THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
The Best of Everything
EVER GO TO A restau- ish air in an extremely de-
rant and have six people lightful intimacy . . . sur-
wait on you? . . . (Some- rounded by hewn cedar
times it's hard in places to wood walls and quietly
get even one) . . . This is pleasant lighting.
You'll enjoy the food and
what happens at the Bodega
restaurants . . . service ga- service . . . they're refresh-
lore to go with the good food ing.
Bodega has a Sunday
. . . Everybody gets the
same treatment whether special now, all you can eat
you're president of a bank, of barbequed prime rib
celebrity or just plain John bones . . . $4.95.
Saturday, from 10 a.m. to
and Jane Doe out for an
2 p.m. in the Bodega park-
evening.
No sooner had we entered ing lot on Telegraph, a car
the door of Bodega on Tele- wash will be held for the
graph north of Schoolcraft Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
it Redford, when pleasant . . . with a minimum of $1
ess Kim Oatey seated accepted by employees
t our table . . . after working on the wash line
wiiich a seeming procession . . . Sue Burgert, hostess
of very courteous guys 'n and server, is chairman.
DOUG'S BODY SHOP
gals proceeded to wait on us
. . . Jim Lemanski, Irene number two will open in
Dobozy, Larry Hall, Bonnie July at the former Meyer's
Gasiorek and Karla Kalil Seafood site on Michigan in
who expertly opened a bot- Dearborn . . . It'll be owned
tle of Chambolle Musigny, by Doug Diehl and John
Laffrey.
1967.
JIMMY AND SALLY
The Bodegas (there are
two in the area, Redford and Katz, former Oak Park deli-
Centerline, and four in Flor- catessen owners, now living
ida) are created in contem- six months of the year in
porary Spanish motif . . . Florida, are back . for their
In Spain, Bodegas are cool, six months here looking bet-
thick-walled, above-ground ter than ever.
SUNDOWN IN HURL
cellars where wine from
vineyards are stored . . . LEY'S at Northfield Hilton
Thus the three rooms on Inn on Crooks and 1-75,
Telegraph . . . seating 240 combines the talents of four
each named after a guys and a gal . . . blending
wine . . . Chablis Room, the sounds of rock, country,
Bordeaux Room and Roija rhythm and blues . . . old-
Room where we sat in corn- ies and the top 40 . . . Sun-
fortable intimacy. down creates an entertain-
It has only been open in ing evening of listening and
Redford since April, 1974 dancing, Monday through
(Centerline has five years Saturday.
LORIO, FEATURING
under its belt) . . . and is
capably managed by Dave Sam Loccrichio and Sandy
Erf, here a year-and-a- Mandella, is the biggie en-
half from Orlando and Ft. tertainment feature at
Lauderdale Bodega spots. Francesco's on Michigan in
Your dinner order is Dearborn . . . combining a
taken but not placed with lot of rhythm for ear and
the kitchen until you go to dancing pleasure . . . Frank
the salad bar . . . Then you Franchi's Francesco's h-as
have about 15 minutes to eat become one of the top places
your salad with relaxation to go these days for the best
. . . The salad bar is quaint of entertainment and very
in that it changes items ev- good food . . . The Sunday
ery month . . . The salad family dinners have taken
plates and dinner dishes are off like a souped-up rocket.
CELEBRATION ROAD
both the same good size . . .
only one is cold, naturally, Show is at Gatsby's in the
and the other hot . . . The. Ted's Old Town restaurant
waiter or waitress (every- complex on Woodward and
time you look up there's a Sq. Lake Rd.
JOEL NASH IS NOW
different face!) brings you
an empty dinner plate and doing his piano mastery at
then serves from a tray . . . Rip's on W. Huron St. in
Pontiac . . . Wednesday
most impressive.
The Bodega menu is brief, through Saturday . . . not
only eight entrees of meat too far . . . Telegraph to
and one -of prime rib and Tel-Huron Shopping Center
lobster tails . . . The prices and turn left.
NEW ULTRA-MOD-
are within reason and wine
y also be had from the ERN disco has opened
d (cabernet, rose, chablis downstairs at the Squire's
— quart, $2.95, 1/2 quart, Table on Commerce Lake
$1.95.) Rd. ./. . Shar Simon Trio
After our enjoyable and plays Wednesdays through
'fling visit to the salad bar Saturdays for diners.
CARL STEGER IS still
,h its oodles of goodies,
plus lettuce broken in nice doing his fine job nightly at
size chunks . . . and inter- the Scotch 'n Sirloin on
esting dressings (folks don't Greenfield and James Couz-
have to guess their choice — ens . . . (sister-in-law Shir-
all are labeled), we ad- ley Raskin, brother Marv's
journed to a comfortable wife, highly recommends
booth amidst the pleasant the little perch sauteed in
surroundings . . . Our din- butter.)
FROM OUR VANTAGE
ner included roast prime
rib, baked potato, fresh sau- POINT, a window booth in
teed vegetable and dessert a restaurant last week, we
of apple crisp (hot apples in watched a woman park her
a deep dish, topped with car and carefully lock it . . .
butter crunchy crust and Ilar- A few minutes later, she
nilla ice cream.) returned with some parcels
Bodega on Telegraph . . . She set them down on
retains much of the Span- • the sidewalk and after con-
By Danny Raskin
May 14, 1976 29
the
roman
terrace
siderable searching, pulled and visiting celebrities rub
out the keys, unlocked the elbows in a distinctly mas-
door, picked up the pack- culine steak house atmos-
ages and placed them on the phere . .. JAVA JUNC-
27822 ORCHARD LAKE RD.
seat . . . Then she climbed TION on Woodward
At 12 Mile, Just
in and sedately drove away between 13 and 14 Mile Rds.
Off
U.S.
696
851-4094
hard
to
beat
for
a
variety
of
. . . This sounds perfectly
Open Mon. thru Sat.
normal . . . except for one hamburgers served in all
thing . . . The car was a different ways.
1 1:30 a.m.-2:30 a.m.
convertible with the top
down.
WHEN OUT ON THE
lot
JO THOMPSON at the town, at places you don't
piano bar of Jakks Lounge normally frequent, be sure
ITALIAN-AMERICAN FOOD
on Greenfield and 10 Mile, to check your tab . . . Too
PRIVATE CATERING AND BANQUET FACILITIES
isn't just an ordinary enter- many non-popular places
tainer . . . she rolls a fun- have a habit of "padding"
• Businessmen's Luncheons • Dinners
filled ball of fast-paced en- the bill and there's nothing
After Theater
joyment that folks are en- you can do" about it after the
Menu
joying more and more on damage is done . . . Don't
SPECIAL STYLINGS OF
Wednesdays through Satur- just say, "I'll never go there
CHARLES
days.
again." . . Think of the
BOLES
. GARY PRIMO
Jo's versatile ways at the next person . . . If more
At The Piano Bar
. DUO
keyboard' and vocals range people will look over their
FOR COCKTAIL HOUR
MON. THRU SAT. 9 P.M.-2 A.M.
MON. THRU FRI.
from songs of yesterdays checks, these places will give
4 P.M. TO 7 P.M.
and today with much style another thought to tacking
and class as she takes corn- on extra do-re-mi . . . Mich-
mand of the microphone to igan Liquor Commission is
give all-out effort for her ap- among the strictest . . . and
preciative audience who-lis- frowns heavily upon these
ten intently to her every type of places.
word and bar . . . This
comes from a true profes-
UPON REQUEST OF
sionalism within that has Arlene and Sam Rogoff we
built up throughout the are reprinting some looney
years . . . Jo far from looks laws . . . Colorado forbids
it, but she goes back to the the serving of food in a room
days of the Clover Bar and which is used for any other
Town Pump of early 50's purpose . . . In Winona
188 N. HUNTER (Woodward) CORNER 15 MILE I
and Alamo, Baker's, etc. Lake, Ind., it is illegal to eat
Birmingham
. . . Her outstanding reper- ice cream at a counter on
toire is filled with every Sunday . . . In Oklahoma
type song imaginable . . . City, you can not take a bite
from blues to ballad to up- of another person's ham-.
Hamburger, French Fries,
Coke 51.35 Value
1 CHILD'S
beat . . . On the romantic burger . . . It is illegal to
FREE With 2 Adult Dinners Or
HAMBURGER PLATE
ballads, she sings with buy a glass of milk in San
2 Sandwiches
closed eyes as lovers listen Francisco — it must be sold
to her every phrase.
FREE CHOPPED LIVER
only in sealed containers
It can be said that Jo
. . . Here's a doozy — In
Thompson shows no par- Greene, N.Y., you can not
WITH OUR BUFFET TRAYS.-
tiality when it comes to eat peanuts and walk back-
song writers . . . Her huge
wards on the sidewalk while
OUR GREAT REGULAR
OUR GREAT DELUXE
storage of songs runs the a concert is on . . . A lot of
5 MEATS (COLD
3 MEATS (COLD
gamut of almost every folks would probably like to
CUTS), 5 SALADS,
CUTS), 2 SALADS,
SWISS CHEESE, FRIED
SWISS CHEESE,
known lyric great . . . and
CHICKEN, OLIVES &
make this one a national
OLIVES & PICKLES, $275
per
per
PICKLES, BREAD &
she intermingles an indi- law — about an Astoria
BREAD & MUSTARD
person
person.
MUSTARD
vidual style with takeoffs County, Wash. ordinance
on Ivy Anderson, Lena decreeing that all restau-
WE USE ONLY TOP QUALITY MEATS!
Horne, Carol Channing,
rant menus must be written I
DAILY SPECIALS 7 DAYS A WEEK
etc. . . . even Louie Arm-
in the "American" language
strong.
RESTAURANT & CARRY-OUT HOURS:
. . . We'll end with this one
The action pace at Jakks in_ Lehigh, Neb., where it is SUN. THRU THURS., 9 a.m. To 9 p.m.FRI. & SAT., 9 a.m. Toll p.m.
is continued as Jo takes very against the law to sell
• MICHIGAN'S LARGEST PACKAGE LIQUOR 8 WINE SELECTION
few breaks . . . keeping it doughnut holes .. . honest
• COMPLETE HOT MEALS CATERED TO HOME OR OFFICE
going withoug stopping injun!
• FAMOUS BOX LUNCHES FOR ALL OCCASIONS
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while answering requests
galore from low down blues
to you-name-it tempos. -
Jo gets better as the eve-
ning passes . . . playing
with much feeling that
oozes from within her to a
lot of happy guys 'n gals
who have been fans of hers
before . . . and those who
revel in their new entertain-
ment "find."
SEEING SPOTS . . .
THE LITTLE CAFE, Gra-
tiot, south of Six Mile Rd.,
near the airport there, is an
East Side landmark . . . a
quaint spot with delightful
decor and featuring good
you know that the finest restaurant
German-style food . . . with
prices most reasonable . . .
in the city is only '15 minutes
THE CAROUSEL, Groes-
beck Hwy. on the way to Mt.
from where you're hungry.
Clemens . . . big and beau-
tiful, and somebody always
seems to be having a party
We have Champignons Imperial, Duck Au Grand Marnier, Sweet
there . . . CARL'S CHOP
Breads Madeira, Stuffed Rainbow Trout, as well as entrees of the
HOUSE, Grand River . . .
hearty
American fare, generous and juicy steaks. Together with a
prize-winning beef from
stockyards all over the Mid-
unique assortment of fine wines, complimented by our carefully
•west comes to Carl Rosen-
blended mushroom appetizers — it's a meal to entice any and all
feld's spot in a steady
. . . and only 15 minutes from where you're hungry.
stream . . . and so do diners
10 Mile at Southfield Road — 559-4230
from throughout the De-
troit area who relish fine
steaks and prime rib . . .
Local businessmen, families
Sfteeed06 e9-
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RESTAURANT
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FAMILY DAYS SUN., MON. & TUES. I
FREE
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