THE ENVOY CAFE Casual Dining DAILY LUNCH & DINNER SPECIALS 11V0 - r r JA ON WEE KEN A Local Chain Is Smokin' With Authentic Southern Barbecue Thursday, Friday & Saturday 33210 W. 14 Mile at Fa West Bloomfie IN SIMSBURY PLAZA Serving From: Mon.-Thurs. 11-10, Fri. & Sat. 11-11 ;-Sunday 5-10 8531622Q B 141E TEE YA° BAR.13 * Yocii OPEN 7 DAYS —11 a.m. to 12 Mid. 1 r BBQ OR BROASTED r - BBQ RIBS • WHOLE CHICKEN FOR 2 $2 OFF SLAB FOR 2 $2 OFF • 1 COUPON PER ORDER • DINE IN OR CARRY-OUT • EXPIRES 11-16-95 .111 • 1 COUPON PER ORDER • DINE IN OR CARRY-OUT JN • EX P IRES 11-16-95 L WE SERVE FRESH WHITEFISH $ 95 INCLUDES: POTATO, SALAD OR COLE SLAW ANP BREAD 31006 ORCHARD LAKE RD. AT 14 • Farm. Hills • 851-7000 Ma's FAMILY DINING 27167 Greenfield, Just North of 11 Mile 559-8222 FREE DESSERT WITH DAILY DINNER SPECIALS AND EARLY BIRD DINNERS HOMEMADE RICE PUDDING, HOME- MADE TAPIOCA PUDDING OR JELLO • Daily Specials • Early Bird Specials • 10% Senior Citizen Discount 3 p.m. to Closing (Not Good On Early Bird) r 111 4: V1 CHICKEN VIENNA TOTAL. BILL FRIDAY& SATURDAY 3 P.m. to 8 p.m. Not Good With Other Coupons L Expires 11-9-95 JJ SHIVA DINNERS and BEAUTIFUL PARTY TRAYS • Free Delivery 100 Skinless, boneless chicken strips sauteed with Vienna salami strips onions and broccoli over fettuccini with Alfredo cream sauce. 66 95 FRIDAY & SATURDAY ALL DINNERS INCLUDE: SOUP, SALAD, T POTATO, VEGETABLE & BREAD BASKET Open Mon.-Sat. 7 a.m. - 8 p.m. Closed Sundays DELI AND GOURMET RESTAURANT 21754 W. 11 MILE RD. • HARVARD ROW • 352-4940 FAX: 352-9393 I f you go there looking for the is also a big Memphis Smoke Dessert listings are from var- $2 million or more renovation, seller. ious parts of Memphis ... lemon chances are that you'll do a Mike, Rob, Marty, Ralph and ice box pie from Gridley's; vanil- double take and say, "No way." their designer, Ron Rea, went to la wafers, fresh banana pudding But a long look around will Memphis for on-the-spot ideas ... and whipped cream in a parfait show a lot of dollars and sense in What they came back with has glass from Germantown Com- this dining and entertainment created a mild sensation. missary; Memphis Mud (Oreo spot. The idea and concept of Mem- cookies, chocolate pudding and The new Memphis Smoke, on phis Smoke was something Mike whipped cream) from the Public Main and 11 Mile in Royal Oak, Nash had since he was 19 years Eye. cost well over the two mill mark, old while in Morganfield, Ky. ... Also from Memphis dining and owners Mike Nash, Rob He was working in a job corps spots are the onion loaf from Jackier, Marty Tuchman, Ralph Gustafson and managing partner L.J. Hurley have the receipts to prove it. The new restaurant used to be a Liberty Drug Store, and before that Romelyn Drugs ... When the walls were uncovered, writing was revealed from back in 1937. All around the 250-seat restaurant that opened Aug. 29, 1995, are doors from torn-down houses, cleverly mishmashed into the decor ... Other fasci- nating things are strewn about, but the best ones are hidden in the Mem- phis Smoke hallway with photos of Billie Holiday, pictures summer program from Marty Tu chman, Rob Corky's; Texas link of New Orleans, great jazz artists, Wayne State University. Jackier a nd Mike Nash appetizers from the etc. Down there, barbecue of Mem phis Smoke. Rendezvous; hot The food is interesting ... bring- is the predominant cui- sauce and regular ing authentic Southern barbecue sine of the area, as well as in most original from Neely's Interstate. in the third concept by a highly Southern regions ... Mike always Memphis Smoke serves two successful Mr. B's chain, whose wondered why there was never kinds of ribs ... traditional hicko- casual dining with a sports theme any full representation of that ry ribs finished off with its own is well noted, along with its Mon- particular style of cuisine north barbecue sauce ... and Memphis- terrey Mexican restaurant in of the Mason-Dixon ... Over the style dry ribs basted and then giv- Royal Oak. years, he would collect a lot of in- en a taste emphasis with a Three more Memphis Smoke formation and file it away ... custom blend of dry rub ... The restaurants are expected to be When the 11 Mile and Main cor- ribs come out lean, with very lit- opened by the fellows in 1996 ... ner in Royal Oak opened up, his tle fat ... most of it dripped off by It has been ticketed as the Mr. concept was finally born here. the rotisserie ... The Memphis rub B's growth vehicle be- Rob, L.J. and their gives dry ribs a totally unique fla- cause of the huge affir- chef, Gerald Fowler, for- vor. mative response. merly of the Detroit Main entrees like smoked In the first month Athletic Club, were giv- brisket, smoked turkey, smoked Memphis Smoke was en firsthand attention ribs, smoked chicken, etc., are open, it served over by being put to work for slowly cooked over hickory and 40,000 people ... 10,000 on-the-spot training at other aromatic woods ... Rotis- a week through lunch the famous Corky's and series turn slowly in enclosed and dinner. DANNY RASKIN Public Eye restaurants chambers. The menu lists six LOC AL in Memphis. The age brackets of customers salads (turkey salad, Consultant for Mem- vary from morning to evening at COLU MNIST Greek salad, etc.)... six phis Smoke, David Memphis Smoke ... Everybody in appetizers including the moun- Sorin, lives in Memphis and is a the family seems to love it at din- tain of onion rings fried into a loaf retired restaurateur since selling nertime ... The later it gets, the shape, Texas-style chili with the Public Eye ... He and broth- younger the crowd becomes ... By smoked beef brisket, etc. er-in-law Don Peltz (they mar- the time the music starts, it is pre- As the name would imply, ried sisters) opened Corky's, now dominantly in the 20s and 30s. Memphis Smoke does a lot of owned solely by Don. Entertainment is Tuesday smoking ... It has two full-size The garlic mashed potatoes ... through Sunday from 10 p.m. ... smokers with modernistic rotis- country greens of collard, mus- Friday, Saturday and Sunday, serie trays that allow the barbe- tard and Swiss chard greens with blues; Tuesday through Thurs- cue drippings to baste the next onion and spices ... and red beans day a mixture of reggae, Creole rack ... A smaller smoker is used and rice ... give an authentic fla- and blues. for the barbecue chicken which vor. Memphis Smoke is open sev-