32 Friday, March 18, 1977 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS et, a •,,1 By DANNY RASKIN HE'S STUBBORN, around . . . How he puts CHEF SPECIALS MOODY, temperamental out 350 to 400 meals a (2)0,0 1, MONDAY THRU SATURDAY NIGHTS , cii5t391 and possesses a "take it or week now is a Ripley un-_ leave it attitude" . . . His believable . . . Nothing is restaurant is hard to find, prepared ahead of time has no sign outside, you . . almost everything have to push a buzzer be- made as you wait. fore anyone will let you in There were three wait- Served On A Sizzling Platter' . . . and forget about resses working the floor going if you haven't got a . . . (four usually on OR reservation. weekends) . . . None Benno Steinborn looks have a station . . . all like the dishwasher, with work together. glasses on top of his head, 95 ' Both Complete Dinners Inc. Diane Fries, smiling, but he's probably one of very pleasant, efficient Fren:h Onion Soup or Juice, Salad, Hot, the most successful re- and extremely polite, Garlic Bread, Potato or Vegetable, Fresh , stau•ateurs in the busi- _took our dinner order . . . Baked Loaf. of Bread.. ness today . . . It wasn't_ preceded by a bottle of easy, though . . . Benno Berlich Bernkastel Ridsl- always wanted a little re- ing . . . beef Wellington JOSE — MWAS, Song Stylings,_ Mon. thru Sat. staurant of his own where prepared as we have he could control every- never seen before. . in a 23Q55 TELEGRAPH AT 9 MILE RD. 353-5176 thing . . . After looking whole piece instead of around, he finally found a sliced . . . extremely de, place on Agnes, two licious. blocks north of Jefferson Very gracious, smiling in Indian Village, that and courteous waitresses had been a flower store 12 Tillie -Saunders and years - before . . . and JoAnn Rupert assisted empty for' years. with eager-to-please effi- Benno was almost ban- ciency. krupt before he opened The dessert prepared . . Didn't even have for everyone at our table, cigarette money at times and brought on a rolling . . . When Benno's did cart, was called Omelet open in 1969, with a seat- Stephanie, perhaps be- ing capacity of 50, he cause it is folded like an stubbornly refused to let omelet . . . Actually, it 4e,3-t{z(w{ziit people in unless they had somewhat of a soft, fluffy a reservation . . . even if cake with fresh fruit inside 19460 W. 10 MILE RD.(1 Blk. E. of Evergreen) the place was empty . . . . . most unusual and The marble "B" that was 352-7 466 quite elegant. gotten for the outside After dinner, a glass of looked too beautiful so he port wine to relax the put it on a wall inside . inner soul. After five or six months of So this was Benno's sweating it out, serving . . . Plain walls, quiet about 30 meals a week, atmosphere, a couple of Benno's suddenly took chandeliers and a few pic- hold and people began tures on the -Wall . . coming in droves . . . plus, of course, that mra- That is, those who had a ble "B". days a week .. . reservation. If you haven't got a re- when you want it Frieda and ourselves servation, all the money were there with Ruth and in the world still won't get _ Enjoy Our Fine Dinner Specials .. . AI hlashden.:' . . joined by = you in . . . and if you can't . Different Each Day Felipe Arambula, who will get a reservation, the In The Casual Elegant Atmosphere Manage the Summit re- money won't do any good, You Want For Enjoyable Dining volving restaurant and either. But if you do, chances cocktail lounge opening in —Hours- April at Detroit Plaza are you'll enjoy dining at MON.-THURS., 7 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Hotel . . . It was our first Benno's . . . A word of FRI. & SAT., 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. visit, and no outside sign _advice, though . . . Re- SUNDAY, 9 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. plus buzzer• gave the look member not to look for a. Join Us For A Pleasant - of a prohibition days blind sign outside. Surprise and THE CHARISMA of Sid pig. Discover That Benno does the cooking Hudson was heartily wel- There Is A himself in a -kitchen so comed last week when the small it would give an ant ex-Detroiter came from claustrophobia . . . Four Las Vegas for a'visit : . . of us went into see it and Places like Max's Deli, could scarcely move - Chuck Joseph's Place- For - Steak, Larco's, Jakks, To- pinka's etc. bo re greet- ings of "Hi Sid" from the many folks who know and like him . . . Sid's favo- rite song, "You're My - Ev- erything" is one of the very few that Carl Steger, Jakks pianist, didn't have in his repertoire . . . but Carl's assurance that he'll know it when Sid re- turns is like a gilt guaran- ( Formerly tee. SEEING SIGNS . . by Roman Gate) Aaron - . ,Klansky on counter of a Philadelphia deli counter . . . "Put our tongue in your cheek." 4616 N. WOODWARD, JUST 1 BLK. S. OF 14 MILE RD. MORE THAN JUST talk Royal Oak 549-4141 . . . that these places will follow Tunnel Bar-B-Q to FEATURING GREEK FOOD & ENTERTAINMENT the northWest area . . . in OMEN 7 DAYS . . . SUN THRU THURS., 11 a.m.-2 a.m. FRI. & SAT., 11 a.m.-3 a.m. the near future . . . Bud- dy's Pizza, Jim's Garage, Larco's and Diamond Jim B•ady's. 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