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In The Village Of Orchard Lake
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Smoke Couldn't Hold Down
Big Daddy's In West Bloomfield
I
t was business as usual ... a outside as their Big Daddy's after, willing to do whatever they
very busy Saturday night ... Parthenon seemed to wallow could.
The place was packed, and into a smoky disaster.
Dick Purtan called ... Murray
the wait for tables an hour-
Was this the end of their Feldman called ... Other restau-
and-a-half.
dream? ... Had the sensational rant owners called ... Customers
Nothing out of the ordinary ... success of their Big Daddy's came in blue jeans and sweaters
This is the normal setting at Big Parthenon suddenly come to an ... What could they do to help? ...
Daddy's Parthenon on Orchard end?
Food purveyors of Big Daddy's
Lake Road, north of Maple.
"Why us?" they would ask assured them that the very mo-
Just two weeks ago, owners over and over again, as Rick was ment it reopened, the same fine-
Rick Rogow and Tom Peristeris on the verge of tears and Tom- quality food would be there.
had celebrated the second an- my remained quietly
After all, this wasn't
niversary of their dining phe- calm ... Both had worked
just another restau-
nomenon ... The challenge of so long and so hard to
rant but one of Michi-
first-year jitters had been met make their restaurant
gan's most important
and Big Daddy's has done much into such a desired out-
in terms of both char-
more than what few thought it come ... and in a short
acter and consistency
would do ... be open more than time their entire new
that has led it to be-
six months.
business life seemed to
come a volume leader.
There is now hardly any doubt flash in front of them.
Channel 2 News
DANNY
RASKIN
that Big Daddy's is quite a din-
Rick and Tommy at-
was there ... so was
LO CAL
ing marvel ... packed every night tempted going back into
Channel 7.
COLU MNIST
... and even having mass flows the restaurant to make
Much credit also
at lunchtime ... Who could have sure the bathrooms were
goes to Shel and Mike
thought it would today be han- clear and everybody had been Yellin, owners of Inrecon (Qual-
dling so many customers ... and evacuated ... They couldn't make ity Construction), who brought
instead of tapering off on head it through the smoke that had in a team of about 100 people,
counts, continually get stronger? gotten thicker than catsup in a starting at 4 a.m. that Sunday
Big Daddy's Parthenon has frozen bottle ... It was scary, but morning ... with around 15
also become a place to see, be disaster had been avoided with trucks outside ... working tire-
seen and meet friends in an at- a cool and calm explanation that lessly to get Big Daddy's open
mosphere of warm conviviality. the ventilation system had gone again.
As folks ate their lamb chops, awry.
Shel and Mike made life so
Tommy salads and other Greek
However, all's well that ends much easier for Rick and Tom-
favorites Nov. 11, they paid lit- well is so true ... and Big Daddy's my by being there themselves to
tle attention to the tiny
coordinate everything.
amount of smoke that
Carolyn and Milt Jacobs had
seemed to be drifting
a luncheon booked for 50 people
into the dining room.
that Sunday ... Rick and Tommy
Patrons like The
couldn't get in touch with them
Jewish News' Alan Hit-
to say that Big Daddy's would be
sky briefly thought
closed .... Through a mutual
nothing of it when they
friend, they were finally tracked
heard the beep-beep of
down at a Temple Beth El wed-
a smoke alarm ... A bro-
ding for Beth Korby and Dave
ken muffler on a busy
Elenko.
highway makes little
The luncheon was to be for the
noise to cause much at-
new bride and groom and their
tention.
out-of-town company attending
But the smoke began
the marriage.
to get thicker ... Not
But Carolyn and Milt weren't
where Alan and wife
let down ... no way ... this isn't
Debbie were sitting, on
Rick's or Tommy's style ... Even
the restaurant's west
with the dreaded thought of not
side ... At least not yet.
opening again hanging on their
But within seconds,
minds, they prepared the food in
as it began spreading
Rick's home, brought their em-
from the ventilation
ployees to help serve and clean
ducts, the Hitskys and Rick Rogow in front of cleaned areas of Big Daddy's. up at Carolyn's and Milt's home
friends left through the
... making sure that the party
patio doors that lead
would be a success.
onto Big Daddy's Orchard Lake Parthenon is open again ...
Beth is the daughter of Nan-
Road side. Others moved quick- thanks to an all out effort of corn- cy and Dr. Al Korby ... and Dave
ly through the front door into the bined togetherness.
the son of New Yorkers Stuart
parking lot.
Both families, Rick, wife Ric- and Carol Elenko ... "If this
The front part of the restau- ki, and their three children ... had happened in New York,"
rant began filling up fast with Tom, wife Peggy, and their three said Stuart, "the restaurateur
smoke ... And within minutes, youngsters, all pitched in ... M would just have said 'Sorry, but
Big Daddy's had become one did Rick's brother, Barry Rogow, there's nothing we can do about
massive billow... West Bloom- their interior designer, Ron Rea, it.' "
field fire trucks came ... and Rick and Big Daddy's entire staff, who
Mona Shane, wife of WXYZ-
and Tommy could only watch were back the Sunday morning TV sportscaster Don Shane, was
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