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Call 354-6060 ri f • fl WHEREIN WE GO WILD ABOUT MAINE LOBSTER AND TAME ABOUT PRICING Now Thru October 31 Dinners starting $ 1 095 from CHARGRILLED LOBSTER TAILS Served with roasted LOBSTER KABOB Served with rice pilaf potatoes and fresh vegetables STEAK & CHARGRILLED LOBSTER BAKED STUFFED LOBSTER LARRY Served with rice pilaf and Served with roasted potatoes fresh vegetables LOBSTER CREOLE Served with rice pilaf LOBSTER FETTUCINE VERDE Served with homemade pasta noodles ONE POUND LIVE MAINE LOBSTER Served with roasted potatoes and fresh vegetables. Outtif ittueei Altiopiwetheios 25485 Telegraph Rd., Southfield 358-4950 Diagets 30555 Grand River, Farmington 478-3800 56 Friday, October 10, 1986 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS York, the glittering, glamor- ous, throbbing pulse of America, is a citadel of res- taurants. As soon as the Dutch set- tled New Amsterdam in the 1700s, a tavern was built and the reconstructed building still houses a restaurant in the Wall Street area. The first cafeteria in the U.S. was opened in the Big Apple in 1885 and was dub- bed the Exchange Buffet. The automat, which arose in Germany, gained popularity in New York. New York was home to the first modern restaurants like Delmonico's, Rector's and Louis Sherry's where tycoons such as Diamond Jim Brady achieved feats of unmatched gluttony. It was to New York that European immigrants brought their own ethnic di- versity. And it was New York that the term "Cafe Society" was coined and the speakeasy was born. Americans at the 1939 New York World's Fair were introduced to international cuisines which immediately became part of the city's gas- tronomy. Le Pavillon set standards for deluxe French dining rooms and vichyssoise was created at the Ritz Carlton. "Broadway," a song written by Sidney Skolsky and made famous by Jimmy Durante, calls that immortal street "Coffee-pot Canyon, Orange Juice Gulch." And while the Great White Way was dotted with Chinese restaurants, the song says, "There ain't no Chinamen in Chinatown." Cabaret keepers in the early 1900s were more con- cerned with the fame of their filet mignon aux champigon than they were about how the Castles danced or Sophie Tucker peddled a song. But, later, people didn't go to nightclubs to eat the chic- ken sandwiches the size of postage stamps, chop suey and egg foo young. It was said that most of the joy seekers in New York were so blotto by 1 a.m. they couldn't tell a crepe Suzette from hamburgers smothered with onions. The New York restaurant still was an institution on Broadway as Rector's and Churchill's made fortunes. Hors d'oeuvres cost 65 cents, chicken soup a la Creole 30 cents, fried smelts Versailles 50 cents and baby chicken en casserole a hefty $1.50. A full dinner was less than $5. Reisenweber on Columbus Circle was the pioneer of dinner entertainment and the cover charge. Reisenweber gave jazz to Broadway but the cafe was the first to be padlocked for possession of booze. Lobster palaces and society dancers were the rage. Chur- chill's and Rector's featured musical shows. It was a highball era when one ounce of whisky was hidden in ten ounces of water. John Dunstan opened the Manhat- tan Oyster and Chop House. You'll find the highest and lowest priced food in New York but generally it will cost you more to dine there than in any other city. Tourist traps abound. Stay away from Mama Leone's and Zimmerman's, for example. Every city has its Alfredo. Three Italian restaurants in Manhattan bear that familiar name. The best is said to be on Central Park South off Columbus Circle. The place is a favorite of opera stars from the Met who enjoy the rich pastas and Italian wines. American Festival Cafe at Rockefeller Center is deco- rated with fine folk art and is jammed for lunch and break- fast on the ice-skating rink and in the dining room. Amerigo's in the Bronx is touted as one of New York's finest Italian restaurants. For 40 years, the dining spot has been noted for thinly-cut prosciutto and fettucine Al- fredo, prime sirloin, veal dis- hes and desserts. The food is lusty, abundant, rich and highly seasoned. The Ballroom, convenient to Madison Square Garden, features tapas, a light meal of Spanish appetizers such as anchovies in grape leaves and curried mussels. Barbettas on West 46th Street is New York's oldest, full-scale Italian restaurant. It was opened in 1906 and is still popular with theater goers. _ Cafe 58 on East 58th Street is the place to frequent for French country fare at mod- erate prices. It's said to be the closest to a true bistro you'll find in New York. Cellar in the Sky is noted as the best restaurant of 22 in the World Trade Center complex. The fixed price for a seven-course meal and five wines is $70. Frances Tavern on Broad and Pearl houses a museum. In this reconstructed build- ing, George Washington bid farewell to his troops in the 1780's. Yankee pot roast is an old favorite here. Le Bernardin on West 51st Street serves the same dishes that have long made its orig- inal namesake the foremost seafood restaurant in Paris. Seafood buffs rave about the halibut in warm vinaigrette and sea urchins in butter sauce. Le Cirque on East 65th Street near Park Avenue is known as New York's society restaurant frequented by such distinguished guests as Nancy and Ronald Reagan. You can enjoy lobster and scallops,. baby lambchops or pasta primavera or get the chef to order something spe- . cial.