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Ask For Shirlee.or Debby THE JEWISH NEWS 3546060 at • 1 somerset mall SALE 20% to 40% OFF ALL SPRING AND SUMMER MERCHANDISE INCLUDING ACCESSORIES SALE ENDS JUNE 12th French Fashions • American Fit • Worldly Attitude NEW MAN FOR MEN & WOMEN M-Th-F. 10-9, T-W-Sat. 10-6, Sun. 12-5 649-9415 AMERICAN JEWISH CONGRESS cordially invites you to the Annual Rose Frenkel Meeting sponsored by the Rose Frenkel Memorial Fund, established by her daughter, Sheila Ellmann in tribute to her mother's devotion to the work of the American Jewish Congress, U.S. Policy Toward Africa And The Role Of The American Jewish Community Featuring: U.S. Congressman Howard Wolpe 3rd District, Michigan Chairman, Subcommittee on Africa of the Foreign Affairs Committee Monday, June 22, 1987 7:00 p.m. Reception and Refreshments Rose Frenkel Courtyard 8:00 p.m, Program Congregation Shaarey Zedek 27375 Bell Road Southfield, Michigan Reservations: 357-2766 Leave a Message 353-6167 Elma Rader The Public is Invited to Attend • No Charge 28 Friday, June 12, 1987 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS cafeteria is glatt kosher and also under the supervision of the Council of Orthodox Rabbis. It has been open 21/2 years. Homemade soups, homemade gefilte fish, julienne salads, sandwiches, burgers, hot dogs and french fries are standard lunch fare along with a special of the day. On a recent afternoon a good sized stuffed cabbage roll was served with rice and a small salad for $3.25. A tasty cabbage soup was one of the offerings that day, as well as chocolate chip and bran muffins. The large muffins (including double chocolate and blueberry) are made fresh daily and cost 75`. Seasonal fruits, seven layer cake and tofutti are available for dessert. The cafeteria seats 120 and is popular for kids' par- ties (hot dogs, hamburgers, subs) on Saturday and Sun- day evenings when Shabbat ends early enough. In addi- tion to regular JCC trade, Sperber's prepares lunches for many out-of-town tourists visiting the Holocaust Memorial Center, and also receives calls to ar- range lunches from many gentile groups who tour the Holocaust Center as well. Dinners are served with a Continued on Page 30 Closing Doors A few weeks ago Ruth Rose was treated to a birth- day lunch at the Pizza Maven by her sisters, Edith Butrimovitz and Nettie Sukenic. They had just finished lunch at the kosher restaurant- on Greenfield north of Ten Mile and joked that if they "weren't kosher" they would have eaten at Bill Knapp's where you get a chocolate birthday cake and are charged a percen- tage of the bill according to your age. The women reminisced about the kosher restau- rants of the past and specu- lated on the failure of kosher restaurants to flourish in the Detroit area. They said many restaurants start off with a bang — super food and service — and then don't continue that way; that many don't vary their menus and people get tired of eating the same thing; that eating out kosher is just more expensive, and that people here aren't accustom- ed to dining out. "People are used to eating out in other communities," said Nettie Sukenic. The sisters agreed that the element of trust was very important to them in eating out. They talked of the kashrut supervisor (Rabbi Mordechai Waldmark) recently named by the coun- cil of Orthodox Rabbis to oversee kashrut supervision in Detroit. "This is a very good idea," said Sukenic. "Bringing in an impartial supervisor with New York standards is what we need. There is no such thing as a little bit pregnant, just as there's no such thing as a lit- tle bit kosher. Either it is or it isn't." "And it's a pleasure, as a woman, to be able to go out and eat," said Ruth Rose. "We hope the restaurants stay!" One week later, on May 14, the Pizza Maven closed its doors, like its predecessor the Milk and Honey restaurant. Owner Steve Katz, who bought the restaurant 18 months ago, cited decreasing patronage. "When opened, the Vaad (Council of Or- thodox Rabbis) promised a lot of community support, and I got it for about two months," he said. In the four days before it closed, the Piz- za Maven served only ten customers. Katz also expressed con- cern about what he con- siders discrepancies and in- consistencies in the degree of supervision given to various restaurants. No kosher restaurant would make a long term run in the Detroit area, he said, until enforceable, uniform and consistent kosher laws are adopted by the state. Shortly after Pizza Maven closed, Edith Butrimovitz was asked her opinion on why another kosher restaurant had failed. "It was very good, that's why we have gone back," said Mrs. Butrimovitz. "We had a very good meal, everything was served as it ought to be and we were very pleased. "But- the new restaurant, Sara's, opened and everyone ran for it. The problem is that I think men want to go to a meat restaurant. I know my husband prefers to go for a corned beef sandwich. And also, Cafe Katon is close by and is another good dairy restaurant?'