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28875 FRANKLIN RD. at Northwestern Hwy. & 12 Mile

Southfield

358-3355

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Highland Road (IA-59) at Pontiac Laice Rd.

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Maple Rd & Lahw

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Northwestern Hvry. eN. of tddlebett)

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Woodward, 6 blocks N. of 13 Mile Rd.

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Any

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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

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Mon.-Thurs. 1 1 a.m.-10 p.m.
Fri. & Sat. 11 a.m.-11 p.m.
Sunday 12 p.m.-9 p.m.

"A GREATER TASTE FOR BETTER HEALTH"

GRAM eAt,AcE

Bread Basket Deli:
Consistency For 25 Years

DANNYRASKIN LOCAL COLUMNIST

A

lthough it could also
meal a day to make matzah
Dinty Moore on Telegraph
be said for other res-
balls . . . Bread Basket
and Maple for Earl and Dave
taurant operations,
averages about 5,000 pounds
Rabin, who owned three of
perhaps the one most
of corned beef a week and the
them ... and spent two years
important word in a Jewish
weekly usage of Jewish rye
working for Al and Fay Fred-
delicatessen is consistency.
bread is at the 1,500 loaves
son on Lafayette and Orleans.
It is because of this great
mark . . . almost all double-
Ron's experience has
asset that Metropolitan
baked and hand-sliced . . . It
treated him to a wide Jewish
Detroit is rated among the
goes through four to five bar-
delicatessen knowledge . . .
nation's best when it comes to
rels of pickles a week.
This is why he absolutely
this phase of ethnic dining.
About 5,000 people visit
refuses to have his Bread
Few locally can boast of it
Bread Basket each week to
Basket be anything but a
much better than Bread
either dine in or carry out.
very good, solid and straight-
Basket Deli on Greenfield in
It seats only 95 people and
forward Jewish delicatessen
Oak Park's Lincoln Center.
is a standard, very good
. . . And why Ron is there six
Customers will tell you that
Jewish delicatessen whose
days a week . . . from 10 a.m.
nothing changes at Bread
owner, Ron Forman, is from
Tuesday through Sunday .. .
Basket . . . that it is the same
the old school of deli owner-
It closes 9:45 p.m. Tuesday-
very good delicatessen day in
ship, refusing to deviate in
Saturday
and 8:45 p.m. on
and day out.
any way . . . This is another of
Sunday.
This is how it has been
the big reasons why Bread
People come to Bread
since Ron. Forman and Earl
Basket has been so successful
Basket from everywhere .. .
Mostyn originally opened as
. . . He likes to be at his own
A great many non-Jews join
the Nosherie in November
business, even if it takes
their Jewish brethren in lov-
1967 . . . and 10 years later
working 60 hours a week,
ing it because of so many peo-
when Earl went into the in-
which he does.
ple telling them that it is
surance business with Ron
His family helps out with
what a really good delicates-
taking over.
his and wife Renee's daugh-
sen should be like.
The only major change was
ter, DeAnna, a cashier, etc.;
Consistency has always
its name . . . It became the
nephew Danny, evening
been the trademark of a very
Bread Basket in October
manager; and son Jamie,
1977.
Michigan State U. student,
The original chef, Ruth
and stepson Charlie, South-
Smith, has been there since
field-Lathrup attendee, help-
Earl and Ron opened
ing out with deliveries.
Nosherie in Lincoln Center
Ron is a soft-spoken,
. .. Same with counter gal
gracious gentleman . . . He
Lizzie Hamilton and waitress
sees a lot of people from the
Kathie Chabot . . . Waitress
Nosherie days who have bee n
good Jewish delicatessen .. .
Kathie Franklin came on
regulars at Bread Basket fo r
The Bread Basket wears that
board when Darbys burned
so many years and talks t 0
word like a glove.
down in 1967, three months
them with a family-lik e
CONGRATS . . . to Rose
after Nosherie opened.
informality.
and
Mark Hechler .. on their
And who can forget Ron's
No gourmet stuff for hi m
45th anniversary . . . Dessert
mother, 80-year-old Edna For-
• .. Ron believes in sticking t 0
at recent celebration was a
man . . . She did the books
what he knows and does bes t
wedding cake with Rose and
when it was Nosherie and
▪ .. the operation of a ve
Mark's original bride and
still does them.
good, standard Jewish del i-
groom on top . . . Party for 105
A face-lifting change for the
catessen.
friends and family was in the
better was about five years
He goes about his dail y
Gateway Building atrium.
ago .. . This is when the en-
chores with workmanlik e
IT'S A MONTHLY thing
tire place was remodeled, do-
knowledge . . . Just as som e
now . . . the Opera Night at
ing away with the red, orange
others in the Jewish delica
Sultan's on Orchard Lake
and brown wooden slats decor
tessen business here, Ron i s Road and 14 Mile in Robin's
theme and changing to a very
behind the counter slicin g Nest Plaz . . . Next one is
modern and soft look of light
bread, making sandwiches
this Monday night, 7 p.m.
gray and black with standout
preparing orders plus what
with
Broadway songs also be-
appointments for much easy
ever else needs to be done . .
ng featured.
eye appeal.
and there's always a lot of i t 1 GOOD WAITRESS De-
The menu has stayed the
if you want to have a suc
artment . . . Carolyn Bab-
same since Bread - Basket
cessful restaurant operation . c ock . . . at Bill Knapp's on
opened . . . and as a very good
All this became imbued
Orchard Lake Road south of
Jewish delicatessen should
in him years back when he
1 2 Mile . . . smiling, efficient,
do, it makes all its own tradi-
was a 14-year-old dishwasher
courteous . . . and a good gal
tional delicacies . . . gefilte
for Lou Lowey and Earl
0
otherwise have around .. .
fish, pickled trout, kreplach,
Mostyn at Loewy's on Seven C arolyn is also an emergency
etc. . . . Unlike many Jewish
Mile and Montrose . . . Short-
m edical technician.
delicatessens in some other
ly after, Ron became a
PUBLIC IS INVITED
parts of the country, nothing
counterman . . . When 16, he
his
Monday night, 6 p.m. to
is frozen.
was already a short-order 9 p.m., to sample the new "T
Ruth uses about 100 pounds
cook . . . Ron spent five years
actor" menu at Pal's on West
of farmers cheese a week for
at Loewy's, which was his M aple and Orchard Lake
her cheese blintzes .` .. and
"college" for the success en- R oad ... it's a fund raiser for
around 25 pounds of matzah
joyed today . . . He worked the r A merican Heart Association

Owner Ron
Forman is from
the old school.

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