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It doesn't make claim to being a
Jewish delicatessen, and although
the thought could possibly be assumed,
recently opened Bronx Deli on Telegraph,
Pontiac, is a good little sandwich, salad
and soup shop with a smattering of des-
serts.
Traditional foods as one would imagine
at a Jewish delicatessen are not claimed to
be present ... But it does have a chicken
broth with matzah balls or the true old-
fashioned long noodles ... Not the chicken
soup one expects at a Jewish deli with
the essential flavoring vegetables, carrots
and onion, etc., but chicken broth just the
same ... Also Sy Ginsberg Corned Beef.
Neither owner, Marc Zuccato or Leonard
Mazzola, possesses any restaurant experi-
ence, never having worked in or owned
a delicatessen ... But Bronx Deli with
its wall photos of New York landmarks,
among many, light fixtures inside of
upside down aluminum pails, etc., serves
a purpose for shoppers, walkers-by and
employees at the nearby Oakland County
courthouse, offices, etc.
Seating is for 24 at tables and almost 20
at stools by the window and prep counter,
plus a good kids menu ... Open Monday-
Friday, 10:30-7; Saturday, 11-4.
HIS EYE TWINKLING smile was one
of supreme gratification ... Sam Ansara
shook his head slowly and grinned happily
with an inner feeling of thanks.
He was witnessing the second-year
anniversary celebration of an amateur
cook and jeweler who had also become
a successful restaurateur ... The many
friends he has made in the two years since
Austin's HP Grille opened on Biddle in
-
Wyandotte, have also become
Farmington Hills ... He's
regular customers, too.
back to the Gateway Deli
Not only as their friendship
name again, but this time on
grew, but because Sam had
Fort between Washington
opened the kind of restaurant
Blvd. and Cass, downtown
he always wanted, a chop house
Detroit.
where top quality steaks, sea-
GOOD SERVER DEPT....
food and other menu items
Anthony Giannola at Bacco
could be gotten at reasonable
Ristorante, Northwestern
prices ... Sam's appreciation was
Hwy., Southfield ...
Danny Raskin
overwhelming as guests were
Efficient, personable and
Senior Columnist
treated to hors d'oeuvres, cham-
polite, serving properly as
pagne, etc.
he did while formerly at Cafe
The hundreds of celebrants, like Fonda
Cortina.
Schwartz, Rosalyn Droz, Leda Gorlovsky,
IT MAY NOT BE your usual type of
Valerie Lane, Sy Feldman, Dee and
book or have the celebrity photographs
Marshall Shapiro, Steve and Rhonda
one might expect from her, but photo-
Satovsky, etc., enjoyed continuous music,
journalist Linda Solomon succeeds in the
laughter and togetherness.
ultimate objective she tries to attain in her
THE PREVIOUS tenant at its location
new hardcover, The Key: Celebrated People
had success with it, so why not continue
Unlock Their Secrets To Life.
the promotion, figures Tony Gioutsos,
The story line or plot that possibly will
bossman at Pi Restaurant on Franklin
seem missing might be in the collection of
and Northwestern, Southfield ... It's the
personal thoughts compiled by Linda ...
former Excalibur's Wednesday nights, 4-7
These along with pictures of antique keys
p.m. special good only at the bar, 1 1/2 to
offer relaxing moments in the compilation
2 pound Maine lobster, served with veg-
of feelings, both serious and amusing, gar-
etables and potatoes, $15.
nered through her interviews of person-
READER RESTAURANT REVIEW
ages and friends.
... "My wife and I went to Marinelli's
Some have a hidden message, like
Restaurant on 12 Mile, east of I-75 in
Samuel L. Jackson's "The Key to Being
Madison Heights, and found it to be a
Cool" is "Not needing a key" and "The Key
good family-operated restaurant with
To A Timeless Look" by model Christie
wonderful Italian food. I had the classic
Brinkley, is "No overhead lighting."
house steak, and we both also enjoyed its
Also "The Key To A Lasting Career"
antipasto salad and pizza which we feel
by Tony Bennett is "Having two creative
were among the best we have had." ...
disciplines that I have followed all my life:
Jerry Light.
singing and painting. When I perform, I
WHERE THEY ARE Dept. ... Peter
interact with my musicians and the audi-
Berishaj, former owner of the Gateway
ence; it is a very social endeavor.
Deli in Southfield and Blue Sky Deli in
"When I paint, it is just myself and a
blank canvas, that's it. Singing and paint-
ing create a yin/yang balance because
they complement each other. I am able
to always be in a creative zone, but never
have to feel burned out by doing just one
thing".
WHEN HE WAS 8 years old, Iry
Dworkin's parents gave him his first
trumpet, not realizing that it would be the
beginning of a musical career for him ...
The bar mitzvah receptions at Lacher's
Restaurant on Dexter, with the Rose Cohen
Band, playing with sax men Felix Resnick,
Iry Witcoff and Marty Mitchell, trumpet
genius Iry Lewis, fun drummer Dave
Fenton, Hy Goldman at the piano, blowing
his horn with Phil Brestoff's Orchestra at
the Michigan Theatre, etc.
He enlisted in the Navy and saw the
Pacific on an LST boat, but continued
playing trumpet after the war until retir-
ing from music in 1952, going into law
practice and building homes.
Today, 85-year-old Iry is back with the
lip, cutting a CD album Trumpet Man
in the basement of his grandson-in-law
Doug Bowen's home ... Irv's last record
cutting was back in 1942 with Marty
Mitchell at United Sound ... No wonder
neighbors came outside at the home
of Iry and Olga on Stonewood Court in
Farmington Hills, when he tooted Bunny
Berigan's great "I Can't Get Started With
You" ... The album has Iry doing a heck of
a good job on it.
CONGRATS ... To Lori Rubin on her
birthday ... To Dr. Avery Murav on his
birthday. LI
Danny's e-mail address is
dannyraskin@sbcglobal.net.
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