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was with a five-wood on the 161-
yard, par three seventh hole at Pine
Knob Country Club in Clarkston ...
Larry Allan missed the shot, being in
Charlevoix at the time, but Marvin
Shwedel and Paul Hooberman might
have done an extra wow! for him.
MAIL DEPT. ... "I enjoy reading
your column every week in the
Jewish News. However, I think your
letter from David Sonne in
California may have made a mistake
in his statement about restaurants. I
believe Le Louis in the Hotel de
Paris is in Monte Carlo, not
Morocco. I have been there, and it is
a lovely hotel and wonderful restau-
rant." ... Sharon Friedman, Fisher
Travel, Southfield.
(David e-mails back that Hotel
de Paris is indeed in Monte Carlo,
not Morocco, and says not to feel
bad when overpaying here for a
bowl of onion soup. At Le Louis it
is $40.)
MARK DOWN THE dates for
Linda Zalla's art showing at Cary
Gallery in Rochester ... Sept. 10-
Oct. 8 ... The artist's reception is
Sept.10, 6-8 p.m., and showing days
will be Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-5
p.m., and Thursday, 1 la.m.-2 p.m.
NOW THAT HE has finally
received his Class C liquor license,
Patrick Coleman, owner of Beans &
Cornbread on Northwestern
Highway in Southfield is playing it
smart ... For the present, he'll just
serve wines and beers to go with his
Great Delis: Recipes and Traditions
from Coast to Coast should be out by fine soul food ... Wines, in addition
to-food, have been what Patrick
the end of October or first part of
knows a lot about since his days as
November ... It'll be in Borders and
dining manager at Forte in
Barnes & Noble plus Internet sites.
Birmingham.
Sheryll may not be here at the
MAKING ROUNDS of yester-
Jewish Book Fair as scheduled, Nov.
years to hear ... Gary Jon Primo and
10 ... Scheduling conflict and her
daughter in San Diego giving Sheryll Staff at the Winery ... Tony and
Silent Woman ...
Carolyn at Mr.
a grandchild the reasons ... But her
Billy Rose Trio at Danny's Gin Mill
book will be on sale at the Book
... Dottie Dunn and the Gypsies at
Fair.
Mitch Housey's ... Charley Dubin at
•THE FOURSOME of close
friends plays regularly every Sunday•, Kingsley Inn ... Don Hill at Gold
• Key Inn ... Carl Steger at Scotch and
and have their usual oohs and ahs
while golfing together ... But jt.1§t',‘,.,.,',Siflpin ... Fred Boyne at Farm House
three were on hand for the biggest' * !.: Salky Sylvia Stoun at Royal Ascot
... Mel Ball Quartet at Ralph's ...
when former localite Paul
Rubenstein hit the group's first hole- Vince Ramo Trio at the Oak Barrel
... The Strolling Gypsies at Sussex
in-one ... He and wife Shelly, now
live in Fort Worth, Fla., and are here House ... George Young and the
•
Youngsters at Pier 500. ❑
until the end of August ... Paul's ace

sense for Frankenmuth's
t never did get very
Bavarian Inn restaurant's
much off the ground
"Chicken Reigns King"
... Somewhat like a
promotion
that will go on
bird with a wounded wing
from
September
through
... But the end was
October.
inevitable, although not
Not many dining spots in
expected so soon.
the
nation go through more
Closing of Sky Deli
chick
meat than Tiny and
after its opening just over
Dorothy
Zender's place
five months ago in March,
that
serves
around
DANNY
came as a shock to many
1,500,000
pounds
annually
RASKIN
but the overhead was
in
their
famous
all-you-can-
Sen
for
much too big to overcome
eat chicken meals ... And
Colum nist
... especially with a large
how
about yearly numbers
portion of the space used
like
12,500
pounds of
very little and hardly taking in any
homemade
seasoning
salt, 160,000
income ... The unused lounge area
pounds-of
dressing,
220,000
pounds
proved a disaster.
of
mashed
potatoes,
15
gallons
of
This plus untrained service help
gravy
and
273,000
loaves
of
bread.
that left a lot to be desired has
During the "Chicken Reigns
brought about what will be a com-
King"
promo, lunch or dinner will
plete dining turnabout ... from deli-
include all-you-can-eat family style
catessen to a segment of fine dining.
It will become an Italian restaurant or seven other preparations includ-
again ... in no way affiliated with the ing pecan encrusted chicken,
Alfredo, Florentine, smoked, etc.
former Tirami-Su that failed and
GOOD WAITPERSON DEPT.
closed before Sky Deli ... New name
...
"How long have you worked
will be Alla Romano, changing to
here?"
asked the pleased customer ...
Italian dining by Sky Deli owner
"Ten
minutes,"
said personable, fast
Peter Berishaj with a couple of
and efficient Linda Bond, waitress at
"working" partners.
Harbor Steak House on Orchard
Expected opening is sometime this
Lake Road in Keego Harbor ... Her
month.
IF YOU HAVEN'T seen people in experience after 20 years at the
Airport Inn on Highland Road,
many years, have heart, they'll prob-
clearly shows.
ably be at Pepino's restaurant in
AWAITED BOOK BY former
Walled Lake on a Saturday night ...
Detroiter Sheryll Bellman, America's
and other evenings, too ... Also a lot

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of folks you see numerous times as
well.
Seems that Pepino's, along with
having one of the best all-around
dining experiences of food, service
and value for the money, has also
become very much a place to be seen
as well ... Sort of a lot like the old
Darbys used to be.
While at Pepino's, by the way, you
might want to try one of Joe
Bernardi's great recipes ... appetizer
or entree ... The excellent angel hair
pasta with garlic, basil, olive oil and
slivered almonds ... It's one of
Pepino's many big sellers.
SINCE SEPTEMBER will be
National Chicken Month, it makes

Danny Raskin's e-mail address is
dannyraskin@sbcglobal.net.

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