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July 22, 1994 - Image 84

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The Detroit Jewish News, 1994-07-22

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inu) DINING cAvitio!

$19.95 Dinner For Two

Sunday, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

You (7i111 save nearly SI0.00 with our great early dining menu. During these
special times, choose any IWO dinner entrees up to a regular price of $14.95 each
i-uxi pay only $19.95.
Delicious deCiSiOnS. Your choices include any of these sixteen entrees from our
rcgukir menu listed bdoW:

■ Petite Cut Prime Rib
III Standard Cut Prime Rib
■ Sizzling Mushroom Steak
■ Stuffed Filet Mignon
■ Whiskey Peppercorn Top Sirloin
■ Brandy-Dijon Filet Mignon
■ Roasted Chateau Filet Mignon
■ Filet Mignon

■ Top Sirloin
■ Teriyaki Top Sirloin

DANNY RASKIN LOCAL COLUMNIST

■ Flame Broiled Salmon
■ Grilled Swordfish
■ Tempura Shrimp
■ Shrimp Scampi Linguini
■ Lemon-Herb Chicken
■ Teriyaki Chicken

e used to be a singer from many instances, his being a great
1977 to 1982 with the rock example, the ingenuity that this
and roll group "The Seat affords can play a large part in
Belts" ... and years before the creation of imaginative dish-
that was in the school choir from es.
Stints included being a cook for
second to eighth grade.
So it was natural that Greg Yvonne Gill at Tweeny's, sauci-
Upshur would major in music er with Executive Chef Brian Pol-
and art in the 21/2 years he spent cyn at Golden Mushroom, and
at Michigan State University ... eight years executive chef at
Cousin's Heritage Inn.
At least the music was.
Consider that Greg has won
However, neither later figured
in plans of the executive chef at three gold medals in hot foods
Too Chez on Sheraton Road in cooking competition and you have
Novi, a part of the Sheraton-Oaks one heck of a good chef ... His ver-
Hotel but in its own free-stand- itable sea-of-stainless-steel
ing building that formerly housed kitchen at Too Chez has 22 em-
ployees back there with a very
Raphael's and Chez Raphael.
Together with almost every- low turnover because of Greg's
body's favorite dining room man- knowledge, assistance and teach-
ager, maitre d' and
host Achille Bianchi,
they make up a most
unbeatable combina-
tion except for one
thing ... Achille
doesn't sing ... Greg
can still bat out some
times, and is the rea-
son why fine Shera-
ton-Oaks General
Manager Pat Miner
is thinking of a Greg
Upshur Rock and
Roll Night at Too
Chez.
It opened July 29,
1990, and has been
doing a gangbuster
business because of
casual and comfort-
able elegance, down-
to-earth prices,
interesting decor, Achille Bianchi and Greg Upshur of Too Chez.
people like Achille
Bianchi, excellent food prepared ing ability, especially in the mak-
by Greg Upshur, and service by ing of sauces.
Among the most popular dish-
very well-trained waitpersons.
Seating 140, with 24 stools in es on Too Chez dinner menu is
a bar-lounge, Too Chez is made the Volga, saute of beef sirloin
up of red leather settees, art strips with shredded braised
everywhere, a hodge-podge of so duck, tossed with mushrooms,
much interest, one wall that is asparagus, potatoes and a nat-
changed every three months by ural sauce, topped with beets
an artist, various areas of the ($15).
Seared chicken breast with
room with different looks, a mix-
ture that includes art deco, Amer- jumbo shrimp, marinated in red
ican contemporary, an antique wine, garlic and herbs, served
appearance ... all with a bevy of over greens, tossed with rhubarb,
asparagus and onions, is $16.50.
lively style.
Black Angus meat, like the
Greg has written 70 songs, a
paper on letters and even in- New York Striker, is personally
struction on how to cook in a sub- butchered by Greg, who does
marine, all of which probably most of the cutting because of an
could have given him quite a di- importance he feels it deserves
versified career ... But he had a ... The Striker has jalapeno jack
love of food, and this played the cheese, mashed potatoes, toma-
major role in his earning a living toes, mushrooms, roasted garlic
after marrying Therese and hav- and broccoli ($19.75):
Plus the Black Angus meats,
ing a family of three girls and a
boy who also like to eat regular- Greg uses only Amish chicken ...
He is big on healthful eating ...
ly.
He is a self-taught chef and in serving a soy paste which Greg

So, join us for the S19.95 Dinn er for Two early dining multi. Make your rescrva-
tiotls ally St uiday and save almost $10.00 off the regular mom price!

Early (lining offer available On S19.95 Dinner for Two entrees only. Guests roust be seated (luring
special early dining limes. Offer is linlited to seating cal )city of the building. Reservations arc strong-
ly stiggeste(land may be necessary to assure availability of seating. S 19.95 Dinner fur Two does not
include sales tax or gratuity. Not valid on holidays. for bangt lets or large panics of eight or more. or
with any other offers.

Valid at the Southfield location only.

NTAIN

Offer Expires
July 31, 1994

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ALL OUR FOOD
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• Not Good Holidays
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24555 W. 12 MILE, Just West of Telegraph,

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A Self-Taught Chef
Means Too Chez Innovation

352-7377

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is introducing in this region ...
and dishes like Blue Planet, with
tempeh (a soybean pattie with in-
novations), tofurella, mixed veg-
etables and spring roll ($9.25),
one of many applications of his
vegetarian cooking ... Another is
Tower of Power, grilled eggplant,
corn polenta, sliced tomatoes, to-
furella, layered in tomato coulis
and topped with rosemary oil
($6.50) ... Also eight fresh pastas,
number one seller at Too Chez (at
least four vegetarian), and even
three pizzas with whole-wheat
crust.
Too Chez is heavy on seafood
and fishes ... 75 pounds of
salmon, 75 pounds of tuna, 40
pounds of white fish in one week

... About 11 varieties, with most
also available in half portions at
half price plus one dollar, (broiled
snapper, $16.95; seared Atlantic
salmon, $17.50; glazed Atlantic
swordfish, $18.75; char-grilled
yellow fin tuna, $17.25; broiled
lemon sole, $17; Copper River
salmon, $18.50; broiled Colum-
bia River sturgeon, $17.50;
broiled Winnepeg walleye,
$16.95; herb-crusted broiled
whitefish, $13.25).
Veal scallopini provencale
($17.25) can be gotten whole or-
der or half order ... There are al-
ways about eight salads and four
home-made soups ... 15 appetiz-
ers include one that's free if you
can finish it, fire ball pasta (very
hot!) $5.
Too Chez has its own pastry
chef, Steve Smith, and own bake
shop headed by Texas-trained
barrister Jeanne Densmore who
bakes the bread ... But Greg
makes his own pastries, too, like
Hungarian Rhapsody (walnuts, -

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