ENJOY GREAT DINING ON OUR OUTDOOR PATIO But Steve's Back Room West Bloomfield not only has a large menu with favored items, the many food preparations not found at any dining spot of its kind in the area are seldom seen anywhere else either. Koussa with or without meat; artichoke hearts filled with ground lamb, onions, pine nuts, cooked in yogurt sauce; sheikh- el-mahsi with or without meat; kibbie lebanieh cooked in a yo- gurt sauce with lamb tenderloins; ouzy, pieces of chicken breast over hashwi rice or noodles, topped with almonds and pine nuts; ablama, baby squash sauteed and filled with ground lamb, onions, pine nuts and cooked in a yogurt sauce, etc. ... Therese's lentil soup is also her own secret. Steve's Back Room is open six days a week ... Monday through Thursday, 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. ... Closed Sunday but available for private parties. Barney Ales knows the record business inside and out ... Steve and Therese Kalil, with son Steve Jr., are restaurateurs ... It would seem to be a strange partnership ... the record business and Mid- dle-Eastern food ... except that a customer who loves the clean, fresh and wholesome Middle Eastern taste also is possessed with keen common sense. Instead of going into the restaurant business himself to satisfy a desire, Barney did him- self and many others a big favor by getting one of the best opera- tions of its kind to open with him. Because of this large amount of common sense, Steve's Back Room West Bloomfield is pro- viding him with another hit. DISA 'N DATA ... The Gold as hostess on weekends... Dur- Cup Room was in the Whittier ing the week, Gail does the Hotel on East Jefferson, not W. • Grand Blvd., as errata'd in a re- restaurants books. Ask Barney what Middle- cent column ... Helen Robbins Eastern food he likes best and should know ... That's where hell say everything, as long as it hubby Mert took her (Helen Penn) on a date 39 years ago ... is fresh. And fresh is the big byword at leading to their marriage a year Steve's Back Room West Bloom- later. What a great combination ... field ... All the dishes ... salads, kibbie nyee (raw kibbie), etc. are Peter Loren as executive chef and not prepared ahead of time ... Mickey Bakst its maitre d' only when ordered ... a mighty They'll open the new Tribute, large factor in Middle-Eastern hopefully this year, on 12 Mile, just west of Orchard Lake Road dining. Fresh fish goes over big ... like ... Wonder why restaurants don't salmon marinated in lemon have bar le-duc sandwiches any- juice, garlic olive oil and put in more? ... They're just cream tinfoil and grilled ... 25 pounds a cheese and jelly, and terrific prof- • , week; swordfish cut up in kebobs it makers ... Master Chef /— and marinated with garlic, lemon Michael Russell is now at Sparky juice, olive oil and skewered with Herbert's on E. Jefferson. Bad automobile accident, but green peppers and onions ... 60 public relations gal Rhonda pounds a week. Vegetarians love the Steve's Verona at least got the color cast Sampler of seven appetizers ... she wanted for her broken arm humour, baba ghanouge, tabouli, ... purple ... Construction has be- kidney bean salad, bulgar and gun on the 12th restaurant by beans, lentel and rice and mu- Unique Restaurant Corporation \ ... Sourdough Cafe, slated to jadarah. • Middle-Eastern restaurants open Nov. 1, at Summit Place have many dishes in common ... Mall in Waterford. Li I when he was 8 years old and lov- ing the food prepared by Esther Ganen and father, Fadel Ganen, at the Sheik in downtown Detroit ... She married Ed Michael and ironic as it would later be dis- covered, Ed's father and Steve's grandfather were second cousins. White tablecloths, glass blocks all around the restaurant, mar- ble, print padded booths, and the open style give Steve's Back Room West Bloomfield a look of class. It is one of your more pleasant and graceful restaurant opera- tions whose ambiance is a re- flection of good taste, culinary variety and fine service. A full bar also has a juice ma- chine with two frozen specials daily with or without liquor ... The special beer and wine license for take out makes the restau- rant one of the few Middle East- ern dining spots with both dine in and carry-out tickets. Biggest sellers at Steve's Back Room West Bloomfield are the vegetarian dishes ... Even its meat dishes are available vege- tarian if desired. On the meat side, it sells about 80 pounds of lamb chops week- ly ... and 60 pounds of lamb shish /— kebob per week. The food has a Damascus in- fluence and is spiced moderate- ly or not at all, if requested. As full-time manager at the Northwest location Steve Jr. also has his future wife, Gail Peisach, Your Hosts: Tommy Peristeris & Rick Rogow Welcome to the best Greek food this side of Greektown featuring the finest lamb chops among other excellent Greek favorites. I JOIN US FOR LUNCH OR DINNER Let Us CATER Your Next Affair. . Now Accepting Reservations For All Private Occasions LIVE JAZZ hYt NiFi dRnI iDgA o A1Y2 & T8HpUmRStD featuring Kevin Crosby and David Ball Open 7 Days • Carry-Out Available /) a PT e NoN 6199 Orchard Lake Rd. (N. of Maple) West Bloomfield r buy one ticket get one Fresh and homemade are the key words. FREE with this ad SEEN AT MARVIN'S JEFF BARTHA, Graduate of Western Mich. U., Future Millionaire; PETER BERSHAJ, Gateway Gourmet Deli; STEPHEN LEVITZ, Does Very Little; RABBI SCHNIPPER, Cong. 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