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Diamond Jim Brady's
Mixes Nostalgia, Good Food
HAKATA
JAPANESE RESTAURANT
(Formerly Nipponkai)
PROUDLY BRINGS YOU
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JAPANESE DINING
DANNY RASKIN LOCAL COLUMNIST
Lunch and Dinner
Featuring Elegant Cuisine at Reasonable Prices
In An Atmosphere of Gracious Warmth
• Private Japanese Booths
• Sushi Bar
• Cocktails, Including Sake
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Dinner: Mon.-Sat. 5:30-10:30 p.m.
Lunch: Mon.-Fri. 11:30-2 p.m.
Sunday 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
737 7220
Fax: 737 7223
32443 Northwestern Hwy.
Between Middlebelt & 14 Mile
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Of Auburn Hills
BRINGS You
THE SAME EXCELLENT FOOD OUR FAMILY
HAS BEEN SERVING SINCE I 939
Our Wondeful Tradition Is
A Great Pride.
885 Opdyke Road
(Across from the Silverdome)
For Reservations: 373-4440
Open 7 Days
Lunch & Dinner
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Mary graduated Michigan immense.
Coming from a family of seven,
State University's hotel, restau-
rant and institutional manage- she cooked when only 6 years old
ment program ... Was an ... Not scrambled eggs or omelets,
instructor at Schoolcraft College either ... Such a young age and
six years ... And in 1990 received there was Mary making stews,
meat loafs, pot roasts, etc.
her coveted certification.
She is responsible for the menu
Over a five-year period, Mary
creations at Diamond
won 15 medals, includ-
Jim Brady's in Novi ...
ing seven golds, in vari-
That is, all but the items
ous cooking
still there from the Dia-
competitions.
mond Jim Brady's on
She was on the
West Seven Mile.
Schoolcraft Culinary
Same recipe for Cae-
Team that competed
sar salad, chili, gazpacho
against regional squads
soup, hodgepodge salad,
in Singapore, Luxem- DANNY RASKIN
burgers (Charlie Brown,
bourg and the United
LOC AL
Pancho burger, original
States.
COLUM NIST
Diamond Jim), etc.
In 1994, Mary was a
Second-, third- and little fourth-
member of the Michigan Culinary
Olympic Team managed by Chef generations also enjoy the food at
Joe Beato, owner of Il Centro Diamond Jim Brady's, which has
Restaurant, but couldn't go to Ger- taken huge steps far beyond what
many for the world competition ,... Tom's dad and mom, Jim and
Grace Brady,
ever dreamed
possible.
Mondays
through Thurs-
days, it has an
early bird menu
from 4 p.m. to
6 p.m., where
$6.95 brings
some of the best
food to be found
anywhere ...
along with the
fine Caesar
salad or greens
tossed with
sundried cran-
berries and
pinenuts and a
low-fat citrus
vinaigrette.
Items like
Chicken Isabel-
la, named after
Mary's sister, Is-
abella Conte,
and grandmoth-
Tom and Mary Brady continue a tradition.
er Isabella
employee ... Seven years later. She wasn't able to leave her Smith; angel hair pasta with marl-
restaurant for the necessary three nara (no-fat pasta tossed with a
Mary became Tom's wife.
lo-cal tomato, onion, basil and
It has turned out to be a mas- weeks.
Mary and Tom had opened roasted garlic sauce); Alfredo with
terful combination ... with Tom
managing the floor and going Novi's Diamond Jim Brady's in shrimp; Atlantic salmon fillet, etc.
Dinner specials include a
round as a genial host to see that September of 1991 ... and its suc-
cess was of major importance to broiled Canadian whitefish rubbed
everyone is happy.
with garlic, herbs and olive oil ...
And Mary is its executive chef her.
Mary has the touch of Midas in Mary's presentation of this is a
over two sous chefs and a kitchen
her cooking expertise ... "There is standout ... with roasted garlic-en-
of 20 people.
But much more than this, she nothing in this world I would hanced Basmati rice, julienne zuc-
is also one of the foremost chefs in rather be doing than cooking or chini and yellow squash and a
this region ... An American Culi- something involved with cooking," wonderful tomato and pepper
sauce.
nary Federation (ACF) certified she says.
Don't miss her duck quesadilla
It is in her blood ... Three out of
executive chef ... one of only about
30 females in the United States four of Mary's grandparents were or salmon cakes or vegetarian
with such a lavish ranking ... and accomplished cooks, and her love black bean chili or those yummy
for the kitchen preparations are homemade desserts ... Like the
one of just two in Michigan.
t was the favorite of so many
who lived in the area and of
those who came for its simple
goodness ... They have not for-
gotten their yesteryears at Dia-
mond Jim Brady's on W. Seven
Mile Road that opened in 1954.
Especially those who became
engaged at the original spot ... and
yearly come to its present location
in Novi for the celebration of an
anniversary.
The Diamond Jim Brady's of to-
day is in the Novi Town Center on
Novi Road and 10 Mile, next to the
Novi Town Center Theater ...
owned by Mary and Tom Brady.
Back in 1978, Tom was getting
ready to open his Diamond Jim
Brady's that had then moved to
the Prudential Town Center in
Southfield, and needed a manag-
er.
He hired Mary ... and she
turned out to be more than just an
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