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Joins us 'iron for a .fabulous feast you won't soon forget! °titer% lw 25485 Telegraph Rd. •• Southfield •• 358-4950 ritilietsmiateiow is in the hopper of the state legislature to provide beer and wine for delis and other eateries changing colors of autumn will finding it hard to compete with- soon turn the leaves to brown the wet stuff. and gold but thoughts of sum- out Licenses aren't usually ap- mer remain. Among pleasant memories are proved for coffee shops or "shot of dining on the water watching 'n shell" operations when the the boats go by, closing your booze permits run dry. There eyes and pretending you're on a was a time in the 1970s when licenses were given out for dis- luxury cruise. The Landsdown on the Detroit cos which didn't serve food and River is reminiscent of a stately even small operations serving cruise ship as it gently rocks in pancakes or pizza. Not all restaurants make it the water. The oh-so-friendly, dignified waiters never forget to and liquor licenses are bought tell "seafaring" guests, "It's been and sold. A number of dining spots have changed hands more a privilege serving you." You can have cocktails on than once. The public is fickle. Some of deck, sit back and relax and bask in the sun. We had lunch the older restaurants where inside on a Saturday afternoon diners used to stand in long when business was far from lines at lunch and dinner hours brisk. Our seafood salad was are hungry for customers. Big- tasty and attractively served. ger and more novel, but not But we were more impressed necessarily better, spots have replaced aging standbys. with the atmosphere. Chuck Muer, for example, is Dining aboard the tugboat, Ouelette on the river in Windsor doing great with Southfield is another unique experience. Charley's which opened in 1982 Watching the skyline of Detroit in the old Sussex House which ablaze with glittering lights is a had a loyal but dwindling clien- tele. Merriwether's, now a treat for the eyes. Captain's favorites from land Chuck Muer restaurant, is one and sea are interesting but not of many Muer operations cur- inexpensive. A platter for two at rently featuring "lobstermania" $22.50 per person includes one at $11.95 and packing them in whole lobster, filet medallions, for both lobster and other oysters, shrimp, frog legs, clam dinners. The family tavern, as Muer strips, asparagus tips, sauteed mushrooms and stuffed to- calls it, will no doubt be around matoes. The suggested wine, An- when other eateries have gone down the tube. But a good bet is jou, is $14. Waitresses aboard the Cana- there'll always be a new kid on dian liner, however, made a the block to shine, even tempo- chilly night even chillier. There rarily, in the bustling suburban wasn't a trace of the Windsor restaurant market. Despite the restaurant boom, hospitality we've experienced before. One consolation is the . there's one element usually mis- sing. In very few dining spots do exchange rate. Duffy's on this side offers a re- owners or managers with piz- laxing view of Cooley Lake and zazz and the personal touch music to enhance the evening. mingle with the guests, sit down Specialties are hearty soups in and gab, or even pour an after- kettles and a wide variety of dinner drink on the house for the regulars. seafood. Just as supermarkets have Getting back to Canada, we notice an abundance of outdoor replaced mom-and-pop grocery eateries, but dining at fresco in stores and pharmacies have the Detroit metropolitan area is eliminated the friendly druggist who knew your name as well as the exception, not the norm. We'd like to see more quaint your kids, restaurants in too little cafes under the stars for many instances are impersonal. Svelte hostesses with plung- romantic summer dining. You meet the most interesting ing necklines and phony smiles people in unexpected places. We ask if you have a reservation had dinner at the Ronde-View even when the place is half atop the Holiday Inn in South- empty, forget to say "Welcome" field. The dinner and the scen- or "Enjoy your dinner" and lead ery were fine but the highlight you to a table where you're just of the evening was talking to another anonymous face. Even the waitresses who an- maitre d' Richard Roland. Roland, 69, has retired three nounce their names and tell you times but comes back to work they'll be serving you tonight because he's bored. He used to don't make up for the personal, make $50 a week back in the homey touch. Restaurants, like other busi- late .1930s as captain of the old glamorous Copacabana in New ness places, have become too York. But the tips were fabul- busy and too big. In many in- stances, you .can go to the same ous, said he. Among great gratuity givers eating spot for lunch day after were Ed Sullivan who, along day and not seem to be recog- with his wife, were regulars, at nized. Everyone likes that spe- the Copa. Sullivan didn't drink dal, warming feeling of being but he took care of the servers, remembered and appreciated. busboys and captain Roland Too few restaurateurs and em- even if the "really big shoo" and ployees are sensitive to this fact his spouse ordered just coffee. of life. MYSTERY THE MUNCHER WRITES ... The SERVING ONLY FRESH . FOOD FOR YOUR GOOD HEALTH! CHOICE 0 F 7 ITEMS .... $5 25 $ Pizzeria EARLY BIRD_ MENU 11111111111 • minim, mom • DANNY RASKIN MARIO'S Famous For Fresh Steaks, Chops & Seafood OPEN PROM U a.m.II S FOB LUNCH BEST OF EVERYTHING STAGE & M. IN The lankalk, Dr- de r& us Rd. & Ifok, Will BE PASO All DAY 1111110, TUESDAY NII WEDNESDAY, REIM BURS- 1AV, SEPT. le st1111.2. WeamdakterApikarwg The dwindling supply of CONTRARY TO MANY liquor licenses could stymie the thoughts... John Laffrey never growth of restaurants. But a bill had anything to dti with Mr.