• , now director of sales and catering. Big Rock Chop House is a six-day operation ... Monday-Friday 11-2 a.m. and Saturday noon-2 a.m. It is an above-scale American chop house that not only puts out excellent food with exacting touches, but also has them served by overly efficient waitpersons. The lawash crisp bread made at its on-the-premises bakery has filled breadbaskets with more than 20,000 lbs. in the 20 years. Signature dishes remain the bone-in filet, almost 75,000 lbs., potato- wrapped salmon, much of 97,000 lbs., Dover sole, 79,000 lbs., and calamari ... Biggest sellers are the juicy and ten- der filet and the very tasty Dover sole. In the 20 years, more than 4 million people have come through the doors of Eton Street and Big Rock ... con- suming almost a million pounds of meat, not including 17,000 pounds of buffalo meat. The Big Rock Chop House name will soon also tout its seven-year anniversary, but Norm and Bonnie LePage's real and true celebration will be for the location's 20-year existence as a restaurant by the same owner ... in much compliment to the restaurant titles that have all enjoyed successful runs ... and the never-sit-still ingenu- ity by one of Michigan's premier restaurateurs. NEW RESTAURANT opening soon in the shopping strip at 12 Mile and Middlebelt in Farmington Hills will be Gourmet Garden, an upscale Japanese and Chinese dining spot ... It takes 6,000 square feet of the former Sears store location. Steve Goren and Armada Real Estate in Farmington Hills, handling the Gourmet Garden arrival, also are leasing agents for the heavily awaited new George's Honey Tree location on Northwestern Highway. in West Bloomfield. NAME OF THE BOOK coming out by Russi Arden, former localize now living in Lake Suzy, Fla., and first Jewish Playboy bunny in the Detroit locale, will be Everyman's Fantasy. SMALL WORLD DEPT. ... Frank Ellias received an inquiry from Marilyn Tringali asking if he was any relation to Andy Ellias in Colorado, whom she knew ... Frank told her that he was Andy's older brother ... In a subsequent e-mail conversation, Marilyn said she worked for Dr. Thomas Millman, an ophthalmologist in Rochester Hills ...Frank answered back that his father, Dr. Sydney E Ellias, had delivered the same Thomas Millman as a newborn back in 1943. ONE OF THE BEST eating deals in this or any town has to be the quar- ter-pound steamed Sinai Kosher hot dog on a roll that folks in mink, sable, dungarees, T-shirts, etc. at Cosco smother with onions, mustard, catsup and relish ... plus a choice of half- dozen or more 20-ounce soft drinks (all-you-want) ... $1.50 for a lot of satisfying taste love. If one Cosco store, east of Haggerty between 14 Mile and Maple in Commerce, goes through about 6,000 Sinai Kosher hotties a week, it is hard to imagine how many the large inter- national wholesale warehouse chain sells for already cooked gobble-up consumption. This Valentine's Day, see where Cupid does his best work. Melting Pot ® „ft...- a fondue restaurant Dip into something different? 888 W. Big Beaver Road I Troy I (248) 362-2221 Take your sweetie to The Melting Pot for fine wines and a truly unforgettable four-course fondue dinner. The Melting Pot always hits the spot for romantic affairs or fun get-togethers with friends. So make your Valentine's Day reservations now before it's too late. Over 80 locations nationwide I wwwmeltingpot.com ❑ 934060 SPOSITA'S mu lm VC o FF RISTORANTE I TOTAL FOOD BILL Fine Italian Dining in a Casual Atmosphere OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK! OUR NEW HOURS (MON-THURS. ONLY) I I PLEASE PRESENT THIS COUPON TO RECEIVE DISCOUNT! 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