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Pancake-Style

You have to know the code to get the corned beef right.

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April 27 y 2006

Mr. Joe's, 12 Mile, east of
and a healthy lifestyle says
finally found out how to get a
Northwestern Highway,
Jackie.
corned beef omelet the way I like it
Southfield, are now being
A few days earlier, Scott
at Nate 'n Al Delicatessen in Beverly
served
on large ceramic oval
had enjoyed lunching at
Hills, Calif.
plates,
with real silverware
Newport Beach's Island
While there recently to spend some
instead
of plastic.
Hotel, where California Gov.
time with son Scott, Bonnie and the
CAESAR
SALAD, cup
Arnold Schwarzenegger
family, it again came with corned beef
of
soup
and
restaurant-made
spoke before a political
shavings instead of strips.
chocolate chip cookies are all
action group, and says that
"Order it pancake style,' said our
included in the fine entrees in
he felt more relaxed with
server, Vicki Allen, an 18-year veteran at
Danny Raskin
Jackie, who he described as a Senior Columnist the new "Quick Lunch Menu"
Nate 'n Al, which sort of confused me ...
Wednesday-Friday, 11-2, at the
"pleasant dynamo."
Isn't an omelet naturally pancake style?
upscale Whitney restaurant on
THIS PAST MARCH
... Scrambled sure isn't.
Woodward,
Detroit ... Prices
Funny, but when the late Al Mendelson marked the 14th anniver-
for
smoked
chicken
salad,
$10; lobster,
sary of the Bijou Restaurant's closing
was at Boesky's on 12th in Detroit, he
crab
salad
sandwich,
$13;
grilled salmon
and brought back memories of the fine
made me corned beef omelets with
club
on
onion
roll,
S11.
Southfield eatery to one of its favored
strips of lean corned beef and I never
CONGRATS ... To Jonathon Jonas
employees.
had to ask for it pancake style ... There
on
his birthday ... To Mikki Mentzel on
Robert Kimoto, a much-requested
were no such thing as shavings from the
her
birthday ... To Saul Kalt on his 90th
tableside
server,
board, either.
birthday
... To Virginia and Leo Jacobs
loved
plying
his
When I told
on
their
birthdays
... To Mitchell Kent
trade
in
the
movie
Sam Lerman,
on
his
90th
birthday
... To Bob and
theater-themed
40-year
Carol
Myrick
on
their
35th anniversary.
surroundings
deli veteran
REUNION
DEPT.
... 45th shin-
with
its
cut-out
and former
dig
by
Berkley
High
for
1961
and 1962
pictures of film
owner of Ben
classes
is
Sunday,
Aug.
20,
at
the Oakland
stars
...
When
& George
County
Sportsman's
Club
...
Call
Denis
Bijou
opened
in
Delicatessen
R.
Green,
(248)
851-9616
...
40-year
the
1970s,
Robert
in Livonia,
event by Henry Ford High class of June
recalls, it served
what server
1966 is Saturday, Sept. 2, at the Troy
bistro
items
and
Vicki said, he
Hilton
... Call Ron Grant, (248) 288-
had
a
very
lim-
exclaimed,
9376.
ited
wine
list
...
"What bull!
RESTAURANT OWNERS know
Late in the 1970s,
Pancake style
•
that
the tough conditions today are only
Walter Maeder
Governor Arnold Schw arzenegger, friend
my eye! If
and, when deserving, they
temporal),
came as general
Dean Keller and Scott Raskin, COO of
you want to be
should
be
given
as much help as pos-
manager, bought
Telelogic Corporation
sure you'll get
sible
...
I
can
recall
years back when the
it in the '80s, and
a corned beef
economy
was
soft
and
one of the restau-
turned Bijou into a high-end restaurant.
omelet with strips of corned beef, just ,
rants
in
a
downtown
Detroit
office build-
"We sold a lot of expensive wines,
tell them you want the corned beef
ing
needed
more
time
to
pay
the rent
and did a big tableside dining busi-
hand-sliced."
...
even
offering
to
work
out
a
payment
ness with service from Caesar salad,
"All you had to say at Billy's Deli," said
plan
on
back
money
owed
...
The
build-
bananas Foster, crepes Suzette, Beluga
Bernie Litt, former owner of the years-
ing
management
refused,
and
when
the
caviar, carved Indonesian rack of lamb,
ago delicatessen on Livernois in Detroit,
restaurant
closed,
most
of
the
building's
deboned Dover sole, and much more
"was corned beef omelet. And unless
shops also suffered because of a boycott
... Many people also remember its
you mentioned scrambled, it auto-
wonderful lobster bisque, Wasabi shrimp by the restaurant's former customers.
matically came with stripg of hand-cut
MAIL DEPT.... "I was impressed
and veal chop with morel mushrooms
corned beef."
with
your mention of the importance
among the popular items.
Scott and I met Jackie Kallen for
of
clean
restaurants in Michigan. It is a
Before the Bijou, Robert had been at
lunch at Nate 'n Al and we enjoyed our
shame
when
some restaurant owners
Trader Vic's and Townsend Hotel's Rugby
visit with the former localite whose .
do
not
see
the
value of having clean,
Grill ... Today, he is at the Holiday Inn
career has blossomed as an author, film
well-kept
restrooms.
Thank you for
on 1-75 and Northline in Southgate.
personality and, of course, as the first
the
mention
of
this
topic
and making
THAT CLEAN-CUT young man
lady of boxing ... She is now also youth
people
aware
of
its
importance'
...
you see at McVee's, Mr. Joe's, or one of
sports coordinator with the County
Eric
Samson,
president,
Commercial
the four Snookers Pool & Pub spots is
of Los Angeles sheriff's department,
Restroom Solutions and Sparkling
Glenn Adelman, son of Jack and Rhoda
synchronizing a boxing program for
Image of Southeast Michigan.
Adelman ... He's the overall general
boys and girls 7-17 who can train at no
manager of all their operations for Ray
charge ... Object is to help kids at risk
Danny's e-mail address is
and Mike Abrams.
in problem neighborhoods ... "Boxing
dannyraskin@sbcglobaLnet.
MAIN ENTREE SALADS at
teaches them self-defense, discipline

