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Community Rallies Behind
Stage & Co. After Incident

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10/3
1997

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from where traditional Jewish home-
n outpouring of confidence
made
cooking and other favorites are
was in the crowd at Stage &
born
daily,
is a far cry from that at the
Co. two days after accounts
Stage
formerly
in Oak Park ... It was
relating to the recent
small, but Harriet and Jack being
hepatitis A incidents pointed to their
sticklers for cleanliness made sure, as
origination at the restaurant on
much as possible, that it was always
Orchard Lake Road in West
maintained.
Bloomfield.
Today, Stage & Co.,
Restaurateurs like Al
owned
by their son, Steve,
Balooly and Brian
takes
up
an entire 5,000
McNamara, Pike Street;
square
feet
that in 1982 was
Rick Rogow, Big Daddy's
to have been two stores at
Parthenon; Matt Prentice,
the new Boardwalk's north-
Unique Restaurant
west
corner.
Corporation; Johnny
Both
names, Stage &
Ginopolis, Ginopolis'; Gary
Co.,
and
Stage Deli, are
Cochran, Beau Jack's; Mark
owned
by
Steve, who has
DANNY
Haskins, Outback
been
very
careful to maintain
RASKIN
Steakhouse; Judy and Larry
their
image
in the communi-
Local
Columnist
Coe, Michigan Star Clipper
ty, and that takes in Harriet
Dinner Train; Tony Belli,
and Jack's fetish for cleanli-
E.G. Nicks; Rina Tonon,
ness.
Cafe Cortina; and so many
Hopefully,
this isolated incident
others.
will
encourage
all food service estab-
From the worlds of sports and poli-
lishments
...
as
well as their suppliers
tics came L. Brooks Patterson, Judge
and
distributors
... to redouble their
Barry Howard, County Commissioner
efforts
in
promoting
employee hygiene
Shelby Taub, Jack Kelly, Vinnie
and food quality.
Johnson, Wayne Fontes, etc.
Also, it is hoped that more strin-
This is how it should be.
gent
efforts will be made by health
Restaurateurs know the same thing
departments
to have restaurant scores
could happen to them ... There is so
broken
into
two
categories ... health
such thing as a guarantee against
violations
and
code
violations.
unforeseen accidents like
this ... Try as they may, it is
virtually impossible for any
restaurant man or woman
to maintain absolute con-
trol that this kind of inci-
dent will never happen.
Reputation and a long-
standing record of cleanli-
ness say a lot for Stage &
Co ... beginning with its
original owners, present
owner Steve Goldberg's
parents, Harriet and the
late Jack Goldberg, who
opened in 1962 and spent
20 years on Nine Mile in
Oak Park, where the Stage Steve Goldberg of Stage 6. Co.
Delicatessen was a meeting
place for celebrities, petionalities and
Restaurants should not be given a
John and Jane Does from everywhere.
"health"
violation rating when much
That original 2,000-square-foot
of
what
an
inspector reports in so
location sat 90 people in an atmos-
many
cases
is nothing but code viola-
phere that was beginning to show its
tions
that
have
absolutely nothing to
age when Harriet and Jack sold it
do with health (broken tile, kitchen
along with the name.
doors swinging the wrong way, a light
In 1982, Stage & Co. was opened
bulb out, etc.)
by them on the Boardwalk in West
Restaurant goers and the general
Bloomfield.
public
are urged to demand that the
It seats about 15.0 in a clean deli-
health
departments
do what they
catessen-restaurant dining room that
should
...
divide
scores
into health vio-
ranks as a Michigan premier ... Its
lations
and
code
violations.
kitchen of shimmering stainless steel,

A

So long as there are two ways of
scoring in Michigan, the public can-
not ever know what true health prob-
lems lie within the combined scores.
If it takes legislation to change
archaic laws, so be it ... But in any
event, health inspectors must be what
their name implies.
Maybe we need two types of
inspections ... One for health and
another for code.
COMING UP at Andiamo Italia
on East 14 Mile, between Mound and
Van Dyke, is Danny Marona, singing,
playing the piano and giving out with
much humor, Oct. 16, 17 and 18 ...
Then come the Platters with Sonny
Turner and their great songs that take
folks back to the '50s and '60s, Nov.
6, 7 and 8 ... The Scintas, mixing
comedy, variety, music and imperson-
ations, are in Dec. 17, 18 and 19 ...
All are $30 per person.
CONGRATS ... to Ida Linden ...
on her 100th birthday.
GALS HEADING the second
annual Holiday Gift Bazaar by
Congregation B'nai Moshe will be
Diane Budaj, Shelley Gordon, Ruth
Rosenfeld, Janice Ungar and Marlene
Zeitlin.
It'll be Sunday, Nov. 23, 11 to 5, at
Congregation B'nai Moshe on Drake
... with a lot of arts,.crafts and gift
items in the variety selec-
tion.
MAIL DEPT. ... from
Elliot "Mo" Fisher in
Lantana, Fla. ... "It is
always a favorite of mine
when you write of Detroit
the way it used to be. I
hate to live in the past, but
it truly was a wonderful
era. Thanks for the recall."
ONLY 26 restaurants
worldwide were recently
given the 1997 Best of
Award of Excellence from
Wine Spectator magazine.
Mac & Ray's in
Harrison Township was
one of them for the second
year in a row ... And was the only
Michigan restaurant to be honored
with this coveted recognition for its
wine list ... There are more than 900
selections at Mac & Ray's, from an
inventory that numbers over 20,000
bottles.
REUNION DEPT. ... 20-year
shindig by Southfield-Lathrup High's
'77 class is Nov. 29 at Somerset Inn
on W. Big Beaver, Troy ... Call Jodi
Rodnick, (248) 661-0118.
IDEA BY Sanford Linden is a good