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Mushrooming Enterprise
22 years in Southfield has seen Roland Optics flourish.
T
he year was 1986 ... The
Golden Mushroom restaurant
in Southfield had been, since
opening in 1972, the first spot in the area
to have a salad bar, but its sumptuous
Lettuce Bin was no more, discontinued to
utilize space for the Mushroom's enlarged
wine storage.
Although Katie Weishaus and Marcie
Lebow had opted to have many luncheon
meetings at the Golden Mushroom, they
would have no more salad bar from which
to select their vegetables ... But the two
gals were to discover that there was some-
thing much better arriving at the G.M. ...
Milos Cihelka, Michigan's first Certified
Master Chef, had agreed to invest in the
Golden Mushroom and become owner
Reid Ashton's partner as well as being the
nationally-famous restaurant's executive
chef.
Katie and Marcie couldn't have their
salad bar choices anymore, but Milo's great
Golden Mushroom soup and salads that
included mushrooms and fresh garden
vegetables melded together with choice
herbs selected by Milos were among his
wonderful offerings.
Katie's husband, Michael "Mickey"
Weishaus, O.D. and former college friend
Max Gottesman, O.D., had just purchased
Roland Optics in Applegate Square on
Inkster and Northwestern in Southfield,
from Marcie's brother, Harold Roland, OD
... Taking over Harold's 1,200-square-
foot optical offices became their dream
realization of one day going into business
together.
Today, the Golden Mushroom is gone,
but Roland Optics is celebrating its 22nd
anniversary ... The present 3,800 square
feet Southfield offices are two doors from
the original site, with the much larger
workplace allowing them to
MAIL DEPT.... "We
become an optometric world
highly recommend two
major player.
kosher restaurants visited
In its 22 years, Roland at
during our recent trip to
Applegate has performed more
Washington, D.C., and Silver
than 125,000 eyes examina-
Spring, Md. At the Royal
tions, sold more than 200,000
Dragon on Boiling Brook
eyeglass frames from their
Parkway in Rockville, Md.,
display cases with over 3,000
with former Oak Parkers
frames, etc. ... Its operation
Reed and Betsy Rubenstein,
Danny Raskin
is nationally noted, too, for
my husband, Mike, had the
Senior Columnist
diversified services like treat-
best mu shu chicken he has
ment of medical eye conditions,
ever tried, and I loved my
laser vision correction, daily dispersing of entree of strips of eggplant with beef. At
external eye wear, etc.
the Kosher Pastry Oven on Lamberton
The original four employees at Roland
Drive, a gourmet-style cafe in Silver
in Applegate, Katie, Marcie, Shelly Gordon
Spring, dinner was with my niece, former
and Nadine Wojtowicz, are still there,
Detroit native Erica Davis Bak, her hus-
included in the 12 that now so courteously band, Phil, and their little son. The chef
assist patients for ultra-thin lightweight
was very creative, and I especially enjoyed
lenses and frames, digitally computer-
my wild mushroom tart." ... Esther
produced lenses for high definition vision, Allweiss Ingber, Oak Park.
computerized refraction, pictures of the
BELIEVE IT DEPT. ... $1 per ounce
eye and health examinations, dispos-
for Scottish Smoked Salmon ... The real
able and bifocal contact lenses, etc. ... 12
thing, not Scottish-style, and not pack-
employees plus four doctors, Dr. Weishaus
aged ... The fine limited lox offer through
and his and Katie's son, Dr. Randy
October is by Vineyards Marketplace on
Weishaus, and Dr. Gottesman with his and Northwestern Hwy. between Middlebelt
wife Beverly's son, Dr. Lorne Gottesman.
and 14 Mile, Farmington Hills ... Low fat,
At Roland Optics in Southfield's
low saturated and no transfat, low sodium,
Applegate Square, Katie, Marcie and
no sugar, kosher parve and a great taste
the other 10 gals plus the four doctors
... Also through October, no extra charge
don't have a Golden Mushroom any-
if it is asked for on a bagel, cream cheese
more for lunch, nor a Bernardi's or Le
and lox sandwich to eat in or take out.
Metro in Applegate ... However, across
GOOD DINING DEAL DEPT. ...
Northwestern Highway, the fine Bacco
Through-October specials at Giorgio's,
Ristorante, former location of Ristorante
Sugar Tree, West Bloomfield, has $9.95
de Modesta, is another favorite upscale
dinners Sunday (Chicken Francaise),
dining place as was the Golden Mushroom Monday,(Lamb Chops), Tuesday (all-you-
... The huge growth that Roland Optics in
can-eat Clams) and Thursday (Chicken
Southfield has seen in its 22-year contin-
Parmesan) ... Wednesday, Whitefish,
ued gathering of an excellent reputation is
$12.50; Friday, 8 oz. filet, $14.95; Saturday,
certainly a justified pride.
Steak Diane, $13.50 ... All include
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soup or salad and potato or vegetable,
except Tuesday (fries and cole slaw) and
Thursday (pasta instead of potato) ... No
more splitting charge, except on all-you-
can-eat items.
AS THE SONG goes, "Fairy tales do
come true, it can happen to you,"former
cookie gal Jill Margolick introduces her
Dream Weavers program under sponsor-
ship of the Jewish Home & Aging Services
at Jewish Community Center on Drake ...
"You can go to extremes with impossible
dreams" like a thrills-and-chills roller-
coaster ride, saddling an elephant, taking
in a sporting game, etc. ... Jill's plan, with
her good friend Idee Fox as co-chair and
their steering committee of Geri Margolis,
Hannah Moss, Lindsay Dembs and Ashley
Oleshansky takes in more than just adults
living in senior residences, nursing homes,
etc. ... They hope to give all senior folks,
Jews and non-Jews, in the entire com-
munity the realization of their dreams ...
Dream Weavers recent kickoff dinner at the
JCC brought an almost overflow crowd to
hear what this was all about, and sign up as
volunteers in helping make these dreams
come true ... To volunteer, call Sharon
Silver Teweles, (248) 661-2999, ext. 328.
CONGRATS ... To Brandon Gilbert
on his birthday ... To Jody Jonas on her
birthday ... To Terry Himelson on her
birthday ... To Sy Raskin on his 80th
birthday ... To Roland Harrison on his
birthday ... To Dorothy Glick on her 85th
birthday ... To Harold "Hutch" Bobroff on
his 86th birthday.
GET WELL WISHES ... To Carole
Rosenberg, recuperating from back sur-
gery. El
Danny's e-mail address is
dannyraskin@sbcglobal.net.
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