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Cookie' Swell, Deli!

Hello Deli's delicious delights will have you singing its praises.

TONY DANZA

One of America's most popular performers. A star
of television (Taxi, Who's the Boss, Family Law),
stage (The Iceman Cometh), and movies (Angels
in the Outfield) Danza wows audiences and critics
with his song and dance stage show.

ELVIS TO THE MAX

25 Years ago Elvis left the building. Now he returns,
or so you will think, to play for you at Andiamo. Its
Elvis to the Max with Max Pellicano, his Las Vegas
Dancers and special guest comedian Paul Locrichio.
Come sing along with all of your favorite Elvis hits.

HOWIE MANDEL

A star everywhere you look: television, film
and the stage, comedian Howie Mandel has
been entertaining audiences for years. Come
laugh the night away with Howie, one of today's
most successful comedians.

GLADYS KNIGHT

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member, living
Motown legend Gladys Knight performs all her
Grammy winning hits including 'Midnight Train
to Georgia - and Weir* One of Us (Wants to
be the Fist to Say Goodbye)': Come see Gladys
Knight in a rare Detroit appearance.

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East 14 Mile Road. West of Van Dyke. F.
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hen entering
owner of the fine Irving's
goulash like her.
you might
Delicatessen, which was consid-
Remember the garlic dressing and
expect to per-
ered among the leading deli-
dill dressing that Rose used to make at
haps hear a
catessens of its time.
Irving's? ... They are now at Hello Deli
recording of Barbra
Her homemade cooking has
... as is her excellent corned beef hash,
Streisand singing "Hello
been acclaimed by many
which is not duplicated by many ...
Dolly."
because it's "like mom and
And if you've never had meatloaf by
Could be considered a bit
grandma used to make" style of
Rose, chances are that you might be
too corny, although some
down-to-earth
deliciousness.
missing a treat ... Her knishes (potato,
DAN NY
think it wouldn't be a bad
Of Rose's stuffed cabbage,
turkey, spinach, kasha) are special, too.
RASKI N
idea ... and a number of
almost 5,000 pieces in the year
Maya also has a large popularity ...
Local Colu mnist
customers sometimes come
at Hello Deli, it has often been
Many will recall her for those fine little
in humming the tune.
said that few others have been
Maya Delicatessens that used to satisfy
Even during the recent holidays,
able to capture the simple old-fash-
countless others.
when the delivery gent brought a tray
ioned taste of yesteryear.
She is responsible at Hello Deli for
to the folks at the former Charterhouse
The same might be said of her gefilte
the superb tuna salad (Maya and Rose
Barbers on the Boardwalk in West
fish, 3,500 pieces ... 7,000 matzah balls
have gone through almost 8,000
Bloomfield, he came in humming the
... untold gallons of soup (chicken,
pounds of tuna in HD's first year) ...
tune.
potato, cabbage, mushroom barley, veg- egg salad (over 1,000 pounds) ... chick-
This is the first anniversary of Hello • etable, etc.) ... 26,000 pieces of noodle
en salad (around 3,000 pounds)... pota-
Deli on the northeast corner of
kugel ... almost 3,000 pieces of char-
to salad (almost 5,000 pounds) ...
Farmington Road and West Maple in
grilled chicken breast ... etc.
coleslaw (about 6,000 pounds) ... etc.
West Bloomfield ... being celebrated
Also her cholent, which is one of
Why did Shelly go into the deli-
with probably three good reasons for a
Rose's favorites as it is of so many oth-
catessen business? ... Simple ... Her first
successful year.
ers ... A dish like cholent correctly
job was as a cashier in a delicatessen ...
Likely reasons are the presence ...
requires time and cannot be prepared
At Lou's Deli on West McNichols in
since opening in December
1972 ... And she was a
of 2001 ... of Rose
favorite waitress while at
Guttman, Maya Kay and
Solley's Deli in Woodland
Shelly Weiss ... The trio is
Hills, Calif.
like an almost automatic
One of the film notables
guarantee of satisfaction
who ate there was Kris
that so many people now
Kristofferson, who co-stared
seem to expect from this
in the 1976 A Star Is Born
operation.
with Barbra Streisand ...
There are other reasons,
Shelly was a "called for"
of course, but primarily
favorite of Farrah Fawcett,
none are better than the
Shelley Winters and others.
dynamic duo being a very
But most of her experience
sturdy backbone of Hello
... and what Shelly considers
Deli ... When it was
her very best ... was being a
member of Matt Prentice's
opened ... by present own-
ers Shelly and Jeff Weiss ...
team at Unique Restaurant
at the former site of Bagel
Corporation.
Eleven years ago, Shelly
Deli, there was the window
Rose Guttman, Shelly Weiss and Maya Kay keep Hello Deli
counter of seven stools ...
started out as hostess for
gain' and glowin.
Today, plus the counter,
URC's Morels restaurant in
four tables have been added
Bingham Farms ... and soon
... where people in a hurry
became its assistant manager
... She left in 2001 to open Hello Deli.
may enjoy breakfast or lunch by getting properly in hurry-up fashion ... When
the product and bringing it to their
it is to be a special, she is known to
The cases at Hello Deli, not an over-
table ... The addition of more tables
make it 24 hours ahead ... with the
ly large place, are filled to the brim nev-
ertheless with Empire kosher packaged
may soon also be a happening.
boiled beef, kidney beans and pinto
The first year by Hello Deli is most
beans, onions, garlic, barley, kishke,
meats, cookies by the pound bearing a
kosher hechsher (kosher certification),
notable by the homemade cooking that
etc., simmering into a deliciousness all
is provided by Rose Guttman and
its own.
milk, cheeses calorie, pop, juices, cot-
Rose's Romanian and Hungarian
tage cheese, cream cheese, lox, sable,
Maya Kay.
smoked fish, etc.
Little introduction is needed of Rose,
methods of home cooking are huge
favorites ... Few can make Hungarian
Even produce ... tomatoes, lettuce,
who with husband, Irving, was co-