “Marty,” ‘Requiem
of a Heavyweight,” “the
Shakespeare Plays,” “Civilization”
and “The Ascent of Man.” Ed
Sullivan, the Beatles, Lucille Ball
and the like live again at the
Museum.
A computer-generated card
catalog lists 10,000 radio and 8000
television programs available to the
public. Twenty-three custom-built
consoles, each equipped with a
for viewing or listening, to
individually-selected programs.
(Debbey Wysocki is the
entertainment writer for The Dallas
Post. Her column appears weekly.)
(The following Back Mountain
couples have applied for marriage
licenses at the Luzerne County
Courthouse during the past week: )
HAROLD S. STOUT, 49 Staub Rd.,
Trucksville, and HEIKE BERN-
HARDT, 1313 Murray St., Forty
Fort.
CHRISTOPHER TROY GORDON,
RD 2, Box 87, Harvey’s Lake, to
DENISE K. MAHONEY, RD 1, Box
276K, Sweet Valley.
DOUGLAS GALLUP, 179 Main
St., Dallas, to, BRENDA KORMIS,
RD 5, Shavertown.
WILLIAM C. REINERT, 35 N.
Pioneer Ave., Shavertown, to
CAROLE A. PALEY, 9 Woodcrest
Dr., Wilkes-Barre.
ROBERT S. WINEMAN, 201 Val-
lley View Park, Dallas, to LINDA
COOLBAUGH, 201 Valley View
Park, Dallas.
DAVID A. BUTLER, RD 1, Box
25, Noxen, to POLLY ANNE SWEP-
STON, RD 1, Box 447, Dallas.
GERARD DEAN CHOPKA, RD 1,
Box 22C, Sweet Valley, to LORI
ANN DOMINICK, 73 LaGrange St.,
Pittston.
ROBERT L. SCRANAGE, RD 1,
Box 28B, Harvey's Lake, to
JOANNE ELICK, 327 No. Main St.,
Plains.
EDWARD J. HANN, 148 Parrish
St., Dallas, to NANCY E. SHEL-
DON, Pellam Terrace, RD 1,
Dallas.
ARTHUR PIMM, Box 58, RD 2,
Harvey’s Lake, to REGINA PIMM,
Rr. 88 Dana St., Forty Fort.
CLARENCE R. RESEIGH, P.O.
Box 43, Dallas, to DENISE J.
CAVE, RD 1, Box 33, Dallas.
Births
(The following Back Mountain
couple announced a birth this past
week: )
and DEBORAH, 11 Westminster
Drive, Dallas, a son, Friday, April
25.
Visgilio named to committee
Thomas Visgilio, associate profes-
sor of philosophy and director of the
gerontology program at King’s Col-
lege, has been appointed to the
Standards Committee of the Asso-
ciation for Gerontology in Higher
Education.
The 12-member national commit-
tee was established to formulate
and implement a set of standards
which will be used to assess all
The set of standards adopted by the
Committee will eventually be used
programs will be accredited by the
The Committee is expected to
nn .E
annual meeting of the natinal asso-
ciation to be held next March in
Boston. :
Visgilio, a resident of Shavertown,
was appointed to the national com-
mittee by William Hayes, president-
elect of the Association for Geron-
tology in Higher Education and
director of the gerontology center at
Wichita State University.
Visgilio is King’s representative
for the national organization, which
includes representatives from 270
colleges and universities in the
country.
Visgilio earned his Bachelor’s
degree from Georgetown University
and his Master’s degree from For-
dham University.
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