JET WINDSOR * WEST BLOOMFIELD Big Daddy's Parthenon, 6199 Orchard Lake Road, 737-8600. When Opa! came to the suburbs on October 27, 1993, flames ga- lore blazed to big crowds every night. The Greektown in West Bloomfield is the pride of Rick Ro- gow and Tom Peristeris, whose large, expertly-cut in it's own kitchen lamb chops, special recipe Parthenon cake, tradition- al Greek favorites, special salads, including Tommy's New Idea Sal- ad, are still winning return cus- tomers with the same large nightly attendances. Thrusday and Friday evenings feature jazz, with David Ball and Kevin Cros- by. Golden Phoenix, 6257 Orchard Lake Rd., Sugar Tree Shopping Center, West Bloomfield, 855- 3570. Now serving beer and wine, Golden Phoenix, specializ- ing in Chinese, Cantonese and Szechuan food, is the same fine restaurant that had previously been a long-time favorite on Maple and Telegraph. Both din- ing in and carry-out are available in a wide assortment of Orien- tal dishes for culinary consump- tion. Hoa Kow, 4301 Orchard Lake Rd., Crosswinds Mall, West Bloom- field, 932-3133. Owner Gene Woo has made Hoa Kow into one of the favorite restaurants of its kind in the area as people from all walks of life and most parts of the De- troit and Metropolitan sectors come to enjoy his many styles of Chinese dining. Plus Cantonese, Szechuan and Mandarin, Hoa Kow features a Chinese Buffet at lunch and dinner along with its regular menu. White fish in all cooking va- rieties is also a big feature, with almost a thousand pounds served weekly. Mai Thai, 6635 Orchard Lake Rd., Old Orchard Shopping Cen- ter, West Bloomfield, 626-6313. Those who like the real thing will enjoy Mai Tai with its very spicy or non-spicy foods concocted for authentic and traditional tastes at lunch or dinner. It presents a casual atmosphere with seating around 100 and is open seven days a week. Red Robin, 5656 West Maple, West Bloomfield, 932-1887. There's no recognizing this for- mer Chuck Muer's restaurant site, and besides a totally new inside, it has become a favorite dining spot for the entire family. Also featured are homemade soups, free fries and beverage refills, sal- ads galore, pastas, pizzas, chick- en, fajitas, etc. Stage & Co., 6873 Orchard Lake Rd., West Bloomfield, 855-6622. Since 1962, this highly-regarded restaurant has been acclaimed as a critic's choice for it's dominant consistency. It features cocktails and a menu to satisfy all ap- petites, from traditional home- made Jewish dishes to dietary-restricted delights. Break- fast, lunch and dinner is served in a warm, casual atmosphere Tuesday through Sunday. * WINDSOR Tunnel Bar-B-Q 58 Park St. E., Windsor, Det. Number 961-3663. Tunnel Bar-B-Q, off the Windsor- Detroit Tunnel exit, and its sister operation, TBQ's Other Place, are prominent as two of Windsor's finest restaurants. For over 50 years, Tunnel has reaped much inter- national fame for its world famous ribs and high quality homemade desserts. TBQ's Oth- er Place features tasty seafoods, steaks, chops, cocktails and much banquet facilities. Tunnel Bar-B-Q now also serves beer and wine for the first time in it's his- tory. JEWISH ENSEMBLE THEATRE •• •••••• Italian Comedy In Grosse Pointe Grosse Pointe Theatre will pre- sent the comedy Filumena by Ed- uardo de Filippo. The show will open Wednesday, March 1, and run through March 11, at Fries Auditorium in the Grosse Pointe War Memorial, 32 Lakeshore, Grosse Pointe Farms. For ticket information, call (313) 881-4004. The Grosse Pointe War Memorial will offer candlelight buffet dinners before most performances. For dinner reservations, call the War Memo- rial, (313) 881-7511. Kim Robert Grossman CarneY vor ta premier of An Hilarious co ille4, Play, Operas Through JCC The Maple/Drake Jewish Com- munity Center is offering tickets to The Sisters Rosenweig at the Fisher Theatre for the Wednes- day, March 29, performance at 1 p.m., orchestra seats. Reserva- tion deadline is March 21. Spring MOT Series presenting Swan Lake at the Masonic Tem- ple will be offered by Maple/ Drake for the Friday, May 5 per- formance at 10 a.m. Reservation deadline is April 28. For Tosca, the Wednesday, May 17, performance at 8 p.m. at the Masonic, reservation dead- line is April 20. Call Lorraine Morris, 661- 7649, for cost information and brochures. Deb Filler At Maple/Drake New Zealand-born, New York- based performance artist Deb Filler will present her one-woman show, Punch Me In The Stomach, Saturday and Sunday, March 11 -12, as part, of the Jewish Corn- munity Center's Encore Series. Shows will be 8 p.m. on Saturday, and 2 and 7 p.m. on Sunday, and will be held at the Maple/Drake Jewish Community Center. Mr. Filler takes her experiences as the daughter of Holocaust sur- vivors and weaves them together with her funny contemporary worldview to create this 90-minute one-woman show, melding a se- ries of hilarious Jewish jokes, mul- ti-charactered vignettes and emotional monologues into a fast- paced whole. by Kitty Dubin Directed by Julie Nessen Detroit Free Press "...Rating*** ...Refreshing" ...Martin F. Kohn, Detroit News hits its mark" ...Reed Johnson, "...Change Of Life 0 & E ...Carney and Radcliff...perfect in their roles... Grossman... excellent comic timing" ...Barbaa Michals, NOW Thru March 5 TICKETS (810) 788-2900 or ifErc-- 47ra (810) 645-6666 Aaron DeRoy Theatre Jewish Community Center • 6600 W. 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