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CNN Live At Daybreak
Olympic Security, Night Life Ready for Visitors
Aired February 12, 2002 - 06:31 ET
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: We want to go live to the Olympics now. It's not yet daybreak in Salt Lake City, but our Sean Callebs is already up and out this morning joining us with the latest on an industry that hopes to get a real lift from these Winter Games -- Sean.
SEAN CALLEBS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes you're exactly right. We're talking about the ski industry, but pick up just a moment on the security that you talked about. U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft was out here, of course, before the games began, viewing everything. There are 16,000 law enforcement officers on hand right now, and at the time Ashcroft said that really the work here would be a work in progress.
The fact that the Olympic site could, perhaps pose an attractive target to terrorists comes as no surprise to anyone. Now we have not seen a great deal of added security or any changes rather in security, but all along they said they wanted the law enforcement officers to be in the background, not to be something that really detracted from the athletes and the games themselves -- Carol.
COSTELLO: All right, Sean Callebs reporting live from Salt Lake City.
We want to stay with the Olympics for just a time and lighten the mood. We want to talk about the night life at the games. Helping us with that is Nina Zagat is co-founder and co-chair of the Zagat Survey. Oh, Sean's with us too, so you can hear about the night life too.
CALLEBS: I'm not going to walk away just yet. We spend a lot of time out here in the evenings. It's been a wonderful place.
COSTELLO: I'm sure it has. OK, Ms. Zagat, let's get this straight. You're from the Zagat's Book -- is it Zagat or Zagat?
NINA ZAGAT, ZAGAT SURVEY: It's Zagat, like the cat in the hat.
COSTELLO: You know me and my friends were talking about that just the other day. But anyway, you've cleared that up for us, and we sure appreciate it, but tell us about the night life in Salt Lake City. Where are the best places to go?
ZAGAT: Well we have our new Salt Lake City guide, and in it we've got over 2,100 local people voted on 556 restaurants and they're prepared to tell you some good places to go.
COSTELLO: So what are those good places? Give us one.
ZAGAT: Well the most popular place is The New Yorker Club.
COSTELLO: The New Yorker Club in Salt Lake.
ZAGAT: That's right.
COSTELLO: And what's that ...
ZAGAT: I know. It's a big surprise, isn't it?
COSTELLO: What else?
ZAGAT: And then for top food, Fresco and Metropolitan and then of course, there are lots of local specialties like lamb, venison, buffalo, and trout. And I think that people can be prepared to have a really good time going out in Salt Lake City, which surprisingly the Rocky Mountain area for the fifth year in a row is the largest growing restaurant area in the country.
COSTELLO: Wow, so Sean, have you experienced any of this?
CALLEBS: Unfortunately we've been working an awful lot. We haven't had a chance to experience a lot. We've been in and -- in and around a lot of places. I think that, you know, the people who put together these great catalogs that explain where the best place is to eat and drink are -- they're well versed in it, but for so many people coming here from across the United States and from across the world, I think a lot of them were wondering what they were going to find walking in to the heart and essence of the Mormon church. You know, would they be able to get a drink? What kind of food would they find?
ZAGAT: Well that's why ...
CALLEBS: Would it be diverse, and I think that people are finding that, that it's very easy and the variety, the menus, everything here has been very wonderful.
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COSTELLO: Thank you Sean.
ZAGAT: Well I think that's what you can expect.
CALLEBS: Indeed and also the fact, you know, about getting a drink, something as simple as that. I think a lot of people wondered, you know, could we come here -- there are certain laws that restrict you know where you -- where you can get a drink and how much you can have over a certain time. But there certainly is a great deal of diversity out here.
COSTELLO: Yes so Nina, are there any best bars in Salt Lake, having said that.
ZAGAT: Well you know places that have club after the name mean that it's one way of taking care of that problem in Salt Lake City.
COSTELLO: OK Sean ...
ZAGAT: But in most places you can certainly get a drink.
COSTELLO: OK. Sean has to go back to work, so we have to say good-bye to him. Can you tell us any more best out of your survey?
ZAGAT: Well you know a lot of people will be interested in the top bangs for the buck, places where you can really have something reasonable, and the Lone Star Tackarea (ph) and Big City Soup (ph) are some great places for some inexpensive quick bites.
COSTELLO: Is that -- are those specialties of the Salt Lake area? I mean what's the specialty food in Utah?
ZAGAT: Well the specialty foods are some local things like buffalo and venison and lamb, and it's famous for great deserts.
COSTELLO: Oh, what kind of deserts?
ZAGAT: So there are going to be a lot of sweets. I think basically all kinds of comfort food, good American deserts.
COSTELLO: Cheese cake, strawberry shortcake?
ZAGAT: You can be sure and lots of ice cream.
COSTELLO: OK, Nina Zagat, thank you for joining us this morning and making the Olympics more fun than they already are.
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