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Served Monday - Saturday
from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm

YOUR CHOICE OF:
• Cup of Soup & Salad *Sandwich & Salad

• Sandwich and Cup of Soup - $395

Banquet Facilities Available
Saturday Afternoons, Nights and Sundays.
Whether a wedding, shower,
Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Anniversary
or any special occasion,
The Sheik would love to serve you.

OPEN FOR LUNCH
AND DINNER 7-DAYS

4189 Orchard Lake Road
Orchard Lake

8/20
1999

82 Detroit Jewish News

Opulence and elegance reign at Bellagio. Clockwise, from u per left: From the
Moshino boutique, to the rich interior, to the magnificent Oyer filled with a
bouquet of hand-blown glass flowers by Dale Chihuly, Be lagio sets a new
Las Vegas standard. The exterior lights up like a luxurious cruise ship.

complex — is as showy and extravagant
as the Four Seasons is understated.
Recreating Italy's most romantic city,
the huge resort opened this month with
all the trappings of St. Mark's Square:
canals, serenading gondoliers and nearly
full-scale copies of the Campanile
Tower and Doge's Palace. As if that's
not enough, they're even releasing 500
white homing pigeons several times
daily to fly over the arched bridges and
piazzas, where vendors hawk flowers
and the likes of Casanova, Napoleon
and Marco Polo perform.
Inside, under a blue-sky facade, is
the Venetian's centerpiece, a two-level
shopping mall with scores of upscale
shops, including Mikimoto and
Movado. Naturally (or unnaturally), the
grand canal and its electric, foot-operat-
ed gondolas run through it. "Only in
Las Vegas would you do something that
crazy," says Venetian president and chief
operating officer Bill Weidner of the
elaborate, painstakingly detailed imita-
tion. "This is an entertainment experi-
ence first — shopping is second."
A $9-million Canyon Ranch Spa is
another new addition to the Las Vegas
scene, as well as the first Madame

Tussaud's museum in the United
States. The $20-million attraction,
with more than 100 wax figures of
such Las Vegas icons as Frank Sinatra,
Tom Jones and David Copperfield,
will showcase the lifelike replicas in
five themed environments, including a
fantasy fight between Evander
Holyfield and Muhammad Ali.
Meanwhile, if you get homesick
amid all Vegas' "worldly" trappings,
make a beeline for another splashy
hotel casino, New York, New York,
which opened on the Strip in 1997
with its faux Statue of Liberty and real
Coney Island-style roller coaster. Enter
its memory-invoking Motown Cafe
under a giant spinning record, "Shop
in the Name of Love," and munch
"Mercy, Mercy Meatloaf" or "Berry's
BBQ Chicken" while watching quick-
stepping new groups play some
favorite old tunes.
Oh, and say hello to head-waiter
Sherman James, a native of Detroit's
west side, who says he sang backup
with Freda "Band of Gold" Payne,
Diana Ross and other hometown
crooners. Unlike most of Vegas, he's
the real thing. Pi

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