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When Jackie Mason appears at
Andiamo Celebrity Room in
Warren, June 15 and 16, Harvey Bloom
wonders if he'll come to the Deli Basket
at Vineyards on Northwestern Highway,
Farmington Hills, where Harvey is deli
manager, to get an "Oy Vey Sandwich" like
the one Mason loved when Harvey man-
aged the former Wolfie's Deli-Restaurant
on Collins and Lincoln Blvd. in Miami
Beach ... It is now a Walgreen's, but is
always remembered for the celebrities who
went there ... Mason's Oy Vey Sandwich,
says Harvey, was corned beef, pastrami,
chopped liver, Russian dressing and sour
pickles (here called old dills.)
Don Rickles, who comes to Andiamo,
Sept. 28 and 29, had a sandwich at Wolfie's
called "The Big Insult;' an overstuffed
four-decker that originally came with two
meats, but Rickles insisted on four meats,
says Harvey, made with corned beef, pas-
trami, turkey and roast beef.
Benny Youngman wanted something
he said nobody else in Florida had ... A
Dinty Moore, which in Florida then was
thought of only as a can of soup, says
Harvey, who made the Dinty Moore sand-
wich at Wolfie's as we have always known
it here in the Detroit area.
Another customer, says Harvey, char-
acter actor Lou Jacobi, borrowed a pencil
from Harvey's wife-server at Wolfie's,
and after writing on a piece of paper,
said, "Give this to your husband" ... On
it, Jacobi listed everything he wanted on
a sandwich, salami, brisket of beef, red
peppers, corned beef, pickle sliced very
thin, black olives, a lot of mustard ... and
then wrote, "Give it to someone else to

eat. I'm on a diet."
When Harvey asked comic
Dick Shawn what kind of sand-
wich he would like named after
him, Shawn said, "herring on a
bagel;' and he wasn't kidding,
says Harvey. "I made only one
herring on a bagel sandwich
during all the time I managed
at Wolfie's, and it was for Dick
Shawn, who never ate another
one:'
Harvey had gone to Florida 31 years
ago since leaving Detroit in 1975, and his
Bloom's Kosher Catering at Ahavis Achim
and B'nai David synagogues ... He man-
aged Marshall-Majors Deli in South Miami
and Wolfie's before opening his own City
Deli in North Miami and Detroit Deli in
Margate, among others.
LATEST WORD is that the new Zoe's
House of Pancakes, opening at the former
Mr. Greek locale in Orchard Mall, West
Bloomfield, will be another Leo's Coney
Island-run operation.
NICE TO SEE that Roma Cafe's pres-
ent owner, Janet Sossi Belcoure, has still
made very few, if any, changes to Detroit's
oldest Italian restaurant, since taking
over some time back ... Same menu,
decor, warmth, good food and service
... Longtime servers like Ed Bapachen,
Harry Floros, David Astrada, etc., con-
tinue to bring relaxed smiles with their
personable, efficient and highly knowl-
edgeable ways to provide much customer
satisfaction.
ITS FORMER CHEF, Alex Ortiz, is back
at Commerce Grille, Union Lake Road,
Commerce Township ... He's the kitchen
head whose preparations drew a lot of

acclaim prior to his leaving
because of illness at home.
THIS AUGUST WILL
be the fifth anniversary of
owners Shaw and Helen Ng
taking over Golden Phoenix
in Sugar Tree, Orchard Lake
Road north of Maple, West
Bloomfield ... They have
since gained much popular-
ity with a large and varied
menu for sit-down Chinese
dining satisfaction after previously mak-
ing many friends for 10 years at their
China Express in Sylvan Lake ... Golden
Phoenix is probably the only restaurant
I know of that gives a choice of seven ice
cream flavors for dessert with all din-
ners ... Can't think of any in past years,
either, that had so many.
ITS MUSICAL director is Alexander
Zonjic ... and Pi restaurant, the former
Excalibur locale on Northwestern highway
and Franklin Road in Southfield, joins the
jazz comeback with rhythm combos on
Friday and Saturday evenings.
RETURN TO THE Raven concert hon-
oring the former very popular Northwest
area coffeehouse owned by Herb Cohen
in the 1960s and 1970s, will be Friday,
May 18, at the Chelsea Comfort Inn and
Village Conference Center in Chelsea,
Michigan ... It'll be a fun and musical
evening featuring former Raven entertain-
ers Ron Coden, Josh White Jr. and Charlie
Latimer ... For info and tickets; call Leslie
Greeneisen, (734) 433-2787.
MAIL DEPT. ... Regarding the column
letter from Shirley Geyer as to whether or
not TV producer Joel Surnow was related
to the late Jack Surnow.

"Joel Surnow is my first cousin and
my late father, Jack Surnow's nephew. I'm
still living in Michigan and Joel lives in
California" ... Jeff Surnow.
"Joel Surnow was a relative of the late
Jack Surnow. I believe Jack was Joel's
uncle. Members of the Surnow family still
live in the metro area. Joel was born Dec.
18, 1955, to Max and Reva Surnow who
lived in Oak Park. He has two brothers,
Arnold and Seymour. The family moved
to Los Angeles sometime in the early '60s"
... Lorry Cooper.
"Joel Surnow is the son of Max Surnow
(Jack's brother) and Reva (nee Loseff). Joel
moved to Los Angeles with his parents as
a young child, probably in the late '50s or
early '60s. The Loseffs are originally from
Detroit and Joel's partner in producing the
TV drama 24 is his cousin, also last name
of Loseff. Jack also had two sisters, one of
which was my great-aunt" ... Susan Kiebler.
REMEMBER THE date, Sunday, May
6, 10 a.m., for Jewish Home and Aging
Services Auxiliary's Walk of Ages at the
JCC in West Bloomfield.
CONGRATS ... To Adele Goldstein on
her 82nd birthday ... To Michelle Butterly
on her birthday ... To Mild Hill on her
birthday ... To Jay Mentzel on his birthday
... To Harriet Burnstein on her 90th birth-
day ... To Jonathon Jonas on his birthday
... To Dorothy Applebaum on her 79th
birthday ... To Ira Levy on his 80th birth-
day ... To Terri and Michael Himelson on
their 30th anniversary.
GET WELL WISHES ... To Dorothy
Applebaum. 1

Danny's e-mail address is

dannyraskin@sbcglobal.net.

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