Opa!? There are flames all over
Big Daddy's Parthenon as 3,000
fiery platters of kasseri cheese
a week shoot up in a sudden
blaze of dining glory.
Big Daddy's Parthenon has
more than one head chef .. .
Tom Routis for the Greek spe-
cialties . . . Craig Stabler, for-
mer Townsend Hotel toiler,
doing the sauteing; and Steve
Kazman from Morton's putting
out the luscious meat dishes . .
. All the meat at Big Daddy's
Parthenon, by the way, is cut
directly on the premises
. . . Another reason why those
tender lamb chops are so large.
Rick's wife, Ricki Rogow, is
the personable hostess three
days and two evenings . . . also
planning the many parties Big
Daddy's Parthenon already has
on the books.
Another extremely popular
dish on the menu is the order of
delicious chicken meat balls, not
little round ones, but formed
slightly flattened and wide with
a taste all their own ($8.50) that
is among the healthiest items

Big Daddy's
Parthenon is
getting repeat
business.

on the menu . . . 2,400 chicken
meat balls a week are sold at
Big Daddy's Parthenon.
Sure there's scordalig ($3.50)
with beets and plenty of garlic
sauce for dipping into with the
authentic Greek bread . . . ah,
sheer dining pleasure! . . . and
Big Daddy's hot appetizer plate
($7.50), wtih a little of every-
thing . . . gyros, grape leaves,
squid, artichoke hearts, spana-
kotiropita (spinach cheese pie),
sageki sauce and Greek
sausage.
The stuffed grape leaves at
Big Daddy's Parthenon ($3.50)
both meat and vegetarian, are
hand-rolled and filled at the
restaurant.
Score by the Oakland County
Health Dept. was a whopping
near-100 percent . . . high even
for a newly-opened restaurant
because so much as a loose tile
or one out of place is many
times a count against the oper-
ation.
Big Daddy's Parthenon is
open seven days . . . Sunday-
Thursday, 11 a.m. to midnight;
Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m.-
2 a.m.
Since the was able to drive,
Rick Rogow had been a Greek-
town regular . . . and a customer
at Tom Peristeris' original
Parthenon upstairs on Monroe
. . . Rick told Tommy that some-
day they would be partners, and
Tom said, "Find a restaurant
and we'll do it" . . . This was
eight years ago . . . Rick contin-

ued as a customer, dancing in
the streets and breaking dishes
with Tom every New Year's Eve
... The past year, he couldn't go
because Ricki was in the hos-
pital.
This is when Rick found the
present locale and decided to
bring Greektown to the suburbs
. . . He called Tom and the suc-
cess story finally had its begin-
ning.
Broiled whitefish, $11.95; a
Big Daddy burger, $4.95; a Lit-
tle Daddy burger, $2.95; a
turkey burger, $4.95.
Plenty of Greek wines by
glass and bottle . . . plus Greek
Spartan beer.
Rick Rogow has his dream of
bringing Opa! to the suburbs
. . . Tom Peristeris has his, too
. . . For years he has wanted to
open on the northwest where so
many of his customers live.
The customers are happy
. . . They have wonderful food
served by a waitstaff whose ma-
jority is Greek . . . and all who
have worked in Greektown.
Looks like the time has come
to finally say what I never
thought I would about a restau-
rant . . . Big Daddy's Parthenon
is worth the wait.
ROMANCE and much friv-
olity were in the air recently at
Mario's on Second Boulevard.
Some 110 folks took over the
Crystal Room for the marriage
party of Shelley and Lisa Cow-
an . . . His dad, Dr. Sam Cow-
an, is a dental doc localite .. .
The couple had wed in Seattle.
In the Main Room, Donna
and Irwin Goren feted their
40th anniversary at the Mario's
they still remember so well as
the place they came to many
times while dating . . . The 10
in their party all danced at the
same time while Mario's band
played the "Anniversary Waltz."
It was almost like New Yeas's
Eve . . . lights glowing every-
where . . . and community-ites
practically filling Mario's in at-
testation of it still being among
their favorite spots for Italian
dining and Friday and Satur-
day night dancing.
CONGRATS . . . to Sharon
Starr . . . on her 25th birthday.
NEW 190-SEAT dining spot,
Daniel's has been opened on
Sixth Street in Royal Oak by
Chef Daniel Kozak, former own-
er of the Royal Eagle in Detroit,
closed in 1991 . . . With partners
Joseph Maniaci and Richard
Spehar, he brings back his tra-
ditional style and Central and
Eastern European flair . . .
Daniel's is open Monday-
Wednesday, 5 p.m.-10 p.m.;
Thursday-Saturday, 5 p.m.-1
p.m.
AIDA GREENSPAN and
her Shoe Gallery in West
Bloomfield Plaza are celebrat-
ing their 15th anniversary .. .
Daughter Carol is with Mom in
the operation.

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