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FOOD*WARS
Each week, one Ann Arbor staple menu item becomes a
battlefield as Daily Arts editors butt heads over
which restaurant makes it best.
HOT CHOCOLATE

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ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHOCOLATE FACTORY
521 East Liberty Street
Like Willy Wonka's factory, the Rocky
Mountain Chocolate Factory has a river
of warm, rich, melted chocolate that it
serves to customers for less than three
bucks a cup. RMCF's hot chocolate is like
drinking a liquid version of the delectable
chocolates sold in the store. Pair with
a fudge-covered apple for an Augustus
Gloop-inspired chocolate overload.
COMET COFFEE
16 Nickels Arcade
Tucked away among the specialty shops
of Nickels Arcade, Comet Coffee excels
in paying attention to the little details.
Though a bit pricy, a cup of hot chocolate is
served at a lukewarm temperature with an
elegant froth design. The flavor might be a
bitunderwhelming,butthe taste of quality
milk makes up for it.

STARBUCKS
1214 South University Avenue
Starbucks has been at this whole coffee
business for a while - so this joint knows
how to bring it. There's nothing smoother
than the rich sensation of Starbucks hot
chocolate, warm and inviting, lavishly
topped with a dollop of whipped cream and
a sweet drizzling of silky chocolate sauce.
Wrap cold fingers around the toasty, limit-
ed-edition holidaycup and enjoy.
BRUEGGER'S BAGELS
709 North University Avenue
Bruegger's plays its hot chocolate
straight - there's no foam, no whipped
cream, no sprinkles, no nothing. But
that's because the bagel establishment
can afford to leave the wintery treat
unadorned. The hot chocolate stands on
its own, with a pure, strong chocolately
flavor.

B-Side Buzzi)
Ted Appleton
First-year law student
In the Law Quad
How are you decorating your house for the holidays this year?
We're probably going to get a Christmas tree, and my wife is making
a wreath out of pine cones that she collected. We'll also probably
have a Hanukkah menorah since we're going to do a little bit of both
there.
How do you like your hot chocolate?
With marshmallows.
Any other favorite holiday drinks?
Eggnog with rum.
Do you prefer football in the winter or the fall?
When I was a kid I loved to play snow football. I haven't had a
chance to do so in a while, but yeah, both, whenever. Sports
whenever.
Excerpts are token from the B-Side Buzz video,
which can be found on MichigonDoily.com.
Interview by Jeff Waraniok

And the winner is:
ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHOCOLATE FACTORY


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SINGLE REVIEW

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Just in time for December,
of Montreal has released "Win-
tered Debts," a seven-and-a-
half-minute
hodgepodge
previewing
the band's Of Motel
2012 album,
Paralytic Wintered Debts
Stalks. it
begins with Pelyvinyl
singer Kevin
Barnes' lamentation, "Can't sur-
vive another comedown day,
articulating what almost anyone
feels upon the first miserable,
slushy precipitation of winter.
While "Wintered Debts"
wallows lyrically, the musi-
cal mood wanders, fluctuating.
faster than Michigan weath-
er. Barnes attempts to cheer
himself up in a self-reflective
whisper while a bizarre mix of
plinking piano notes, electronic

whirs and alazily twanging gui- violins and frantic pianos, all
tar mingle in the background. combined with an alien, what-
The song is restless, rapidly is-that sound.
changingpace as Barnes alludes "Wintered Debts" seems
to various relatable issues, like confused and manic, an accu-
mistrusting religion and slip- rate representation of Barnes's
ping on your own vomit. The frank ruminations. This track is
end features angelic "ahhh"s, essentially beautiful madness.
robotic purring, tremolo-ing -KATIE STEEN

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TRAILER REVIEW
Cameron Crowe gave us
"Almost Famous" and "Jerry
Maguire." He knows how to do
cinematic
moments:
that tran-
scend genre W.
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downright a Zoo -
majestic. If
the trailer 20th Century Fox
for "We
Bought a Zoo" is any indica-
tion, he has not lost his touch.
Matt Damon ("True Grit") 2OTH CENTURY Fox
plays Benjamin Mee, a single
father who doubts himself as zoo. times a movie comes along that
a parent, prompting him to It's a midlife crisis and a can be both. With Crowe at
uproot his two children, quit love story set against the back- the wheel we may be in store
his job and completely start drop of lions, zebras and bears. for one of those rare gems of a
over. New house. New oppor- Though the holiday film season story, the kind that reminds us
tunity. New life. Or so he typically gets divided between why we take crazy chances in
thinks. Mee soon discovers he serious Oscar contenders and the first place.
has accidentally purchased a feel-good family fare, some- -JACOBAXELRAD

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