THE DETROIT JEWISH IRS 28 Friday, May 3I,1210 Danny Raskin's Sertnr a.M. - IIIIE • Filial ORANGE JUICE • 2 EGGS (any style) . • ROLI. OR BAGEL • COFFEE OR TEA SEE WHY WE ARE NO. 1 IN METROPOLITAN DETROIT! $145 iRviNa r s THE SOMETHING DIFFEREN DELICATESSEN-RESTAURA T 559_1380 27167 GREENFIELD 1 BBL B. of 11 MIN Open Tues.-Sun. 6 a.m.-9:30 p.m. 22740 WOODWARD at 9 Mile Ferndale • PARKING IN REAR • 544-7933 ONE OF MICHIGAN'S OLDEST RESTAURANTS Say Good Food And We Mean It!" OPEN 7 DAYS--BREAKFAST • LUNCH • DINNER OUR FAMOUS SPECIAL DINNERS $3.75 BROILED FRESH WHITE FISH $3.75 BROILED FRESH LAKE TROUT $3.50 STUFFED FLOUNDER BROILED HALIBUT $3.50 $3.75 BROILED PICKEREL $4.85 SEAFOOD PUTTER $3.95 FRIED SCALLOPS JUMBO SHRIMPS. $4,95 FRESH FISH & CHIPS $2.85 BAR-B-0_ RIBS ROAST PRIME RIB $5.45 OF BEEF BAR-B-0 CHICKEN $5.45 $3.50 $4.50 ROAST SIRLOIN OF BEEF $3.50 BRAISED SHORT RIBS ALL ABOVE INCLUDE: SALAD, VEG., POT., GREEK BREAD & BUTTER RIALTO'S SPECIAL BREAKFAST SERVED AT ALL TIMES! • 2 EXTRA LARGE EGGS • 3 BREAKFAST MEATS • PINEAPPLE RING • HOME-MADE AMERICAN FRIES • TOAST & JELLY $2.85 • STEAKS • CHOPS • GREEK DISHES • ITALIAN DISHES • CHILDREN'S MENU • HOME COOKING MON. THRU THURS. 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., FRI. & SAT. 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 p. m. SUN. 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. c TAILS BEER WINE. I ■ ••••••'- 4 The Best of Everything By MYSTERY MUNCHER Guest Columnist The yellowing pages of old scrap books hold a mul- titude of memories. And re-discovering menus, from restaurants which have faded away but never die and are pasted in your mind as well as in old scrapbooks, is a step back into the past. Stored away in my memorabilia is a 1942 menu from Hund's on Grand River and Bagley. The special of the day was whole broiled baby lobster with drawn buttei, mixed seafood with tartar sauce, salad, potatoes, rolls and butter and coffee for the unbeliev- able price of $1.60. Today, the lobster , alone could cost almost 10 times that much. How can you beat a com- plete dinner which included Hund's special antipasto, fresh jumbo shrimp cocktail, garden vegetable soup, chopped liver, Florida fruit cup, double consomme with egg drops or Rhode Is- land clam chowder, salad, frog legs Northwood Inn style, a choice of potatoes, Harvard beets or Michigan corn on the cob, assorted home-made pies, special sundaes, watermelons or Roquefort, Liederkranz or Camembert cheese for $1.80. Steak with all the trimmings was $2.20 and Hund's special baked stuffed deviled crabs were $1.40. When was the last time you had a corned-beef sandwich at these prices? Hund's also provided dinner music and entertainment. Speaking of Hund's re- minds me of Northwood Inn on Woodward, which was owned by the same re- staurateur, Mildred Hund. The Tuesday night buffets at Northwood, with all the shrimp (among other - Plan Your Next. Affair At "ngfitep 3inn •I3ar Mitzvas • Bat Mitzvas • Sweet 16's • Banquets • Showers • Parties For All Occasions Excellent Facilities Available For Wedding Ceremony and Receptions Plus A 160-Room Hotel For Your Guests LUNCHEONS MON. THRU SAT. FROM 11 a.m. DINNER MON. THRU SAT. FROM 5 p.m. SUN. 1 to 10 p.m. LATE NIGHT ALA CARTE MENU MON.-SAT., 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. SUNDAY IS BRUNCH DAY Served From 10 am. to 2 p.m. One of Michigan's Most Elegant Arrays of All-You-Can-Eat Delights, Including 14 Hot Entrees - $65 °- per person WOODWARD S. OF LONG LAKE RD. Reservations Accepted Bloomfield Hills 644-1400 things) you could eat be- - tween dance sets, were -rela- tively inexpensive treats and there's not likely to be anything like them again in these parts. I came across a 1940s breakfast menu which says, "William Boesky, Joe Freedman and staff wish you a Happy New Year." That breakfast_menu at their Brass Rail on Adams featured broiled filet mig- non sandwich with cole slaw and French fried potatoes for 65 cents. Or you could have smoked lox and eggs with French fries and toast for the same price. Coffee was a nickel. Many Detroiters re- member the Marine Dining Room in Chicago's Edgewa- ter Beach Hotel. I have a menu from 1944 and on the cover is a picture of Chef Baltera, a nationally- known personality who had been serving Marine Dining Room patrons for almost two decades. The table d'hote dinner included a choice of fresh seafood cocktail, papaya nectar or tomato juice, cream of asparagus soup, bluepoints, fresh fruit cocktail - grenadine or double consomme. The most expensive entrees on the menu were filet mignon of prime beef tenderloin saute for $3.20, emince of turkey and sweetbreads Louise, lamb chops or roast stuf- fed fatted capon with chef's dressing and cran- berry sauce at $2.85 and broiled whole squab chicken on toast with ba- con, $2.75. These, of course, were complete dinners with ap- petizers, new lima beans or French fried egg plant, can- died sweet or creamed whipped potatoes, Belle Fermiere salad — lettuce, pear, strawberries, cream cheese and jelly — or crisp heart of lettuce with French dressing. Desserts were also in- cluded and you could order graham butterscotch or fresh rhubarb pie, chocolate marshmallow cake, frozen puff with chocolate sauce or a strawberry parfait. Cof- fee, tea or milk and hot raised biscuits were part of the meal. A bottle of Bur- gundy, Claret, Rhine or Sauterne wine set custom- ers back a whopping $1.35. It was cheaper by the glass — 30 cents. There was no cover charge for early dinner guests who left before 8 p.m. For others, there was a 50- cent cover Sunday through Friday and 75 cents on Saturdays and holidays. But there was a $1 dance admission charge during the week and $1.25 Satur- days, holidays and Sundays from 6 to midnight. I found a 1940s simu- lated wood menu, shaped like a T from the restau- rant name, Tip's, which featured thick steaks (Continued on Page 29) Specializing in Authentic Italian-American Dining Lunches and Dinners THE FINEST GOURMET ORIENTAL CUISINE •EXCELLENT COMBINATION FAMILY DINNERS • COCKTAILS RIKSHAW IN N 85 - 1-6400 IN THE ORCHARD MALL 6407 ORCHARD LAKE RD. AT MAPLE Carry Outs Available 1111111, •6111 ■ 11) Rib CEDARS Chef's Specials Served Mon. Thru Sat. 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