THE BEST OF EVERYTHING Brei To Die For Vineyards now offers its gourmet fried matzah creations year-round. p OTPOURRI 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 . es) Novo, Lox :•-`3. - 11 :77, rav ect 0 0 40, dessert tray special with any tray order for 10 or more. chocolate dipped strawberries with every _LL. 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 "Q.) • Whipped creme cheese • 4 N.Y. Bagels 32418 Northwestern Hwy. • between Middlebelt & 14 Mile • 248.855-9463 • www.JewishCatering.com April 30 • 2009 ,0239 0 B17