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The Best Of Everything
JN Ilteetyre magazine
Grandma's Classics
Lily's in Royal Oak brings to life some mouth-watering family favorites.
p.m., lunch and dinner ...
t originally was the old
with
132-seating indoors and
Kresge Building in
15
in
an outer patio of
Royal Oak, but most
umbrella-covered
tables ... The
folks remember it as the for-
on-premises
micro
brewery,
mer Silver Office Supply Co.
with
its
large
kettles
and fer-
before becoming an
mentation
and
storage
cellar,
American Fitness Center.
makes
its
own
creme
soda
and
However, with all the note
root
beer
along
with
six
beers
that the building has had
on tap.
through the years, today's
DAN NY
Lily's presents a pleasant,
tenant might be making the
RAS KIN
informal
atmosphere with its
most noise with its existence
Sen for
semi-open
style kitchen, large
... The good kind of clamor
Colu mnist
and
smaller
booths, dark
which people enjoy because
woods,
back-mirrored
bar,
of its daily offerings.
family
photos,
a
wall
that
looks
like
the
It became Lily's Seafood Grill &
real
antique
thing
but
has
a
Stroh
logo
Brewery in 1999, on Washington, south
of Fourth, gaining a reputation for being painted on the look of cement block,
etc. ... Also on the restaurant walls are
the kind of restaurant that brings dining
the works of local Royal Oak artists ... A
enjoyment.
couple of years ago, Bob had them pre-
No pretentious decor ornaments,
view
their art for exposure and to liven
except a subtle nautical theme with dec-
orative metal fish hanging in
the entrance and bar area, to
offset its real purpose, that of
good food at reasonable prices.
Brother-owners Bob and
Scott Morton named it after
their grandmother, Lily Strange,
who had passed on some of her
home-noted recipes to their
mother, Mae Morton ...
Appetizers like grandma's
Scottish style smoked salmon
dip with vegetables and spices;
steamed mussels with crushed
garlic, shallots and chardonnay
Lily's owners Scott and Bob Morton
... entree favorites mustard
chicken marinated in Vermont
up his walls.
maple syrup, apple cider vinegar and
Its homemade desserts are of note ...
fresh herbs; ravioli stuffed with smoked
especially
the Key lime cheesecake from
salmon in a spicy chipotle cream sauce
an original family recipe, and the
and grated Asiago cheese.
Bourbon Street pie with its hand-rolled
Among the most wanted dishes is the
crust filled with bourbon ... Of course,
delicious Lily's old country seafood boil,
few
can resist the time-honored Sanders
combining shrimps, scallops, mussels,
hot
fudge
cream puff classic with its lus-
catfish, redskin potatoes and tomatoes
cious
French
vanilla ice cream, whipped
sauteed with fresh garlic and butter in a
cream
and
maraschino
cherry
saffron-laced bouillon ... This dish ranks
Homemade soups are winners ... espe-
with a seared sesame sushi-grade tuna
cially a signature Creole soup with
dusted with sesame flour on a bed of
authentic Antdotiillee sausage, crawfish
baby spinach and drizzled with a ginger
tails and chicken breast in a hearty
infused soy miso ... Also, a mighty fine
tomato and garden vegetable broth ...
mesquite grilled salmon on mustard tar-
The
honey basil butter that Lily's makes
ragon.
is
a
delightful
taste temptation.
Lily's Seafood Grill & Brewery is a
Lily Strange's home in Scotland was a
seven-day restaurant, 11 a.m. to 12:30
family place for laughter and fun ...
Today the restaurant named in her
Danny Raskin's e-mail address is
honor by grandsons Bob and Scott
dannyraskin@sbcglobal. net.
Morton is in respect for Lily's same
I
informal gathering spot ... in concert
with a memorable togetherness of her
big favorite ... plentiful good food for all.
MAKING DESTINATION rounds
... To Seldom Blues, Detroit, for sea
bass and jazz; To Romantica, Southfield,
for Salmon Sun; To Blue Ginger, West
Bloomfield, for Malaysian, Vietnamese
and Japanese fare; to Giorgio's, West
Bloomfield, for ruby red trout.
A 53-YEAR WAIT ... and Barry
Goodman, owner of Harper Furniture,
finally has his first hole-in-one ...
Came on the 146-yard, par three sixth
hole ... while playing with Joe Munro
at Coyote Preservation Golf in Fenton.
LOOKING FOR a novel way to
celebrate your birthday? ... Leo Barris
might have one you can try ... Back in
1948 as an 18-year-old, he parachuted
out of a plane at Ft. Benning, Ga. ...
Family and friends recently watched
him fete his 80th birthday diving from
14,000 feet at Meyers Airport in
Tecumseh.
He also donated his 194th pint of
blood at Temple Kol Ami ... but in
case you're wondering, no, the red
stuff wasn't from Leo's dive.
MAIL DEPT. ... "Down here in
Florida the shuls have cleaned the
Torahs and gotten the lizards out of the
sanctuary for the High Holiday services
... Many of the synagogues here don't
have cantors so they use recordings of
services from other years and places.
"Down on the South Beach here in
Miami, the hotels are offering specials
for the High Holidays, with room,
food and services for $3,000 a night.
The new Mandarin Hotel in Miami
serves a kosher Chinese dinner for eight
at $16,000, but you can keep the chop-
sticks. The Chinese cantor is a stretch,
as are these paragraphs." ... Stanley
Rosenberg, Miami, Fla.
QUESTION & ANSWER Dept. ...
Q. Is it true that Small Plates in
downtown Detroit is closed? We had
gone there a couple of times last year,
enjoyed it, and they seemed busy
enough. We were thinking of going
back but were told that they are out of
business." ... Norm Miller,
Farmington Hills.
A. Couldn't be further from the
truth ... Small Plates is definitely still
open ... "Our business has never been
better," says owner Todd Stern. "In
fact, we are opening a second place in
the Northwest area in early 2006." ❑
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