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Food fit for the Hall Of Fame.

nother giant step by
him in the dream of
is parents is taken by
Jeffrey Rosenberg, whose late
kosher catering dad and
mom, Al and Sarah Rosen-
berg, wanted him to someday
become one of Michigan's top
kosher caterers.
Danny Raskin
After 20 years from the first
Senior
Columnist
affair, another caterer other •
than Paul Kohn and his
Quality Kosher Catering will do the annual Michigan
Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Induction Dinner,
Monday, Nov. 7, at Adat Shalom Synagogue.
Jeff Rosenberg will bring back the original style sit-
down dinner with waitpersons in the Adat Shalom
social hall ... following passed hors d'oeuvres and
seven hors d'oeuvres stations plus about six bars in
the large hall area.
Robert Porcher, former Detroit Lions three-time
Pro Bowl lineman, receives the Alvin Foon Humani-
tarian Award, with induction of Oscar Feldman,
Frank Goldberg and the late Sam Babcock.
Festivities begin at 7:30 p.m.... For more info, call
Elayne Wolfson, (248) 788-0911.
DON'T BE SURPRISED if owner Angelo
Georgizas eventually changes his Angelo's Bistro in
Sugar Tree on Orchard Lake Road, north 15 Mile,
West Bloomfield, into a complete Greek restaurant ...
His first love has always been to have a full-fledged
Greek dining spot here with low prices ... Date will
soon be set for Angelo's Greek Night with belly
dancer, bouzouki playing, free saganaki (flaming
cheese) etc.
GRUB CRAWL number two in the annual series
by West Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce, Tuesday,
Oct. 18, will again have over 20 restaurants along
Orchard Lake Road showcasing signature items ...
Folks 21 and older will go from restaurant to restau-
rant, either by bus or in their own cars, to sample the
dining spots' dishes ... Portion of the $36 tickets goes
to Gleaners Community Food Bank in Detroit... For
more info, call Brenda Rogerson, (248) 626-3636, or
e-mail brendawbcc@aol.com.
GOOD THINGS TO EAT Dept.... Imperial Corned
Beef with sauteed peapods and mushrooms at Hoa
Hoa, Novi Road, east of 14 Mile, Novi.
WHERE THEY ARE Dept.... Penny Zwick, former
general manager at Morton's, Southfield, and Forte,
Birmingham, is the excellent general manager at
Bacco's on Northwestern Highway, Southfield ...
Former public relations gent, Dennis Green, is now
marketing manager for People Mover, Detroit.
MORE PROOF THAT Small Plates, Broadway,
Detroit, is very much alive and well is its recent selec-
tion by the New York Times among places to eat here
... Listed with Todd Stern's restaurant were Seldom
Blues, Jacoby's and Lafayette Coney Island.

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THE SEARCH IS ended for a lot of folks ... That
noted chocolate Bumpy Cake they've been looking for
is now at Giorgio's in Sugar Tree, Orchard Lake Road
north of 15 Mile, West Bloomfield ... The onetime
Sanders delicious stalwart was with long streams of
butter cream on the top (the bumps) and covered
with chocolate frosting.
MAIL DEPT. ... "My husband, Milton, and I cele-
brated our 50th anniversary with a dinner for us and
our family at Bogarts restaurant on West Maple and
Farmington Road [in West Bloomfield], and can't say
enough about the food, service and atmosphere. The
owner Dean was very obliging and cooperative in his
desire to make our party a memorable occasion. He is
one of the kindest persons we have ever dealt with
when planning and making a party" ... Beverly Dunn,
Walled Lake.
CONGRATS ... To Lisa Weisman on her birthday.
ONLY TROUBLE with the three friends buying a
horse together was that it didn't have a name ... So the
problem has been solved for Ed Rosenberg, Lloyd
Schwartz and Dan Kahn, who hope to run their year-
ling the latter part of next spring at Gulfstream Race
Course in Florida ... Where they got the name
President's Date no one knows ... But it could have
something to do with all three being past presidents
of Tam O'Shanter Country Club in West Bloomfield.
SNOWBIRDS of Michigan Club of Florida will
meet Oct. 20, Nov. 7 and Dec. 5 at South County Civic
Center, Delray Beach ... Call Harry Lipsitz , (248) 661-
0367, or Edith Fried, (248) 661-0322.
QUESTION & ANSWER DEPT ...
Q. "I've got a big bet with Iz Samson and Sam
Gubov, with the loser taking us and our wives out to
dinner. They both say that Mike Ilitch was in the
restaurant business before he went into the pizza
business. I said he wasn't. Who wins?" ... Al "Fingers
Crossed" Merzon.
A. "You do, Al ... Before opening his first Little
Caesars Pizza carryout restaurant with wife, Marian,
in 1959, Mike was a shortstop in the Detroit farm sys-
tem but never made it to the big time, so got out of
baseball and went into the pizza business ... He sold
the pies in a nightclub, giving back 5 percent to the
owner before opening the first Little Caesars Pizza in
Garden City ... Either Iz or Sam must be thinking
about Hitch's first ventures into the restaurant game
after he became a big Little Caesars' success and
bought the Red Wings and Tigers ... In 1990, Mike
and Chef Jimmy Schmidt opened Tres Vite next to his
Fox Theatre, then Cocina del Sol on Northwestern
Highway in Southfield, and after that, Buster's Bay
fish restaurant on Orchard Lake Road in Orchard
Lake Village ... When that closed, he and Jim Kokus of
Detroit's Opus One opened it again as Jake's on the
Lake ... None of them ever made it. Fl

E-mail Danny at dannyraskin@ sbcglobal.net .

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