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earliest saloons ... Troesters ... built
with bricks made right on the prop-
erty ... As Rhinoceros, it was restored
to its 19th century brick work, and
still is perhaps the most secluded
restaurant in the District ... The food
was rich and the atmosphere lavish,
without the snobbishness found in
some elegant restaurants.
FOLKS HAD A good time min-
gling with the crowd at the
Woodbridge Tavern on St. Aubin
The garden cafe overlooked a manu-
facturing company across the street
and a couple of flatbed trucks ...
They sipped wine and munched on a
meatless Reuben under a roof of
grapevines outside in the summer.
The tavern began as a shot-and-
beer joint ... and became an informal
place to drop in, munch on a sand-
wich, and listen to the piano player.
A BEEHIVE OF activity, Detroit's
Eastern Market remains open today
... with consumers still searching for
great deals on fresh fruits, vegetables,
plants, fresh seafood, and other
goods ... as if a cornucopia had
spilled its bounty.
Much of the fresh produce at the
Market still comes from Michigan
farms, but there are also mangos, cit-
rus, and other fruits from as far away
as California and Texas ... Prices are
generally below what you would pay
at a supermarket ... The vendors have
been independent operators ... a situ-
ation that adds to the market's
charm, and assures the consumer
that the prices are really quite com-
petitive.
At one time, as an event, an outing
to the Eastern Market presented a
colorful, exciting environment ...
There was a carnival atmosphere ...
the smell of fresh produce in the air,
the sharp cries of vendors harking
their goods, a cacophony of voices,
and laughter all swelling in a great
crescendo ... There was a sense of
urgency that lent excitement to the
total ambiance ... It is the type of
market that has existed for thousands
of years ... but can only be found in
a few places in large cities.
Few can forget the brilliant colors
that splashed across the landscape
like a surrealistic watercolor ... the
gaudy hues of textures of produce in
contrast to the starkness of the dilap-
idated brick buildings that surround-
ed the market.
WITH A NAME LIKE the
Gnome, on Woodward, south of the
Art Institute, you'd hardly expect the
bill of fare to be Lebanese, but that's
exactly what you saw and what you
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