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electrical engineering from
mong the things I've
Wayne
State University in
always enjoyed about
Detroit.
Greektown in Detroit
Leo also owns the Leo's
has been the fact that the Greek
Coney Island chain ... He,
food there was at all times
Polyvios and Demetrios are
made by a head chef who was
from the same region in
Greek.
Greece.
For a while at the beginning,
There is no tenderizing
another Greek restaurant, not
DANNY
used at Uptown Parthenon
in Greektown but in north-
RASKIN
... and no artificial coloring
west Detroit, started out with
Senior
... Cooking is the old fash-
a Greek head cook, too ... a
Columnist
ioned Greek way ... prepared
major reason why I enjoyed it
properly as only the Greeks
... However, as time went by
can do it.
and things unraveled and changed, the
Nobody has the lamb fricassee served
food was being made by non-Greek
by Uptown Parthenon ... or the
cooks ... It's not to say that they cannot
Soutzoukakia specialty from northern
necessarily make Greek food, but it
Greece with tomato sauce over choice
stands as a fact that Greek food made
ground beef mixed with cumin, etc ...
by Greeks is hardly beatable.
And one of the big-selling features is a
This is why word about the Greek
dish served family style ... It's called the
food at Uptown Parthenon on Orchard
Parthenon
Special with two baby split
Lake Road in Crosswinds Plaza, has
lamb chops, a cube of shish kebob,
been reaching out to formerly skeptical
spinach cheese pie, miiiissaka, stuffed
people ... Its head cook, Konstantin
grape leaf, rice and vegetables, $19.95
Catsambas, formerly of Livonia Inn,
per person.
Parthenon East, etc., and most of the
Or try the veal taskebab, cubes of
other kitchen helpers are Greek ... as
choice
veal simmered in a tomato wine
are the owners, management and many
sauce, $11.50 ... or the Parthenon Fry
of the servers.
Pan, tender marinated strips of char-
Because of this, which is no small
factor, Uptown Parthenon is celebrating broiled steak or chicken presented siz-
zling in a skillet with onions, green
its fifth anniversary with a notable
pepper, tomatoes, fresh mushrooms,
pride of success.
feta cheese and Greek olives, $15.95.
It is owned by brothers Polyvios and
The two managers, Tony
Demetrios Panagopolous and Leo
Hadjisofroniou
and Ted Stauropoulos,
Stassinopoulos and his nephew John
are known for their various ways of sat-
Stassinopoulos ... who have seen their
isfying customers with an eagerness to
Greek restaurant in Orchard Lake blos-
help whenever the occasion demands
som into a first-rate operation.
their attention ... Both have been with
Since opening, it has served almost
Polyvios a total of 37 years ... Tony 17
800,000 people who have enjoyed over
years,
12 at Polyvios' Old Parthenon in
200,000 pounds of lamb chops,
Greektown,
and Ted 20 years, 15 at
115,000 quarts of chicken lemon rice
Old Parthenon.
soup and 300,000 orders of Saganaki
It is noteworthy that this is a Greek
(Opa! yells the server as he flames
restaurant with so many avenues of
kasseri cheese).
Greek authenticity ... Because of this,
Seating at Uptown Parthenon is for
Uptown Parthenon, like its sister
200 in two rooms, plus 20 stools in a
restaurant in Greektown, have never
separate bar-lounge area.
not had a Greek-chef heading its
Polyvios and Demetrios came here in
kitchen ... or its management and
1970 and were buspersons at the
many servers anything but Greek.
Michigan Palace Dinner Theater in
An ethnic restaurant where there are
Detroit ... hired to bus tables after
owners, managers and servers available
going there to get jobs parking cars ...
to help in explaining various dishes is
Polyvios also has a master's degree in
invaluable.
Danny Raskin's e-mail address is
Others have tried to buck
Downtown Detroit's famous
dannyraskin@sbcglobal.net