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ormer United States Pres- for Chuck Muer in 1992, ran
ident Grover Cleveland had Chuck's Gandy Dancer in Ann
his hands full without go- Arbor 2 1/2 years, was his re-
ing into the restaurant gional manager three years ... Al-
together, John worked for Chuck
business.
If he were around today, the 14 years, and a lot of his former
ex-prez would be a steady cus- boss' wonderful know-how has
tomer at the Water Club Grill rubbed off on him.
He is a graduate of Michigan
owned by his relative, John
Cleveland, on Ann Arbor Road, State University in hotel and
1/2 mile east of 1-275 in Ply- restaurant institutional man-
agement, and lived in Ann Arbor
mouth.
After all, the name "Cleveland" ... When the MSU Spartans and
is up there on the site in front of U of M Wolverines meet in their
John's free-standing, blue-and- annual football rivalry, he takes
white building that used to house both sides ... and can't lose.
This is the first time John has
Italian Cucina ... Cleveland,
Ohio, would have no attraction ever had his own restaurant, and
for ol' Grover because it wasn't remembering the teachings of
named after him ... The
fellow that surveyed the
city area was from an-
other side of the Cleve-
land clan and that's who
got the honor.
Water Club Grill,
with its cutouts and
molds offish all over the
restaurant, and an
aquarium with exotic
water wonders, is a
seafood house in every
sense with 10 appetizers
from blue point oysters,
half-dozen $6.75, $1.25
each; to smoked white-
fish pate, $3.75; to Mary-
land crab cake, 84, etc ...
Palomino clam chowder,
sort of a reddish cream,
and soup of the day are
both $2.50 per bowl, cup
$1.95.
John Cleveland and his cutouts.
It may not be a fancy
restaurant, with wicker
top tables and overlay of plastic, Chuck Muer has done him noth-
and burgundy linen napkins, but ing but good as previous general
is able to prepare and present fine manager of Chuck's Northville
bouillabaisse, fresh seafood stew Charley's, Fairlane Charley's,
with shrimp, fish and mussels, Gandy Dancer, Big Fish, etc.
Water Club Grill was opened
$13.75; horseradish potato en-
crusted white fish, $13.25; oven- April 21, 1994, and is a seven-day
roasted cedar-planked white fish, operation ... Lunch Monday to
$13.25; chargrilled ginger sea Friday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; dinner
scallops, $15.75; Maryland crab- Monday to Thursday 4 p.m. to 10
p.m.; Friday and Saturday 4 p.m.
cakes, $13.50; etc.
Dinner entrees are served with to 11 p.m.; Sunday 3 p.m. to 8
a bowl of soup, house salad or tole p.m.
Golden glazed garlic shrimp,
slaw, vegetables and home-made
$14.25; and potato encrusted
bread.
John Cleveland's Water Club whitefish, along with salmon, are
Grill is one big room, separated big sellers ... Water Club Grill
by a short wall with wooden goes through 200 pounds of white
posts, that seats 160 ... Another fish and 100 pounds of salmon in
20 are in a little room off the main a week.
There's even pleated pizza ...
dining area, and a bar-lounge for
smokers seats 50 more ... A just as it sounds ... pizza with
downstairs banquet room has ca- foldovers on its upper crust ...
shrimp provencale, $6.95; vege-
pacity for 135.
The reasonable prices at John's tarian, 85.25; pepperoni, $5.25.
I don't know if President
restaurant are from his experi-
ence in the restaurant business Grover Cleveland was a fish
... He opened Fairlane's Big Fish lover, but he'd be amazed at the

fishes people never heard of that
are listed on the back of Water
Club Grill's menu.
John Cleveland may not have
made president but he knows the
answers .. especially when it
comes to seafood and fish.

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RESTAURANT RAMBLS

... Looks like Sila Pizzeria has
joined Giorgio's in looking for a
second spot in the West Bloom-
field or Farmington Hills areas
... Jake's On The Waterfront by
Opus One's Jim Kokus and Ed
Mandzaria and Little Caesars'
Mike and Marian Ilitch, have
spring opening slated for their
seafood spot on the former
Buster's Bay site ... Still three

more Unique Restaurant Corp.
operations for president Matt
Prentice ... Relish, America and
Sourdoiigh Cafe.
Awaited Steve's Back Door
that took over former Sultan's
will soon be serving and selling
its top-rated Middle Eastern fare
... Sign on the door at Waleed's
said, "Closed For Remodeling,"
which so many times means
something else, and this time did
with its recent and inevitable
closing ... which was for anything
but remodeling.
Opening of Bella Vita at for-
mer Jane's Place isn't far off ...
New menu at Steve Goldberg's
Stage & Co. has some surprises
... Cook's Garden Cafe in Birm-
ingham now has tableside service
Monday through Saturday ...
Holiday Inn of Auburn Hills, with
its Bistro 75, is now owned by the
B.F. Saul organization out of
Maryland ... Embassy Suites in
Southfield is no more ... New
name of home of Jacques Demers

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