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Feeding The Hungry

Restaurateurs' charity feasts _provide a bounty of funds for food banks.

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Center on Drake ... to benefit Yad
four received bottles of wine.
Ezra,
which
supports
and
supplies
the
Then came the party that is held
YOU WOULDN'T
metro Detroit Jewish community
every Friday evening at Fiddler ...
BELIEVE it unless the
with kosher food.
when the regular "sleeper" fun floor
figure was slapped in
Nutritious food for over 1,100
show comes on.
front of you ... so here it is.
families ... about 2,500 individuals
It's like a nightclub visit with
In Oakland County ... one of the
... every month ... is given to the
singing and dancing by the show
wealthiest counties in
needy Jewish hungry by
folks and attendees.
America ... its food bank
Yad
Ezra
...
It
also
distrib-
Saturday evenings is Russian
feeds 70,000 hungry people
utes appropriate food for all
Night ... with plenty of dancing,
every month.
Jewish holidays ... This
music, singing ... and, of course,
You can imagine the need
year, it is expected that Yad
vodka that flows faster than raging
in less-prosperous areas.
Ezra will distribute over
waters in a storm.
Good thing there is wide
750,000 pounds of food.
THE NEW RESTAURANT tak-
awareness of the hunger
The URC Milk & Honey
ing over where Pizzeria Uno was for-
scare.
grand opening benefit for
merly located on Orchard Lake
Each year, Share Our
Yad Ezra will begin with a
Road
in West Bloomfield, will be a
Strength's Taste of the
DANNY
reception hour at 5 p.m. ...
French brasserie ... which to France
Nation dinners are held to
RASKIN
featuring appetizers for
are a bit like what taverns are to
fight hunger ... In the last
Local Columnist both adults and children ...
America.
two dinners supervised by
followed by a strolling din-
Executive Chef Louai Sharkas
Unique Restaurant
ner
from
six well-laden food sta-
won't be wasting his fine culinary
Corporation, $500,000 has been
tions.
talents on only hamburgers ... as
collected ... The first one led to a
Tickets
are
$100
adults
and
$10
would
have been the case had it
grant from Variety-The Children's
for
children
...
with
the
kids
having
been
as
people thought, a Redcoat
Charity ... and creation of the
their own buffet in Rosenberg Hall,
Tavern.
Variety Produce Rescue Mission.
along with special activities.
It will be owned, though, by
The second helped bolster
IRONIC JIVE MUSIC of "I Will
brothers Matthew and Mark Brown
Operation Frontline, a program in
Survive" had Markus Rohtbart danc-
... who have the Redcoat Tavern in
which chefs from URC and other
ing ... He is a Holocaust survivor ...
Royal Oak ... and will be a relaxed,
restaurants teach clients of food
and author of the book, I Wanted To
high-energy place where people can
banks and anti-hunger agencies how
Tell
A
Story.
dine on classic, French dishes any
to minimize expenses ... and maxi-
It was following the first-ever wine
day.
mize nutrition in their meals.
tasting by Fiddler in West
"But we'd be shot if we didn't have
"Every dollar in donations can
Bloomfield ... held in the next room
a burger," says Matthew ... And so
provide as many as 16 meals," says
banquet sector.
there will also be a Brasserie
Man Prentice, president of Unique
The wine tasting ended at 9 p.m.
Cheeseburger on the menu.
Restaurant Corporation.
... after the entire table of Mary and
Prices will be moderate ... with ,
Jim Barnett, corporate executive
Claire Tamaroff, Helen Shulman
Louai making items like grilled tuna
chef at URC, and Madeline Triffon,
and Lou Popper each had their
nicoise, beef burgundy, baked onion
Unique Restaurant Corporation's
names picked in a raffle ... and all
soup, cassoulet and the original
corporate sommelier, are again co-
chairs ... Jim for the food and
Madeline the wine.
Mark down the date ... Sunday,
April 28 ... and the place ...
Somerset Collection in Troy ... This
is when over 50 restaurants, caterers,
vineyards and wine companies, will
pool their efforts for a fine strolling
dinner.
If you've never gone hungry, thank
your lucky stars ... Much too many
have ... The hungry children and
adults are thankful too ... for your
help.
This Sunday, April 7, Matt and his
URC will host a grand opening bene-
fit dinner at Milk & Honey in the
Matt Prentice, president of Unique Restaurant Corporation, with Madeline Triffon,
West Bloomfield Jewish Community
corporate sommelier, and Jim Barnett, corporate executive chef

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