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24 Friday, My 22, 1977

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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

The Best of Everything

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By Danny Raskin

WOODWARD AT 11 1/2 MILE

YOU EXPECT VERY

more . . . Look closely at
good sea food and service the photographs and you
when you go to Crabbie
might see the picture of
Joe's on Michigan, between somebody's . great-grand-
Southfield and Evergreen in
mother on the wall . . .
• Baby Frog Legs■Turtle Soup • Dover Sole Dearborn because that's There
are high-button
the kind of place it is .. .
shoes, a model ship over
Unless, however, you hap-
• Fresh Seafoods • Steaks & Chops
100 years old and stained
pen to be from out of town
glass partitions.
Prepared By Club Berkley's Great
and never heard of the
This plus the wooden
place
.
.
.
Like
the
table
floors,
clean as can be, and
Chef of Yesteryears
EZZIE HOLYK
next to ours, where a group over 70 Tiffany lamps, each
of four travelers had
a different design, make up
Open Mon. Thru Sat.
OWNED & OPERATED BY
stopped in for dinner be-
a most interesting surround-
Entertainment Tues.-Sat.
FRANK & FREDA BEDIENT
cause' it was on the way .. . ings ... design supervised
"This is a very pleasant sur- by Nan Bird . . . Also look-
prise," said one as the ing around the walls, you'll
others nodded . . . In anoth- see original sheet music
er foursome from Syracuse,
from yesteryears . . . and in-
N.Y., one of the diners re-
struments of all kinds .
marked, "We didn't know In a private meeting or din-
there was such a fine sea- ing room, there are pic-
food restaurant around tures of Buster Keaton,
Peter Lorre, Ernest Hem-
here."
27822 ORCHARD LAKE RD.
Open since July of last mingway, Marx Brothers,
At 12 Mile, Just
year, Nan and Joe Bird W. C. Fields . . . posters of
transformed their Bimbo's William S. Hart, Rudolph
Off U.S. 696
851 4094
Valentino, Dorothy Lamour
operation into a complete
Open Mon. thru Sat.
seafood
setup,
seating
250
and Clara Bow among
a.m.-2:30
a.m.
11:30
to 300 people in quiet, in- others.
. .
timate surroundings with-
There's a 100-gallon sal-
out all the false frills that twater lobster tank with
try to take away frbm reali- live lobsters ready to give
zation of good food and serv- - somebody an epicurean
ice.
PRIVATE CATERING AND BANQUET fAC:LITIES
thrill . . . So much fish on
But there is atmosphere the menu . . . plus 10 to 12
■ Businessmen's Luncheons • Dinners
. . . plenty of it . . . and not catches of the day . . .
necessarily nautical . . .
flown in fesh each day.
SPECIAL
STYLINGS
OF
NOW FEATURING
One of the other major at-
Bernadine "Bernie"
tractions at Crabbie Joe's Mack, our waitress, has
are antiques all over the been at Crabbie Joe's since
place . . . As you enter,
it opened and is a customer
there's a barber chair pleaser . . . She is just one
about 60 years old . . . An- of a fine staff that Nan and
AT THE PIANO BAR
tique mirrors are every- Joe have much to be proud
TUES. THRU SAT.
where with their unique of . . . People like Night
frames of 80 years ago and Manager Mike Mitchell, too
. . . there less than a month
but already making a bevy
of friends . . . Mike is no
slouch either when it comes
to knowing food . . . In Janu-
ary he graduates in Food
Service Management from
Oakland Community Col-
lege.
This evening was to be an-
other culinary experience
for us . . . We were to eat
Monkfish for the first time
. . . Having heard so much
about this fish, and being at
The Dynamic Duo of Mixology
a true seafood spot, we or-
dered it . . . and are cer-
And A Cast Of Great Luncheon Specials
tainly not sorry ... It came
with drawn butter as lob-
LIMITED ENGAGEMENT
ster- would . . . and the
taste is there, as we were
told, quite a lot like lobster
meat . . . Now people who
AT THE !PIANO UAL
would love to eat lobster
but don't because of dietary
WHILE JO THOMPSON IS ON
laws, can have Monkfish
VACATION...RETURNING AUG. 31
. . . "Bernie" brought us
baby boiled potatoes and
corn-on-the-cob, also as
of the dinner . . . and
probably served so
much Monkfish that it
didn't surprise her to see
nothing left on the plate.
Featuring
Another thing we like
about Crabbie Joe's . . . It's
DICK BELLENON, BASS
a seafood house that
doesn't give you paper nap-
MON. &FRI., 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.
THURS. & FRI., 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.
kins . . . In fact, it has its
own laundry setup for cloth
LIVE LOBSTER SPECIAL
tablecloths and napkins.
COMPLETE SLAB
Hot garlic bread, mari-
INCLUDES: CORN-ON
INCLUDES: COTTAGE $
nated herring, seafood chow-
THE-COB, BAKED PO- ,
FRIES, CHOICE OF SOUP,
der, baby boiled potatoes
TATO, SALAD OR COLE
SALAD OR COLE SLAW
SLAW
No Coupons
No Coupons
smothered with whipped
butter, corn-on-the-cob and
Monkfish served with
EYERSONS
••••••••••••
AFTER THEATER MENU OW
drawn butter was a most de-
lightful gastromomic adven-
SUN. THRU THURS., 10 p.m. TO 11:45 p.m. 411 / SCOTCHIN SIRLOIN •
ture . . . And since Crabbie
•
•
FRI. & SAT., 10 p.m. TO 12:45 p.m.
Joe's is one of the very few
0.
DAILY HOURS: MON.-SAT., 11 a.m. TO 2 a.m.
•••••••••••••••••
places we know of that
SUN., 4 p.m. TO 2 a.m.
serve Monkfish, it is a cer-
GREENFIELD AT JAMES COUZENS
tainty we'll be back.
SELECT COCKTAILS
This is the same Joe Bird
342-5660
so many people knew years
EXCELLENT STEAKS AND SEAFOODS
back at the Coach House on
Griswold where you could

Welcomes Back Its
Old Friends of Many Years

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GOURMET ALTENBURG
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NOW APPEARING

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STARRING

FAST EDDIE & WIMPY

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WED. THRU SAT. EVENINGS
BOBBY ELLIOTT
SUN., MON.

& TUES.

BAR-B-Q RIB SPECIAL
95

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$995

get the best hamburger in
town . . . Today, it's
Crabbie Joe's . . . and don't
believe that name . . . he's
one of the nicest guys you'd
ever want to meet.
STILL ANOTHER eatery
is opening on Northwestern
Hwy. . .. This one will be
Waffle House, just south of
12 Mile Rd.

REAL HAPPY HOUR

was recent Mike Douglas
Show on Channel 2 . . . with
oodles of folks gathering in
the V lounge at Town and
Country Club to watch MD,
partake of hors d' oeuvres
and drinks . . . and watch
TC General Manager Dave
Fekay do his culinary stuff
assisted by Mike, Neil Se-
daka and Robert Goulet.
When Dave's name was
flashed as one of those on
the show, there came a big
roar, led by Joe Silbers-
chein, bevys of hand-
clapping by the many who
came wearing anything .. .
health club duds, street
clothes, shorts, etc. . . . and
Dave's sweet wife Joann
echoing the thoughts of
many in saying, "I'm so
proud of him.
It was Dave's first ap-
pearance on national tele-
vision . . . but cut to only 10
minutes . . . No doubt folks
all over the country would
have wanted more . .. Per-
haps he can be invited back
again and given ample time
to really do his thing .. .
Write to: Mike Douglas
Show, Independence Mall
East, Philadelphia, Pa.

19106.
OPENING OF THE

Black Sheep Repertory The-
ater recently, was cause for
Lois and Bernie Morrison
and Bernice and Jack Gill
. . . 50
to give a
guests were treated to a
home-cooked lasagna din-
ner . . . then all boarded a
chartered this for Manches-
ter, Mich., southwest of
Ann Arbor.
Occasion was first produc-
tion of Neil Simon's "Star-
Spangled Revue" which
stars Stan Gill, son of Ber-
nice and Jack . . . It is the
first of five shows to be
shown at the recently reno-
vated 110-year-old opera
house.
Plus a strong actor, Stan
is also a director, designer,
producer and one of the
founders of the Black Sheep
Repertory Theater.
After the show, pie and
coffee was served at the
104-year-old Black Sheep
Tavern across the street.
NEW LOOK WILL be at
Topinka's Country House, 7
Mile and Telegraph, in
couple of weeks . . . One of
the dining areas is being
sacrificed for dancing and
orchestras with big band
sounds.
Owner Al Balooly is going
all out . . . even shortening
the menu . . . Time-old
name of Topinka's may
even eventually be changed
in the all-new image pro-
gram.
QUIET, INTIMATE, re-
laxing and an elegant at-
mosphere to go with good
food and service . . . Hardly
much more a person can
ask than that gotten at
Bloomfield Canopy on Or-
chard Lake Rd. and Maple
. . You don't sit hungry
here waiting for your food,
either, because as soon as

you are seated, a crock of
cheese and bread basket
are brought immediately.
We had a very good wait-
ress . . . most attentive and
pleasant . . . Laura Shafer,
a Bloomfield Canopy stanby
for 14 years . . . After tak-
ing orders, chopped lettuce
is brought to you along with
varied ingredients to make
your own salad at the table.
We had a delicious piece
of prime rib and enjoyed
the soft piano stylings of
Vicki Barnett . . . Others
with us will go baCk again
for the Dover sole a ► . "
perch- they had.
You'll like Bloomfiew
Canopy . . . it has a charm
that can't be forgotten.
IF SID HUDSON accepts
the high honor of National
Man Of The Year by City of
Hope in Duarte, Calif., he
will be only about the 15th
to receive this great award.
It would be held in Las
Vegas, where Sid has lived
31 years . . . and the star-
studded lineup that would.
attend his dinner would no
doubt be among the great-
est assemblage of entertai-
ners and celebrites ever
gathered at one time.
Sid may accept . . . be-
cause the City of Hope is be-
ginning to do research work
into Ileitis, with which one
of his family is afflicted .. .
A foundation in his name
would be for the research
into a cure of Ileitis . . .
Sid is going from city to
city at his own expense,
"feeling out" the nation as
to how much money can be
raised . . . Whatever is gath-
ered for Sid will be
matched by the U.S. govern-
ment.
Sid was in Detroit last
week . . . After 31 years, he
had to register all over
again at the Flamingo
Hotel in Vegas, where he
has lived all this time . . .
The Flamingo went on com-
puter and Sid became a
"new guest" once more .. .
that is, only as far as the
computer was concerned.
Of course, other things
have changed quite a bit
there too ... like still anoth-
er 500 rooms to be added by_
next May . . . and the pre-
sent dollar slot machine
only one of its kind in Las
Vegas that has a $215,000
jackpot payoff.
GET WELL WISHES
to Larry Nemzin, trum
gent with New York Ex-
press group . . . at Sinai
Hospital.
THIS MONDAY'S first
half finale of Chuck Muer's
1977 P'Jazz V schedule at
Hotel Pontchartrain winds
up with the Four Lads.
Stan Kenton opens the sec-
ond half, Aug. 1, follow"
by Woody Herman, Tom
Dorsey ork, Fats Domino;
Trinidad Tripoli Steel Band,
Duke Ellington ork . . . and
local groups of big band
note . . . Jimmy Wilkens,
Austin/Moro, Detroit Con-
cert Jazz and Brookside En-
semble with very fine vocal-
ist Ursula Walker.
The Four Lads this Mon-
day will make for hand-
holding and nostalgia . . .
Starting at 6:30 p.m. on the
outdoor terrace, they will
bring back memories with
their golden record hits, •.
"Standing On The Corner,"

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