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RESTAURANT-LOUNGE
29505 W. 9 MILE RD., SW Corner Middlebelt
474-4650
WHOLE SLAB OF RIBS
SUNDAY, MONDAY & TUESDAY
Includes:
Cole Slaw, Cottage Fries
and Garlic Bread
$795
Reg. .Hours: Mon.-Fri. 11 to 2 a.m.
Sat. 4 to 2 a.m.
Your Host: MIKE WATZMAN
the
roman
lertw•e
27822 ORCHARD LAKE RD.,
AT 12 MILE OFF 6%
851-4094
Open Mon. thru Sat.
11:30 a.ru.-2:30 a.m•
HOMEMADE
ITALIAN CUISINE
Saloon
(Below Roman Terrace)
NOW
OPEN FOR LUNCH
Open for Lunch Mon.-Sat. from 11:30
Open Sun. 4 p.m.
beer. Dinners in the restau-
rant serving German spe-
cialties since 1862 were
$3.50 to $6.75.
Jim's Garage on Larned
was billed by conven-
tioneers as especially for
lunch. They were impressed
by the wall montage of
Michigan license plates dat-
ing back to 1910, an old
Shell gas pump, automobile
tires and prints of more car
models than they or their
grandparents could re-
member.
Luncheon favorites were
Swiss onion soup and hearty
sandwiches of corned beef or
pastrami, all for a tab of
$1.50 to $2.60.
Another popular spot
with 1970 conventioneers
was Kresge Court, De-
troit Institute of Art. It
was once an outdoor
courtyard, later glassed
over and transformed
into the setting for the
Continental Cafe Buffet
with fancy sandwiches,
salads and pastries at
$1-$3.
Trader Vic's with the
Polynesian decor and food
specialties in the Detroit
Hilton was new to Detroit.
Luncheons of curry or ten-
derloin tips were $3. Dinner
a la carte with seafood,
Chinese dishes and curries
were $4.50 to $7.50. Liquor
included some exotic po-
tions.
Fine Dining In The Elegant
Vineyard's Tradition
Fresh Seafood . . . Delicious Char-Broiled Steaks
Wonderful Prime Ribs of Beef
Elegant Veal Oscar or Picatta
Alaskan King Crab Legs . . . Scampi
Sole . . . Whitefish
Chicken Coq Au Vin . . . Etc.
Dinners include our house salad and
freshly baked parmesan bread
Dining Downstairs In Our Beautiful Intimate
John Laffrey's Steak Bar
29230 Franklin Road
at Twelve Mild and Northwestern Hwy.
44'1
357-3430
Everything)
Carl's Chop House on
Grand River was for out-of-
towners the place for steak
and beef. They were im-
pressed that Carl got prime
beef by the herd and cooked
it well. Dinner was $4.50 to
$6.75.
Top of the Flame at
Woodward and Jefferson in
the Yamasaki-designed
Michigan Consolidated Gas
Co. • building was a tourist
attraction. But the food
wasn't as good as the view
and neither was the service.
Price of dinners was $4.25 to
$7.25.
Gourmets considered
the London Chop House
on W. Congress the best
in Detroit. Dinner prices
of $15 to $20 reflected the
kind of food and service
in the see-and-be-seen
atmosphere.
Detroit's big nightclub
with name entertainers was
in Windsor. The Elmwood
Casino was featuring Tiny
Tim when the Detroit-
Windsor, Ontario Freedom
Festival celebrated the U.S.
Fourth of July, in 1970.
Shoppers had lunch at
Hudson's Riverview Room
where the favorite for 20
years was Maurice salad.
The salad or chicken pot pie,
another standby, came to
$1.90 with coffee.
The first floor La
Mediterranee in Hotel
Pontchartrain offered
luncheon entrees such as
half cracked Dungeness
crab or broiled rib steak in
the $3 range.
A crock of onion soup,
a glass of wine, French
bread and French pastry
were available there or
outdoors in Le Sidewalk
Cafe for $2.35. Miner at
La Mediterranee was a la
carte. Entrees such as
breast of chicken saute
grandmere or veal Par-
migiana were $5.75.
The Salamandre Bar
served men only at lunch
and the Cabaret La Boheme
at the Top of the Ponch of-
fered the best view of De-
troit and Windsor plus
dancing.
The Towne Room off the
main lobby of the Sheraton
Cadillac tried for a French
atmosphere and missed.
Striped awnings and post-
ers looked like decorations
for a junior high school
dance. More popular was
the Motor Bar Steak House
on the lower level with dark
wood walls and waitresses
in dirndl dresses. Dinner
was $4.50 to $7.50.
Tourists loved Sanders
for the egg salad
sandwich-hot fudge sundae
type of lunch or for choco-
lates to take back home.
They also frequented
Quikee Donut and Coffee
Shops spotted all over
downtown as places to make
the budget or expense ac-
count balance.
A decade later, a lot of
strangers came to town
for the July Republican
Convention. Re-
staurateurs complained
about the lack of the ex-
pected avalanche of
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FRI. SAT. & SUN., MAY 29, 30 & 31
KATZ'S
Delicatessen-Restaurant
13131 W. 9 Mile, west of Coolidge • Oak Park
TRAY CATERING
ALSO AVAILABLE
546-6824
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22140 WOODWARD Just S. of 9 Mile
544-7933
Ferndale
IS OPEN
AGAIN!
NEW DECOR! NEW BOOTHS! NEW CARPETING!
FRESH BROILED
FISH
INCLUDES 9 COURSES!
• FRUIT CUP • SOUP OR JUICE
&
• CHOICE OF POTATO • SALAD
• VEGETABLE • GREEK BREAD &
.STICKS • CHOICE OF DESSERT
• COFFEE OR. TEA
1 /2 BAR-B-Q FRESH CHICKEN
ROAST FRESH TURKEY %ft/Dressing
BABY BEEF LIVER women Of Bacon
VEAL CUTLETS
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VEAL PARMESAN
FRESH FISH & CHIPS
CHOPPED SIRLOIN W/Mushroom Sauce
ROAST SIRLOIN OF BEEF Au .,us
1/2 FRIED FRESH CHICKEN
BAR-B-Q RIBS
MOUSAKA (Baked Egg Plant)
SPINACH PIE
8
$4.49
$4:
$4.49
$4.49
$4.49
$4.25
$4.83
$5.75
$4.85
$6.75
$4.95
$4.95
ALL INCLUDE ABOVE LISTED 9 COURSE ITEMS!
SERVED-ANY HOUR! ANY DAY!
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• Children's Menu • Diet Dishes • Ala Carte Menu