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The Best Of Everything
Celebrity Showroom
INS REV
Fri. & Sat. Feb. 22 & 23
Dennis Edwards, lead singer from the
'60s, and The Temptations bring back
4, never-to-be-forgotten songs.
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In an encore engagement following
her sell-out of both shows last, year
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Sisters' Tradition
The Peabody daughters keep their family's
Birmingham restaurant legacy alive.
a
market ... He opened Peabody's
reater Detroit is generally
restaurant with daughter Susan
credited with having one of
Wortman, who had finished school
the Midwest's better selec-
with a degree in social work.
tions of neighborhood
A year-and-a-half later, another
restaurants.
daughter, Barbara Peabody, came to
This is a distinction that comes with
the restaurant following her gradua-
a wide assortment from which to
tion as a registered nurse ...
choose ... ethnic and otherwise.
12 years ago, a third daugh-
But the ones revealed to be
ter of Jim and Wilma
the most sought after are
Peabody, Nancy Young, came
those that present good family
on board after her gradua-
fare at low, reasonable prices.
tion with a degree in educa-
Peabody's, on Woodward
tion.
south of Maple Road in
Jim passed on in early last
Birmingham ... enjoys a high
December... but left his three
ranking that has continued to
daughters with a legacy to
get stronger as the years roll by.
DANNY
remember ... The so many
This past Dec. 18, was the
RASKIN
people he brought into their
26th birthday of Peabody's ...
which opened its doors in 1975 Local Columnist lives ... who still come into
the restaurant with a heart-
and has lived on with a major
felt warmth ... So many are greeted by
strength in the restaurant business ...
their first names when the girls are at
constant returning of its customers.
the front door hostessing.
Before becoming a restaurant, the
Generations have made Peabody's
site was that of Peabody's Market,
their "home" as they visit the place
owned by brothers Jim and Bob
where some may have met their
Peabody after they returned from serv-
spouse ... or returned to celebrate
ice in World War II ... Prior to the
their first date ... or perhaps to see the
war, Jim and Bob used to take fruit
place that Mom and Dad always
from the Peabody Farm, then on
talked about ... or took them for a
Lahser and Quarton, and Al it at
wonderful home-cooked meal.
their stand in the Eastern Market.
Since opening, the main dish on
After Peabody's Market closed in
Peabody's dinner menu has been
June, 1975, Bob went to Fenton to
prime rib ... succulently prepared with
take over the family's Peabody Farm,
a golden natural juice ... and the
where his family had been living.
Delmonico steak with its tender good-
Jim stayed here and made plans to
ness ... People love the frog legs served
open the locale again ... but not as a
2/15
2002
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Celebrity Showroom
7096 East Fourteen Mite Road •
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(810) 268-3200 •
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6646 Telegraph Road,
ills, (248) 932-0800.
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ted for making its own tra-
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248) 489-
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