I LISTENING POST I WHY YOUR PARTY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE US. A Broad Anniversary Menu For The Jewish News 50th Whatever occasion you're planning. well customize all our banquet services to meet your needs and budget. ask us for more information. DANNY RASKIN Local Columnist BUSINESS MEETINGS SPORTS BANQUETS HOLIDAY BANQUETS SPECIAL OCCASIONS. CUSTOMIZED BANQUET SPECIALISTS OUNTAIN mjA CK'S. PRIME RIB • CHOICE STEAKS 26855 Greenfield Road Southfield 557-0570 $5 0 ° OFF , DINNER FOR TWO MONDAY THRU SATURDAY I ENJOY EXCELLENT ITALIAN CUISINE [(Full Orders Only) Expires 4.2-92 j • LIVE OPERA EVERY WED. EVENING, 7.10 p.m. Listen to Arias and Duets From The Most Beautiful Operas Ever Written. LIVE ITALIAN MUSIC TUES. THRU SAT. Dance To The Music Of RON DEPALMA Tuesday Evenings FINE DINING AND COCKTA1LP HOMEMADE PASTA AT ITS BEST 31735 Plymouth Road 3 Blocks West of Merriman Plymouth For Reservations Call: 261-2430 00 OFF ON YOUR NEXT TRAY MEAT OR DAIRY 01141C. • I Coupon Per Person • Good Holidays LET US " • Minimum 8 People CATER • Expires 4-30-92 YOUR Featuring NEEDS Gourmet FOR ALL TORTES, FLANS & CHEESECAKE OCCASIONS 29145 Northwestern Hwy. at 12 Mile Rd. 3562310 Franklin Shopping Center. 66 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 j REHEARSAL DINNERS I 1 I BEST OF EVERYTHING I 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,