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Southfield
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248•646•6700
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Italian Grill
Lounge open till 2 am Thursday thru Saturday
Come try our new
Happy Hour featuring our
new Happy Hour Menu
and 1/2 off Drinks.
In lounge only.
Hours: Mon - Fri 4-7
Sat 4-6 • Sun 3-9
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This certificate entities bearer to: $1000 off with minimum purchase
of $5000 (excluding tax, tip & alcoholic beverages). Redeemable
at both locations. Maximum discount $10 00. Offer not valid on
Holidays and subject to Rules of Use. Tipping should be 15% to
20% of the total bill before discount Offer expires 10/30/07.
Banquet Facility and Outside Catering Available
Open 4 pm-10 pm • Make Reservations Early!
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STREETS
248.624.56,
lashy and fresh-faced they're
not. But Southfield and Oak
Park maintain a leafy, famil-
iar charm that's hard to replicate in
newer burgs popping up in this far-
flung region we call home.
And if you look closely, you'll also
find a polyglot of enterprises — and
people — adding a colorful zing
around every corner.
DINING
Proudly anchoring the northeast
quadrant of Southfield it calls home is
the eclectic Sweet Lorraine's (29101
Greenfield, 248-559-5985), where the
husband-and-wife team of Lorraine
Platman and Garry Sussman preside
over this very smart, very sassy dining
spot. And despite its entrance being in
the rear, the windowed front expanse
of the two-floor restaurant, mere feet
from the traffic cruising by, lets diners
and drivers enjoy the company of one
another, if only for a few moments.
About a mile and a half to the south,
the intersection of Greenfield and
Lincoln is a nosher's delight, what with
the original Giorgio's Counterside
Gourmet (25920 Greenfield, 248-968-
4060) serving huge bowls of fresh-
made pasta specialties and sublime
whitefish filets, plus assorted grilled
meat entrees and meal-in-itself salads.
Across the street, Jerusalem Pizza
(26025 Greenfield, 248-552-0088)
tosses some pretty terrific kosher, all-
vegetarian pies, while the vest-pocket
sized Pita Café (25282 Greenfield,
248-968-2225) appeals to those who
can never get enough baba ganoush or
fresh-squeezed carrot juice.
Also plating stuffed grape leaves
and charbroiled kebabs with aplomb
is Jiddo's (29555 Northwestern Hwy.,
248-353-3663), which is Arabic for
"grandfather."
While many of their contemporaries
are nothing more than memories —
Boesky's, The Pickle Barrel, the origi-
nal Stage & Co. — the Bread Basket
(26052 Greenfield, 248-968-0022)
and an outpost of Lou's "good for the
belli" Deli (22819 Greenfield, 248-
559-6001), plus the always humming
Plaza Deli (29145 Northwestern Hwy.,
248-356-2310) sill serve stick-to-your-
ribs soups, sandwiches piled to great
heights with juicy smoked meats, and
where ordering "lite means dressing
on the side.
Finally, if you insist on break-
ing bread around your own dining
room table, at least let someone
else deal with the dirty pans and
make a quick pass through Unique
Kosher Carryout & Catering (25270
Greenfield, 248-967-1161) and its
neighbor, Zeman's New York Kosher
Bakery (25258 Greenfield, 248-967-
3905).
Further west, the stretch of
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