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FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1992
ust about everybody at
The Jewish News had
or saw gold bagels to-
day made by Detroit Bagel
Factory.
A festive March 27, 1992, is
here . . . 50th anniversary of
The Jewish News and this
writer . . . in a community-
wide celebration . . . local
restaurants honoring the
great occasion with special
sandwiches and entrees.
Those golden cheddar
cheese bagels are on sale this
weekend, Friday, Saturday
and Sunday, at all six Detroit
Bagel and Deli locales.
Bread Basket Deli, 10% and
Greenfield in Lincoln Center
. . . Roast tongue sandwich
with Bermuda onion, lettuce,
tomato, Swiss cheese and
Thousand Island dressing on
crispy rye bread.
Ristorante Di Modesta,
Northwestern north of 12
Mile . . . Penne con gil
asparagi . . . penne pasta,
asparagus tips, fresh plum
tomatoes, scallions, olive oil,
salt and pepper sauteed
together and served with
parmesan cheese on top.
Gateway Deli, Harvard
Row, 11 Mile and Lahser .. .
Grilled turkey Reuben sand-
wich . . . white turkey breast,
Swiss cheese, sauerkraut and
Russian dressing.
Unique Restaurant Corp.
. . . Herb marinated poached
salmon sandwich . . . on
pumpernickel bread with dill
sauce, tomato, red onion and
sprouts . . . served at Deli
Unique Bingham Farms,
Telegraph north of 12; Deli
Unique West Bloomfield, Or-
chard Lake Road south of
Maple; and Plaza Deli, North-
western and 12 Mile.
Jane's Place, Lahser just
south of Civic Center Drive
(101/2 Mile) . . . Ponzi with
white breast of turkey, corn-
ed beef, pastrami, three
cheeses and mushroom sauce.
Les Auteurs, Sherman
Drive in Washington Square
Plaza, Royal Oak . . . Thinly-
sliced smoked salmon sand-
wich . . . alfalfa sprouts, pickl-
ed red onion and lettuce serv-
ed on toasted onion bread and
herbed cream cheese along
with black bean tortilla chips
. . . March 27, 28 and 30 (it's
closed Sunday.)
Seros, Northwestern north
of 12 . . . Breast of chicken
Tosca . . . sauteed with fresh
mushrooms and a chablis
lemon wine sauce, served
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with side of pasta, soup, salad
and dessert . . . from today
through April.
Detroit Bagel Factory and
Deli, all six locations, and
Manhattan Bagel, 14 and
Haggerty . . . Nova lox sand-
wich . . . with whipped
scallion cream cheese and
tomato on onion bagel.
Pickle Barrel Deli, 12 and
Evergreen in Evergreen
Plaza . . . Smoked turkey
sandwich with lettuce,
tomato and mayonnaise on
rye.
Excalibur, Franklin at
Northwestern and 12, has
three specials . . . Smoked
salmon sandwich with green
onions, cream cheese and
tomato on marble roll . . .
Smoked whitefish sandwich
with dill, sour cream, tomato,
touch of lemon on a poppyseed
roll . . . Corned lamb chops
with roasted peppers and
potato salad.
The above establishments
honor our 50th anniversaries
in very good taste.
American Gourmet on Or-
chard Lake Road in West
Bloomfield Plaza is not to be
forgotten . . . Its 50th anniver-
sary trays and baskets with
gold doilies and gold ribbon
are also kosher for Passover
. . . A portion of all proceeds
from The Jewish News com-
memorative trays and baskets
by American Gourmet will be
given to Yad Ezra, the kosher
food bank.
A number of
restaurants have
special items in
honor of the paper.
AFTER YEARS of trying
to get the landlord to renovate
the property, Matt Prentice
has given up and sold Deli
Unique of Oak Park on
Greenfield and 10 Mile .. .
This was his first venture in-
to the restaurant ownership
game (1982) which has seen a
large growth to the fine Uni-
que Restaurant Corp. of today.
IT'S GOLDEN too for Ann
and Harold Black . . . with
congrats on their 50th an-
niversary . . . The native
Detroiters living in Bethesda,
Md., celebrate their biggie
tonight with almost 100 at
Mario's on Second as family
and friends join them from
New York to California .. .
Party is being hosted by
children Linda and David and
their spouses . . . Also at the
party will be the knelling of
Ann's mother Regina Frum-
kin and Harold's mother
Leah Schwartz . . . both in
their 90s . . . The celebration
will spill over to tomorrow
with more congrats . . . to
Marvin Frumkin, Ann and
Sid Frumkin's brother, now
living in Flushing, N.Y., on
his 62nd birthday.
GET WELL WISHES .
to Sadie Pomerantz . . .
recuperating at home with a
big thanks to her doctors at
Harper Hospital.
A LOOKSEE BACK on
some restaurant happenings
of yesteryears . . . When
Budapest Supper Club went
bankrupt and no longer serv-
ed Hungarian food, going to
an American menu but still
closing its doors . . . Nitery
that followed it, Moon Supper
Club, also went under . . .
Free loaf of Jewish rye bread
given with each dozen donuts
at Dawn Donuts in Keego
Harbor . . . One of the owners,
Norm LePage, now owns all
the Norm's restaurants .. .
Rikshaw Inn in Orchard Mall
with high distinction of being
chosen as ethnic restaurant
for Conferie Chane des
Rotisseurs gourmet society
dinner . . . "Recession" in the
restaurant business, but good
restaurateurs weathering the
storm.
Owners so thrilled at 10th
anniversary of Western Beef
Buffet that they put every-
thing on the menu half-price
for that day . . . Bosses Jack
Cochran and son Gary
Cochran now own Beau
Jack's . . . Only nine tables at
Benno's in Indian Village off
E. Jefferson with dinner at
6:30 and 8:30 by reservation
only . . . Even if the place was
empty you still needed a
reservation . . . Today, owner
Benno Steinborn has Benno's
in Royal Oak and is a teeny
bit more lenient . . . Best
delicatessens in the country
at the same time, Max's,
Katz's, Billy's, Darbys, North-
gate, Stage, Irv's, Embers,
Sol's, Esquire, Gold Star, Mar-
ty's, Brothers, Gordon's, Hy
Horenstein's, Lou's, The
Bagel and others . . . in a
class by themselves when it
came to cooking corned beef
. . . Today, metropolitan De-
troit's array of delis still
ranks among the nation's
best.
Cantonese food for folks los-
ing weight was the new "in"
thing at Hoa Kow on Nine
Mile in Oak Park . . . lbday,
with fish big on the low-
calorie countings, Hoa Kow
serves about 700 pounds of
whitefish weekly . . . Top
after-hours spot in Detroit,