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The nationally honored Jeremy Restaurant celebrates its second anniversary.

standing ... like the cold
he combination is
cucumber soup that numbers
quite rare ... but
among many favorites.
many times the rea-
Since its 2003 opening,
son for a restaurant's success.
Jeremy
restaurant has
For example, the highly
increased
its opening for din-
touted Jeremy Restaurant &
ner
from
five
to six evenings:
Bar on Cass Lake Road in
Tuesday
through
Saturday,
Keego Harbor, which recent-
5:30-10,
and
Sunday,
5:30-9
ly celebrated its second
... Menu offerings also
anniversary.
DANNY
include more selections than
When it opened on June
RASKIN
originally
presented ... Cur-
28, 2003, numerous people
Senior
rendy,
under
construction
were under the erroneous
Columnist
too,
is
an
outside
patio with
impression that the owner-
an
anticipated
opening
next
ship was just by its youthful
month. The eclectic interior is
chef, Jeremy Grandon ... They knew
how very difficult it is for a good chef to of century-old paneling with dark wood
tables and high-back chairs ... Elegant,
also be a good businessperson ... That as
inviting decor includes framed artwork
the saying goes, in the restaurant game
lining the dining room, a handsome
especially, riding two horses with one
granite-topped bar and elaborate mis-
butt many times leads only to disaster ...
matched chandeliers.
This has been proven when fine chefs
Jeremy restaurant has been honored
hopefully open their own restaurants
Bon Appetit magazine ... and just six
by
and leave the business end to others who
months
after opening was already receiv-
have no interest what-
ing culinary acco-
soever in its success or
lades
... It was the
failure.
only Michigan
Such is not the case
restaurant featured
of Jeremy restaurant
in Bon Appetit's
where the truth came
2004 Top
out quickly that its
Restaurants issue
very good chef was not
... honored for
only a partner, but also
Jeremy restaurant's
just that ... its chef ...
"smart, yet down-
And his wife, Paula
to-earth
sweets like
Grandon, who serves
berry
trifle
with
as the restaurant gener-
mango
sabayon
al manager and maitre
and angel food
d', was his partner.
cake.
This gave their
Jeremy and Paula Grandon
Jeremy restau-
restaurant the best of
rant
is already
two worlds since she
classed
among the
is an astute businessperson ... a perfect
finest
restaurants
in
Michigan
... and
complement to his culinary genius.
still
may
not
have
even
reached
its peak.
Because of this combination, Jeremy
IT'S SOMEWHAT difficult-to rea-
restaurant has seen between 40,000 and
son that a restaurant at the same loca-
50,000 patrons since it opened ... while
tion and serving the same food of the
enjoying 300-500 customers each week.
same culture would be more successful
Mind you that Jeremy is a small
than one that failed shortly before it.
restaurant ... with seating for only about
Changing from delicatessen to Italian
70 in the main dining room and lounge
is about as far apart as a restaurant oper-
(12 bar seats and eight bar stools.)
ation can get ... And drastic changes will
Its numbers may not be large to the
have
to be made ... Especially in the
eye, but considering the small dining
service,
which was one of the major
area, they are huge in reality.
downfalls
at both the previous Italian
Chef Jeremy's beef tenderloin with
restaurant
and the deli that followed.
onion marmalade and a Chilean sea bass
Peter Berishaj, owner of the former
in soy ginger broth are not only its best
Sky Deli that recently closed, is not
sellers but prime examples of a sound
without
Italian experience ... He had
culinary talent ... His soups are out-

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been a chef at Larco's from 1975 to
1979, when their fine dining spot was
on McNichols in Detroit.
Two different ballgaines with one
pitcher ... Hope he makes it.
LAST YEAR'S Arts du Jour at
Somerset South in Troy was attended by
1,200 people who whooped it up in the
night of food, music and art in a bit of a
taste of what's on tap for the Labor Day
weekend biggie.
The "official appetizer" for Arts, Beats
& Eats also raised more than $91,000
for its selected charities ... One of last
year's restaurants, Hunter House, ran
out of hamburgers from its never-ending
long lines ... But this year's restaurants,
like Andiamo, Capital Grill, Charley's
Crab, Palm, Picano's, Cafe Mario, Fox
& Hounds, Italian Epicure, Maria's
Front Room, Plaza Deli, Melting Pot,
McCormick & Schmick, Beans &
Cornbread, Crumpets, etc., will make
sure to have more than enough food for
the record crowd expected ... Sunday,
Aug. 28, 7-10:30 p.m..
FIRST ANNUAL Kosher Wine
Tasting by Vineyards Marketplace in
Farmington Hills, is set for Thursday,
Sept. 22, 6:30 p.m. ... Almost a hundred
kosher wines from countries around the
world, reds and whites, will be accompa-
nied by Shirlee Bloom's kosher hot and
cold hors d'oeuvres ... A major portion
of the $30 per person will be given to
Farmington Hills-based JARC for its
excellent work, providing homes and
services for people with developmental
disabilities.
GOOD DISH DEPT ... Greek bean
soup, with carrots, celery, onion, parsley
and olive oil ... soup of the day on
Tuesdays at Angelo's Bistro on Orchard
Lake Road in West Bloomfield.
GET WELL WISHES ... To Blanche
Duke, recuperating at home after a stay
at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak.
TWO FINE FORMER deli men will
soon return to action owning their own
delicatessens ... Stan Snitz' Stan's Deli on
Woodward in Royal Oak ... and Ron
Forman's Bagel Deli on 14 Mile and M-
5 in Commerce Township.
• IS IT TRUE ... that Alban's Bottle &
Basket on Woodward in Birmingham,
will become the new home of a north-
west area jeweler?

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

8/25
2005

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