32 Friday, October 6, 1918 .

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

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OP Symphony
Season to Begin

SID NEUMAN

AND HIS STAFF AT

STAR
CORNED-BEEF

The Best of Eimrything

- The Oak Park Symphony
Orchestra, under the direc-
tion of Dr. Morris Hochberg,
will open its 14th season 3
p.m. Oct. 15 at Oak Park
High School. The featured
artist will be Edward Kin-
gins, tenor with the Michi-
gan Opera Theatre.

(Continued from Page 30)
Housey was paying 10 cents
a bushel for elegant Michi-
at spots of yesteryears . . .
Housey's Maison Rivi- gan potatoes, which he ped-
dled from door to door in a
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era . . .
The year was around Model A Ford, which he was
WISH THEIR
1957 when a careerist who not technically entitled to
believed he could change drive, since he was only 13
FRIENDS & CUSTOMERS
the eating habits of upper at the time.
A
At the nethermost stage
class Detroit, brought the
Goose Girl from ,Paris to of the Depression, the
Tickets are available at help him.
dark, wiry, affable kid who
the door, the Oak Park
She was in bronze, a had quit school to support
Community Center and duplicate of a fountain fig- his family was earning
Harrison Violins, Berkley.
ure in a park . . . The Goose around $100 a week when a
Girl poured from her jaw dollar packed a lot of power.
Merchandising food be-
beneath a massive dupli-
SPECIALIZING IN .. .
cate of the central chan- came a passion with this
delier in the Vienna Opera teenager . . He bought a
• BARBEQUED SPARE RIBS
House . . . Meanwhile, six truck to serve his expanding
• BARBEQUED CHICKEN
symphony violinists played circle of customers . . .
soft music from the side Then he went to work in a
▪ FRESH SEA FOOD
grocery store preparatory to
lines. -
These were but part of the opening his own grocery at.
• COMPLETE MENU
stage settings and scenery Baldwin and Medbury . . .
• CHOICE COCKTAILS
. . . What Mitchel Housey Five competing stores in the
was depending on for a con- area presently decided to
FAMILY DINING AT ITS BEST
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tinuous hit performance at close.
OPEN 7 DAYS . .. Mon. thw Fri., 11 to 12
Sat., 5 to 12 Sun., 12 to 12
For Carry-Out
Housey's Maison Riviera in
As Mitch Housey ar-
Call 946-7960
River House was food .
11180 TELEGRAPH Bet., Goddard & Northlioe
rived at the age of 21 and
Such as top prime beef, aged could sign his name to
to the minute in a stainless legal papers he launched
steel cavern . . . Such as the Housey chain of Baby
the potato known as .Idaho Super Markets.
A Unique Dining Experience
baker, costing Mitch $7 per
Market No. 2 was
80
spuds
.
.
His
prepara-
flourishing
when Pearl
tatut iny
tions included standing or- Harbor resulted in the OPA
ders with the great wine and Mitch found himself in
houses of Europe, ar- navy boot camp at the Great
rangements to air express Lakes Training Center.
lobsters from Maine before
He was assigned to the
they lost the chill of ocean commissary, took a pOst
depths.
graduate course in- the
The story of Housey's evaluation of steaks and
Maison Riviera, which chops as a meat cutter and
opened on E. Jefferson, wound - up as a cook, at his
Unusual
- with a view of Belle Isle own request.
and the river through
e Delights
Housey's Chop House on
about an acre of picture East Jefferson had for 13
Served In n Elegant Atmosphere
glass, began at Eastern years been the pilot project
Market in 1930 . . . The for Maison Riviera, which
Lunch, Mon.-Fri., 11 to 2:30 p.m.
Dinner, Mon.-Thurs., 6 to 11 p,m. Fri. and Sat., 6 to 12 Mid.
next to the last chapter Mitch was confident would
Appetizers Happy Hour, Mon.-Fri., 4 to 6:30 p.m.
was entitled Housey's be famous wherever nutri-
Chop House, on East Jef- tion took form as high art.
ferson, two-minutes walk
Housey's Chop House
from the City-County was listed among the na-
Building.
- don's best by magazine
DINING and COCKTAILS
Idaho bakers, 80 for $7, gourmets . . . Mitch
755 WEST BIG BEAVER ROAD
Adjacent To The Top of Troy Building
would come to $9.32 per Housey named as estab-
bushel . . . In 1930, Mitch lishments that could
Reservations Suggested: 362-1234
hope to be on par with his
Maison Riviera places
such as Chez Vito in New
York, and Viva Fontaine
in Mexico City.
"Who will have charge of
your kitchen?" he was
asked.
- "A man who knows more
about buying the highest
class food than anybody in
the United States, and more
about the preparation of
food for particular people."
"His name?" the inquirer
asked.
"Mitchel R. Housey," said
Mitch modestly.
Elegant . . . That was
the word for Mitch Housey's
\RDI\
beautiful new Maison Rivi-
era which opened in River
House at E. Jefferson and
642-1373
TELEGRAPH North of 12 Mile
Memorial Park . . . It then
cost over $300,000 to equip
and decorate but the view of
Do join our
Memorial Park Marina, the
Detroit River and Belle Isle

HAPPY & HEALTHY

NEW YEAR

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could not be duplicated.
Inside, soft, thick car-
pets muffled your steps
as you were greeted by
either Larry Lawrence,
maitre d' during the day,
or Manfred Ulbrich,
maitre d' of the evening.
The menu was a beaut
. . . Designed by Ulbrich
and Lawrence and pat-
terned after the European,
it ran some eight pages . . .
Actually, it was three or
four menus in one.
There was the table
d'hote . . . This featured
native American dinners,
lightly salted with a conti-
nental entree here and
there, for prices from $3.75
to $5.75.
Next was the ala carte,
with things like foie gras
truffle de Strasbourg (an
appetizer at $4.75), green
turtle soup ($1.25), Cornish
game hen ($5.50) and so on.
Dinners on the gourmet

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BRING NEW INSPIRATION,
HEALTH AND HAPPINESS TO YOU

menu were chateaub-
riand ($18 per couple), or
shish kebab ($7.50 per
person) . . . Two other
menus were devoted to
continental specialties
and after theater supper.
The wine list was large
and varied. and included
some rare items, including
Bernklaster Doktor H.
Thanisch, private stock
1955.
Mitch had nine Gypsy
violin, viola and cello
players led by concertmas-
ter, Ruby Zsiga.
Maison Riviera was open
six days a week for luncheon
and dinner, or dinner only
on Sunday . . . Reserva-
tions were needed.

EARLY BIRD SPECIAL

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Winner of 2 gold medals and
1 silver medal in the
Jewish Culinary Olympics
competition held in
Jerusalem, Israel

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INCLUDING GOURMET SELECTIONS,
APPETIZERS, DINNERS, ALA CARTE, ETC.

Offer Expires
Oct. 14, 1978

Sorry, No Entertainment 78
Coupons or Credit Cords For This Special

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