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Paul Kohn lands a location for the area's
only sit-down kosher restaurant.

HARRY KIRSBAUM
Staff Writer

100 Years of Zionist Vision and
Fulfillment at the beautiful
Detroit Orchestra Hall

starring

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ROBERT KLEIN

A talented Broadway, stage, film and
TV star. A comedian of note earning a
Grammy Award for best comedy album
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LORNA LUFT

First appeared on Broadway with her
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Wednesday, October 7, 1998 7:30 p.m.

Music by Mack Pitt and His Orchestra
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For reservations phone:

(248) 569-1515 • fax (248) 569-9945

Zionist Organization of America
Metro Detroit District

17100 West 10 Mile Road
Southfield, Michigan 48075
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gamble because the price of kosher
meat is high.
Kohn said his restaurant will buck
the trend of other short-lived kosher
ventures because he's aiming for "a
broad appeal to the community for
food that has an explosion of flavor
and prompt, comfortable service."
Matt Prentice of Bingham Farms-
based Unique Restaurant Corporation
is continuing his search for a West
Bloomfield/Farmington Hills location

ith a flourishing swipe
of the pen, Paul Kohn
last week took over a
West Bloomfield diner
for his first venture into the restau-
rant business.
The dapper owner of Quality
Kosher Catering signed a lease agree-
ment last week for former Steve's Back
Room, at 7295 Orchard Lake
Road.
Kohn's white tablecloth
restaurant, planned for a mid-
December opening, will be
milchig (dairy) and pareve,
meaning no meat or fowl will
be served.
"We can be more competi-
tive in selecting fish, dairy
products and vegetarian'cui-
sine," he said. "Besides, mar-
garine is bland. In a milchig
restaurant, we get to use real
butter and cream."
The "eclectic" menu has not
been worked out, but Kohn
described the concept:
"If you took a tour that
started in France and ended in -
California, you'd see a wide
range of foods between Napa
Valley and the Rhine," he said.
"This range will be reflected in
the restaurant menu. It also
gives me a little bit of room."
Paul Kohn at the door of his future restaurant.
The as-yet-unnamed restau-
rant will serve dinner, then
to open a milchig restaurant.
begin carry-out, then lunch.
Kohn, best known for his catering
"We have equipment people in
for individuals and hotels, said his
place, designers in place, and we're
restaurant will have a selection of
hiring key positions," he said. "It's our
kosher wine. He plans to apply for a
first restaurant. If we're successful, it
liquor license.
will open the door for others."
His son, David, 20, will take a break
The Council of Orthodox Rabbis
from his education to help open the
of Greater Detroit will provide kosher
restaurant. "The restaurant is meant to
supervision.
embrace not only the kosher commu-
No one knows how exactly how
nity, but everybody," he said. "We want
many kosher restaurants once existed
to be known as a great restaurant that
in the Detroit area, but the fleishig
just happens to be kosher."
Classic Coney Island in Southfield
Kohn is looking for names for
was the last sit-down kosher restau-
his restaurant. There may be a
rant; it closed a little over one year
prize attached to the winning
after it opened in December 1995.
entry. To make a suggestion, call
An oft-cited reason for its demise is
(248) 352-7758.
that running a meat restaurant is a

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8/14
1998

Dr. J.S. Kaufman
President -
Metro Detroit ZOA

12 Detroit Jewish News

Dr. Lester Zeff
Balfour
Concert Chair

Anne Gonte Silver
Balfour
Journal Chair

