One of Metropolitan Detroit's Most
Beautiful and Exciting Restaurants

Just A Small, Quiet Soiree
For A Down-To-Earth President

DANNY RASKIN LOCAL COLUMNIST

Wonderfully Prepared Catering
in Your Home, Office or at Our Restaurant

FINE DINING • DANCING

ENTERTAINMENT TUES. THROUGH SAT.

Now Appearing

BILLY ROSE

QUARTET

28875 Franklin Rd. at Northwestern & 12 Mile
(810) 358-3355
Southfield

Classic Authentic French Pastry Shop & Bakery
Special Occasion & Wedding Cakes
Coffee Roaster ♦ Coffee & Tea Merchant
Homemade Ice Cream ♦ Fine Chocolates
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Reservations Advised

2342 Woodward ♦ Ferndale

Between 9 and 10 Mile Roads, nine blocks south of 1-696

On the west side, corner of Woodland + Parking in our adjacent lot

(810) 541-1200

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YOUR HOSTS JIM & CHRIS STEVENS
Authentic Northern & Southern Italian Cuisine
Fresh Seafood & More.. .(We make you feel like you flew to Italy)

♦ DAILY CHEF SPECIALTIES ♦

Extensive Wine List

Fabulous house made pastries!! HOMEMADE Focacia
Casual Fine Dining with Ambiance

Early dinners Monday - Sunday 4-6 p.m.

*Dinners 7 days - *Lunch Wed. - Sat at 11 a.m.
Catering For All Your Occasions

24299 Novi Rd. 11/2 Miles South of Twelve Oaks Mall in PineRidge
FOR RESERVATIONS CALL • 810-380-0011

And owner Steve Rabinowitz
Even new chairs of shining
t's no secret that President
chrome backs and legs.
Bill Clinton loves to play the intends to keep it that way.
Classic Kosher Coney Island
His new Classic Kosher Coney
tenor saxophone. After Mr.
Clinton was elected, he Island operation on 10 Mile and seats about 100 and is open sev-
played the sax on Arsenio Hall's Southfield in the New Orleans en days ... Sunday through
network TV show ... and the na- Mall, former site of Sara's Kosher Thursday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Fri-
day, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Saturday
tion saw that a regular guy would Deli, has much going for it.
Neighborhood acceptance is evening, 7:30 p.m. to 11 p.m.
be occupying the White House.
Walking into Classic Coney Is-
Ross Pooley's tenor sax is 18 just a small portion ... Customers,
years old ... but takes a big back both Jewish and non-Jewish, are land — just a name, although its
seat to the one owned by Presi- coming from many other points coneys and coney burgers (loose
hamburger) are receiv-
dent Clinton ... Back home in because of the fresh new
ing accolades for their
Washington, D.C., he has a 1912 look and homemade food
goodness — is quite a
goodness.
Buescher.
revelation.
Service is quicker now
The president came to the
No more dinginess ...
Bingham Farms home of David because of a fast-food
It's like another culi-
and Doreen Hermelin last week style concept Steve has
nary life has been un-
surrounded by Secret Service adopted that is going over
covered as the open
men and Buddy, the Secret Ser- big ... Customers put in
their order at a stainless DANNY RASKIN
kitchen seems to say,
vice dog.
"Come look how clean
LOCAL
Simone Vitale's band played steel counter, are given a
we are now."
instrumental light jazz at the number, and the food is
COLUMNIST
COCO'S KORNER
Hermelins' for the president of promptly prepared for
... "I like the item in the Detroit
the United States ... Pat Crowley, them.
Not just Coney Islands ... This Vegas Club newsletter. Sure I can
piano; Ralph Armstrong, string
is a family restaurant with home- read. Think I'm stoopid or some-
bass; Simon, guitar; and Ross.
David Hermelin did his won- made soups (mushroom barley, thin'? It's about the wives of two
drous thing again with lyric par- beef chili, bean chili, chicken noo- confirmed dog owners talking and
odies on "Yankee Doodle Dandy," dle, chicken rice), 12 homemade one said, 'I got a new dog for my
"Grand Old Flag," "Glory, Glory salads (egg, chicken, tuna, etc.), husband.' The other one replied,
Hallelujah" and "Happy Days Are homemade desserts (cakes, pies, `I wish I could make a trade like
etc.), sandwiches (turkey, corned that!'
Here Again."
'Don't forget the Michigan Hu-
Paul Kohn of Quality Kosher beef, pastrami, roast beef, tuna,
Catering supplied the food, aid- etc.), side dishes like potato pock- mane Society's seventh annual
Bow Wow Champagne Brunch at
ed by Patti Paterni ... and the ets (knishes), etc.
The clean, stylish look has art Ritz-Carlton Dearborn, April 14.
president joined others in munch-
It's noon to 3:30, and all
ing on kosher goodies ... He
the money goes to help
probably took a "doggie bag"
the
over 85,000 home-
with him back via Air Force
less, injured and needy
One.
animals cared for each
Mark Schechter, presi-
year by the swell folks at
dent of Star Trax, personal-
MHS. Tickets are $125
ly supervised the parking of
per person minimum do-
cars ... Photographer Bob
nation, and reservations
Benyas was everywhere
have to be made by April
taking still shots, assisted
5. Call 810-852-7320 for
by Sid Siegel ... Jeff Schoen-
more information.
berg and Steve Canner
"Next year, I think
videotaped the momentous
they'll call it the Bow
occasion ... Simon Rotberg
Wow and Meow Brunch.
and Paul Lutfy of Cloverleaf
That's dandy because
Market brought the Silver-
I've got a lot of cat friends
ado Merlot and chardonnay
and it's about time they
wines.
weren't left out."
The very gracious Presi-
HOA KOW of West
dent Clinton is an individ-
Bloomfield, in Cross-
ual of much warmth ... noted
winds Mall on Orchard
the world over as a great
Lake Road, continues its
supporter of Israel and its
amazing ways ... The
causes ... and a proven
number of whitefish
friend of the Jewish people.
preparation styles by
Even Steve Canner's wife,
Gene Woo and his staff
Adriana, cooperated ... She
has hit the 20 mark ...
had a due date of March 4,
and they're not finished
the day before President President Bill Clinton
yet
... Expectations are
Clinton arrived, and father-
to-be Steve told her, "Please, hon- deco neon tubing of fuchsia and that when he puts out his new
ey, don't do anything until after turquoise colorings and lighting menu, Hoa Kow will reach about
fixtures above booths that now 25 methods of white fish presen-
the president."
THE WORDS bright and only line the window areas ... The tation.
Presently, over 700 pounds of
clean stand out with shining em- others are gone to give that airy
whitefish a week are sold by Hoa
look.
phasis.

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