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Looking Back

Hotel clubs once were favorite meeting places.

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waitress, but she brought white ... On
HE GOLD CUP Room,
in Detroit's Whittier Hotel, Tuesday, he reminded her about the
whole wheat, but was served white
had an interesting history
bread again ... Wednesday, she made
... It used to serve as a sort
the same mistake, not to mention
of club for all the young men home
Thursday and Friday ... Finally on
from the war and their pretty com-
Saturday, when she took his order,
panions ... Many suburbanites had
"white bread today" ... "That's funny,"
their first dates at the Gold Cup,
said the waitress. "Aren't you
swaying to the very danceable
the party who always orders
music of Charles Costello ... a
whole wheat?"
restaurateur himself in those
Milton Berle was fol-
days.
lowed into Lofy's by Rusty
FOR MANY YEARS, the
Warren, the "Shantootsie of
Lounge Bar in the Statler-
Sin" whose first gold. album,
Hilton was a favorite meeting
"Knockers Up" gave birth to
place for weary shoppers in
the famed club by the same
search of an energizing cocktail
name ... The club was made
while awaiting the arrival of
up of a fanatically-devoted
AN
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their mates ... Most any after-
cult of over 100,000 fans,
RA
SKIN
noon, but particularly during
largely
housewives, who
the holiday seasons, you could Local Columnist
appreciated and enjoyed her
see gatherings in little knots of
comedy routines.
two, four or more persons ...
WHEN THEY WERE 14 years
The women always looked smart ...
old, Mel Ball and Michael Krause
And chances were very good that you
both went to Mumford High ... Each
would meet at least one or two per-
played drums and had his own band
sons or groups with whom you were
... Five years later, they joined up
friendly.
together with Mel on vibes, Mike on
AT JAVA JUNCTION on
drums, Marty Schwartz, trumpet;
Woodward, Larry Sheehan and Mike
Jerry
Harris, piano; and Bob Hecker,
Ilitch came up with a large steak siz-
zler ... But it took them three
months to locate a special
plate to serve it on.
SAM LEVENSON used to
have a story that brought
much laughter ... about a man
who quarreled with his wife
and moved out to a hotel ...
All day he brooded, but by
dinnertime he was hungry
and sorry, so he called her ...
"Hello, Sarah. What are you
making for dinner?" ...
"Poison I'm making" ... "So
-make only one portion. I'm
not coming home."
WHILE AT LOFY'S
Pavilion Room in Plymouth
for a nine-day engagement
with his own revue, Milton
Berle told about the time he
played Pittsburgh for a one-
week stand ... On Monday, he
picked out a restaurant that
looked attractive to him,
where he liked everything
except the bread ... "I always
Remembering when Milton Berle played Lob's in
eat whole wheat," he told the
Plymouth.

2 Mile Road, Berkley, (248)
ere is nothing like a consistently
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. neighborhood family restaurant
and American menu is one that
• much confidence in casual dining. The
ri6s, round and square pizzas, fish,
I. ...q.c...are served seven days a week
Inner. Everything is also avail-
efor cif44;dt

BLOOMFIELD HILLS

Steve's Deli, 6646 Telegraph Road,
Bloomfield Hills, (248) 932-0800. Award-win-
is featured.Also serving
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h roasted turkey, sandwiches,
tional dishes. Party trays and
catering too at this New York-style deli.
Carnegie Deli cheesecake and Steve's
Brownies are among the desserts.

..Woodward, Detroit,
elxen an Italian
traditional dishes
menus of Italian
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ant with catering
service.

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a ntiques, nostalgic

re airplanes, entertain-
pinball machines, etc. It is
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