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The Best Of Everything
Food And Fuel
"Destination" restaurants remain successful
despite high gasoline prices.
D
isa 'N Data ...
MUST BE
SOME sort of a
had better change their ways
and really come up with that
something instead of fooling
themselves.
record ... Four restaurants
ROSH HASHANAH
within months ... and at the
beer? ... Honest,
KOSHER
same location.
by
He'Brew
messiah bold beer
First Tirami-Su ... Then
put
out
by
the
Shmaltz
Sky Deli ... Then Alla
Brewing
Co.
of
Sarasota
Romana ... And now another
Springs,
N.Y.
...
Not being a
using the same name of Alla
DANNY
kosher
vino,
it
won't
be at the
Romana ... The first three
RASKIN
Vineyard's
upcoming
tasting,
failed and the owner of
Senior
but
sure
is
drawing
a
lot of
Tirami-Su, the first one, has
Columnist
attention
there.
taken over Alla Romana.
First annual Kosher Wine
This very strange merry-
and
Food Tasting by
go-round unfolds with Peter Bershaj,
Vineyards
Marketplace
on Northwestern,
former owner of Sky Deli and the first
Highway
in
Farmington
Hills, is
Ma Romana, opened by him after his
Thursday,
Sept
22,
6:30-9:30
p.m. ...
deli failure, no longer in the picture ...
Around 100 kosher wines from coun-
Joe Danna, owner of the original ill-
tries worldwide will be accompanied by
fated Tirami-Su on Orchard Lake Road,
Shirlee Bloom's traditional hot and cold
Farmington Hills, is back and still (-ill-
hors
d'oeuvres.
ing it Ma Romana ... Three restaurants
One
hundred percent of the $30 per
opening and closing at the same spot
person
proceeds
will be given to
while the fourth hopes it doesn't play
Farmington Hills-based JARC for its
follow the leader.
excellent work with homes and services
THE PRICE OF gas still continues
for people with development disabilities
to play havoc with a lot of motorists ...
and with attendance at many restaurants ... Tickets are available at Vineyards
Marketplace.
... But a majority of the good destina-
SINGING WAITERS who can sing
tion dining spots are holding their own
are
in the minority and a lot of enter-
because they are just that ... good desti-
taining
fun ... When they can also wait
nation restaurants.
on
tables
with expertise, it is like a base-
When most people crave a certain
ball
team
winning both ends of a dou-
something at a particular restaurant,
ble-header.
they'll pass other eating spots to get what
This is how it is with Javier Ramirez, a
they want.
wonderful
waitperson at Sposita's Italian
The destination restaurants that have
Ristorante,
14 Mile between Orchard
what others don't will almost always win
Lake
Road
and
Farmington Road, West
out ... Like Rhapsody, Southgate, for
Bloomfield
...
He
came to Sposita's
Hungarian dishes one dreams about;
shortly
after
it
opened
back in 1999,
Volare, Wixom, for Bistecca fiorentina
directly from 12 years at Carl's Chop
like it's made in Northern Italy; Pegasus,
House, and instantly became a big
Detroit, for lamb correctly prepared;
favorite.
Chef's Cuisine, White Lake, for true
Javier is also a guitarist with the nine-
mom-and-pop cooking; Fonte D'
piece
Mariachi Cora band, most of
Amore, Livonia, for Veal a la More;
whose
members are from the little town
Assaggi, Ferndale, for dishes from
of
Cora
in Mexico.
Mediterranean countries; Italian
He
loves
to sing and Sposita's cus-
Epicure, Novi, for four-cheese baci;
tomers
love
to hear his romantic songs
Cuisine, Detroit, for fresh French turbot
in
Javier's
native
tongue ... As a server,
... etc.
his
prompt
efficiency
and personably
These are the days of the destination
gracious ways are standouts.
restaurant ... and those who only think
A LOT OF musical fun-festing is in
they have something different to offer
store for Saturday, Sept. 17, 7 p.m., at
Yossi's Israeli Cuisine, north side of
Danny Raskin's e-mail address is
Robin's Nest, 14 Mile and Orchard Lake
dannyraskin@sbcglobal.net.
Road, West Bloomfield ... Singalong of
Israeli, Hebrew, etc., songs will be led
and accompanied by Aliya on accordion
and Slomo on Guitar ... no charge.
CONTRARY TO SOME belief, Joe's
Crab Shack on Maple, east of Orchard
Lake Road, in West Bloomfield, is in no
way connected with Florida's legendary
Joe's Stone Crab ... In fact, Joe's Stone
Crab seems to have more little shrimp
dishes than it does crab ... The food is
fair, but the place is a lot of fun for
youngsters.
GOOD BUY DEPT ... The 1 '/4-
pound lobster on Tuesdays at Mario's on
Second, Detroit, $9.95.
CONGRATS ... To Mikki and James
Hill on their first anniversary ... To Paula
Blair on her birthday, celebrated with
table for 15 at Sposita's Ristorante ... To
Jody Jonas, Sandy Yagoda and Jordyn
Beckwith on their birthdays.
THIRTY YEARS AGO, she wanted
to call her first gift shop A Touch of
Glass, but discovered that a store across
the street was already using it ... So a dis-
appointed Judye Koploy shook her head
and named it after the Franklin house in
which she opened her little 420-square-
foot gift shop.
It was a more than 100-year-old home
(1867) that had been named for the
people who lived there and in the back
made the first Franklin Dry Roasted
peanuts so popular today.
Slade's Gift Shop was there five years,
went to Applegate Square in Southfield
... and is now celebrating its 30-year
anniversary ... in a new 5,000-square-
foot locale, across from Tapper's in
Orchard Lake Mall, Orchard Lake Road
and Maple, West Bloomfield.
QUESTION & ANSWER DEPT ...
Q. "In your column, you mentioned
about Sonny Eliot telling a story about
Ivan Boesky being the son of Sam
Boesky. Didn't you mean Bill Boesky?
Sam was Ivan's uncle. My dad, William
Kaufman, owned Kaufman Restaurant
Supply and put in the entire Brass Rail."
... Patty Kaufman O'Connor.
A. How could I have missed that,
Patty ... I sure remember Ivan working
for his dad, Bill Boesky, as his manager
of the Brass Rail on Adams in Detroit ...
Sam and Bill were brothers ... By the
way, Patty, your dad was one of the
swellest fellows I have known. El
American Bulk Food
6698 Orchard Lake Road
Baskin Robbins
39480W. 14 Mile Road
Bellicino's
32720 Grand River Ave
Bellacino's
29101 Northwestern HWY
Boon Kai Restaurant
1252 S. Commerce Road
China King
4785 Carroll Lake Road
China Queen
1130 E W. Maple Road
Damman Hardware
23300 Farmington Road
Dandee Donuts
7881 Cooley Lake Road
Dollar General Store
1160 E. West Maple
Ginos
1999 Cass Lake
Ginopolis Catering
278 I 5 Middlebelt
Hong Kong Express
5158 Highland Road
Jets Pizza
6641 Orchard Lake Road
Jewish Community Center
6600 W. Maple
Lin's Kitchen
37057 Grand River
Napoletana Classic Italian
5540 Drake Road
Papa Romanos Pizza
39711 Grand River Ave
Ripples of the Lakes
8317 Highland Road
Sero's Restaurant
29221 Northwestern HWY
Shangri La Chinese
6407 Orchard Lake Road
Star Bakery
29145 Northwestern HWY
Switched On Compact Discs
39723 Grand River Ave
Thai Kitchen
32734 Grand River Ave
Uptown Parthenon
4301 Orchard Lake Road
Vineyards Cafe & Catering
32418 Northwestern HWY
Video Jack
34785 Grand River
Wine Tasters Party Shoppes
1400 S. Cass Lake Road
Whole Foods
7350 Orchard Lake Road
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