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MiE GREAT WALE
35135 Grand River (Drakeshire Shopping Center)
476-9181
It was sort of a "thank you" ... 17 at dinner, not including its
this isn't a fairy tale ... but more so a great act of love specials and those at the Pub
although it very well and confidence ... Ben Kasle Oyster Bar) include many that
could be ... There lived wanted Fox & Hounds to live on are like one-of-a-kind dishes ...
a man named Ben Kasle, whose as he would have desired it ... Terry's menu selections seem to
father, Abe Kasle, was a steel with class, dignity and distinc- have a difference all their own.
Like Delmonico steak served
magnate and Jewish philan- tion.
with
whiskey peppercorn sauce;
Kevin
Downey
has
never
let
thropist ... the latter trait also
or
broiled
Lake Superior white-
him
down.
rubbing off on Ben.
The Tudor-style building orig- fish Eugene, lightly coated with
Ben was not a lover of the steel
business, and after building the inally built in 1928 as the Fox & lemon bread crumbs and topped
Desert Inn in Tucson, Ariz., he Hounds Inn, a traveler's stop- with a mixture of onion, celery,
peppers, Alaskan king
bought the Uncle John's Pancake over point between De-
crabmeat, lemon zest
troit
and
Flint,
is
today
a
House franchise for Michigan
and parsley mixture; or
Bloomfield
Hills
land-
and Ohio ... watching it grow to
portabella mushroom
mark ...with a warm,
11.
chargrilled with a mix-
Then came Berman's Chop English atmosphere that
ture of eggplant and
House, the Celebrity Room, marks Fox & Hounds of
goat cheese.
Coach Stop and Cafeteria in the today one of this region's
Its rotini of veal and
truly fine restaurants.
Fisher Building.
shrimp
with linguine
DANNY
RASKIN
Fox
&
Hounds'
execu-
But there was a place on
is a scaloppini rolled
LO CAL
Woodward, just south of Long tive chef of over 10 years,
with prosciutto, pesto
COL UMNIST
Lake Road, that Ben wanted ... Terry Shuster, calls his
onions and provolone
food
preparation
classic
the Fox & Hounds owned by
cheese,
then
baked and sliced ...
continental
cuisine.
Restaurant Associates.
The
wanted
dish
is served over
You
won't
find
too
many
places
When Benny wanted some-
thing, he usually got it ... and af- with entrees like roast duck and linguine with chicken broth,
ter buying the treasure, Ben Gulf shrimp won ton soup (Chi- roasted peppers, broccoli and
gutted it and reopened for busi- nese duck broth with roasted Parmesan cheese.
There are always three soups
duck pieces, Gulf shrimp, chick-
ness in April 1973.
from
which to choose ... seafood
en
won
ton
and
Chinese
vegeta-
Other places followed ...
chowder,
seafood bisque and a
bles).
Archibald's, the Spaghetti Com-
of
the
day, usually a non-
soup
And
even
the
jumbo
shrimp
pany, the Vineyards on Franklin
cream
soup.
and Benny's Disco next
Whitefish and sal-
door.
mon are big sellers, as
Fox & Hounds, how-
are the prime ribs and
ever, continued among
steaks ... Sauteed perch
his favorites.
is
also served a lot, es-
He had a young gent
pecially
at lunch ... Ter-
working at various Uncle
ry
has
three
different
John's locations whom
chefs
special
entrees
Ben grew quite fond of ...
daily
at
both
lunch
and
When Kevin Downey
dinner.
came to Fox & Hounds to
All dinners include
help during its grand
salad
and bread basket
opening, he and Ben
...
Meat
dishes also in-
worked side by side in a
clude
a
potato
and veg-
most urgent situation.
etable.
Kevin was managing
I mention this be-
the kitchen area, and
cause
Fox & Hounds is
none of the dishwashers
no
more
a la carte ... a
showed up ... Ben came
factor
that
many peo-
in, saw the trouble Kevin
ple
will
appreciate.
was in, took off his coat
It makes its own
and washed dishes side
sauces
and soups
by side with him until 2
(minestrone, curry, old-
a.m.
fashioned chicken noo-
Although being trans-
dle, old-fashioned beef
ferred from "the Fox" in
barley,
bean barley,
1973 to open the new
seafood
bisque,
etc.) ...
Livonia Uncle John's,
Smoking
is
done
in a
Kevin's destiny was Fox
large
smoker
on
the
& Hounds, to which he
Fox
&
Hounds
prem-
returned in 1975 and be- Kevin Downey: A great tradition at Fox & Hounds.
ises.
came general manager in
Kevin's
wife, Jackie, runs the
cocktail
is
different
...
When
was
1976, two years later promoted
to vice president in charge of all the last time you had one with Pastry Den, which sells collectible
lettuce and chopped celery? ... curios as well as fine pastries and
Ben's liquor operations.
When Ben Kasle passed on in Many people also enjoy eating cakes ... The wedding cakes and
April 1979, Kevin discovered that the chopped celery and lettuce all-occasion cakes are standouts.
The Main Dining Room at Fox
Ben had made it possible for with shrimp sauce.
&
Hounds holds 60 and the
The
distinct
flavor
of
Fox
&
Kevin to purchase Fox & Hounds
North
Dining Room another 50,
Hounds'
many
entrees
(at
least
from Ben's estate.
nce upon a time ... No,