Arts & En 1HE B went 'AP VERYTHING Little Bit 0' Bronx Pontiac deli's chicken soup is long on noodles. p OTPOURRI... 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 ... 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