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Eat At Joe's

A Little Bit of New York
Right Here in Bloomfield Hills

6646Telegraph Road at Maple Road
Bloomfield Plaza ■ 248.932.0800

$10.00
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PARTY
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6/16
2005

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Must present coupon when placing order. 1 coupon per customer.
Ex ires 8/31/05
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A self-serve dining adventure can be found
down at Papa Joe's.

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eggplant rollatini with
he concept may not
angel hair pasta, pesto and
be a new one, since
pine nuts, veal Bolognese
many through the
with prosciutto and
years have tried it.
Fontina cheese and sweet
But in a much smaller way
Vermouth sauce, Chilean
... Never, to my knowledge,
sea bass with roasted shal-
in the grandiose scale that is
lots and lemon zest, stuffed
enjoyed by Papa Joe's on
chicken breast with
Woodward, between 14 and
bechamel
cheese and
15 Mile roads in
D ANNY
spinach, excellent lamb
Birmingham.
RA SKIN
chops, etc.
A mini-restaurant within a
Se nior
Papa Joe's even makes its
supermarket ... where people
Col umnist
own house dips ... gua-
can choose from more than
camole, salsa chef's dress-
100 items for self-serve lunch
ings, balsamic vinaigrette, creamy
or dinner, plus specialties of the day ...
Gorgonzola among 10 house made
and bring to their table ... There is not
preparations.
just one or two tables, or even three or
More than 100 people have lunch
four, but 15 in a 1,200-square-foot din-
ing sector with seating for approximate- daily and almost 100 more enjoy din-
ner at Papa Joe's ... A breakfast menu
ly 40 ... Also another five tables on an
is available on Sundays only ... The
outdoor patio.
And not a little some-
thing that a market
owner may run himself
or with his wife and
family to perhaps take in
a little side money.
This in itself is big busi-
ness ... with a full-time
executive chef, a couple of
assistant chefs and about
40 employees ... 15 peo-
ple at an open "show"
kitchen of about 400
square feet on the main
floor and around 25 at a
larger kitchen on the sec-
ond floor.
Papa Joe's carryout,
too, is such that it even
makes sure that people
who purchase its gour-
met foods derive the
Papa Joe's owners Tony and Ed . Curtis flank
same goodness at home
Executive Chef William Hall.
as it was intended ...
amount is somewhat mind-boggling ...
When requested by customers,
instructions are given on how the food with more than five times the amount
originally expected when Papa Joe's
should be prepared by them ... Even
opened on Woodward in mid-
to the kinds of pots and pans to use.
Various counters hold dine-in and car- December, 2001.
When the market opened, Bill had a
ryout foods that give customers a wide
kitchen of just 500 square feet upstairs
variety from which to choose ... with
... The concept took off so much, with
cases that hold pastas, gourmet items,
catering also expanding, that a build-
soups, sandwiches, salads, etc. ... Each
ing was taken over next door, and at
day brings more fresh specials.
3,000 square feet, it is now about six
Gourmet signature dishes prepared
times larger.
by Executive Chef William Hall and
Executive Chef Bill Hall is no
his associates include specialties like