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The local dining scene changed when a young man
opened his first gourmet delicatessen in Oak Park.
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fine eatery ... He turned things com-
one could pay for a meal at Deli
pletely
around ... with an aim never to
Unique was $6.95 ... And the price
let it revert back to before.
also included- relish dish, soup or
When you talk of people who
salad, vegetable and double-baked
he year was 1980 when
deserved
a chance, you looked straight
potato
...
plus
bread
that
was
crispy
Deli Unique took over the
at this young man and saw
and double-baked.
former Northgate
his many hours of toil bent
The new young owner had
Delicatessen site at
on customer satisfaction ...
much cuisine inventiveness ...
Greenfield and 10 Mile Rd. in what
whatever
the price ... People
He turned an operation that
could be described as one of the great-
who
were
unbelievers at first
was
so-so
at
best
into
one
of
est changes in a restaurant in this
soon
became
steady cus-
intriguing
delight
...
and
a
deli-
region. ... Big reason was the new
tomers.
catessen
with
dishes
that
could
ownership ... an ambitious, so-eager-
By about a year or so
give even fine French restau-
to-please young man whose 80 hours
later, Deli Unique in Oak
rants a run for their money ...
a week of creativity began to pay off
Park had become one of the
at much less than half the cost.
after only four months of being open.
D ANNY
most diversified dining
Deli Unique was something
Deli Unique became a gourmet del-
SKIN
RA
spots
in the northwest area.
different ... Well worth more
icatessen, if ever there was such a thing
Local
Columnist
The
gourmet dishes (beef
than
one
visit
...
It
was
the
... and his Culinary Institute expertise
Wellington,
tournedos of
result
of
an
energetic
young
showed some very fine colors.
beef,
etc.,)
became
much
man
who
believed
in
giving
the
People began rediscovering the
talked-about items ... Somewhat for-
best there was in dining goodness with-
site they once were more apt to stay
gotten by many, except those who
out the customary rip-off on which
away from.
knew, were Deli Unique's delicious
many French restaurants thrived.
At Sunday brunch, for example,
Jewish-style
cooking of beef flanken,
His carry-out department, with
folks just couldn't imagine such an
short
ribs,
roasted
chicken, sweet and
gefilte
fish,
etc.,
was
impeccably
clean
array in this 72-seater (all booths)
sour
stuffed
cabbage,
chicken soup
as
was
the
entire
restaurant
...
It
eatery that oozed of cleanliness with
with
kreplach
and
lukshen,
very light
couldn't
be
emphasized
enough
the
its beautiful blue decor and soft back-
and
tasty
cheese
blintzes,
large
crispy
newly
discovered
cleanliness
of
this
ground music.
potato
latkes,
etc.
Look at what people got for
If the owner had served his
$5.25 ... all they could eat ...
gourmet-style food ... and did his
mostly standard items but a lot of
tableside cooking in another
it ... and some dishes they didn't
locale, chances are that people
see anywhere else ... lox, scram-
would
have needed reservations
bled eggs, hash browns, bacon,
weeks
in
advance.
sausage, sable, chubs, champagne
It
may
have been a delicatessen
chicken, chicken livers, chicken
before becoming Deli Unique ...
livers Portugal, blintzes, pancakes,
but the former owner never
French toast, Kaiser rolls, bagels,
dreamed of serving items like duck
onion rolls, quiche, fresh fruit ...
a l'orange ... And you couldn't beat
and assorted pastries made at Deli
the stuffed breast of chicken din-
Unique.
ner either.
And it was just that ... a unique
Today, 19 years later, the young
delicatessen ... Besides the five-
man
is president of the fine
ounce corned beef sandwiches ...
Unique Restaurant Corporation,
no other delicatessen anywhere in
with its 14 restaurants, the
the country that I knew of served
Sourdough Bread Factory whole-
tournedos of beef with Bordelaise
sale operation and many catering
sauce, champagne chicken, filet of
bases (Temple Israel, Temple Shir
sole Marguery, poached chicken
Shalom, Hotel Baronette,
Marnier, veal Oscar, veal and crab
Kingsley Hotel and Orchestra
champagne, London broil ... along
Hall.)
with traditional cabbage flanken,
This dining empire started with
stuffed breast of chicken and
the
little Deli Unique in Oak Park
stuffed breast of veal.
...
and
soon there will be four
There were even a couple of
boasting
this name ... Joining the
dishes flamed at your booth ...
Deli
Uniques
located in Bingham
Roast duck with cherry sauce and
Mary Tamaroff one of the nation's leading
Farms,
West
Bloomfield
and
veal Unique, sauteed with pears.
automotive dealers, is celebrating 30 years at
Bloomfield
Hills
sometime
this
To top it off, the highest any-
Tamaroff Motors in Southfield.
DANNY RASKIN
Local Columnist
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Serving the Finest
Jewish Delicatessen
since
1962
Open till 10 pm
Fri/Sat until 11 pm
248.855.6622
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1999
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