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1/8
1999

82 Detroit Jewish News

Harbor Steak House in Keego Harbor impresses
with reasonably priced specials.

or a restaurant to be in
business over 35 years, it
has to be doing something
right.
In the case of Harbor Steak House,
on Orchard Lake Road between Com-
merce Road and Cass Lake Road in
Keego Harbor, it is doing a lot of
good things.
So much so that going along year
after year in its own quiet sort of way,
Harbor Steak House has made a big
noise among the faithful regulars who
call it their own.
Back in the 1950s, it was a small,
one-room neighborhood bar that had
a pool table and seated about 35 peo-
ple ... Drinks, burgers, chicken and
chips were the daily fare when broth-
ers Donald and Louie Giordano
bought it in 1961.
In 1974, 13 years later, Donald and
Louie decided to go "big time" by
adding a main dining room that seat-
ed another 90 ... The separate bar-
lounge seats 30, with 15 at the bar.
Louie retired in 1995 ... and his
half interest was taken over by Don-
ald's son, Jeff, and Louie's son, Antho-
ny ... When Donald retired a year
later, the cousins took over the entire
operation.
They were not without prior expe-
rience ... and certainly knew the place
well ... From 1980 to 1995, Jeff and
Anthony ran the kitchen, both chefing
... As 12-year-olds in the sixth grade,
they had also bused tables and washed
dishes for their fathers.
Today, as owners of Harbor Steak
House, which changed its name from
the original Harbor Bar in 1980, they
have added pasta dishes, stuffed
mushroom caps and other items to
the menu. But what has drawn the
most raves is the all-you-can-eat Crab
Legs dinner . . . It's served all day
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday (adults,
$14.95; children 10 and under, $9.95)
... Still going strong since the 1970s is
the all-you-can-eat Fish Fry, 5 to 9
p.m. on Fridays, in a lower level that
seats 75.
Also on Fridays at Harbor Steak
House is the good New England clam
chowder ... It is one of 12 homemade

al restaurant ... White linen napkins,
soups that are rotated daily, with two
Tiffany-style lampshades, mahogany
served each day.
tables, dark mahogany and
Biggest seller here is the
beige walls, fireplace and
prime rib, 16 ounces, $15.95;
green chairs, are amid the
24-ounces, $18.95 ... Also big
atmosphere of warm cozi-
are the seafood items ... char-
ness.
grilled salmon, broiled white
Harbor Steak House is a
fish, rainbow trout, lake
seven-day
operation ...
perch, frog legs, Alaskan king
Monday-Thursday, 11 to
crab legs, etc.
11; Friday, 11 to midnight;
Harbor Steak House also
Saturday,
noon to midnight;
serves a 16-ounce stuffed New
Sunday,
1
to 10:30 p.m.
York steak that few places can
DANNY
This
is
another
of those
boast of ... It is stuffed with
RASKIN
restaurants
that
many
who
shrimp, mushrooms and
Local Columnist have "discovered it would
onions for $19.95.
prefer not telling others
All dinners include soup or
about
because
of it being their very
salad, vegetable or potato and home-
own
casual
dining
secret.
made bread and breadsticks.
on chicken soup
HOW
ARE
YOU
A sector of the menu is for young-
recipes? ... If you've got a favorite con-
sters ... spareribs, shrimp, chicken
coction, send it to the Ultimate
strips, etc.
Chicken Soup Contest at Temple Kol
George Hensel, Jeff and Anthony's
Ami
... But first call and get an official
executive chef, makes the bread and
entry
form to send in with the recipe
breadsticks ... Also desserts like cherry
...
(248)
661-0040 .. .
and blueberry cobblers, apple pie,
Top
prize
is a featured bit on Chef
cherry pie and fruit pie.
Keith
Famie's
"Adventures in Cook-
Folks may recall passing the gray
ing" on WJBK-TV 2, plus a deluxe
wood building that nine years ago
soup pot from Kitchen Glamor ...
turned into a light blue, vinyl-sided
Second prize is dinner for two at Ris-
edifice.
taurante Di Modes-
The interior
to ... Third gets a
entrance has a
cookbook from
nautical theme
Kitchen Glamor.
with sea-faring
Judges will be
artifacts and
Keith, Rabbi Nor-
netting ... but
man Roman and
this was never
myself ... There are
a big seafood
some terrific ways
house.
to make chicken
Inside the
soup . . . from tra-
main dining
ditional hand-me-
room are other
down formulas
nautical looks
through the genera-
including
tions ... to ones
stuffed sailfish,
with wine, etc.
marlin and
Send your recipe
hammerhead
to Ultimate Chick-(_7_\
shark ... All
en Soup Contest
metal sculp-
Headquarters,
tures on the
5085 Walnut Lake
wall, made by
Rd., West Bloom-
an artist in
field, MI 48323.
Houghton,
Jeff Giordano, above, and his cousin
Entries must be
Mich., are for
Anthony Giordano are the second-genera-
postmarked by Jan.
sale.
tion owners of Harbor Steak House.
31, 1999.
It is a casu-