IT'S NO SECRET THAT OUR * GREAT NEW VEGETARIAN CHOPPED LIVER IS HOMEMADE! Dining Guide (A weekly advertising feature) EVERYBODY KNOWS WE HAVE THE BEST HOMEMADE TUNA IN TOWN REGULAR OR FAT-FREE! WE CUT OUR LOX BY HAND YOU'LL LOVE OUR HOMEMADE GOODNESS; WE ARE PROUD TO BE ONE OF AMERICA'S BEST CARRYOUT DELIS; r OUR TRAYS CAN'T BE BEAT FOR QUALITY & PRICE! Meat Tray $5.65 per person Dairy Tray $10.50 per person • Expires 12-31-97 • One Per Customer '5 OFF DELIVERY AVAILABLE • Not Good Holidays Person Minimum • io STAR DELI 24555 W. 12 MILE, Just West of Telegraph, Southfield 352-7377 L 1 food is in cases for customers to see. At lunchtime, the booths and tables are filled with happy folks who select from many fresh salads, sandwiches and other goodies.All are available for carry-out as well. Shirlee is also well-noted for her masterful catering of weddings, bar mitzvahs, showers, etc. of golf and on regulation putting courses. The grass is real, lights are at night, sand traps, waterfall and 75 yard pitching range.The second part of Bistrol 313 restaurant is called The Short Game only because it is golf in miniature but not miniature golf. Live entertainment is Tuesday through Saturday. KEEGO HARBOR ROYAL OAK Sweetwaters Bistro, 1978 Cass Lake Chick-N-Ribs, 118 S.Woodward, Royal Oak, 544-1211. Much has been said about this dine in and carry-out restau- rant whose specialities of broasted or bar-b-q chicken and bar-b-q ribs have received much attention, but as regular customers say, the proof is in the tasting. It's open seven days, Sun.,-Thurs. I 1-10, Fri. & Sat. 11-11. Rd., Keego Harbor, (248) 683-0170.This is a new version of the former restaurant that had been closed. It is under new own- ership, but the name has been retained. The menu is different, too, featuring Russian and American cuisine with numer- ous favorites. Dinners also include a very rarely-seen inclusion of an appetizer/hors d'oeuvres plate at no extra charge. LATHRUP LaFendi, 27060 Evergreen, Lathrup The best just got better Detroit's award-winning PizzaPapalis has earned an outstanding reputation for creating the deepest, deep- dish pizza. Only the best ingredients go into each pie. It's no wonder PizzaPapalis is rated a "10" by Detroit Monthly, "Best Gourmet Pizza" in the city by Metro Times, and now 5 stars for "excellent food" by the Zagat Survey, NY! PizzaPapalis' The best pizza in Greektown 553 Monroe, Detroit Dine-in, Cocktails 313 961-8020 Detroit. Harbortown 3420 E. Jefferson, Detroit Carryout, Delivery 313 259-7272 Farmington 32740 Northwestern Hwy. Carryout, Delivery 248 932-2288 We Are Alive and Well and Better Than Ever! Landing, Lathrup, 559-9099.An elegant atmosphere, where all areas are a differ- ent decor, make up this popular Middle Eastern restaurant. Many of the dishes are not found in too many dining spots of its type. Fresh squeezed fruits and vegetables make up the raw juice bar which people enjoy seven days a week at all hours. OAK PARK Bread Basket Deli, 10 1/2 Mile and Greenfield, Lincoln Shopping Center, Oak Park, 968-0022.A favorite of many peo- ple for breakfast, lunch, dinner and after- theater, this has the aura of a mod- ernistic delicatessen so apparent with colorful decor.A children's menu is fea- tured along with party trays.The Bread Basket Deli is open Tuesday through Sunday 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. ORCHARD LAKE The Sheik, 4189 Orchard Lake Road, Orchard Lake, 865-000.The famous Gateway Deli, 21745 W 11 Mile, Harvard Row, Southfield, 352-4940. Try PONTIAC Saturday & Sunday 11/14 1997 94 LUNCH PLATTERS $5.95 Vegetarian Non-vegetarian $3.50 $3.99 • Specializing in tantalizing tandoor dishes, baked in a clay oven, palatable, low-fat and healthy. • Competitive catering prices for ban quets,weddings, graduations, family events and other occasions. TUES. SAT. Noon-9 '.m • SUN. Noon-8'.m. • MON. Closed - AD • WEST BLOOMFIELD 48322 • 248-788-5131 Empire Szechuan Garden, 29875 Northwestern Hwy.,Applegate Square, Southfield, 353-7890. Consistency has become a fine point for this Oriental restaurant serving Szechuan, Hunan and Chinese dishes. It has beome a popular place to dine at both lunch and dinner times and is open seven-days-a-week, with everything on the menu available also for carry-out.The clean atmosphere and efficient service are pluses to go along with the food. Excalibur, 28875 Franklin Road, Southfield, 358-3355.When former owner Pat Archer passed on, people said Excalibur would also go. However, they didn't reckon with Marty Wilk, owner/ chef who has made it one of metropolitan Detroit's markedly popular dining and dancing spots. It's Frank Sinatra's favorite while in the local area. Entertainment is Tues. thru Sat. and complete catering at Excalibur plus homes, halls, etc. Mideastern and Lebanese recipes of Esther Michaels, whose Sheik restaurant was a downtown Detroit standby for many years, are featured along with small pita breads served hot directly from an open hearth. Esther's many Mideastern and Lebanese favorites have not been forgotten, and present an interesting array of popular dining attractions. LUNCH BUFFET SOUTHFIELD Bistro 313 Restaurant, 313 E.Walton, Pontiac, (248) 332-9100.This is a double- header place for good times.The indoor and outdoor dining, fine wines and cock- tails, bottle beers, galore, 4,000 square foot deck, etc. is coupled with 18 holes the veal marsala or veal parmesan at this popular delicatessen-restaurant whose gourmet dishes are brought from owner Peter Bershaj's former Larco's days.They are combined with familiar traditional homemade Jewish dishes. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, party trays and outside catering are Gateway Deli standouts. McVee's Sports Bar & Grill, 23380 Telegraph Road, Southfield, 352-8243. This is more than just another sports bar and grill restaurant.Veteran restaura- teur Herman Yagoda features charbroiled steaks, fresh seafood, large burgers, baby- back ribs and lamb chops that he defies others to beat. Also home-made soups are daily specials at both lunch and din- C.>