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The Best Of Everything
Red Hots To Blues
Senate Coney owner strikes an upscale note with
George Harry's Blues Cafe.
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 'Neither One of Us (Wants to
be the Fist to Say Goodbye'. Come see Gladys
Knight in a rare Detroit appearance.
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.
LEE GREENWOOD
Grammy Winner and one of country music's
brightest stars, Lee Greenwood captivates
audiences with a variety of musical styles
from movies themes to his patriotic anthem
"God Bless the USA".
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2003
80
East 14 Mile Road. West of Van Dyke.
Warren, Michigan
here is no lighted
Baked Alaskan salmon
sign in front ...
served with a parmesan
Many folks haven't
cheese sauce ... Sauteed lake
even heard of it ...
perch with a lemon caper
although plenty must know
sauce ... Whitefish brushed
that it exists ... as evidenced
with Dijon mustard and
by the large crowds ... espe-
baked with herbed bread
cially on Friday and Saturday
crumbs ... Yellow fin tuna
evenings ... when you take a
seared
over a bed of lentils
DANNY
chance on getting in without
and bulgur and wheat pilaf ...
RASKIN
a reservation.
red snapper citrus marinated
Local Columnist
And if you didn't already
and baked in a "bag" with
know, it would be most diffi-
multi-colored peppers,
cult to believe that George
onions and tomatoes ... served with a
Dimopoulos is its owner.
key lime mustard sauce.
But here is real proof ... as if any
From one extreme to another ... No
was needed ... that George, also the
Coney Islands ... No hot dogs ... No
owner of those excellent Senate Coney
loose ground hamburgers.
Islands, is truly a very diversified
Instead, there's the likes of beef
restaurateur.
mignons Oscar, pan seared tenderloins
His George & Harry's Blues Cafe
with bearnaise sauce, crab ravioli,
restaurant on Michigan, between
roasted red pepper cream sauce and
Southfield and Telegraph in Dearborn
broccoli crown ... Bayou jambalaya,
(with entrance in the back off Monroe
the Cajun stew of chicken, seafood
Street) is as different from
George's Senate Coney
Islands operations as the
colors black and white ...
and a true sleeper in the
restaurant business.
It has a few sprinklings
of Greek food ... like
calamari, Greek salad,
saganaki (flamed kasseri
cheese) and spinach pie,
but that's just about it.
Even the calamari is
different though ... flash
fried and served with a
Cajun remoulade sauce
... within a bevy of
choice appetizers ... crab,
artichoke and spinach
dip, mixed mushrooms
George Dimopoulos and Chef Mark Trevethan
crostini sauteed in a
Madeira cream sauce,
and spicy sausage, simmered in a
baked brie in phyllo, Mediterranean
shrimp sauteed in tomato sauce and
Creole sauce and served over corn-
feta cheese, mussels steamed with
bread ... Chicken frangelica, hazelnut-
tomato, garlic and wine, etc.
crusted breast sauteed with a frangeli-
The tomato Florentine soup is one
co sauce.
The French-cut spring lamb chops
of numerous homemade soups du jour
are without many equals ... ranking
which have been creating much con-
versation with their elegant tastes ...
high in a class of their own.
George and Harry's is an upscale
and the menu selections are such that
will not have folks wondering long
restaurant without the overly high
prices ... All entrees include soup or
what to have.
house salad, vegetable and choice of
Then again, they might with all the
potato.
goodies from which to choose.
T
Seating is for 275 in the wide
expanse dining room ... and about 30
in a gently lighted lounge with soft-
padded chairs and tables to enjoy cock-
tails ... A well-stocked bar seats 20.
This is the former Foland's Jewelry
location ... transformed into a large
airy restaurant with clean open
kitchen, cone chandeliers over large
leather booths on one side, large chan-
deliers hanging from the ceiling, etc.
George & Harry's is open 7 days a
week ... Monday-Friday 11 a.m.-2
a.m.; Saturday 4 p.m.-2 a.m.; Sunday
noon-8 p.m. ... Live entertainment
that changes nightly is Wednesday
through Saturday.
Executive chef Mark Trevethan, the
gent responsible for the excellent dish-
es prepared at George & Harry's ...
was a former stalwart on the kitchen
teams of Matt Prentice's Unique
Restaurant Corporation and Tom
Brindel's Tom's Oyster Bar.
He presides over a kitchen with true
state-of-the art working areas that con-
tinuallj, receive high health depart-
ment marks ... The entire large sector
is covered with gleaming polished-
nightly stainless steel ... Downstairs
storage is also a major feature.
Its own pastry chef is on the premis-
es to prepare the fine array
of luscious cakes and pas-
tries.
George is a hard hands-
on worker ... At George &
Harry's every evening ...
then taking off for a few
hours shuteye before aris-
ing at 2 a.m. to open his
flagship Senate Coney
Island in Livonia ... Son
Niko is his manager-in-
charge day and night,
checking front and back to
help the operation run
smoothly.
One of the waitpersons,
Gil Sanchez, there since its
opening Feb. 6, 2002, is
considered a jewel in the
restaurant game ... He is a
much requested waiter
because of polite, gracious
and efficient finesse.
George & Harry's Blues Cafe and
Senate Coney Island operations may cer-
tainly be amazing differences in the two
dissimilar worlds of dining expertise by
George Dimopoulos ... but both types
of restaurants have one thing in corn-
mon ... top notch quality hard to beat.
GOOD SERVER DEPT ... Pashko
Berishaj ... at Brass Pointe on Orchard
Lake Road in Farmington Hills ...
Efficient, cordial and fast ... known by