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The Best Of Everything
Unforgettable Dining
Looking back at many eateries in their heydays.
bing were favorite pastimes of the above the warehouse district of Detroit ...
he Bagel
You almost had to go with someone who
young who gathered in droves to
Restaurant deli-
had been there before ... as the
salute the happy hour ... and
catessen on
Rhinoceros on Riopelle had the supreme
stayed
on
because
its
hubble-bub-
Woodward and
confidence to exist without benefit of a
ble
grew
on
you
...
Green
things
Vernor was just a little place
sign outside ... Word of mouth must
hung out of nail kegs slung from
... But show biz folks knew it
work, however, for tales of the
the ceiling and stained glass ...
as one of the city's top into-
Rhinoceros' gourmet cuisine at the time
the hallmark of gregariousness ...
the-night places for home-
and piano bar began to spread ... Decor
softly lit the room ... Piper's Alley
made food ... It was open
DANNY
ran to Persian rugs and chrome chairs,
was one of those places that peo-
daily until 4 a.m.
RASKIN
and
many ultra-modern appointments ...
ple
were
always
amazed
to
find
in
Owned and operated by
Local Columnist the busy heart of a big city ... It
It
is
still operating at the same location ...
Elizabeth and Martin
and
still
owned by Arthur Schwartz.
was
tucked
in
the
Detroit
Eichelbaum, the Bagel, as it
A BIG, RAMBLING paradise for
Cornice and Slate Building near
was reverently called, had the visitations
pasta fans was also on Riopelle ... and is
Greektown ... and worth the search.
of people like Johnny Mathis, Milton
still there ... At Roma Cafe, you might
A CHEF WITH a redundant name
Berle, Barbra Streisand, Edward G.
have ended up in a duet from La Boheme
on local television, Duglass Duglass, par-
Robinson, Buddy Hackett, Mel Torme,
with
your waiter ... if you were theatrical-
layed his success at the Hotel
Martha Ray, Arthur Godfrey, Gertrude
ly
inclined...
or just sat down to relish the
Pontchartrain
in
Detroit
and
on
TV
...
Berg, Eddie Cantor, Joey Bishop and so
old-country
cuisine
... Some said that
into
a
highly
successful
restaurant
of
his
many others.
you had to "know somebody" to get bet-
own, Restaurant Duglass, on Southfield
Don't recall the time it was open ...
ter service ... This wasn't necessarily so ...
Road in Southfield ... Here, the French
But if these prices are any indication, it
Roma wasn't really recommended for
cuisine that Douglas Grech (Duglass)
had to be in the late 1940s or early
that secret tryst but was a pleasant place
helped popularize around Detroit was
1950s ... Corned beef, pastrami, roast
to wine and dine ... and enjoy the thick
served in a properly "Parisian" atmos-
beef, pickled tongue, pepper beef sand-
Italian sauce.
phere
...
Nouvelle
Cuisine
may
have
wiches were all $1.
THE ELEGANT POLISH Royal
been
the
word
of
the
day,
but
you
could
A la carte beef liver steak with fried
Eagle restaurant on Park in Detroit, was
onions, roast turkey with dressing, hot or still find a little of the butter-and-cream
strictly gourmet ... At first the interior
school of cooking here ... and it was a
cold turkey leg with potato salad, roasted
bordered on being overwhelming ... A
good place for seriously aspiring gour-
or boiled chicken leg or breast, roasted
contemporary Polish art collection
mets to test their mettle. .
stuffed half springer, roasted brisket of
graced
the walls of the private dining
EVERY SHOPPING center seemed
beef with potato pancake, roasted stuffed
room
...
Flamboyantly garbed waiters
to
have
a
Chinese
restaurant
tucked
away
veal breast with potato pancake and
somewhere
in
a
corner
boiled beef flanken, were all $2.
... Orchard Mall itself
The Bagel made its own birthday
was tucked away in an
cakes, other pastries and rolls ... The
urban sprawl that had
homemade apple strudel, 30 cents, and '
taken over what was
cherry strudel, 40 cents, were standouts.
then only recently a
Elizabeth Eichelbaum went back to
rural crossroads.
school after Martin passed on ... at 69
Tuck away a Chinese
years old got her bachelor of fine arts
restaurant
in that con-
degree from Wayne State University ...
fusion and it was really
and a master's degree at age 81 ... In
tucked away ... But it
1993, she was an art therapist at the
was worth looking for
University of Tennessee, plus taking
in this, at the time, vest-
graduate courses there.
pocket mall.
WHEN THE PHOENICIA
Gourmet as
Lebanese restaurant was located in
Cantonese can be, the
Detroit, on Woodward and Davison,
Rikshaw Inn put
folks were told to look closely ... The
together family dinners
only sign identifying the restaurant was a
galore ... but you could
desert mural on the facade ... Inside,
also get a pretty good
travel posters from all over the world
Caesar salad, too.
lined the walls ... and the food was so
It is today the site of
authentic that you could practically hear
the very fine favorite of
Arabic music ... The Phoenicia is today
so many ... Shangri-La.
located in Birmingham ... and still
The Bagel Restaurant's Elizabeth and Martin
A NEW RESTAU-
owned by Sameer Eid.
Eichelbaum,
circa 1951.
RANT star lit the sky
ELBOW BENDING and elbow rub-
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