THE Best foi Diamond Jim Brady's Mixes Nostalgia, Good Food HAKATA JAPANESE RESTAURANT (Formerly Nipponkai) PROUDLY BRINGS YOU AUTHENTIC 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 0•en 7 Da s 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 - - 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 FALAFIL A SPECIALITY Restaurant D QUALITY ❑ ANOSPHERE ❑ VALUE Mideastern & American Cuisine 27060 Evergreen at 1-696 & 11 (1) LLJ Cr) In Lathrup Landing • 559 9099 - RAW JUICE BAR. LLJ With Fresh-S • ueezed Fruits & Ve • etables DS, CC r LLI LLJ Buy One Entree At Regular Price Get Second Entree E.ual or Lesser Value LF THE PRICE! go • Dine In Only • With Coupon • 1 Coupon Per Couple • Not Valid With Other Offers L Expires 12-31-96 lug JN -1 .mm4 I 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 •