Arts 41 Entertainment Cordially invitesyou to celebrate with us We have been serving the Finest Italian Cuisine in Michigan for 62 years Call To Make Your. Special Occasion Reservations Now • • • • Bar Mitzvah Bat Mitzvah Anniversary Rehearsal Dinner • • • • Sweet 16 Retirement Shower Birthday • • • • Corporate Event Sales Meeting Bowling Banquets Etc. (248) 373-4440 885 Opdyke Road (Across from the SilverdomE Serving memorable Italian lunches and dinners since 1939 Monday Thursday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. • Friday 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. • Sunday 12 noon to 9 p.m. - • • THE GALLERY RESTAURANT 111 Enjoy gracious dining amid a beautiful atmosphere of casual elegance 415 BREAKFAST LUNCH DINNER OPEN 7 DAYS: MON.- SAT. 7 a.m.- 9:30 p.m. SUN. 8 a.m.- 9 p.m. West Bloomfield Plaza • 6638 Telegraph Road and Maple • 248-851-0313 • Ribs • Chicken • Pizza Best Ribs & Chicken In Town! • Carry out • Delivery • Catering In Newberry Square 39470 W. 14 Mile Road (248) 960-9200 ***************************************************** Receive 10 % Off your total food order With This Coupon 4**************************************************4 9sy r es. 4130102 up peita e Nat good with • any c°0th:licouPon - . 3/29 2002 88 29205 Orchard Lake Road (next to Staples) • 248-553-8880 • Fax: 248-553-8708 Open Hours: Mon-Thurs I I am-10 pm; Fri-Sat I 1 am-I I pm; Sunday 12 noon-I 0 pm 1 Hotel, Carl's ... Berman's held the edge because of its great cottage fried potatoes that were served with the luscious steaks. Among the best simple dishes of the French provinces was at Ponchartrain Wine Cellars on Lamed ... also acclaimed for its invention of the Cold Duck wine and champagne combina- tion. Among the best places to go for an after-hours Coney Island were Lafayette, American and State Coney Islands ... with Lafayette, owned by Bill Keros, flanked on one side by American, owned by brother Gus, and on the other side, State Coney Island owned by both. Few places had a better prime rib than Carl's Chop House, where owner Carl Rosenfeld went from the tire business into the restaurant game when his part- ner from Cleveland scooted out in the middle of the night and Carl was left with their Grand River Chop House ... which became Carl's. Best bevy of places to go for food and entertainment ... was almost anywhere in Detroit. Four Dukes Supper Club, Ted's, Wedgewood Room, Charlie Costello's, Strong's Pavilion at Cass Lake, the Big House at Woodhull Lake, Atlantic Gardens, Phil Berke's Clique, Uptown, Club 48, Greenfield's, Chesterfield Lounge owned by Hy and Esther Gastman, Samuel's Brothers, Edjo's, Alamo, owned by Max Spiegelman who manned the cash register ... even though he was blind and the folding money wasn't in Braille ... and Stu Siegel, who went on to become one of the best pit bosses Las Vegas had. Gotham Lounge, enjoying Bob Wyatt at the organ, with Sonny Wilson, Eagle Dairy, Al Siegel's Elmwood Casino in Windsor, where almost every singing and dancing star appeared, Lee & Eddie's, Latin Quarter owned by Lou Walters and then Jean Goldkette, Brown's Drugs, Korn's, Grunt's, Miller's Delicatessen, San-Min Chinese restau- rant, Gay Haven, from where Jackie Kannon went on to national stardom, Takis Grill, Copper Kettle in Mt. Clemens, Afterglow owned by Sam Fertel, where Danny Holley's excellent organ-playing was a standout, King Fong's, Bagley Bar, Sammy G's, Manhattan Restaurant, Deutch's Restaurant, the Bagel. Joe Louis' Brown Bomber Chicken Shack, Tasty Bar-B-Q, Uncle Abe's Tavern owned by Abe Chaben, Pow Wow Bar, Circus Lounge, Stoney's owned by Lou Stone, Lowell Hellman's Black Knight, Penobscot Club, Act IV, Steering Wheel, Club Bali owned by Eddie Marx, 20 Grand owned by Marty Eisner, Angel's Hour Glass, Apartment Lounge owned by Ray Bresler and Jack Freed, Rascal House with bosses Jack Meyers, Al Hacker and Bernie . Glieberman, Moon Supper Club with its beautiful waitresses known as Moonmaids and manager John Curry having his apartment upstairs. Club Royale, Knife & Fork, Brass Rails owned by Bill Boesky, Seafood Grotto, Mauna Loa, Devon Gables, Ted Lipsitz, Vanelli's, Paradiso, Sid's owned by Sol Boesky, Roostertail, Meyerson's Scotch and Sirloin, where Manager Bud Sherbow brought Sammy Davis, Jr. and said they'd go around the back way to avoid attention ... and Sammy said, "I don't have to go through back doors anymore." Tom's Tavern on West Seven Mile Road,-where you thought one leg was shorter than the other because of the slanted walls ... and being there one day when Tom decided to go to the horse races, gave keys to a customer, and walked out telling the surprised gent that he was the new boss until Tom came back,. Belmont Lounge, owned by Ted Moss, Main Street Bar, bossed by Morrie Gruskin. Club Frontenac, Motor Bar in Hotel BoOk Cadillac, the Jail, Sportree Show Bar, Royal Ascot, 24 Karat, Atrium, Cozy Corner, Ninth Hole, Club B & C, Chocolate Bar, Club Alabam, Studio Club, Little Sam's Bar, Club Zombie, Melody Club, Forest Club, Commodore Club, Club Plantation, Three Trees, Roxy Show Bar, Ivanhoe, Famous Door, Chancellor Lounge in the Barlum Hotel, Club Zanzibar, Uncle Tom's Plantation owned by Jack Johnson, former world's heavyweight champ, Rosedale Show Bar, Eckner's. Palm Beach Club, Vern's Show Bar, Crestwood Lounge, Montecello Ballroom, Hollywood Ballroom, Joey's on Jefferson, owned by Gary Tringali, Trianon Ballroom, Casino Palais de Dance at old Belle Isle, Graystone Ballroom, Como's Dancing Academy above the Graystone, Statler Terrace Room, Grenadier Room at Hotel Detroit-Leland, Al Green's, Frank Gagen's, Menjo's owned by Boris Griesdorf, Robin Hood's, Jeri's, Normandy, Gulio's, Forbidden City, Farm House, Little Harry's, the Old Place, Boesky's on 12th, where Harry Millman was gunned down and inno- cent bystander at the bar, Abe Butansky, was also shot, Penthouse Lounge, where Herman "Turk" Prujanski hosted celebrities who called him their celebrity ... and so very, very much more than space will allow. 60 years of memories ... that thankful- ly cannot be erased or wiped out by fire or water. ❑