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A Cozy 40 Years

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Dinner for Two

ETHIOPIAN FEAST
VEGETARIAN FEAST

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$ 30.00
$ 25.00

offer expires April 30th, 2005 - with coupon

545 West 9 Mile • Ferndale • 248-547-6699
221 E. Washington Rd. • Ann Arbor • 734-998-4746

Open for Dinner Only • Hours -Sun 3-9, Mon-Thurs 5-9, Fri-Sat 4-11

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Enjoy such favorites as: Peach Cobbler Waffles &
Spanish Harlem Omelettes

10:30 am
to
1:30 pm

Early Bird Dinner!

Per Person

Available 7 Days a Week • 3-6 pm
Dine In Only

■ Fried Chicken ■ BBQ Rib Tips
■ Broiled or Fried Catfish ■ Meatloaf

Your choice of:

includes 2 Sides 8- Dessert

29508 Northwestern Hwy.

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(in the Sunset Strip),

248-208-1680

at Traffic Jam & Snug ... It is
hen it comes to
also somewhat of a museum
restaurants that have
... or at least has a collection
withstood the ele-
of antiques all over the place
ments of rime, some folks may
... Amidst its more than 100-
hold a tendency to sometimes
year-old
barn wood, farm
forget about them ... what with
implements
hanging from
today's fast whirl of rising and
the
ceiling,
stained
glass
falling dining operations.
from
churches
and
glam-
In the 40 years that Traffic
DANNY
orous homes, are gas street
Jam & Snug has been in exis-
RAS KIN
lights dating back to 1860,
tence on the southeast corner
Senior
glass lampshades from 1890,
of Canfield and Second in
Columnist
etc.
Detroit, many more people
The former owners, Ben
than not still remember it ...
Edwards
and
Richard Vincent collect-
Since 1965, Traffic Jam & Snug has
ed
so
many
antiques
that people must
served more than 5 million customers
have thought that it was a side business
... and the number continues to grow.
for them.
The food is good, wholesome fare
It even has its own in-house dairy
always welcomed by lunch and dinner-
goers who will travel lona b distances for where the famous Carlotta Chocolatta
ice cream cheesecake its made ... The
the homemade meatloaf with leeks,
carrots, apples, currants and curry ... or ice cream served is also made at the
dairy ... Traffic Jam makes almost
the strangely-named "Ants Climbing
2,000
gallons of ice cream each year.
the Tree," a Vietnamese pasta of
When husband and wife Scott
sauteed vegetables tossed with cello-
phane noodles in a
slightly spicy soy
sauce ... The inter-
national array of
food even includes
a northern India
curry stew of
boned chicken
breast, mushrooms,
cauliflower, cashews
and gold raisins ...
and an Ethiopian
platter of spicy red
split peas, yellow
lentils and sauteed
collard greens.
One of the
entrees, Empanada
Argentina, is on the Carolyn Howard and Scott Lowell
special menu and
cannot be gotten
Lowell and Carolyn Howard bought
elsewhere ... a pastry turnover with red
Traffic Jam & Snug in 1999, they con-
beans, shredded white cheddar cheese,
tinued making their own cheeses, vari-
onion, red and green peppers,
eties of bread and, as Michigan's first
jalapenos, garlic, raisins and cinnamon
brew pub, hand-crafted ales and lagers
... And there's good or American crab
... using much of the same equipment
cakes, too, plus hamburgers, fish and
for
both the cheeses and beers.
chips, etc.
Still
at the restaurant with Scott and
One of its specialty soups, portabella
mushroom, laced with sherry and fresh Carolyn are longtime stalwarts Vanessa
Buie, cook 30 years; Pete
oregano in a vegetarian cream base, is
Waldenmeyer, baker 25 years; Joyce
to be raved about.
But there is so much more than food Guzman, server 25 years; and Mart
Casadonte, head chef 15 years.

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