42 Friday, March 15, 1985
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
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A fresh relish tray with our own special dip • Topinka's fantastic house salad with our
secret (shh) dressing • a piping hot baked potato or Middle Eastern rice • fresh, sauteed
vegetables • homemade bread and butter • AVAILABLE THROUGH MARCH 31, 1985
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SUPER BREAKFAST SPECIAL MARCH 15 THRU MARCH 21
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come in all sizes . . . all colors .. .
all shapes . . . and all sorts of di-
versification . . . But the one at
120-seater London Chop House
downstairs in Murphy Bldg.,
downtown Detroit, has its own in-
dividuality within simplicity.
Regular customers take for
granted th printed daily lunch
and dinner menu.
Jimmy Schmidt, almost eight
years as executive chef, explained
his reasoning to Patt Patterson of
Nation's Restaurant News on Jan.
28.
"One thing that's absolutely es-
sential is developing a flexible
menu. Our menu is made up indi-
vidually for each meal. We have a
new menu printed twice daily, one
for luncheon and one for dinner.
"That's not as difficult as it
sounds. I work with a printer who
has a press dedicated to our work.
The inside of the menu —the wine
list — is printed in advance. The
front, with the entrees, and the
desserts, coffees and after-dinner
drinks on the back, are printed to
order from my phone call to the
printer. I have until 9 in the morn-
ing to phone in the luncheon
menu for delivery by 11:30 a.m.
The dinner menu must be phoned
in by 2 p.m. for delivery by 3:30
p.m."
The London Chop House menus
are large . . . folded in half, they
measure 13 inches by 20 inches on
heavy white stock . . . A typical
luncheon menu carries 31
entrees, ranging from the $9
Pancho-burger to the $23.24
luncheon sirloin steak . . . The
menu lists entree specialties, cold
buffet, fresh pasta, fresh seafood
and fish, poultry, lamb, veal and
beef.
For a typical a la carte dinner
menu, the 30 entrees range from
the' $15.75 Mess of Lake Erie
perch to the $29.25 sirloin steak.
Entrees may include northern
Michigan buffalo with morel
mushrooms, rosemary and
julienne of vegetables ($25.50),
air-flown fresh fillet of Dover sole,
grilled in butter, with vegetable
panache ($22.25), and sauteed
veal Oskar with Mainebackfin
crab, broccoli and bernaise sauce
($21.50).
"The reason for the flexible
menu is so I can list what we are
actually going to serve," Schmidt
says. "I go to the market almost
every day. We pull in food from
both coasts and from local sources.
We adapt the menu to meet the
availability of food each day.
"We have a large menu. So we
don't need hundreds of each
entree item. For example, I may
get 20 pheasants in feathers this
morning. We work to our menu
and our historical usage. That
way we have a low waste factor.
By becoming a dependable cus-
tomer, we can get the per-
sonalized attention of such small
suppliers. It's a good deal for both
of us.
"We have 22 food handlers in
the back of the house, from sous
chefs down to oyster cleaners. We
prepare food not only for the Lon-
don Chop House but for our sister
operation, the Caucus Club, lo-
cated across the street. It has 115
seats and is open five days a week
for lunch and dinner. With all this
preparation to order and for two
operations, we keep food costs to
34 percent and back-of-the-house_
labor to 23.5 percent." (London
Chop House is open six days a
week. Closed on Sunday.)
AS THE CLICHE goes, "Apple
doesn't fall far from the the tree"
. . . and so Marlene Spinner Len-
nox, with Cher Perlmutter, will
put on their Mts. American
Pageant tomorrow night, 7:30
p.m. at Plymouth Hilton.
Marlene is daughter of Janet
Beckman Spinner, among nine
finalists in 1948 Beauty-
Personality Contest at Latin
Quarter on Grand Blvd., held by
our Listening Post column ..
Janet and twin sister, Joyce ,
Beckman Hodess, were both in
the finals . . . 37 years later .. .
and they still look alike, act alike
. . . and dress alike.
Winners of 1985 Mrs. America
finals around country hit national,„
television late April for glamor-
ous Reno Hilton.
AUDITIONS FOR A Gentle-
man and A Scoundrel comedy by
Jack Sharkey . . . Jimmy Launce
Production opening May 10 at
Somerset Dinner Theater . . . will
be held March 18, 7:30 p.m. at th€ -
dinner theater . . . Two males and
one female of varied ages are
needed . . . No appointment
necessary.
IT'S THE NATION'S first-
time ever . . . and scheduled to be
an annual event at Nicky's, Top of
Troy Bldg. concourse . . . March
25 benefit for National Center For
Missing & Exploited Children ,
begins at 5 p.m. . . . Jay Howell,
national director of NCMEC, is
being flown in from Washington,
D.C. by Nicky's owners John Re-
aser and Nick Sorise . . . He'll be
introduced by emcee Bill Bonds,
WXYZ-TV anchorman.
$25 donation also includes buf-
fet dinner, "Spring Fling" fashion
show plus Mel Ball's Expo Facto
and Nouveaute bands . . . Goal is
to hit $10,000 for the center.
HISTORIC HOLLY Hotel on
Battle Alley in Holly has joined
the stand-up comedy attraction_
ranks with Friday and Saturday
laugh-getters . . . Tonight and(
tomorrow are Tim Lilly, Arlan
Dean and Stuart Mitchell . . . $5
show charge for 8:30 and 10:30
performances.
FAST-MOVING comedy Run
For Your Wife stars TV's Keiz
Berry in four-week engagement
at Birmingham Theater, March'
22-April 21.
Complications arise when a
rather ordinary New York taxi
driver, played by Berry, prevents
mugging and becomes front page
news . . . Suddenly he's found tob4
far from ordinary with too many,
women in his life.
IT WAS A FOGGY, rain-mist
evening . . . the kind you like to
cuddle up by a fire to watch televi-
sion or read a good book . . . But
still over 100 people showed up for
Cabaret Nite at Standard Club
North . . . Nothing elaborate, just
a nice evening of togetherness for
the members and their guests .. .
with dinner off SC's regular menu
. . . and the music of Bob Durand
Trio.
Nice to be with nice people .. .
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