When you walk into the University Chicken across the street from Santa Clara University, you know it is the kind of college hangout where, if you are a regular, everybody really does know your name. And they truly are glad you came.

The beer is ice cold. The hot sauce on the chicken wings is as hot, or as mild, as you want it to be. (``Atomic'' is hot without being blazing.) Burgers and sandwiches are tasty. There are plenty of sides and finger foods to fill a table full of sports fans as they watch the big screens and nurse a cool one.

And the prices are, well, cheap. Perfect for a student's budget.

University Chicken just opened a second location near San Jose State University. Same menu. Pool tables, video games, lots of big screens to watch the Sharks.