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Detroit Monthly

cause Dr. Fahey didn't think
Morrie had what he was being
treated for.
A week later, Morrie went to
Duarte, Calif., for a complete
medical checkup ... Several oth-
er doctors, including one of the
nation's leading medical men at
University of Indiana where he
had also gone, concurred with
the doubt.
The face of a depressed Mor-
rie Schwartz suddenly lit up

Good-time
celebrations all
over town.

like a burst of sun ... He was
alive again ... and is today look-
ing to open his second service
station.
THE FORMER Benno's
may be gone, but the elegance
remains at its locale on W. Sixth
in Royal Oak.
Daniel's had a recent grand
opening for about 500 folks who
came wishing good luck to new
owners Executive Chef Daniel
Kozar, Joe Maniaci and Richard
Spehar ... Daniel previously
owned Royal Eagle in Detroit
before its closing in 1991.
Amid the antique oil paint-
ings, bronze Tiffany wall
sconces, ruby walls and crystal
chandeliers, guests were treat-
ed to passed and stationary hors
d'oeuvres prepared by Daniel
Kozar and Assistant Chef
Kamel Sherrod Kamel was
formerly executive chef at Clar-
ion Hotel, a Cnlinary Institute
of America graduate and
worked under Chef Peter Loren
at Opus I.
Plus an assortment of do-
mestic and imported cheeses
were cold canapes of poached
salmon with sour cream and
dill; miniature petite chicken on
peanut butter mousse; smoked
trout, petite veal on toast
rounds; deviled eggs stuffed
with salmon and shrimp
mousse; petite mushrooms and
potato knishes.
Guests were also treated to
the quintet music of Billy "Fly-
ing Fingers" Marr on the piano
... Rudy Golde, bass; Steve
Golde, guitar; Rudy Ballog, vi-
olin; and Rodney Rich, guitar;
plus the vocals of Olga Ballog.
Daniel's, with Karl Boston as
general manager, seats 190 at
ebony-cloth tables.
THE BILLY ROSE Trio
plays for listening and dancing
from 6 p.m. to midnight closing
Wednesdays and Fridays ... at
Vikkie's Steak & Seafood on
Grand River between Outer
Drive and Southfield in
Rosedale Park.
LUNCH HAS TAKEN
a hiatus at Buster's Bay,
owned by Jimmy Schmidt and
Mike Ilitch, on Orchard Lake

Road ... with dinner only
Monday through Friday.
New hours at Buster's Bay
are Monday to Thursday, 4:30
p.m.-9:30 p.m.; Friday, 4:30 p.m.
to 11 p.m.; Saturday, 5 p.m. to
11 p.m.; and Sunday, 4 p.m. to
9 p.m.
Lunch will be back in spring
when the fish are jumping
again.
AT TRES VITE on the
ground level near the Fox The-
atre entrance, Jimmy and Mike
have added Mondays to its
lunch days ... Reservations are
now taken Monday through Fri-
day, from 11:30 a.m. ... Dinner
hours remain as usual.
FOR 48 YEARS, Dicker and
Dicker of Beverly Hills, owned
by Mack and Leo Dicker, was
known to many as America's
furrier to the stars. It has closed
its doors.
Local furriers Art Bricker
and John Tunis, of Bricker-Tu-
nis Furs at Orchard Mall on Or-
chard Lake Road, received the
choice selection to be exclusive
liquidators of the fine fur cre-
ations that used to deck out Hol-
lywood's elite.
The Dicker and Dicker Liq-
uidation Sale is set to run four
days at Bricker-Tunis Furs ...
Jan. 19-23 ... with glamorous
designer name furs not seen or
available in this area on the de-
mand block at what will proba-
bly be fractions of their actual
cost.
For decades, Mack and Leo
Dicker have been featured on
practically every television
game show ... "Queen For A
Day," "The Price Is Right,"
"Let's Make A Deal," "Wheel of
Fortune," etc.
WHEN JOE MUER finally
opens his Grill of My Dreams
restaurant at the former Bijou
site on Southfield Road the end
of this month, the name will
probably join others like ... Nu-
trish-Inn, Palm Springs, Calif.;
the Admiral Fell Inn, Balti-
more; El Cheepo, Park City,
Utah; the Grill from Ipanema,
Washington; the Great Impas-
ta, Brunswick, Maine; Boston
Sea Party, Atlanta; Come Back
Inn, Madison, Wis.; What Ales
You, New York; Scoop de Ville,
Honesdale, Pa.; Schooner or
Later, Long Beach, Calif.; and
a host of others around the
country.
THERE IS NO relationship
between East Side Mario's
opening in Rochester ... and
Mario's of Detroit on Second in
Detroit ... East Side Mario's is
owned by restaurateur Norm
LePage, and Mario's of Detroit
is owned by Frank Passalacqua.
The East Side Mario's casu-
al Italian dining concept is part
of a restaurant chain lorded
over by Pizza Hut ... with brick-
oven pizzas, a selection of pas-
tas, burgers, ribs, seafood and
family-style platters. LI

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