SPECTATING page 41 turned to his brother-in-law, a designer who thought tiered seating would look right in the place. They thought so, too. "I'm exuberant over the re- sults from the design to the col- or scheme to the lighting and actual stadium section itself. People are refreshed by the idea of a sports restaurant that doesn't have pennants on the We've hammered out a great rate for Construction Loans A Caterer Jumps Out Of The Frying Pan With Republic's below prime rate Construction Loan, building your dream home has never been easier. Our Staff of Professionals will process your applications quickly, giving you the most flexible options available. So call us JULIE EDGAR STAFF WRITER today and take advantage of this great ground breaking rate! C aterer Annabel Cohen didn't like the heat, so she got out of the kitchen. Well, almost. Ms. Co- hen, 34, still has a foot in the door of the company she started with $300 eight years ago and turned into an almost million- dollar business. Now she hap- pily stirs, kneads, whisks and bakes there a few hours each week. And she reports to a new boss, Julie Aaron, who joined Ms. Co- hen five years ago as an em- ployee of Annabel's in Southfield and bought the business last month. They describe their re- lationship as sisterly. Call 1-800-LOW-RATE (1-800-569-7283) R EPUBLIC /34I NC9M MEMBER 0 1111 \11•111111MINIIIMII . EQUAL HOUSING LENDER wall or loud music on the dance floor," Mr. Alhermizi said. While Mr. Bronstein handles the day-to-day, front-of-the-store operations, general manager John Messina is in charge of the paperwork. Mr. Messina has spent 25 years in the food industry, in- cluding a stint as general man- ager of Royal Oak's recently closed Durango Grill. El "Financing the American Dream" often provided the ambience along with the food. She would sometimes tape a light switch so a guest wouldn't inadvertently alter the mood of a room, or sup- ply an interesting piece of fur- niture to complement the menu. "We are constantly doing new things," Ms. Cohen said. "When we do a party, we tell people what to wear. We want there to be a rhyme to the whole thing, from the music to the decor to the lighting, as well as the food." All recipes, like a paella or a Russian salmon dish with a whitefish mousse, are original. "Cooking is like theater. Every time somebody hires us THE JEMSI-1 NEWS STOCKS TAX-FREE 'BONDS MUTUAL FUNDS A X X M P T F First of Michigan Corporation Members New York Stock Exchange, Inc FoM Herman Schwarti Senior Vice President - Investments T T R 42 6230 Orchard Lake Road, Suite 230 West Bloomfield, MI 48322 (810) 855-2100 1-800-654-1443 , A FREE Municipal Bonds Listing Receive Weekly Report A L P L A N G T S TAX DEFERRED ANNUITIES IRA's MONEY MANAGEMENT Member SIPC 4.G Edwards & Sons, Inc ESTWENT% SA( PN7 BOB MORIAN 313 3369200 1.800-3651200 CLASSIFIED GET RESULTS' Call The Jewish News 354.5959 Annabel Cohen: Relaxed ex-business owner. Leaving behind the surpris- ingly fast-paced world of cater- ing was akin to giving up a bad habit. It brought a great sigh of relief to Ms. Cohen, a divorced mother whose daughter Raquel is nearing her sixth birthday. They live in Bloomfield Hills. "I haven't seen her since she was 4," Ms. Cohen quipped. "I worked so hard I wasn't doing anything else. It was as if my life was one continuous day. It was as if I was in jail." Running Annabel's meant 80- to 90-hour weeks in which Ms. Cohen and staff would cater be- tween 15 and 25 parties. They it's like applause. You know through the party whether it's a success. Good reviews are ad- dicting," she said. Annabel's, now called Annabel and Company Inc., and still located at 12 Mile and Ever- green, mushroomed from a small operation with a few part- timers and Ms. Cohen, to an op- eration that employs more than a dozen full-time staffers. Many of them are former chefs in Jim- my Schmidt's (Rattlesnake Club and Stelline) restaurants. Ms. Cohen also opened a restaurant in North Park Towers in South- field.