32 Friday, March 18, 1977

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

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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 ,
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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,
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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.
SARAH RUBINE -; - ex-
cellent songstress who
was such a fabulous suc-
cess at last year's City of
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