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Dining With The Stars...
And Sun, Moon And Clouds

These restaurants roll out the informal carpet and take our tastebuds
outdoors for deck and patio dining.

LISA BRODY

Special to The Jewish News

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ne of my favorite parts about
summer is sipping an iced tea
outside at a• restaurant, watch-
ing the people going by,
enjoying the sun and flowers. The food
seems to taste better when you eat it
outside.
I'm not alone. Several restaurants
this summer will be catering to our
whims for being outdoors.
Barton Charlip, owner of Can-
field's on Woodward in Detroit, will
be offering patio dining in the back
of his restaurant for the second sum-
mer. "The customers love it because

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they're outside. They've been
cooped up all winter long," Charlip
says.
The city of Birmingham has several
restaurants that offer outdoor dining.
"People want to be outside when the
weather is nice. It's one of the nice char-
acteristics of a downtown, versus a
mall," says Gail Gotthelf, director of
the Birmingham Principal Shopping
District. "We may see a relaxing of
some of the zoning, too, to allow for
more outside dining in Birmingham,
perhaps even with portable decking to
expand the sidewalk space."
Here is a listing of some of the metro
area's restaurants that offer outdoor din-
ing.

Amer's Deli, 166 West Maple, Birm-
ingham, (248) 644-4000.
Andiamo's Lakefront Bistro, 24026
E. Jefferson, St. Clair Shores, (810)
773-7770.
Bad Abracci, 40 West Pike Street,
Pontiac, (248) 253-1300.
Bad Frog, 555 South Old Woodward,
Birmingham, (248) 642-9400.
Big Fish, 700 Town Center Dr.,
Dearborn, (313) 336-5309.
Big Fish Too, 111 W. 14 Mile Road,
Madison Heights, (248) 585-9536.
Big Rock Chop & Brewhouse, 245
S. Eton, Birmingham, (248) 647-
7774. Bogey's Place, 19701 W.

Above: Pronto restaurant on Washington St. in Royal Oak is just one of the town's many
establishments offering dining al fresco.

Right: At 220 Merrill Street restaurant diners enjoy the view of downtown Birmingham.

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Twelve Mile, Southfield, (248) 559-
4400.
Bogey's Bar and Grill, 142 E. Lake
Dr., Walled Lake, (248) 669-1441.

Brownie's on the Lake, 24420 E. Jef-
ferson, St. Clair Shores, (810) 771-
4455.
Cafe Cortina, 30715 West Ten Mile
Road, Farmington Hills, (248) 474-
3033.
Canfield's On Woodward, 4265
Woodward, Detroit, (313) 832-3200.
The Coffee Beanery, 152 North Old
Woodward, Birmingham, (248) 646-
6022.
The Community House, 280 South
Bates, Birmingham, (248) 644-5832.