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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 -