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buffet dinner at various stations,
sports silent auction, surprise fun,
celebrities everywhere, etc.
The 14th annual event, Monday,
Nov. 2, at Congregation Shaarey
Zedek, will honor Mickey Fishman,
Mark Joffe, and the late Jay Robinson
... Peter Karmanos will be given the
Alvin Foon Award.
It's always a great evening ... Mark
down the date and plan to attend ...
Call Elayne Wolfson, (248) 788-0921. --

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All those American restaurants that
served good, homemade meat loaf and
mashed potatoes? ...Waitpersons who
smile? ... So many places that served
homemade banana cream pie?
Chicken poulette, too.
WHERE THEY ARE ... John
Rugani, former general manager at
Copper Creek Restaurant on 12 Mile
... He is now co-owner of his own
place ... Brandy's Restaurant on Tele-
graph, north of Square Lake Road.
HE'S A RARE BREED ... Among
the last of his kind ... Irving Sosnick,
general manager for 20 years at the
original Buddy's Pizza on Six Mile and
Conant, is 84 and bounces around
like he's just hit 30 ... bussing tables,
greeting people, yelling hellos, helping
servers behind the bar, bringing pizza,
etc. .
Age is far from a barrier ... Iry is
sharp as ever, remembering yesteryears
as though they were yesterdays ...
What he has done at the Buddy's orig-
inal site is remarkable, taking over an
ak - 11*
almost-forgotten operation and m
ing it into a highly successful one.
Buddy's closes at 10, but Iry is still
there many times at 12:30 a.m. doing
his paperwork ... He has no computer,
so does it all by hand and head ...
Aside from being with his wife, Joan,
or their family, this is his greatest plea-
sure.
"My customers like it the way it is
They don't want changes," says Iry
about the original Buddy's site ...
One time, he brought a picture up
from downstairs, changed it with one
in the dining room, brought a couple
of lights from home, and a customer
was mad because Iry "remodeled" the
place ... Mad for only a moment,
though, because to them, Iry can do 46
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no wrong.
Customers at the 165-seater restau-
rant love him ... He can say what he
wants and they joke back ... To his
customers, there is no one quite like
him ... Buddy's Pizza brings them in
the first time ... Iry brings them back
for more.

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10/16
1998

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