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ANNOUNCING

NOW OPEN

Make your experience
the ultimate! Fine
cuisine, and beautiful
meeting rooms
capable of servicing
50 to 400 guests are
designed to enhance
any occasion.

• Weddings

• Rehearsal Dinners

• Bar/Bat Mitzvahs

• Seminars

• Business Meetings

Excalibur also offers
state -of the art Audio/
Visual Capabilities
and an Oversized
Dance Floor.

• Trade Shows

• Presentations

• Bridal & Baby Showers

Now booking for
Breakfast Meetings,
and Lunch and
Dinner Events.

• Anniversaries

• Graduations

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THINGS PEOPLE Talk About ... 0.4
Whatever happened with the Mike
Larco's Italian restaurant that was sup-
posed to open at the Envoy Cafe spot
in West Bloomfield ... The big
applause being given to Dr. Milt
White on his strides in cancer research
... When the help-wanted situation in
restaurants will ease up ... Some places
are being forced to pick the bottom of
the barrel ... and it hurts.
Italian restaurants that serve Alinosi
spumoni ... Marvin Leader losing
weight ... He and wife Darline on the
dance floor ... The fine job being done
by Steve Simons, executive director of
the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame ...
Hamburgers at Miller's Bar in Dear-
born ... Shrimp martini appetizer at
Big Rock Chop & Brew house in
Birmingham.
Talk that Al Wagner is readying to
go back into the restaurant business at
his former Brownie's on Jefferson ... Al
owns Jefferson Beach Marina there.
Swordfish steak at Capital Grille in
Troy ... Pancho burger at Caucus Club
on Congress ... Pam Holland at Som-
erset Inn in Troy where the 7,200-
square-foot ballroom has become a
major banquet spot ... French Market
onion soup and coq au yin at French
Gourmet owned by Marvin and Lina
Bernstein on Woodward in Ferndale
... Those pastries of hers, too.
Restaurant writers who drink alco-
hol before eating and give the food at
restaurants a bum rap because it didn't
taste good to them ... Giorgio's with
the gourmet-style food at its little
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counter seating diner on Greenfield.
Sukiyaki at Hakata on Northwest-
ern Hwy. ... New inside look at Gold-
en Mushroom on W. 10 Mile ... Al
Balooly, owner of Pike Street restau-
rant in Pontiac, the same gent who
owned Topinka's on W. Grand Blvd.
and on Telegraph ... Montgomery Inn
ribs at Ginopolis' On The Grille, W.
12 Mile, supplied by Johnny and
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Peter's uncle, Ted Gregory, who owns
Montgomery, Ala.'s Montgomery Inn
... Sauerbraten and rindfleisch
rouladen at Jacoby's on Brush Street.
Mona Rappaport taken for the
third sister of noted daughters Jill
Rappaport on TV's "Today Show,"
and Linda Solomon, photographer of
the stars and "Good Morning Ameri-
ca" TV personage ... Songstress Jo
Thompson's great success in New York
... The wonderful local singer of yes-
teryears is a Manhattan biggie attrac-
tion ... Shish Tawook, marinated
chicken cubes off skewers, at The
Sheik on Orchard Lake Road. ❑

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