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Between 15 Mile & Pontiac Tr.
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Farmington Road in West Bloomfield
(his partner is wife, Mary), once par-
ticipated in a world cook-off champi-
onship held at Universal Studios in
ooking back on yesteryears ...
Hollywood, Calif. ... 67 cooks from as
PEOPLE CALLED
far away as Tahiti and Australia com-
George Bricolas' new partner
peted.
restaurant
on
N.
at his Sero's
PEOPLE USED TO say that if
Woodward "Lucky" because they
you wanted a lot to eat for the money,
couldn't pronounce his first name ...
go to Rocky's Pizzeria on W. Seven
Actually, though, Menelaos
Mile, owned and run by
Haralambos Vasilakis' first name
Mary and Rocky
does mean lucky in Greek ... He is
Laudazio ... The full--
co-owner today of the Sero's in
course dinners included
Southfield.
shrimp cocktail,
YOU DIDN'T have to buy a
antipasto salad, soup,
seat on the floor of the New York
entree, vegetable or
Stock Exchange to know whether
spaghetti, coffee, tea or
the market was bullish or bearish
milk and dessert,
... All it cost you was the price of a
including a chocolate
lunch at Alfred's restaurant in
sundae ... Many news-
Somerset Mall to get a daily
DANNY
paper writers and local
RASKIN
update.
Items on world trade, pertinent Loc al Columnist personalities listed
Rocky's among their
information of national and inter-
favorite places to eat.
national interest, and the current
WHEN IT OPENED in Novi,
U.S. dollar exchange were all updated
the Sheraton-Oaks Hotel ... now
by noon to keep diners abreast of the
DoubleTree ... created something of a
market and fast-changing world affairs
sensation
with its European flair of a
... The noon update
print-out was rushed to
Alfred's just ahead of the
luncheon crowd.
Alfred's locale became
Sebastian's Grill,
Sebastian's ... and now
P.F. Chang's China
Bistro ... It was owned
by Alfred Loewenstein,
localize Frosty Yogurt
chain king today.
IN 1980, one of the
best places around to get
a real good old-fash-
ioned sundae used to be
in a Chinese restaurant
swimming pool and whirlpool in the
... The Great Wall restaurant on
lobby.
Grand River in Novi made its own ice
The hotel also had one of only two
cream and sauces, and still offers a
herb gardens that I knew of then ...
homemade peanut-butter sundae.
the other was at The Lark ... Between
IF PEOPLE NEVER saw a
30 and 40 different herbs were grown
Hungarian Grape Stomping Festival,
at Sheraton-Oaks by Chef de
there was a treat in store for them at
Gardenier (gardener) Keith Famie
Harvey Urnovitz' Hungarian Village
on Springwells Street ... Girls in native Keith's culinary expertise was soon
exhibited when he became chef de
Hungarian costume danced inside
cuisine at Raphael's, the hotel's ultra-
huge vats filled with grapes.
exclusive dining room that opened
JIM LARK, whose popular Lark
with seating for 64.
Restaurant is still going strong on
DANNY RASKIN
Local Columnist
L
Remy Berdy, the executive chef at
Sheraton-Oaks, today is at Pike Street
Restaurant in Pontiac ... and pastry
chef Peter Loren is now corporate chef
for Epoch Enterprises, which owned
the hotel ... (Epoch's properties are
Tribute in Farmington Hills, Too
Chez in Novi and Forte in
Birmingham.)
BENJI'S Restaurant in Sylvan Lake
was owned by Ben Perlman, a chef
and culinary expert for many years .. .
He at one time owned the Benji
Palmer Dance Studio on Seven Mile
and Schaefer.
The former king of the cha-cha was
a little before his time with a fish and
seafood restaurant that brought out its
raw fish catches (usually about 10) for
customers to see ... and passed around
seafood hors d'oeuvres to customers at
tables in a fine touch of warmth.
WHILE MANY FOLKS have
clamored for years for a good, strictly
kosher restaurant in Detroit, such a
dream was realized by Bill and Mae
Kozin at their place on Seven Mile
Road, a block west of Evergreen, in
December, 1961 ... The elegant sur-
roundings were smartly designed and
the room was large enough to include
a dance floor .. Called Kozin's Kosher
Restaurant, it was under Vaad
Harabonim supervision ... Those who
thought Kozin's would be just another
little store done over buzzed with
amazement at its opening ... Few
eateries in town could compare with
its beautiful decor and good food.
WHEN IT OPENED, House of
Human, which replaced Point After
Deli in the Racquetime Building on
W. 12 Mile and Northwestern, had
people looking at the menu and not
believing their eyes ... The listings
showed Dinty Moore's, hamburgers,
corned beef, lobster tails, turkey, etc.
... The luncheon menu still had eggs
and delicatessen combined with
Mandarin and Cantonese dining ... In
the evening, some deli was available,
but who would want this when the
three-page menu offered about 100
authentic Mandarin and Cantonese
dishes ... many of which couldn't be
gotten anywhere else ... House of
Hunan was owned by Joe and Jennie
Chue and Henry and Suzie Dong.