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ob Uecker, former major announcement ... Johnny and chard Lake Road, Northwestern
leaguer, now a baseball Pete also furnish the food in the Highway and 12 Mile Road were
announcer and lover of the Detroit Tigers locker room.
all less traveled two-laners then
good seats, couldn't get in
Of all the sports and Holly- ... Now they carry a lot of traffic.
the front row because they don't wood celebrities who have come
Johnny and Peter can laugh
have anything like that so he sat to Ginopolis', the most commo- loud because of being survivors
at the bar all evening.
tion was caused by the appear- ... outlasting all the restaurants,
The funster on those national ance of Mohammed Ali when fads and chains that have opened
commercials loves his good food Johnny and Pete took him to the and closed in nearby areas ... and
too, and makes Ginopolis' On The Pistons' locker room ... and re- sitting on property that is worth
Grill a favorite stop when in the turned after the Pistons' game for its weight in diamonds.
local area.
more dining.
In the first year Ginopolis'
Dec. 29 is the 14th anniversary
Biggest seller at Ginopolis' are opened, it served around 1,200
of Ginopolis', which has not only the ribs, supplied by Ted "The Rib dinners a week ... Now it does
become one of the more popular King" Gregory, owner of Mont- about 2,500 ... Friday and Sat-
dining and imbibing spots here- gomery Inn in Montgomery, urday nights alone do over 1,200
abouts, but also the den of per- Ohio, plus restaurants in the dinners ... And it's big on lunch-
sonalities and celebrities, local, Cincinnati area ... He is the un- es, too, averaging 200 a day ...
movie kingdom and the world of cle of Marion Ginopolis, Johnny's Lawyers, developers, personali-
sports.
wife, and made Ginopolis' the ties, celebrities, people from all
From the moment you enter only other restaurant in the na- walks of life make it a "must" to
"the home" of Johnny and Peter tion to serve his ribs.
meet for lunch.
Ginopolis on the corner of 12 Mile
They go through over 2,000
When Ginopolis' opened, it was
and Middlebelt in Farmington pounds of Uncle Ted's Mont- with a dance floor and seating
Hills — the walls from lobby on gomery ribs a week ... But this was for 160 ... Today, there is no
through dining room, bar lounge isn't the only big favorite at Gi- dance floor and seating is well
and private back room for parties nopolis' On The Grill.
over 200.
up to 100 people — are covered
There's the Cajun catfish
They first bought the corner
with autographed pictures, which Joe Dumars loves so much; Oba's Bar in 1979 and when
framed jerseys, personalized lamb chops many claim are the opened then, sealing was for only
items, a couple of Jack Morris' best they've eaten; Greek chick- 70.
World Series trophies, Mo-
hammed Ali's and Tommy
Hearn's boxing gloves, Tom-
my Watkins' putter from a
winning golf circuit, etc.
All the collector's items
and photos have been accu-
mulated since Johnny and
Peter opened the doors of Gi-
nopolis' in 1982, as the per-
sonalities and celebrities
continually came in and re-
turned.
One never knows whom he
or she will sit next to at Gi-
nopolis' On The Grill ... Bob
Hope has been there three
times ... He loves those Mont-
gomery Inn ribs at Ginopolis'
... His wife, Dolores, is mad
for the broiled white fish ...
Elizabeth Taylor's large, four
color autographed picture Johnny and Peter Ginopolis
was for the ribs she had
It became Ginopolis' On The
someone call Ginopolis' to bring en and chicken Dijon, both over
to her suite at the Ritz-Carlton, beds of pasta; the lasagna like Grill in 1987 with removal of the
Dearborn ... and called again the they used to serve back when dance floor ... The stigma of be-
next day ... finally winding up Johnny and Pete had Capraro's ing strictly a singles bar was not
taking more back, on the plane on Telegraph and Schoolcraft in what Johnny and Pete wanted ...
1967 ... it's Alan Trammell's fa- When they removed that dance
when she left.
Those aren't ordinary rings on vorite; and so much more ... Gi- floor it still took about a year or
the fingers of Johnny and Pete ... nopolis' On The Grill sells about so to turn things around so their
they're 1989 Piston NBA cham- 60 pounds of whitefish a week; place would be known as a true,
pionship rings given to them by 80 to 90 pounds of Norwegian full-service restaurant.
Ginopolis' kitchen is open sev-
owner Bill Davidson ... Before salmon; 50 to 60 pounds of perch.
After closing Capraro's in 1979, en days a week ... Sunday, 2 p.m.
the Palace was built, the Pistons
used to have all their victory par- Johnny and Pete moved to the to 9 p.m.; Monday-Thursday, 11
ties at Ginopolis' ... It is still used quiet territory of 12 Mile and a.m. to 11 p.m.; Friday and Sat-
as the secret sports dinner-meet- Middlebelt ... People thought urday, 11 a.m. to midnight.
It is most credible that one of
ing place where many big deci- they were nuts ... But crazy as
sions are made before public foxes they turned out to be ... Or- them, Johnny or Pete, is always