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Exercise 5

Exercise 5

Read the descriptive paragraph below about The Mid-Town Café. Try to visualize the place inside your mind. Next, in the area below, describe your favorite restaurant in a paragraph or two. Pretend you are describing the place to someone who has never been there before. Be sure to use lots of detail and description to make the place come to life. You may want to suggest a favorite dish or time of day to visit.

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	The Mid-Town Café has one of the best steak and cheese sandwiches in Boston. This tiny restaurant only has four tables, and the line at lunchtime is usually out the door. All of their sandwiches are huge and are served on crisp, French bread. Besides sandwiches they also serve pasta and salads. All of the menu items are listed on a clean, white wall facing the front. Four people usually work behind the counter, and they are always pleasant and smile. After a few times, they will remember your name and yell hello to you as you near the door. Only serving lunch, the restaurant is not widely known, and you would probably walk right by it if you didn’t know it was there. The best way to enjoy the Mid-Town Café is to arrive an hour after lunchtime when things have died down. That way you can order and get a seat and watch all the cars and people pass you by outside.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

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