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Gourmet meals at
reasonable prices.
Earl Bird Special
THE COST OF YOUR ENTREE IS THE TIME
YOU ARRIVE! CHOOSE FROM ANY
ENTREE ON OUR EARLY BIRD MENU.
ARRIVE AT 5 P.M. AND YOUR SPECIAL
ENTREE WILL COST YOU ONLY $5.
ARRIVE AT 6:15 — YOUR COST IS $6.15.
STARTS AT 5 P.M. TO 7 P.M. SO GET
HERE EARLY! INCLUDES SOUP, SALAD
AND DESSERT.
rime Rib
Includes a mouth-watering por-
tion of prime-rib, soup, salad,
baked potato and vegetables for
only $10.95. We hope you still
have room for dessert because
that's included too!!
Award-Winning
Executive Chef
Stefano Bellante
Owner/Chef
Genesi° Masciulli
HAPPY HOUR SPECIALS
(MON.-FRI. 4-7)
Blue Points on the Half Shell (Farm Raised)
$4.95/Doz., buy a doz. Oysters, get a bucket beer (6
domestic bottles) for $7.50.
* Domestic Beer Specials: All draft and bottled beers
$1 .50. (Excludes at micro brews)
House wine $2.95/glass, reduced prices on
premium liquor and complimentary appetizers
served at the bar.
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Over 25 years
of experience
MAKE YOUR NEW YEARS RESERVATIONS NOW!
18730 Northville rd. (Just south of 7 Mile rd.)
810-449-6770
Reservations Recommended • Catering Available
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AND TRAYS
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• OFFICE PARTIES • BAR/BAT MITZVAHS • BRISES • WEDDINGS • SHOWERS
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AND LIQUORS
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CATERING
855-9463
32418 Northwestern Hwy. (Between Middlebelt & 14 Mile)
Fax: 626-8468
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FRI. & SAT. 11-11
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QUALITY IS OUR PRIORITY!
DECEMBER
Bloomfield in Crosswinds Mall
on Orchard Lake Road ... Old-
fashioned carrot cake at Weber's
in Ann Arbor ... Lamb chops at
Big Daddy's Parthenon on Or-
chard Lake Road and McVee's on
Telegraph.
Skinless chicken at Chick-N-
Ribs on Woodward ... Chicken pa-
prikash at Blue Danube in
Windsor ... Northern Italian
Tonon family recipes with a
Southern accent at Cafe Cortina
on W. 10 Mile ... Roasted duck
and gulf shrimp won ton soup at
Fox & Hounds on Woodward ...
Veal piccante at Little Italy in
Northville ... Pickerel at Larco's
on W. Big Beaver ... Soup in a
flaming pot at Orchid Cafe on
Rochester Road ... Lemon pepper
whitefish at Ocean Grill on N.
Woodward.
Rack of lamb with cabernet
sauce at Pike Street Restaurant
in Pontiac ... Wood-burning gar-
lic chicken breast with wild
mushrooms at Relish On W. 12
Mile ... Excalibur sirloin at
Rochester Chop House on Main
in Rochester ... Rice pudding
mixed with fresh fruit and topped
by fresh strawberries at Pa-
parazzi in Sugar Tree on Orchard
Lake Road ... Sauteed beef sirloin
strips with shredded braised duck
at Too Chez in Novi.
L'Chaim Jewish dining at Van
Dyke Place on Van Dyke and Jef-
ferson ... Black pompano at Taste
of Thailand on University Road
in Auburn Hills ... Pecan chicken
at Sweet Lorraine's on Greenfield
... Sesame rock shrimp at
Mushroom Cellar downstairs at
Golden Mushroom, 10 Mile and
some easy-listening acoustical Southfield ... Flamed hazelnut
chicken at Marco's in Farming-
pop rhythms.
THE REAL NAME of come- ton.
NEW RESTAURANT in
dian-actor-producer Alan King?
... Sure, it's Alan Kniberg ... And Royal Oak, Fleetwood on Sixth,
yes, he was both a boxer and is expected to open the early part
of 1997 ... It will be on the site of
nightclub doorman.
HOLIDAY CHEER is next the former Daniel's.
DID YOU KNOW Dept. ...
up by MCF Circle of Fellows to
benefit the Barbara Ann Kar- That the idea of a restaurant in
manos Cancer Institute ... It'll be which the diner selects his or her
hosted by Heidi's Salons owners own plates of food and carries
Heidi and Michael Stein in their them to his or her table originat-
Bloomfield Hills home, 6:30 p.m. ed in New York City in 1885? ...
Wednesday, Dec. 18 ... After cock- The cafeteria system now flour-
tails, the dinner buffet will fea- ishes in many different forms in
ture several Lebanese delicacies. most cities of the United States,
ZIA'S HAS opened on 12 Mile, though it has never achieved
west of Orchard Lake Road ... The much importance in any other
new Italian restaurant concept, country.
VINO PICKS ... by Roger
with predominantly southern
Italian fare, takes over on the site Petri of Mac & Ray's ...
Antonin Rodet Bourgogne
of the former D. Dennison's
seafood spot ... Plenty of tomato Blanc 1994 ... Chardonnay grapes
sauces, fresh spices and a lot of from Burgundy's Challanaise.
garlic ... Also crusty focaccia bread Rich and velvety with a complex
buttery finish. A great fish wine.
served with spicy olive oil.
NEXT TIME you're at Excal- This wine drinks like a Pouilly
ibur on Franklin Road, ask Bil- Fousse for about $11. ***1/2 (very
ly Marr on the piano with the good/excellent).
Whitehall Lane "Napa Valley"
Billy Rose Quartet to play "Just
One of Those Things" ... He does Merlot 1994 ... Full bodied with
a terrific job on this wonderful lots of berry-like fruit flavors
exhibiting intense, deep color
standard.
TASTINGS TO REMEM- and flavor and a long, lingering
BER ... Whitefish over 15 differ- finish. About $19. **** (excel-
ent ways at Hoa Kow of West lent). ❑
plete dinners that include soup,
salad, choice of baked potato or
broccoli and bread basket ... The
pasta dishes come with soup or
salad and bread basket.
It is a very clean operation ...
with green walls, framed
pictures, booths with curtains in
between, spotless tables, Tiffany-
style lamp fixtures over the
booths, etc.
Of course, the 12- to 14-ounce
broiled whitefish is featured ...
with lemon butter, garlic and
dried vermouth.
And the rice pudding is not to
be found at too many other places
... with raisins and apples.
Nothing fancy ... just good food
at low prices for complete meals
... And people are flocking there.
As the much worn but so many
times used phrase goes, "Don't fix
it unless it's broken."
In the restaurant business, this
translates into not tampering
with a successful menu.
West Side Grill has been dis-
covered by some, but more and
more are beginning to find the
place ... and happily so.
WHEN RELISH says "our
own," they mean it as a waitper-
son and musician when it comes
to Larry Arbour ... He waits ta-
bles at Relish on 12 Mile, west of
Farmington Road, and performs
there Wednesday and Thursday,
7:30 p.m., with elementary school
teacher J.R. Muntz ... putting out
Complete dinner includes soup,
salad, and entree for only
$9.95!! That includes our spe-
cial dessert too!
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