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'A wonderful adventure in fine dining" — Danny Raskin

Featuring Gourmet Oriental Cuisine

Sparkling Reputation

Excellent
Lunch
and
Dinner
Selections
7 Days
a Week
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Midnight

Complete
Menu
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Gift
Certificates
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To Private
Parties

27925 Orchard Lake Road, north of 12 Mile • Farmington Hills

248.489.2280

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Gourmet Italian Cuisine

Rated 3 1/2 Stars
by The Detroit News

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Excludes alcohol • w/coupon

2080 Walnut Lake Road • West Bloomfield, MI

Available for parties
Calk 248-851-2500 for reservations

Now Open Mondays
Mon-Thurs 5-10 • Fri-Sat 5-11 • Sun 4-9

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Best Middle Eastern Restaurant by the Jewish News Readers!

Buddy's Farmington Hills celebrates 22nd anniversary.

pounds of pepperoni, 3 mil-
bile the bigger chains
lion pounds of flour, 3 mil-
fight among them-
lion salads, 200,000 gallons of
selves to attain indi-
soup ... When Farmington
vidual supremacy in this market,
Hills Buddy's opened, it
a small player ... bent on quality
served
only minestrone soup
and constant innovation ... con-
...
Now,
always available as
tinues to maintain its lofty posi-
well are gazpacho, cream of
tion as a local favorite.
broccoli, chunky vegetable
Since 1970, when Buddy's
DANNY
and tomato basil ... plus clam
Pizza was purchased by the late
RASKIN
chowder on Friday.
Billy Jacobs, it has experienced
Senior
All this while also becom-
a constant growth from the
Columnist
ing
the mini-chain's main
one-store operation that
training store for managers ...
opened in 1946 on Six Mile
and the number one test store for new
and Conant in Detroit to today's chain
items, food improvements and research
of seven full-service restaurants and two
and development.
carryouts.
Four employees on board when
No sleeping on the job here, as
Buddy's
Pizza opened its doors in 1982
Buddy's tightens its grip on the taste
buds of a large and loyal band of follow- are still in Farmington Hills ... Wes
Picula, Kathy Tomkiewicz, Bobby Sulek
ers.
and Dennis Kot ... Laverne Hatchett
Its number one restaurant in sales, on
and excellent barmaid and hostess Carol
Northwestern Highway west of
Jasinski
came shortly after.
Middlebelt in
Farmington Hills, is cele-
brating its 22nd anniver-
sary as a much-coveted
member of this small but
mighty chain.
Not only has the
Farmington Hills
Buddy's Pizza reached
enormous numbers, but
it has become a potent
leader in the major devel-
opment plans of owner
Robert Jacobs, Billy's son,
and vice president of
operations Wes Picula,
who Robert gives unlim-
ited credit for the contin-
ued growth.
Buddy's Robert Jacobs and Wes Picula
When it opened in
1982, Buddy's Pizza of
Farmington Hills served
only two types of specialty pizzas ...
About the new innovations, just
Today it has 11 ... plus adding pizza
recently
Wes came up with a crustless,
with whole-wheat crust, with a tomato-
no-flour,
gluten-free pizza with almost
basil sauce, with soy cheese as well as
zero carbs ... It is made with 100 percent
regular, Caesar salad, barbecued ribs,
low-fat part-skim mozzarella, parmesan
macaroni and cheese, oven-baked veg-
and a hint of smoked cheddar.
etable manicotti, oven-baked chicken
Buddy's Pizza on Northwestern
parmesan, etc.
Highway
in Farmington Hills is open
In the 22 years on Northwestern
seven
days
... Monday-Thursday, 11-10;
Highway, almost 15 million guests have
been dished up more than 7 million piz- Friday, 11-11; Saturday, noon-11;
Sunday noon-10.
zas with 20 million toppings, more than
Well-known locally as a pizza power-
3 million pounds of cheese, 60,000
house, Buddy's has also received recogni-

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