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OTPOURRI ... Most restaurants Yossi's in West Bloomfield's
gives entrée choices of shrimp
honoring an anniversary during
Robins Nest, Orchard Lake
Francaise, chicken Francaise,
these trying economic times may Road north of 14 Mile, will
eggplant rollatini, chicken par-
not realize it, but they also send an impor-
also be open Thursday night,
mesan and chicken marsala
tant message ... They are proud of their
Christmas eve, 5:30-9 p.m., for
... All also include salad and
accomplishment, however large or small
all-you-can-eat buffet ... and
pasta, $24.95 for two.
the anniversary may be ... Somewhat like
Friday, Christmas day, for lunch
A BIG WONDERMENT out
a boxer willing to take a punch knowing,
and dinner.
there is why most delicates-
he or she will eventually win the fight ...
FRESH STONE crabs are
sens continue to serve corned
Many tighten their belts and, if need be,
being featured with Maine
beef
and pastrami sandwiches
Danny Raskin
lower prices or come up with super spe-
lobster dinners Dec. 24-25, 5-9
piled
so high that most folks
Senior C olumnist
cials, etc.
p.m., as well as Dan Duns ky's
can only eat a half and either
Name of the game today is staying
other sea-farin' goodies at his
leave the other half or take it
afloat, making ends meet and keeping
O'Brien's Crabhouse on Opdyke, Auburn
home to many times rot ... then grumble
a restaurant's employees working ... It
Hills ... Café Cortina, W. 10 Mile, east of
about paying for something they don't
isn't forgotten ... Not by the public, their
Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills, will eat ... Jewish delicatessens of yesteryears
employees or those toiling in businesses
make Dec. 25 dinner a three-seater option, used to thrive greatly on four or five-
that depend so much on restaurants not
with 5, 6 and 7 p.m. reservations for gour-
ounce sandwiches, and even today a lot of
closing their doors ... In the long run,
met Italian five-courser, $68 per person.
delis in other cities satisfy millions with
those anniversaries will many times result
MAIL DEPT. ... "My wife Sharon and I
their seven-ounce beauties ... Deli owners
in numerous additional years of successful had turkey dinner at the 4 p.m. seating on
hereabouts should stop bragging about
continuance.
Thanksgiving at Ginopolis' [ 12 Mile and
who has the biggest deli sandwiches and
IT'S FOR MY big-mouth friends, says
Middlebelt, Farmington Hills]. It was very
offer a big or a regular at popular prices.
Jerry Sileccia, winner of two tickets to see
tasty, fresh and moist. I ordered a crab-
They could be overstuffed for people
the Jersey Boys at the Fisher Theatre ... He cake appetizer, too. They were all great.
who like the huge-looking ones and have
won the ducats for his "Sangwich" entry in My sister-in-law Rita Fischer had walnut
options for those who are satisfied with
the Jersey Boys Creative Sandwich Contest
chicken that she raved about. My stepson
four or five-ounces, priced accordingly
at Vineyards' Deli Basket, Northwestern
Marc Benkoff had ravioli, and Sharon's
... Corned beef and pastrami sandwiches
Highway, Farmington Hills ... Jerry's
nephew, Lauren Becker, had ribs ...
of yesteryears at four or five ounces sure
lock-jaw whopper concoction is like four
"My brother-in-law Carl Fischer and my made a lot of people happy ... and very
layers of three sandwiches in one (corned
mother-in-law Betty Benson also had the
well satisfied.
beef with coleslaw, turkey white meat
turkey dinners, which they both enjoyed
GOOD WAITRESS Dept. ... Christie
with Swiss cheese and Russian dressing,
immensely. Chef Chad was very attentive
Kasparian, 17 years at Brass Pointe,
pastrami with spicy mustard, cut in four
to Sharon's extreme sensitivity to MSG
Orchard Lake Road, north of 10 Mile,
parts and served with a garlic pickle and
and made sure nothing she ate had even a
Farmington Hills ... Customer satisfac-
pickled tomato) ... Sounds like enough
grain of it cooked in:" ... Dennis Green
tion oriented with personable and highly
for the entire sound-alikes of Frankie Valli
GOOD DINING DEAL Dept. ... Dinner talented efficiency to go with an ever-
and the Four Seasons songster group.
for two, Sunday-Thursday, 4-7, at Oliverio's important smile.
PLUS HIS NEW hours of dinner now
on Benstein, off 15 Mile, second traffic
QUESTION & ANSWER Dept. ... "I
only on Saturday evenings, 5-9 p.m., and
light west of Pontiac Trail, Commerce
enjoy walleye but sometimes find it hard
lunch only Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.,
Township ... Chef/Owner Artie Oliverio
to locate. Where can I look for it?" ...

Mariana Sakwa.
If the menu doesn't say walleye, try pick-
erel, a name often given for walleye, which
is in the same family ... Different names
but the same white meat and fine flakes.
"Is someone who calls themselves a
master chef considered the best there is?"
... Martin Cahn.
The words "master chef" are very much
misused ... Only those who have the
graduate title of certified master chef are
considered top culinary dogs.
THAT UNIFORMED GENT you might
see checking parked cars for violations in
Southfield handicap spaces, and telling
the guilty culprits they should be ashamed
of themselves, could be Joe Glazer ... He
started it all in Southfield when, as a court
officer in Southfield's 46th District Court
and Civil Defense colonel, Joe was walking
around in other locales and saw handicap
tickets being issued to law breakers ... He
asked Southfield Police Chef Joe Thomas
why their city didn't also do this ... Soon
after, Glazer received a letter from Thomas
appointing him head of the new handicap
parking department ... This month is
Colonel Joe Glazer's 18th year as founder
of the Southfield Handicap Division of
Emergency Management (formerly Civil
Defense) for the City of Southfield.
CONGRATS ... To Scott Cantor on his
50th birthday ... To Jeffrey Weiser on
his birthday ... To Esther Ingber on her
60th birthday ... To Paul Davidson on
his 80th birthday ... To Boris Shain on
his 61st birthday ... To Roger and Diana
Richmond on their 35th anniversary. 1 1

Danny's e-mail address is

dannyraskin@sbcglobaLnet.

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