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A Bit Of Mexico

Diners sing the praises of Ole Ole.

shredded cheese, etc. ... All
this and much more ... in
Senior Columnist
numbers that would make any
restaurant very envious.
ow celebrating three
Another big favorite is the
years since opening
new
menu item of Mexican
in May of 2002, a
pizza
(two 10-inch flour tor-
restaurant that had people
tillas layered with Spanish
passing by and wondering
sauce, onions, bell peppers,
what it was has finally
tomatoes, avocados, mush-
changed its name.
DAN NY
rooms and zucchini ... topped
There will be many smiles
with
chicken, steak or ground
RAS
KIN
in the new-found knowledge
beef)
Sen
for
for those who didn't stop ...
Local personalities like Mike
Colum nist
The sign shaped like a
Hitch,
Ernie Harwell, Steve
Mexican hat isn't up yet for
Mariucci and others are among those
the new name of Ole Ole Mexican
who might now be sitting at the next
Cantina ... instead of Ole Ole
table devouring Mexican dishes that are
Southwestern Bar and Grill ... on the
seen only in Detroit's Mexico Town.
corner of Walled Lake Drive and 14
Specialties include Arroz con polo,
Mile Road ... at East Lake Drive in
strips
of chicken breast, Camarones
Novi.
Rancheros,
shrimp sauteed with fresh
There's very little doubt about it being
squash, tomatoes, zucchini and onions,
a full-service Mexican restaurant with a
Burritos de Fajitas, marinated strips of
large menu selection that includes
grilled steak or chicken wrapped in a
numerous signature dishes seldom seen
flour tortilla, and much more.
elsewhere ... as well as a bevy of tradi-
Ole Ole Mexican Cantina, owned by
tional Mexican cuisine favorites.
brothers
Robert and Sam Cvetkovsky,
Since opening, biggest seller at Ole
has
come
a long way ... with more and
Ole has been the fajitas (steak, chicken,
more
than
the 550,000 patrons in just
shrimp or vegetable), of which over
three years claiming it as a heavy favorite
75,000 pounds have been sold ...
for this highly popular ethnic cuisine.
Second in popularity are the rattlesnake
It is truly a
burritos filled with
delightfully
ground beef, diced
interesting
onions, tomatoes, let-
experience ...
tuce, topped with
and certainly
chili, salsa and
among this
jalapenos (135,000
locale's dining
orders).
bargains ...
It has only been
where the
served a little over a
words home-
month, but the new
made fresh-
homemade flans at
ness mean so
Ole Ole have become
much.
big dessert favorites
IT'S A
... Peach, strawberry
Brothers Sam and Robert Cvetkovsky
KOSHER
and apple flans filled
carry-out and
with cream and
catering operation, but passes too as a
topped with a cinnamon soak.
little kosher restaurant that too many
Proof that people have been discoveiL
people think of only for its catering and
ing the excellent Mexican dining
carry-out connotations.
prowess of Ole Ole are the numbers in
This coming February will be 25 years
just three years ... 145,000 pounds of
since Unique Kosher Catering opened
ground beef, 50,000 pounds of chicken
its doors on Greenfield between 10 Mile
breast, almost 100,000 pounds of gua-
and 1-696 in Oak Park ... Back then, in
camole, 120,000 taco shells, 95,000
1981, it was what people thought ... but
pounds of ribs, 80,000 nachos, 250,000
today,
Unique Kosher is quite different.
margaritas, about 167,000 pounds of
Plus the kosher carry-out and cater-
Danny Raskin's e-mail address is
ing, it is also a five-booth, 18-seat kosher
dannyraskin@sbcglobal.net.
restaurant where folks can order from

DANNY RASKIN

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the menu or a small blackboard, or
select from the clean cases ... After selec-
tions are made, the food is warmed for
sit-down consumption on the premises.
Unique is open six days for lunch and
five for dinner ... Monday-Thursday, 10
a.m.-7 p.m.; Friday, 8:30-4:30 in sum-
mer and to 3:30 in Winter; Sunday, 10-
6 ... Under supervision of the Council
of Orthodox Rabbis.
Lunch or dinner have affordable
prices, like roast beef sub, side of slaw
and beverage, $7.99; white Albacore
tuna, bag of potato chips and beverage,
$6.99; oven-baked chicken, farfel and
Israeli salad, $6.99 ... Even combina-
tions put together like a bowl of mush-
room barley or other soup, $4, and a 5-
6-ounce corned beef or pastrami sand-
wich, $7.50, make for good buys in
kosher dining.
True Jewish traditional cuisine with
kosher blessings ... at prices within reach
... Somewhat of a find in itself.
DAD IS GREEK, with a Greek
restaurant in Greektown ... His three
daughters also run a dining spot in
Greektown.
Jim Papas owns the highly popular
Pegasus Taverna on Monroe ...
Daughters Athina, Maria and Stella
Papas operate the new Mosaic restaurant
on Monroe as well.
But the innovative Mosaic culinary
spot is as far from Greek as Greece is to
the sun ... with dishes that they refer to
as "World Cuisine" because Mosaic
takes in foods from other countries ...
No Greek.
MAIL DEPT ... "If your readers
haven't tried the new lighter fare at Tony
and Sonya's Embers Restaurant in Keego
Harbor, they're missing some great food
on a budget. Fresh chicken, tuna and
egg salad plates surrounded by chunks
of sweet melons. Wrap sandwiches are
vegetarian or more substantial." ...
Martin Bader, Orchard Lake.
CONGRATS ... To Marilyn and
Harold Moses on their 50th anniversary.
REUNION DEPT ... 50th by
Detroit Central High class of 1955 is set
for ... Saturday, Sept. 10, 7:30 p.m. ... at
Temple Beth El on Telegraph in
Bloomfield Township... For more info,
call Irwin Rabinowitz, (248) 888-1470,
or hit the Web site,
detroitcentral55.com .

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