:k• Como's is one of the few places around where people can get a meal at 3:30 in the morning on Fridays and Saturdays ... Folks working at bars and other restaurants especially love Como's after their own places of oper- ation have closed. It is open seven days ... Monday- Thursday, 11 a.m. to 2 a.m.; Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 3:30 a.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. George Jr. always did want a full menu of Italian dining with large vari- ety ... and has it ... coming up with the menus and training the kitchen help in the preparation of his recipes. These dishes are served by probably one of the finest aggregations of wait- persons anywhere ... all with long lengths of service. Rose Balowski has been at Como's 35 years; Fran Keating, 24 years; Roberta (Bobbie) Waszelewski, 23 years; Jackie Leggio, 27 years; Sally Gordon, 20 years (the last five as manager); and Pat Shirley, the "baby" at nine years. You'll find no linen tablecloths and no linen napkins at Como's Italian- American Restaurant ... But what you will discover is some of the best food around ... at prices that are lower because of no linen. The comfortable and casual pizze- ria-like style of dining at Como's Italian-American Restaurant leaves lit- tle wonder why it has become the favorite of so many. FIRST - PLACE WINNER of the recent Ultimate Chicken Soup Contest put on by Temple Kol Ami was Sandra Biagini. She won an appearance making her chicken soup on chef Keith Famie's "Adventures in Cooking" segment on WDIV-TV 4, plus a deluxe soup pot from Kitchen Glamor ... Sandra's soup will also be served to 500 people at the Capuchin Soup Kitchen in Detroit on March 30. Second place in the contest went to Rita Kollin, who won dinner for two at Ristorante Di Modesta ... And the third-place winner was Sonia Geoffrey, who received a cookbook from Kitchen Glamor. From 50 entries, 10 finalists were chosen ... Marla Berman, David Henig, Bob Kurzman, Maureen McMahon Zoski, Kathy McClain, Linda Brown and co-entrants Lynn Bright and Margo Borkin. The six judges ... Famie; Sylvia Rector, Detroit Free Press; Keely Wygonik, Observer & Eccentric; Rabbi Norman Roman, Temple Kol Ami; Paul Wertz, Excellence Too Catering; and me, tasted the soups Lunch Favorites That Inc u e Special Sec McCarty's Coney Special • Probie's Black & Blue Burger Game Winning Chili 10 Coney Specials • Award-Winning Tommy Salad Plus 9 Other Salad Favorites Over 30 Sandwiches Including 9 Burgers, Our Great Lil Daddy's Pita Wraps and Gyros • Gyro Combos Breakfast Served Anytime! Open 9 a.m. To Midnight Monday Thru Saturday Sunday 9 a rn.To 11 p.m. Available for complete Carry-Out Call From Your Car! We Will Bring Your Order Right To You In Your Automobile! Fax Your Order! We Will Have It Ready When You Arrive! NOSONSWINEOPOINIMINIMININSIN . , 4. • . • \S • •, •••,` s'\ 4\,.N0,0tite''"? sKi • • Eniovi Ovor OtJici Locations BIG DADDY'S PARTIKNON 6199 Orchard Lis boa West Bloom\ 248 137- "M s. " R.:4A A.AWM.911ROMIPMMVMINI„VVCAM.Q.A•IKRIk\—% kktVIPKi**WIMMKAIMMIWN. s ' 3/12 1999 r'. ■■■ ,%.\ , Detroit Jewish News 103