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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
sign . . . of a place Jerry Guttman,
owner with parents Irving and
Rose Guttman, had supervised
construction from scratch.
The decor of mauve and gray is
accented by greenery galore and a
lot of glass windows . . . The open
look is refreshing . . . on two levels
seating about 100 at booths and
tables . . . Jeff Scissors is respon-
sible for the abstract graphics and
lettering on interior walls . . .
Segment of Irving's Restaurant
menu on Northwestern is devoted
to American Heart Association
Creative Cuisine as approved by
AHA . . . with appetizers, salads
and entrees.
THANKS . . . to Curt Norman
for the ceramic cup in which to
have our coffee . . . Also to Carol
Guttman, Jerry's sister, for the
second cup of coffee . . . Styrofoam
was used only for the party.
DATE TO REMEMBER is 8
p.m. Thursday . . . That's when
Judy Goldstein gives a one-
woman folksy music performance
at Cong. B'nai Moshe . . . in Yid-
dish, Hebrew, Russian and
English . . . Cultural Commission
of B'nai Moshe, chaired by Larry
Schon, is putting on show . . . Vol-
untary contribution is $1.50
adults, 75 cents children.
KINGSLEY INN, 47-year
landmark on Woodward Ave.,
Bloomfield Hills, is undergoing a
$4.5 million expansion and reno-
vation program that'll put on a
new wing and 72 additional rooms
. . . The 36,000 sq. ft. expansion
will bring Kingsley's room total to
227 . . . with completion of the
project in May 1986 . . . Its new
west wing will be connected to the
main building by enclosed bridges
at the first and third levels.
Gabe and Sam Zawideh pur-
chased Kingsley Inn in 1977 . . . It
was founded in 1938 by Nick
Takis . . . then sold in 1970 to
Kurt Terova . . . Kingsley con-
tinues to be family owned and op-
erated, with Sam and Gabe and
Sam's daughter Layla, and son
Jerry, and Gabe's son Ramsey.
IT'S CALLED a "Fire &
Smoke" menu til Sept. 21 at Jim's
Garage on Lamed across from
Cobo Hall . . . Flamed and blac-_
kened steaks, chops and fish . . .
even cheeses . . . are done Cajun
style during lunch and dinner,
Monday through Saturday.
RENEE SIMON of Craig-
Richards is The Happy Hobo who
will clown for the Lion's Club at
Lelli's on Woodward, Sept. 21.
OAKLAND COUNTY Circuit
Court judge had just rendered his
decision when he called attorney ,
Joe Cohen and other barrister to
the bench . . . "Just wanted to say
I had dinner at The Drake the
other night with J. Leonard Hy-
man, and it was really good," he
told Joe .. . Joe is one of the own-
ers at popular restaurant on
Drake and Walnut Lake Rd.,
where Chef Heinz Menguser and
maitre d' Bob Kimoto continue to
create raves.
EVER HAVE A CHINESE
Omelette? We had one at Rik-
shaw Inn while lunching recently
with Orchard Mall's Kathy Price
.. made for us by owner/chef
David Ltun ... pea pods, bean
sprouts, water chestnuts, mush-
rooms, bamboo shoots, Spanish
onion, eggs, salt and oyster sauce
on the side. . .. The delicious and
unusual concoction . . . with soft
garlic toast . . . was brought to us
by sweet Vicki Przywara, a smil-
ing, personable and highly effi-
cient waitress whose pleasant-
ness must be a tremendous asset
to the Rikshaw.
THREE OTHERS TRIED
and all failed ... Now the former
Bonaventure, Sidney's and Ko-
gy's will soon celebrate its second
anniversary as the highly suc-
cessful Nicky's in concourse at
Top of Troy Bldg., W. Big Beaver.
Owners John Reaser and Nick
Sorise have probably one of
Michigan's top spots when it
comes to food, fun, live'music and
dancing . . . in an atmosphere of
sheer delightfulness . . . so neat
. . . so comfortable . . . so pleasant.
And they're the kind of restau-
rant owners who employees like
to work for ... held in esteem be-
cause of the way they run their
business . . . and treat customers
. . . But that's not all . . . Both
John and Nick don't just stand
around and watch . . . When it
gets busy and the waitpersons
need assistance, the bosses are
there pitching in . . . John is one of
the nation's "best dressed bus-
boys" . . . wearing suits that cost
$750 to $1,000 and carrying trays
or cleaning tables . . . That's what
he was doing day we were there
recently for lunch.
The waitresses at Nicky's are
good ones ... Lisa Barker waited
on us . . . very pleasant and so effi-
cient . . . bringing Chef James
Lehane's delicious Sicilian bean
and pasta soup, chock full of soft
shells, chi-chi beans and vegeta-
bles . . . Also the excellent Sicilian
chicken, very lightly breaded...
served with green, yellow and
white fettucini . . . Such little
things yet so big . . . like coffee
served in tall glass cups . . . cream
in metal creamer.
Everybody is so pleasant at
Nicky's . . . Maryann Kale, gen-
eral manager now, started as a
hostess . . . coming to Nicky's a
month after it opened . . . and
helping John and Nick make their
place grow into the very popular
niche it now enjoys.
GOOD WAITRESS DEPT.
. Donna Ferns . . . evenings at
Remal's, W. Nine Mile east of
Coolidge . . . smiling, pleasant
and personable.
ALMOST ALL THOSE great
desserts made by Sylvia Lee are
now parve . . . She works out of
Bloomfield University School in
Birmingham .. . Dad Harry
Greenberg, an Orthodox Jew,
came in and kashered her place of
business . . . non-dairy . . . sepa-
rate dishes . . . separate silver-
ware . . . separate ingredients.
Sylvia Lee has a special order
dessert company . . . and nothing
but loud raves for everything .. .
Even hubby, Dr. Larry Lee,
pitches in . .‘ by decorating the
cakes . . . But cakes are just a
small part of her dessert offerings
How about 14 chocolate
goodies, nut delights, 12 "cakey"
cake presentations, flans, mous-
ses, five cheesecakes, truffles,
tarts, turtles, French sandwiches
and so many more very interest-
AT PLAZA DELI WE
OFFER OUR DELICIOUS
TRAYS WITH ONLY
8 PERSON MINIMUMS!
Let our Tray Catering,
Sandwiches, or Bulk
Orders compliment
yoUr business or soda
function.
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FRANKLIN :SHOPPING PLAZA
29145 NORTHWESTERN HWY.
(Corner of 12 Mile Rood)
356-2310