Arts & Entertainment THE BEST OF EVERYTHING Chews And News From Iamb ribs and baby beef ribs to a chocolate spa. de cuisine ... Pastry cones filled with crab com- otpourri ... pote, crab claws wrapped with crab mousse, oys- Another restaurant jumps on the fast- ters baked with lobster gratin, brie puffs, tender- rolling culinary bandwagon of small bar- loin strips, pulled chicken drumsticks, etc. becued lamb ribs and baby beef ribs ... They are The smiling, efficient servers and various now being served at Giorgio's Gourmet Diner in employees no doubt received masterful training Sugar Tree, Orchard Lake Road, north of 15 Mile, by Tom, whose McKinnon's restaurant in West Bloomfield ... Owner George Golematis, for- Northville is now being run by his son, Ian. mer head maitre d' and tableside head chef at the AND YOU THOUGHT that chocolate was only fine Benchmark restaurant, is leaving the cooking good to eat ... Take it from Tamara Friedman at to none but himself, and they are going over big. Tamara's Spa on Northwestern Highway, Farming- Danny Raskin The prices are right, too ... Small barbecued lamb Senior Columnist ton Hills, the chocoholic gals can have all the ribs, lunch $9.95, dinner $13.95 ... Barbecued beef chocolate they want on Valentine's Day, Tuesday, ribs, lunch $8.95, dinner $12.95 ... Also at Giorgio's Feb. 14, without worrying.about calories ... Like Gourmet Diner are succulent beef short ribs with having their faces splattered with a chocolate face mask for mushroom gravy or zip sauce, lunch $8.95, dinner $13.95 ... softness, or having a bath of whipped milk and cocoa ... 'Even All include scalloped potatoes and soup or salad. a cocoa butter scrub and chocolate fondue wrap. (And no, you THOSE WHO CAME no doubt thought there were even more, and they could be right ... By the time folks were begin- don't dip her in the.chocolate!) ... No cheating, girls; the fin- ger-lickin' good chocolate is for the outside of your body. ning to leave, the count had reached 1,500 coming and going GOOD BUY DEPT.... 1/2-pound hamburger and fries, $3, at the pre-opening of the new Grand City Grille in Detroit's Wednesdays after.6 p.m. at all Mr. Joe's, McVee's and Snookers Fisher Building. operations (except the Snookers in Royal Oak) ... Same great Neither Southern Hospitality Group's C.E.O. Frank Taylor's ones as served at Mr. Joe's in Southfield. California tailor nor his local clothier, Bruce Goldman of READER MINI-CRITIQUE ... "A gold star to Golden L'uomo Vogue, could attend but Frank did them proud with Phoenix on Orchard Lake Road [in West Bloorrifield]. The his usual sartorial elegance ... Partners Robert Porcher and food is excellent, with many fine choices to choose from. They Jerry Nottage were also in Frank's well-dressed image, both truly care about their patrons and are always eager to please. dressed to the hilt. Whenever my husband, Jay, and I have dinner there, either Some 5,000 chicken pops, 5,000 baby back ribs, 2,500 the husband or wife [Shaw and Helen Ng] take time to stop pieces of quiche, 2,500 spring rolls, over 35 cases of wine and by many of the tables just to say hello?' ... Marian Grant. champagne (12 bottles per case), etc.... The outpouring of SHE HAS ALWAYS been a soft touch for the needy and folks was certainly quite a tribute to the fellows. HE COULDN'T SPEAK a word of English when arriving in unfortunate, but hidden in the background of her exploits Detroit from Israel in 1958 as an 11-year-old, and learned the that have madeex-localite Jackie Kallen a nationally recog- nized figure is something few people back home in Detroit delicatessen counter workings at Loewy's Delicatessen on know about ... her charity work. Linwood. -Following Jackie's movie and TV successes, managing box- Today,A1Winkler and Lillian Schostak (hubby, Lee) make up ing champions, being titled "First Lady of Boxing;' authoring the brotlier and sister partner act in the Bread Basket deli chain a book, etc., she has now opened her own gym in south Los that recently opened its fourth location on East Eight Mile, War- Angeles for underprivileged youngsters ... Plus her new Lenox ren. Others are in Livonia, Redford and Detroit.... The Oak Park Boxing Club, Jackie helps battered and abused women, sets Bread Basket is independently owned and not part of the chain. up boxing programs in the inner city, etc. Lillian was with Al in the 1970s while he and Sy Ginsberg were partners until 1980 at the Pickle Barrel at Evergreen and • CONGRATS ... To Thelma Langwald on her birthday ... Belatedly to former localites Harold "Huck" and Ethel Bobroff 12, Southfield, and then until Al sold it in 1994. in Aventura, Fla., on their 52nd anniversary .:. To Aaron Katz In those days, Al recalls, the Pickle Barrel was open seven on his birthday. days a week from 6 a.m. to 1 a.m., selling over 3,000 pounds RESTAURANT MENU stuff to beware of ... Lobster offers of corned beef weekly ... Each of their present locations today that give no size ..."Chcipped Sirloin" that is plain hamburger is a six-day operation with much shorter hours and go through between 4,000 and 5,000 pounds each week, he says.' meat ... "Kosher-Style" when there is no such thing. GOOD SERVER DEPT. ... Becky Barber at Sposita's Between Al, Lillian and their managers, they make up Ristorante, 14 Mile, between Orchard Lake and Farmington almost 200 years of delicatessen experience ... Dave Shpargel, roads, West Bloomfield ... Smiling, personable and efficient. Livonia, 40; Adam Brakke, Redford, 20; Will Harris, Detroit, REUNION DEPT.... Date is set for Detroit Mumford High's 25; Craig Goldberg, Warren, 35; Al, 40; Lillian, over 30. 50-year biggie by its 1956 classes ... It'll be Saturday, Aug. 26, THE FOOD SAID a multitude of unspoken words ... That - at the Roostertail in Detroit ... Call Susan Klinger Radner it had to have been prepared by someone who truly knew his (248) 669-0889, or e-mail mumford56@sbcglobal.net . or her stuff ... Five Restaurant in Plymouth is off on a steady right foot with the likes of Executive Chef Torn McKinnon, one of the area's best cuisine kings, and 20-year-old Culinary Danny's e-mail address is dannyraskin@sbcglobaLnet. Institute of America graduate Donald Pikula, Tom's fine chef p Arnerica.n Bulk Food 6698 Orchard Lake Road Baskin Robbins 39480W. 14 Mile Road Bellacino's 32720 Grand River Ave Bellacino's 29101 Northwestern HWY Boon Kai Restaurant I 252 S. 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