EAST SIDE'S DAILY NEWS EXTRA EXTRA EAT ALL ABOUT IT! Now Open East Side Mario's SOUTHFIELD • Authentic Italian Dishes • Wood Burning Brick Oven Pizza • Spit-Roasted Chicken • Steaks, Sandwiches, & Salads • Kids Meals starting at $2.99 (includes soft drink and dessert) A N 13 Mile a) > I cr) 0 12 Mile 29267 Southfield Road Southfield Commons Shopping Center Between 12 & 13 Mile Roads Southfield, MI • (810) 569-9454 Valid Monday-Thursday Only East Side Mario's Money $ 1 00 OFF FOR 1 PERSON LIMIT 1 PER TABLE _Noi Valid Towards Alcohol,Tax or Tip Expires June 7, 1996 • Good At Southfield Location Only • Can Not Be Combined With Other Offers • Elegant Occmion6 at the newly upgraded Best Western Executive Hotel & Suites Beautifully Decorated Ballroom for up to 200 guests. First-Class Food and Beverage Service. Luxurious Guest Rooms and Suites. Staff of Professionals to Cater to your every need. Wedding Receptions • Rehearsal Dinners • Bridal and Baby Showers Bar Mitzvahs/Bat Mitzvahs • Etc. Anniversary Parties Special guest room rates for Out of Town guests Mention this ad when booking and receive a special gift. Please contact our Sales and Catering office for details. BEST WESTERN EXECUTIVE HOTEL AND SUITES • • • • • • • • 1 06 31525 W. Twelve Mile Road Farmington Hills, MI 48334 (810) 553.0000 Professionally Managed by Trans Inns Management, Inc. Tried-And-True Places Still Serving Quality Meals D ISA `1NT DATA ...Chung's that do not always revolve around on Cass at Peterboro ... the tortilla. Joe Muer's Gratiot and Joe Yes, it is still there ... For many localites, this main- Muer's Grill on Southfield ... There stay of Cantonese-according-to- are those who claim they have the Occidental-tastes was probably best seafood between the Atlantic their first foray into the world of and the Pacific ... Others say they Chinese food ... Those in search have even better ... The $10.95 lob- ster dinner on Tuesdays of the perfect egg roll is going over big. might want to know Cafe Lamour, Beck that Chung's is said to and Northwestern High- be one of the few spots in way, main floor of the metropolitan Detroit blue Wyatt Building. ... that makes its own. Its new summer menu Clarkston Cafe, now includes a turkey South Main in Clark- meatloaf with roasted ston ... It should come as red pepper sauce that is no surprise that the pre- DANNY R ASKIN LOC AL getting much ordering ... mier restaurant of pic- COLUM NIST Nothing like homemade turesque Clarkston meatloaf that you know should bear the town's name ... It should come as even is fresh. ACTOR-DIRECTOR James less of a surprise that there is not a great deal of competition for the Darren, brought in to emcee chief restaurant distinction ... tonight's dinner-dance by Vari- What is more surprising is find- ety, The Children's Charity, at ing a reasonably priced menu Ritz-Carlton, Dearborn, has been filled with fine dishes skillfully the house guest of this year's Hu- manitarian honoree, M _ orry Co- prepared. Roma Cafe, Riopelle ... A big, hen. Also being honored is Ford Mo- rambling paradise for pasta fans, where folks relish the old-coun- tor's "Van Lady," Elaine Hopkins, try cuisine ... Around a long time. who will be given the club's Com- Traffic Jam & Snug, West munity Service Award ... Race car Canfield ... An ingenious mixture enthusiast Robbie Buhl will be of antiques and junk jams the presented the Sports Award. Elaine is a Ford employee who walls and hangs from the ceiling, not to mention the huge signal- arranges loans of Ford Econoline ing traffic light near the entrance Vans and Club Wagons to Vari- ... The Traffic Jam, known to ety here and in other locales of many as TJ's, is a casual restau- North America ... It's part of their rant with the emphasis on orig- Sunshine Van program trans- inality and quality of ingredients. porting children to hospitals and Xochimilco, Bagley at 23rd other medical facilities. Morry's son, Eric Brandon, is ... For "original" south-of-the bor- der food (and a lot of water to ex- also slated to sing with his dad ... tinguish the fire), Xochimilco is plus solo ... Morry, too ... backed the place ... It's not like the float- by the fine Johnny Trudell big ing gardens of Mexico City, but band. just a small, cozy dining room in the heart of Detroit's Hispanic section. Da Edoardo, Mack in Grosse Pointe Woods ... No one would stand for the prices if Da Edoardo were called by its American name, Eddie's Place ... But, like so many things that come in small packages, the 50-seat Da Edoardo is choice. El Nibble Nook, W. Eight Mile at Grand River ... Incongruous as it may seem, this gringo's dream of a Mex- ican restaurant makes no apologies (well, hardly any) for its devotion to Mexican food prepared to satisfy the North American palate ... Slightly fancier than many Mexican restaurants, El Nib- ble Nook has main courses CONGRATS ... to Jackie Kallen ... on her 50th birthday ... celebrated at the Bally Hotel in Las Vegas, with hubby Mike, sons Bryan and Brad, dad Phil Kaplan and Mike's mother, Bea Kallen ... plus oodles of friends and relatives ... to Lorraine Blanck ... on her birthday. GRAND OPENING of the new Downtown London Chop House in the Murphy Building on Congress was with the kind of hors d'oeuvres served during the `70s days at the old London Chop House ... and it was like yester- years with water continually be- ing taken away and freshly filled glasses brought with lemon slices. There are few places more beautiful than the Downtown London Chop House ... and the superb service is even better than days gone by. TWENTY NATURAL hand- crafted breads, muffins, cookies and cinnamon rolls baked on the premises comprise the choices of Dakota Bread Co. that recently opened in the Boardwalk Shop- ping Center, Orchard Lake Road south of Maple. Owners Dave Rubin and Jeff Freedman have honey whole wheat, jalapeno corn bread, ched- dar and Parmesan, apple cinna- mon walnut and Dakota's own herb bread ... Also muffins and cookies in regular and fat-free recipes in the seven-day-a-week- operation. AL VALENTE'S new Italian restaurant, Villa Maria, has opened on Maple and Haggerty ... down Maple Road from his lit- tle, but very good Ristorante Maria. DECK OPENING festivities are always gala at Key Largo in