32 Friday, May 29, 1981 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS r he Best of ir (Continued from Page 31) 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 (Continued on Page 33) • • III • • II • • • • • • III • II • • • • • • ■C ■ ■ ■ • • • BAR -B - Q a 1 g .e .1 . ENTERTAINING? . . . LET US DO IT FOR YOU! Heaping Tray of Luscious Hot Ribs — Chicken — ■ Sh Fren rim chpFries or Potato Salad — Cole Slaw — Relishes ■ — Rolls Hot Hors Oeuvres Also Available ■ ■ EVERYTHING COMPLETE ... 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