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Family Restaurant

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wife, Frieda ... They live in
y first visit to
Cota De Caza now, with
Disneyland in
Scott, 43, president of a suc-
California was about
cessful worldwide computer
30 years ago ... Former Detroiter
firm.
Herman "Turk" Prujansky, song-
Disneyland absolutely bog-
writer, emcee, nitery owner, etc.,
gles the imagination to such
had come here to buy a car from
an extent that trying to
Mary Tamaroff at Tamaroff
explain it would be an almost
Motors ... and drive back to Los
DANNY
impossible task.
Angeles.
RASKIN
It is fitting that one of the
My 12-year-old son Scott,
Senior
more
memorable sights for
Turk and I rode his new Buick
Columnist
me
should
be a restaurant ...
convertible across the country
There are few like
... I don't think Scott saw much
Disneyland's Club 33.
because Turk kept telling him to look
With its 19th century atmosphere of
out for Indians as we drove through the
New
Orleans' French Quarter, Club 33
Grand Canyon, Painted Desert, etc. ...
is
the
restaurant that Walt Disney want-
until finally arriving in California.
ed
as
a
special place to entertain visiting
We drove directly to Disneyland in
dignitaries
in a quiet atmosphere with
Anaheim and the Disneyland Hotel,
superb cuisine and distinctive decor.
managed then by Dorothy Barbaro, for-
Disney never lived to see it ... passing
mer wife of Frank Barbaro, owner here
on five months before its completion.
years back at the Bowery nightclub in
Today, Club 33, visited by many
Hamtramck, where Turk claimed to
Hollywood
names and celebrities from
have "found" singer Johnny Ray ... "Put
all
walks
of
life,
is an exclusive club
up my friends," he told Dorothy, which
where
members
only or their guests may
was like Turk saying, "I'll pay you when
enjoy
a
gourmet
meal and fine wines.
my hunchback brother straightens out."
Making rounds of eating spots in
... Scott and I stayed there and had a
California is always a thing of interest ...
great time ... The only Indian we saw
To P.F. Chang's in Mission Viejo, where
was harmless wood in Disneyland.
movie stars split Chinese bistro time
Scott and I made it to Disneyland
between this and those in Irvine and
together again ... 30 years later ... on my
Newport
Beach ... To Taco Mesa in
recent visit to California ... Only this
Ladera
Ranch,
where you get your food
time with his family ... wife, Bonnie, son
and
take
it
outside
to share with the flies
Matt and daughter Hannah ... plus my

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