Arts & Entertainment T H EST OF EVEr Classy And Classic Sweet Georgia Brown has earned its place among downtown dining legends. W hen first opened, it was acclaimed as Detroit's answer to the warm, intimate upscale din- ing spots of New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. This reputation — further enhanced by renovated decor and more exotic culinary presenta- tions — has made Sweet Georgia Brown on Brush near Lafayette in Detroit's Greektown a true desti- nation restaurant of rare quality. So much so that suburban folks, together with those from all areas of the state, have hon- ored it as a nonstop objective for everything that is good in an upscale restaurant ... One with food that Les and Sam Gruber and Joe Wolfe years ago would have been proud to have Chef Pancho Valez prepare for ser- vice at their wonderful London Chop House ... or that Joe Beyer would have boasted about at his Pontchartrain Wine Cellars ... among the legends that, at one time, gave Detroit a fine gastro- nomical reputation as described by the great James Beard. Add Sweet Georgia Brown as one of the finest restaurants to come this way in many years and certainly an excellent addition to the grand list of yesteryear din- ing places boasted of in Detroit ... Owners, like classy dressers and personable gentlemen Frank Taylor and Derrick Coleman, with talented partner, Executive Chef Jerry Nottage, have much reason to be highly pleased with their Sweet Georgia Brown. Splendid servers whose obvi- ous training puts them in a highly select class, politely and efficiently present Jerry's superb dishes, like some of the finest short ribs that many people have yet seen ... Short ribs for which people from the furthest regions are coming, available presently only on Friday and Saturday, but on request with a day's notice ... A goodness due to slow-roast- ing for four hours in its juices, vegetables and herbs, giving the dish extreme tenderness and super taste with a very low fatty consistency. A world-class restaurant must have a superlative executive chef, and Jerry Nottage, also executive concept chef for all the Southern Hospitality Restaurant Group's properties, is one of this region's best and spends his evenings in the Sweet Georgia Brown kitchen. He is a true culinary innovator, with items not on the menu like his sea bass special atop a Creole dirty rice mound, surrounded with pieces of lobster and jumbo crab; the delicious large appetizer of two whole artichokes, not just the choke, lightly covered with a sesame bread crumb and stuffed with brie and ricotta; and a pas- trami-smoked salmon appetizer that defies the imagination. No forgetting Jerry's signature dish, his fried lobster creation lightly fast-dipped in tempura ... verizon wireless and scallops, topped with And soups like a spinach. chicken broth with Chef Keith Famie basil and meatless walking all about tak- kreplach (dump- ing movie camera shots ling), a full-bodied ... Honorary restaurant Creole gumbo chairman Master Chef soup much with Milos Cihelka, looking good taste, etc. younger and trimmer ... The 180-seat- Danny Raskin Danny Yu and Gary Yau ing Sweet Georgia Senior Columnist (Hong Hua), getting stiff Brown image of necks from turning their today oozes with heads to say so many hellos ... warmth amid colorings of rich Steve Allen and Rocky Rackwitz chocolate brown and crystal (Steve & Rocky's), all smiles as blue (no more light green walls), folks ate their goodies with gusto surrounding soft lighting and ... Jeremy Grandon (Jeremy's), lush fabrics for its sophisticated contemporary look ... A floor-to- doling out one of his fine concoc- tions as wife, Paula, looked smil- ceiling fountain wall shimmers ingly pretty ... Don Yamauchi with glass tile, and the cream- onyx back bar glows with striking (Tribute), walking, smiling and helloing in rapid pace ... Chef illumination. Lee Sharkas (Andiamo) and Sweet Georgia Brown is brother Louai (Zinc), tasting each only open for dinner, Sunday- other's food ... Chef Mark Kelly Thursday, 4-10; Friday and (Mosaic), with another of his Saturday, 4-midnight ... in what excellent international specialties is truly a very enjoyable fine din- ... Over $75,000 was raised from ing experience. the affair itself. PLENTY OF FOOD for THE PERSONALITY attendees, the countless local parade Walk of Ages by Auxiliary hungry children who benefited for Jewish Home & Aging is here and the hungry of all ages also again on the Eugene and Marcia being fed with unused food Applebaum Campus at the Jewish given to Forgotten Harvest ... Community Center in West Almost 800 at the local Taste of Bloomfield ... This Sunday, Sept. the Nation happening enjoyed 10, will again have judges, TV and the wonderful offerings by some radio folks, newspaper heavies, of our region's fine chefs who restaurant biggies, etc. walking to prepared so many good things to help ... Registration is 8:15 a.m. eat like Zinc Chef Louai Sharkas' and the walk is 9:15, with refresh- Seafood Napoleon, three deli- ments at the finish ... This year's cious layers of salmon, shrimp ■ "nth G LO B L RESTAURANT WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS Servicing the community for over 15 years. • Cellular Phones • Satellite TV • Send Global International Calling • Featuring Motorola Products 0 MOTOROLA Marty Rosen 4276 Orchard Lake Rd. @ Lone Pine $3.95 1186 Maple Rd. • Walled Lake After 2:00 pm daily! • Mon-Sat 7-9 • Sun 8-3 . `2 Maple Rd. 0 43183 Woodward Ave. @ Square Lake 1 whole sandwich & soup or french fries 2 choices aily! David Rogovein Bloomfield Hills - (248) 335-3345 Monday-Saturday Lunch Specials Quality casual dining for the entire family 248-669-8240 "Come into one of our two locations to check out our current specials and promotions!" West Bloomfield - (248) 681-7200 Danny's e-mail address is dannyraskin@sbcglobal.net . Our homemade is really made from scratch! s•••• •• Authorized Agent walk will be also followed by a big tent sale of household furniture and goods. A SATISFYING RECENT trip to the JCC Maccabi Games in Vancouver was enhanced for local restaurant PR and ad man Mort Meisner ... His 14-year- old daughter, Nicole, won a gold, silver and two bronze medals in track, and 13-year-old son Mark's baseball team, coached by Harry Glanz with assistants Mort and Gary Bistrow, captured a bronze. GET WELL WISHES ... To Bernice Schechter. CONGRATS ... To Jerry Zuckerman on his 80th birthday ... To Mikki and James Hill on their second anniversary ... To Shirley and Donald Zimberg on their 57th anniversary ... To Brandon Gilbert on his birthday ... To Aileen Leichtman Bloom on her 40th birthday ... To Jerry Kepes on his 80th birthday ... To Bob Schweiger on his 85th birthday; to Shelly Lenhoff on her 60th birthday; to Shelly and Saul Lenhoff on their 40th anniversa- ry; to Steven Spector on his 60th birthday; to Louise and Steven Spector on their 37th anniver- sary; to Ben Spector on his birth- day; to Adrienne and Brad Wise on their fourth anniversary ... all celebrating with table for 25 at Morton's Steakhouse in Troy. E, • Children's menu • Carryout 11:00 am- 3:00 m 15% OFF Total Bill Not good with any other offer or special e_rp 9/30/06 1152680 110 , 10 September 7 • 2006 49