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And the staff of

OTIONGIO's

RESTAURANT

25920 Greenfield at Lincoln • Oak Park
(810) 968-4060

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Customers & Friends
A Very Healthy & Happy
New Year

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A Healthy and Happy
New Year

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THE JEWISH NEWS

aking some rounds, etc...
Hoa Kow of West
Bloomfield, in Crosswinds
Mall, has another big fa-
vorite to go with its top-selling
white fish preparations ... The
lo-cal Cantonese chicken is also
a big taste treat.
Buddy's Pizza on Northwest-
ern and Middlebelt still gives
many Italian restaurants a run
for their money with its mine-
strone soup ... Buddy's now
serves round gourmet pizzas, as
well as the popular square pies.
Parthenon Chop House, on
Drake south of Walnut, has new
hours ... Dinner only Mondays
through Fridays, 4:30 p.m. to
10:30 p.m.
Como's on Woodward and
Nine Mile in Ferndale soon won't
be bothered by those long wait-
ing lines on weekends ... The
Gregos have purchased the lo-
cation next door and will have
about 200 more seats ... The
kitchen is being made larger, too.
Andiamo West, coming to the
former Machus Red Fox, Tele-
graph and Maple, still has folks
wondering when.
Merchant of Vino has taken
the wine shop and party store
look, formerly on Northwestern,
to a big, beautiful super-market-
like operation on Middlebelt and
12 Mile ... Meats, produce, etc.
Sila Family Dining, W. 12
Mile east of Greenfield in
Berkley, has its eyes set on a sec-
ond location in the northwest
area.
Bread Basket Deli on Green-
field and 10 1/2 Mile in the
Lincoln Shopping Center can
just about name its own terms
... But owner Ron Forman keeps
turning down offers to relocate
his excellent delicatessen-restau-
rant.
The former Wing Hong Chi-
nese restaurant and Tokyo
Steak House site on 14 Mile and
Orchard Lake roads will soon
open again ... but not as a

restaurant ... After being com- ... And with a lot more selections
pletely ... and I mean complete- from which to choose.
Boodles, W. 11 Mile, corner of
ly, gutted, torn down and rebuilt
from the ground up, the new op- 1-75, a fine dining spot that al-
eration will be in a totally clean ways draws raves, now has a
... that's c-l-e-a-n as in clean ... Twilight Grill, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
seven days a week, with every-
atmosphere.
thing on the menu
Marco's on Grand Riv-
from $7.95 to $9.95 ...
er in Farmington has vi-
including soup or sal-
olinist Tony Ballog and
ad, potato, vegetable
his group on Wednes-
and bread basket ...
days, and the Main
Cocktails are 112 price
Street Jazz Quintet on
during these times.
Fridays ... Owner Marco
Ever have a peanut
Conte continues to put
butter sundae at
out some of the best Ital- DANNY RASKIN
the Great Wall on
ian dishes around.
LO CAL
Grand River, in the
Excalibur, Franklin at
COLU MNIST
Drakeshire Shopping
Northwestern and 12
Center? ... A lot of folks
Mile, has the Billy Rose
Quartet back for another long who go there don't want others
to know how good the food is ...
stay.
Arriva Ristorante, 12 Mile be- It's their own little "secret."
The French Gourmet on
tween Mound and Van Dyke,
has Sam Butera doing a "Trib- Woodward, between Nine and
ute To Louis Prima" Sept. 24-29 10 Mile in Ferndale, continues
... dinner shows begin at 7 p.m. to serve breakfast, lunch and
... There'll also be a 4 p.m. Sun- dinner in the small eatery ... But
still puts out those authentic
day matinee performance.
Classic Coney Island family French pastries it has been not-
restaurant, Southfield and 10 ed for.
Peking Garden in Applegate
Mile, with the fast-food style of
ordering and taking to your Square, on Northwestern at
table, may be Michigan's only Inkster, will change its name to
kosher Coney Island spot, but Empire Szechuan Garden.
Second Memphis Smoke, at
the coneys sure aren't served the
most ... The New Orleans Mall the former Mr. B's of West
eat-in (without waitstaff) or car- Bloomfield, Orchard Lake Road
ry-out restaurant, has oodles of and Maple, will soon re-open
soups, sandwiches, homemade with its new look ... The original
desserts, etc.:.. And complete and very successful Memphis
Smoke is on Main Street in Roy-
dinners are under $10.
Specialty at Heroes Bar-B-Q al Oak ... a member of the Mr.
& Brew, W. Huron west of Tele- B's chain.
I read this in the Nation's
graph, out Pontiac way, is the
whitefish served on a maple Restaurant News with the head-
plank with duchesse potatoes ing, "And you thought stale
peanuts were the worst-case sce-
and vegetable.
Chick-N-Ribs on Woodward, nario" ... It was while en route to
north of 10 Mile in Royal Oak, is Atlanta via Delta Airlines, which
a favorite stopping spot for many I was happy to be on after read-
ing the item: "A recently ex-
folks.
J.J. Peppers Bar & Grill, 12 posed United Airlines internal
Mile at Halsted in the Halsted report says that passengers have
Village Plaza, has a new menu complained about a number of
to go along with the casual fun unusual in-flight meal-related