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Cafe stands as testament to town, time.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 29-APR-03
Format: Online - approximately 706 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Cafe stands as testament to town, time.(Columns)(Column)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Bob Welch / The Register-Guard

SHEDD - I'm only halfway through my breakfast Friday morning at the Shedd Cafe when I realize it: I've stumbled upon a lost tribe.

There's no suit-and-cell-phone crowd here, cramming down franchise specials while racing off to palm-pilot appointments. Instead, a handful of 70-plus men in plaid shirts and farm caps sit at one table. Mostly 70-plus women sit at another, each group melded by stories thicker than biscuits and gravy.

"This place is a cross between `Ozzie & Harriet' and `The Twilight Zone,' ' says John Huddleston, who runs the lone restaurant in this unincorporated town on Highway...

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