34 Friday, February 4, 1983 - THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Danny Raskin's The Best of Everything 27777 FRANKLIN RD. 353-8170 ONE BLOCK WEST OF TELEGRAPH RD. AND NORTH OF 11 MILE RD. Specializing In FRESH FISH and AGED BEEF With A CHOICE SALAD BAR Of Over 35 Items From Which To Choose LUNCH COMPLETE LUNCHEONS AND DINNERS Mon.-Sat. 11:30-3 p.m. PRIVATE BANQUET FACILITIES, DINNER Tu es.-Sat. 5:30-9:30 p.m. Tues.-Sat. IN THE 20s, it was built as a grainery . . . Then in 1932 it was a bar called Country Tavern . . . 1948 saw it as Fred's Bar . . . and Oba's bar in 1965. This is the site history of what in 1979 became Ginopolis' . . . seating about 100 if that . . . serving good ground rounds and chili .. . on the corner of 12 Mile and Middlebelt . . . owned by George Ginopolis and sons John and Peter. Not much time elapsed before it started becoming too small . . . and finally, on Dec. 19, 1982, anew, totally unfamiliar Ginopolis' open tuesdays thru sundays 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. SZECHUAN, MANDARIN, CANTONESE & AMERICAN CUISINE 968-0022 4 CARL'S CHINA CITY Open Daily 11 to 10:30, Sat. 11 to 12 Mid., Sun. 12 to 10:30 - Carry Out Service Free Parking 13715 W. 9 MILE ROAD, OAK PARK 547-4663 KING LIM'S GARDEN Owned I. Operates! By May / Stepp..Tem Hoe Mandarin, - Szechuan & Cantonese Food Carry - Out Service Catering To Parties Available Sun. 12 noon to 10 COMPLETE CARRY - OUT AIMS. 354-9077 COMBINATION PLATE ALMOND BONELESS CHICKEN WITH WON TON SOUP, EGG ROLL, $/ 11150 FRIED RICE & TEA lap SERVED ANYTIME 7 DAYS A Tradition Va. "T anAw 44004 Since 1934 6 1 7: i 5ine 2ining and Lock-1(4110 Fred Bayne at the organ nightly 1128 E. Nine Mile Road (1V2 Mile East of 1-75) Recommended by AAA & *bile Guides (313) 541-2132 SZECHUAN, MANDARIN, CANTONESE & AMERICAN MON.-THURS. 11-11, FRI. & SAT. 11-12 Mid. SUN. 12-10 5441021 THE GOLD COIN CHINESE-AMERICAN CUISINE 24480 W. 10 MILE (IN TEL-EX PLAZA) West of Telegraph 333-7848 FOMPLETE CARRY-OUT O SERVING COCKTAILS NW to 11 p.m., • Mon.-Thurs. 11 1■ Fri. & Sit. 11 to 12Mid. -• Sun 1 to 9:30 p.m. l i llillilli.1 ■1■11■1■1■1■1■11■1■1:: 1 E GREAT MALL .1111 Art :On SERVING YOUR FAVORITE EXOTIC; DRINKS & CHOICE COCKTAILS ISM PRIVATE DINING ROOM • BANQUETS • PARTIES • BUSINESS MEETINGS I Your host . . . HENRY LUM 1•1 1111 35135 Grand River, Farmington (Drakeshire Shopping Center) 1111 11111 1 1 ■ t. 1 Z Businessmen's Luncheons • Carry outs • Catering 476-9181 852.8280 Exotic Cocktails EXPRESSLY FOR YOUR DINING at the ENGLISH DOVER SOLE KINGSLEY INN 642 - 0100 KOW KOW INN aa. m : sM N.-SAT. OPEN 12-12:45 N Famous Chop Suey • Cantonese Food • Steaks • Chops • *Sea Food CARRY OUT SERVICE EASY PARKING 322 W. McNICHOLS. Bet. Woodward P. Second 868-7550 • UNCLE JOHN'S 1360 S. WOODWARD, B'HAM 644-2727 HINUKE 10001 TELEGRAPH, S. of Plymouth Serving Breakfast, Lunch A Dinner 538-0440 OPEN 7 DAYS 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. FLING LIM'S CARRY OUT • CATERING 8410 W. NINE MILE, W. of Livernois NEW KING LIM'S 3350 Auburn Rd. FLOWN IN FRESH SPECIAL PLUS OTHER SPECIALS FROM $2.50 ti $3.85 OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK 26196 GREENFIELD, LINCOLN CENTER, OAK PARK Mon.-Thurs. 11 to 10:30 968-3040 Fri. 11 to 11. Sat. 11 to 12 24535 W. 12 MILE RD. AT TELEGRAPH • Private Dining Room • Businessmen's Luncheons MON.-THURS. 11 a.m.-10:30 p.m. FRI. & SAT. 11 a.m.- 12 mid. SUN. 12 noon-10:30 p.m. Speciag in Cantonese Food 110A- KOW INN 1111 IT. 1St - Banquet Facilities Available VIN6 Paf45 SOUTHFIELD 18113 W. 11 MILE RD. & SOUTHFIELD RD. . 569 - 5527 Mon.-Fri., 11 to 10:30 Saturday 11 to 1 Sunday 12 to 10 Banquet Facilities Available FARMINGTON 31455 W. 14 NILE RD. & ORCHARD UNE RD. JAPANESE STEAK HOUSE 851-8600 M-Th. Lun. 11:30-2:30. Din: 5:30-10 Fri. & Sat. Dinner til 12 Mid. Sun. 12-9 CANTONESE Sun. 11:30-4, Fri. & Sat. Din. 4 to 2 a.m. 851-7400 Valet gents were parking cars all over the large area . . . It seemed like some- thing big was going on .. . There was . . . Ginopolis' was open. The inside is also unbe- lievable . . . hard to envision such a transformation . . . so different and startingly realistic as young and old, casual and dressed, basked in the action-filled fun of a Ginopolis' with its over $1,000,000 new look. Disco and soft rock music is played by an on-premises disc jockey . . . not too loud or overbearing . . . and easy beats in the large room with its excellent acoustics. There's a dance floor in the center that original plans had called for being raised . . . How- ever, a handicapped per- sons department in Lans- ing said John and Pete couldn't have a raised floor without a ramp for people in wheelchairs to get onto and dance .. . Sound strange? . . . The boys aren't alone in not being able to understand it. OPEN 7 DAYS—Mon.-Thurs. 11-10, Fri. & Sat. 11-11, Sun. & Holidays 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. • Banquet Facilities Your Chef: FRANK ENG 3020 GRAND RIVER Free Parking TE 3-0700 Private Banquet Rooms for wedding parties. Serving the World's Finest Steaks, Chops and HOUSE Sea Foods for more than 50 years. All Beef aged in our cellars. I The outside is totally different than before .. . Restaurant 22106 COOLIDGE AT 9 MILE In A & P Shopping Center DINE IN & CARRY-OUT 398-5502 or 398-5503 • breakfast • lunch • dinner • after-theater • kiddie menu CHOP I was there on a Mon- day evening, normally considered a bad night in the restaurant nitery game . . . and couldn't be- lieve my eyes . . . For a moment, I thought it was another place . . . cer- tainly not Ginopolis' ... But a brilliantly-lighted sign assured me that there was no mistake. GOLDEN BOWL dining room, carry-out and trays lincoln shopping center, 10Y2 mi. & greenfield, oak park opened at the same locale seating 175 with a capacity for 370 including standing . . . which John and Pete are getting plenty of. • Thirty-one lamp shade fixtures are over all tables . . . with a huge chandelier and mirrored ceiling above the dance floor . . . Everywhere is solid oak .. . the large arc bar, tables, walls, partitions, etc. . . . $100,000 worth of just oak wood . . . Nine fan fixtures whirl in rhythm. Ginopolis' inside and out is the design of Ken Rudinski, who grew up with John and came in from San Diego as somewhat of a favor to his boyhood friend. The huge expanse of 8,000 square feet still re- tains a look of intimacy .. . with its nine booths plus regular and standup island tables. Where did the 8,000 square feet come from? The old Ginopolis' was only about 1,500 square feet ... Trees were cut and a house torn down to make an entire three acres the beautiful Ginopolis' of today. The employees are so pleasant . . . eager to please . . . caught up in this new excitement . . . like Rick Rogow, a son of Emily and Sonny Rogow, evening host. You didn't get too much more than a hamburger or chili at Ginopolis' back in 1979 . . . but oh what a dif- ference now . . . Imagine a menu from nine different hamburgers . . . to pizza .. . to salads . . . to flaming saganaki and other Greek dishes . . . to nachos . . . to pastas . . . to Steak Diane . . . to ribs . . . to chicken and veal . . . to six seafood items including red snapper broiled in white wine and lemon juice, garnished with toasted sliced almonds .. . or sole Florentine with sea- soned white wine and stuf- fed with spinach . . . Ginopolis' homemade soups 1 and chili . . . etc., etc. This can't be the same Ginopolis' . . . Yes it is .. . then again, no it isn't .. . Whichever the confusion, John and Pete have done their dad, George, right proud. He passed on and never saw its completion . . . but his wife, Florence Ginopolis, proudly looks about and sees a piece of him . . . George may be gone, but is still there seven days and nights a week . . . Ginopolis' is a tribute to John's and Pete's dad . . . His name is in gold leaf above the large bar . . . and a pic- ture of him hangs near the glass sectioned doors as customers enter or leave. In front of the menu, John's wife Marion, wrote . . . "In Farmington Hills there was a pub for many and many a year. Custom- ers came as they were for a hamburger and beer. "Meanwhile, a father and his two sons were looking for some space on which to build a restaurant, this lit- tle pub was the place. "They operated as it was until it burst its seams. And then they built a spacious one, this was Dad's lifelong dream. "George Ginopolis didn't live to see his dream fulfilled. But to his memory and in his name Ginopolis' was built. " 'My sons, to gain respect from others you must re- spect them, too. Treat all customers the same.' Ba- ba's words we still hold true.' " A lot of dreams have been fulfilled with the new Ginopolis' . . . It's truly the Cinderella turned into a beautiful princess . . . and indeed no fairy tale. "NUTS" BECOMES the first non-musical produc- tion ever to be extended at the Birmingham Theater . . . Originally slated to close Sunday, the provoca- tive dramatization of a san- ity hearing, starring Pat- ricia Morrison and Guilia Pagana, will be held an additional week through Feb. 13 to accommodate the large demand for tickets. FIRST APPEARANCE for Ron Coden . . . at J. Ross Browne's on Green- field in Southfield, just south of 11 Mile . . . In fact, it's the first time Ron has played Southfield since the Raven Gallery closed on Greenfield and 12 Mile .. . Ron's at J. Ross Browne's Wednesdays through Saturdays til Feb. 26. SPEAKING OF • the former Raven Gallery, a sign there now says, "Min- nie's Seafood" . . . slated to open soon on the site. A LONG-TIME Oak Park restaurant stalwart and pioneer, Hoa Kow on W. Nine Mile just west of Coolidge, has added another (Continued on Page 35)