THE BEST OF EVERYTHING
Brei To Die For
Vineyards now offers its gourmet fried matzah creations year-round.
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Cinammon walnut matzah
brei?
Or strawberry or blue-
berry? ... Even a Western Matzah Brei with
corned beef, green peppers and onions!
Sounds yummy, with no more waiting for
Passover to enjoy the big holiday favorite
... Vineyards on Northwestern, Farmington
Hills, has taken fried matzah to another
dimension ... available every day all year
... The "Jewish French Toast" is now being
offered custom made to order at Vineyards
in numerous flavors including cinnamon
crisp, onion, garlic, cranberry walnut, etc. ...
All above are $4.95 ... Western Matzah Brei
is $6.95 ... Also available is whatever com-
bination customers may select ... The gour-
met matzah brei are freshly made and can be
seen being prepared by Vineyards' cooks.
QUESTION & ANSWER DEPT. ...
"My family used to go to Rocky's Pizza
restaurant, I believe on Seven Mile in
Detroit. It had the best pizza and steak. My
44-year-old son asked if there was still a
Rocky's Pizza around. Is there? Ah. Those
childhood memories!" ... Tobe Kepes
Greenspan.
(No, Tobe, sorry to say that Rocky's
Pizzeria closed years ago and never
reopened ... Many who lived around the
Seven Mile Road neighborhood at the
time fondly remember the true mom-and-
pop restaurant owned by Rocky Laudazio
and his wife, Mary, who never let people
go hungry as generations discovered ... A
complete meal included appetizer [shrimp
cocktail, etc.], entree, potatoes, vegetables,
applesauce, spaghetti, dessert(chocolate
sundae, etc.), coffee, tea or milk ... It sure
would be nice if someone copied this res-
taurant today ... Rocky also loved going
around to tables playing the
her own cooking show slated
concertina accordion.)
for the Food Network, for
GUILTY RESTAURANTS are
which he is most proud ...
very wrong when thinking that
But none more than she is for
they can get away with charging
his humanitarian and chari-
the same prices while lowering
table heart (Crohn's & Colitis
the quality of food served ...
Foundation of America,
And also reducing the portions
Gilda's Club, the September
and accompaniments but not
11th Fund, etc.) ... So it was
the prices ... Customers aren't
with
a warm feeling to be able
Dann y Raskin
dummies and soon become
to
give
some happiness to a
Senior Columnist
former customers ... to say
hospitalized admirer of his.
nothing about the place's public relations
Audrey Kahn (Harvey) never misses a
reputation.
performance of Patinkin but was forced to
GOOD MANAGER DEPT. ...
let pass without seeing him at his recent
Personable and dining satisfaction
Detroit Fisher Theatre appearance with
personified gent Stolion Liti, at Bacco
Broadway star Patty Lupone ... She was
Ristorante, Northwestern Highway,
hospitalized with an illness ... Mother
Southfield ... He also goes by the "Stoli"
Marion Grant wrote to Mandy, asking if
name so don't think it is only the popular
he could possibly call her at the hospital
vodka that you may hear requested.
and took the letter with husband Jay to
GOOD DINING DEAL ... Complete
be delivered to the actor at the Townsend
dinner at Beans & Cornbread, Sunset
Hotel ... The next morning, Audrey picked
Strip, Northwestern Highway, between
up the phone and thought it was a joke
12 Mile and Inkster, Southfield, one of
when Patinkin said who he was ... until
the better Southern Soul restaurants in
he reassured her by singing a song from
this region ... Dinner includes choice of
his Yiddish solo album Mamaloshen
five entrees, vegetable, potato or rice or
It was something that Audrey will never
its famous macaroni and cheese, peach
forget ... And is now home on her way to
cobbler or sweet potato pie dessert, $8.99
getting well.
... Lunch choice of 10 entrees with veg-
REUNION DEPT. ... Shindig by West
etable, including premises-made meat loaf Bloomfield High class of 1977, Saturday,
with mashed potatoes and gravy, chicken
June 27, at Gino's Banquet hall, Keego
breast, Caesar salad with chicken, etc.,
Harbor ... Call Daryl Wise, (831) 763-
$5.95 ... Huge kudos from North Carolina 9313 or visit wbhsl977.com ... Oak
visitors to the Final Four basketball cham- Park High class of 1969's 40th, Saturday,
pionships at Ford Field who ate at Beans & July 4, at Somerset Inn, Troy ... Phone
Cornbread and raved about the food being Ken Korotkin, (248) 258-4936, or go to
"Just like we cook at home!"
ophs69.com ... Oak Park High's 50th,
MANDY PATINKIN'S mother, Doralee
Saturday, Aug. 1, at Somerset Inn, Troy ...
Patinkin Rubin, is a cookbook author with Contact Carol (Hack) Maltzman, (248)
855-1144 ... Same date and place for
Detroit Mumford High's class of 1959 ...
Call Carole Schwartz Fletcher, (248) 788-
7009 ... Southfield High class of 1969's
40th, Saturday, Oct. 10, at Diamond Center
in Rock Financial Showplace, Novi ...
Contact Sheryl (Joyce) Voyles, (248) 746-
8610, or Sharon (Orechkin) Horowitz,
(248) 966-4442 or visit shs69.myevent.
corn.
ERRATA, TYPO, Etc. Dept. ... Tami
Fink, taking part in the Susan B. Komen
Race for the Cure in Detroit, May 30, is the
daughter of Miriam "Mickey" Lieb and
the late Sam Rosens ... Sam, by the way,
is the former owner of Onion Roll Deli
on Woodward, Royal Oak, which he had
from 1986 until selling the little, under-
20 capacity delicatessen in 1995 to Alex
Yushkovsky and Alex Naymark ... He also
used to own Sam's Delicatessen years back
around the Seven Mile area in Detroit.
CONGRATS ... To Alan Must on his
birthday ... To Alex Kovnat on his 60th
birthday ... To Mikki Hill on her 30th
birthday ... To Karen Indig on her 54th
birthday ... To Steve Richter on his 41st
birthday ... To Dee Fishman on her
birthday ... To Arielle Nelson on her
18th birthday ... To Howard and Alissa
Goldberg on their 29th anniversary ...
To Ray and Lucille Abrams on their sixth
anniversary.
Please note that birthdays or anniversa-
ries cannot be taken over the phone and
must include the name of sender along
with date of occasion ... Send an e-mail
to dannyraskin@sbcglobal.net or fax
(248) 626-0044 or mail me at the JN.
Danny's e-mail address is
dannyraskin@sbcglobal.net .
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dessert tray special with any tray order
for 10 or more.
chocolate dipped strawberries with every
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Includes
• 1/2 LB Nova Lox
• Sliced tomatoes and onions
Includes
1 LB or corned beef or turkey
1LB slaw or potato salad
1 LB Jewish Rye
Old and new kosher dills
Russian dressing
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• Whipped creme cheese
• 4 N.Y. Bagels
32418 Northwestern Hwy. • between Middlebelt & 14 Mile • 248.855-9463 • www.JewishCatering.com
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