Bachelors to Israel
By DAVID SCHWARTZ
(Copyright, 1969, JTA, Inc.)
are very bad but most of them
will give you your money's worth
. Although Detroit does not have
a Chambord or La Pavilon like
By Danny Raskin
New York; an Antoine's a la New
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
FOR MANY YEARS, Detroit has Orleans; a Fisherman's Grotto or
Friday, May 30, 1969 31 had the reputation of a gastro- a Pump Room or Chasen's like
nomic desert . . . It is a fable that San Francisco, Chicago or Los
was largely built by out-of-towners, Angeles, we have many excellent
but unfortunately, Detroiters and restaurants of all types and price
Pine Italian-American Cuisine
suburbanites have contributed in categories.
Deliciously Prepared for the
DINING OUT need not be expen-
some measure to the lie ... Actu-
Discerning Taste
ally, there are hundreds of res- sive . . . There are several very
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some of them are very good, some check, including cocktails and an
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IN THIS DAY and age, with
Orders To Take Out
rockets orbiting the moon and
the internal revenue man lurking
behind every potted palm tree,
resents
there are few moments as relax-
ing and pleasant as dining in a
good restaurant . . . A few cock-
tails, a cigaret or cigar, some good
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I HAVE FREQUENTLY heard
Detroit is woefully lacking in good
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eating places—but find myself un-
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with the facts . . Are these de-
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tractors seeking good food or
glamour? • . . The latter is an in-
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gredient I have never found very
and
satisfying if the food is bad . . .
The itinerant traveler of Detroit,
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when comparing this town with
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New York, may be thinking of the
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latter's one-time Stork Club or
"21" . . . If so, they are seeking
glamour . .. I cannot agree the
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food in either place is better, or in
many instances as good, as in sev-
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RESTAURANTS ARE places
where you go to eat ... If you can
find good food, reasonably priced
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in a pleasant atmosphere, the food
does seem better • . • But if atmos-
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ing an adventurous eater "roast
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tor steaks" and other gastronomic
adventures, I'll stick to several
haunts in Detroit where the food
"SOMETHING NEW AND exciting is the Golden Wheel
is uniformly good always, the
on Coolidge in Oak Park ... It's a complete carry-out,
atmosphere pleasant and the prices
but certainly no ordinary one by any means . In fact,
fair.
it's the only carry-out and catering operation with such
"LET'S GO OUT TO DINNER?"
an extensive menu . . . and a gourmet corner that in-
. . . "Okay, what's your pleas-
ure?" • . . Spaghetti, roast beef,
cludes luscious dishes like Quiche Lorraine, Coq au Vin
escargots (snails), chocolate cov-
(chicken in red wine), Beef Wellington, Roast Long
ered bumble bees, Chateaubriand
Island Duckling a l'Orange, etc.... Such a spot is hard
(steak for two), fish that "slept
to believe in the local area ... especially as a carry-out
last night in Chesapeake Bay,"
yet . . . Chef Robert Vellay is the gent who brings this
tortillas, shish-kabob, sweet and
most interesting new concept in catering cuisine . . .
sour shrimp, French food, English
from ground sirloin to prime steak and seafood items
food, Italian food, Mexican food,
that include whitefish, red snapper, perch fillets and
Danish food, Jewish food, Greek
shrimp."
food and American food are all
—Danny Raskin
available in quantity in Detroit.
AS EXPECTED, many of our
better restaurants are located in
the more so-called fashionable
neighborhoods . . . But just as
many really superior restaurants
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out on the Detroit River or Lake
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ALL IN ALL, when it comes to
largest catering halls.
dining out, Detroit takes a back
seat to few cities in the United
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A philosopher's duty is not to pity
the unhappy—it is to be of use to
them.—Voltaire.
Do married people like Israel
less than single people?
The Israeli tourist bureau has
been compiling some interesting
figures about the tourists to Israel.
Forty per cent of the tourists are
single. But the average single per-
son stays a week longer than the
married person.
There has been some discussion
whether the married person is
more profitable to Israel. He is
apt to buy more for his family,
but, on the other hand, it about
evens out when you consider the
longer stay of the single person.
Married people will deny that
they like Israel less than the sin-
gle. They have to shorten their
stay because they have to return
home, but the single person has
no wife or children circumscrib-
ing him.
However, there is another fac-
tor. Just as many young men
and women go to the mountains
and other resorts, not so much
to see those places, as to find
their mates, many single people
visit Israel partly for the same
reason. Quite a feu; tourists to
Israel have married people they
met on their visit.
In days of old, Ruth didn't go to
the mountains. She went to the
cornfield and found Boaz there.
They still grow corn in Israel and
Boaz and Chaim are still there.
And many a young man seeing a
pretty Israeli girl soldier must not
only think her attractive but might
well conclude that with her mili-
tary training, she would afford
him more security. And maybe
she might even become a prime
minister.
Israel has an opportunity. What
she needs is a good gimmick.
We wouldn't go so far as to sug-
gest that Israel revive the prac-
tice of ancient Israel. On Yom
Kippur, the girls would gather all
dressed in white and the young
men would stand looking and then
choose a mate. There was no hypo-
crisy about it. Not only did it help
along the mitzva of getting mar-
ried, but it was a wonderful way
to keep your mind off your stom-
ach on a fast day.
As we say, we wouldn't go so
far as to suggest the revival of
this ancient practice. It probably
would attract a little too much
publicity. We can't imagine any
television station which wouldn't
have their cameras on hand to
photograph the event. it would
attract more attention than the
Kenucky Derby.
The Jew has always had a
rather honest attitude towards love
and marriage. The Talmud, we be-
lieve, tells about a rabbi who when
he peered through the window and
saw a marriage procession, would
close his religious books and go
out to join it.
He was helping in a great mitz-
va: "increase and multiply."
It is commonly said that by the
light of the Mediterranean moon
you can read your newspaper. But
who wants to read it then? The big
Mediterranean moon gives light to
read love in the eyes.
Try and Stop Me
By BENNETT CERF
The usual worried husband in-
vaded the office of the usual so-
ciety psychoanalyst to p 1 e a d,
"You've got to help my wife, doc-
tor. She's convinced she's an eleva-
tor." "An elevator?" echoed the
surprised analyst. "You'd better
send her right up to see me." "I
can't do that," demurred the hus-
band. "She's an express elevator,
and doesn't stop on your floor."
An unusually limber ghost turn-
ed up at the entrance gate of Pur-
gatory but was told "You're in the
wrong place, Bud. This ticket en-
titles you to join the angels in Hea-
ven." "I know," nodded the ghost,
"but on earth I was an outfielder
on the New York Mets — and I
want to make the trip up to Hea-
ven gradually!"
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Harry Hershfield tells about a
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lady who called the owner of a
QUICKIES
specialty shop and told him, "I've
Henny Youngman claims he got to talk to my husband, Mr.
knows a woman who is "so ugly Baum. Please call him to the
that when a mouse sees her, the phone." "But," protested the own-
mouse jumps on a chair." Also, er, " we have nobody named Baum
"she has so many double chins working for us here." "I know you
they need a bookmark to find her haven't," said the lady impatient-
ly. "He's outside picketing your
pearl necklace."
At a dinner for a big Hollywood store."
producer, the M.C. brought down
the house when he announced, "I
can't tell you what he does to keep
his job—but it's banned in Boston."
Mobilization for Cash Set
by UJA Young Leaders
NEW YORK — The UJA Young
Leadership Cabinet has moved to
place the full resources of its 189-
member organization behind the
$46,500,000 United Jewish Appeal
Spring Cash Drive.
Young Leadership Cabinet Spe-
cial Projects Chairman Millard M.
Cummins, of Columbus explained
that cabinet members will focus
their primary attention on their
own communities. Members repre-
sent virtually every section of the
nation. Cummins noted that they
will pay special attention to the
smaller communities, working in
close cooperation with the mem-
bers of the UJA field staff.
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