ENJOY GREAT DINING ON OUR OUTDOOR PATIO kitchen ... at Albert's Dining Room on West Seven Mile, owned by Albert and Betty Kast- ner. He was born in the ghetto of New York City, came to Detroit in 1918, and had been a head- waiter at Cliff Bell's, London Chop House and Staler Terrace Room ... They saved up money, went to Florida to open the Con- tinental Club near Miami, and were back in a couple of months. Betty was a wonderful cook and ran a spotless kitchen, with everything homemade by her ... Betty's pies were delicious ... It used to close five or six weeks in the summer for vacation but didn't lose a customer ... Albert's never had guest checks ... Just tell him at the register what you had and Albert trusted you. When Emil Huck and his two sons, Emil Jr. and Harold, opened Huck's Redford Inn on Grand River near Seven Mile Road, it was one of the places where people liked driving to on a pleasant Sunday afternoon ... Sort of like a roadhouse located out in the country. Later, as it became surround- ed by houses, stores, etc., Emil Jr. used to think of the place as being downtown compared to the old days ... When the Huck fam- ily took over Redford Inn (for years it had been known as the Ackmur Club, a haven for thirsty gamblers through the 20s and `30s) they brought with them a wealth of experience in the restaurant business, having been operators of the Westwood Inn. The Westwood was remem- bered as the stopping off place for the likes of Tommy Dorsey, Jim- Vanelli's, on Woodward north my Dorsey, Glenn Miller and of Six Mile, was owned by three Benny Goodman back in the days brothers, Sam, Al and Joe ... when big bands were in vogue ... They had come to America from One of the unique things about the north of Italy in the '20s and the Westwood was the good food soon ran a kind of a "boarding ... Most places of that ilk were house and club" at Mack and not noted for tasty viands. The food at Huck's Redford Inn Gratiot, where "a few friends could drop around for a glass of was of the same high quality that established it early as one of wine." With repeal of the Volstead northwest Detroit's most popu- Act, they put up the window lar and profitable restaurants ... shades and opened a bar and Of special note was the French restaurant ... In 1935, the broth- onion soup, on the menu every ers moved into the Book Build- day and a long standing fa- ing garage and flourished there vorite... The call for roast prime until erecting and moving into ribs at Huck's was so great that their brand new building on they used to sell one-and-a-half Woodward in 1948 ... Here, tons each week ... There were things were even better than many other good entrees on the menu but it was roadhouse din- downtown. Vanelli's was basically not an ners that built and maintained Italian restaurant, but American the Huck reputation ... Here was with a pretty general menu ... where it excelled. BACK TO 1995 ... with all For example, it served about 2,000 pounds of fish a week ... proceeds from upcoming fund- But this was not to imply that raiser by Hair in Vogue, Orchard Vanelli's did not list Italian dish- Mall, September 17, 10 a.m. to 5 es aplenty ... mostaccioli, spa- p.m., going to Sanford and Miri- ghetti, ravioli, fettucine and am Newman, an MS patient ... chicken scaloppini were also on He has been working two jobs the menu. and was recently hospitalized for Chicken and steaks were the a possible stroke ... Haircuts and specialties of the house ... along manicures will be $10 ... and also with good service and a clean include refreshments.0 al fans waiting to get a table in- side. The Wharf's setting was spec- tacular, about two-and-a-half miles north of St. Clair, Mich ... The building, patio and docks were up-to-date and well- groomed, the kitchen was spot- less and the interior was lush ... When it came to fresh-water fish, few restaurants in the world could compare with those in Michigan ... and Fisherman's Wharf was among the top ... Stu Cunningham used to chomp on a cigar and tear around his restaurant like Groucho Marx. Siggan Sjunneson, proprietor of the Stockholm restaurant, was one of Detroit's prettiest restaurateurs ... Besides running what was considered among the finest smorgasbords in the Unit- ed States, Siggan was a linguist, connoisseur of art and charming conversationalist with a beguil- ing Swedish accent. Siggan and her husband, John, a General Motors execu- tive, opened the Stockholm in a 125-year-old home on East Jef- ferson, close to downtown Detroit. Their years of living on the continent and in New York gave them a thorough knowledge of good food, particularly Swedish fare ... The Stockholm was an immediate success and recog- nized by gourmets as one of the country's finest. Years later, memories linger. 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