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There are many reasons why
With signs of better weather
the Rhapsody has, in a very
on the way, many thoughts go
quiet way, received numer-
toward destination dining at places not
ous awards, but none more
usually reached because of inclement
outstanding than its tradi-
conditions ... Folks eagerly look forward
tional charm and authentic
to coveted Downriver places like Moro's
Hungarian cuisine.
Dining and the Rhapsody among numer-
CLOSING OF Seldom Blues
ous eatery establishments.
at Detroit's Renaissance Center
Casual dining at these and other restau-
certainly leaves a tremendous
rants is always a pleasurable experience.
void in Metropolitan Detroit
Moro's Dining, on Allen Road just west of ... Too bad more people didn't
Southfield Road in Allen Park, is the secret
realize that this could happen
that many cannot help but
... It is hoped
give away ... However, only
by many that Detroit's ultra-
to their closest friends and
beautiful and pleasurable
relatives.
former dining and jazz
The excellent Italian food
entertainment standout will
and combination of Old
be reopened again.
World dining with its won-
QUESTION & ANSWER
derful service and overall
DEPT. ... "My husband
presentations are with few
and I have been trying to
equals ... Couple this with
remember the name of a
reasonable prices and you
restaurant we ate in 20 or 25
have the culinary winner
years ago. It was in Detroit.
folks like to talk about ...
An Italian couple cooked
From the salad prepared
Flambeing a dessert at
the food and served it in
tableside at no charge with
Moro's Dining in Allen
their garage, and I believe
dinner entrees to the fresh
Park is fun to watch and
the husband entertained.
fruits and unshelled nuts
delicious to enjoy.
The food was great and it
brought after the meal,
was a memorable occasion.
Moro's is in a very exalted class.
Does this ring a bill with you?" ... Dana
The Rhapsody, on Northline Road,
Letvin
between Dix and Allen Roads in
[Off hand, I can't recall the exact
Southgate, with its on-premises cooking
one, although I do remember Arminio
is among the few overly good Hungarian
Beltramello and his wife preparing food at
restaurants in this area ... Where so many their Villa Venice, a short distance north of
go for Hungarian dishes that can rarely
Lelli's Inn on Woodward, Detroit, and tak-
be obtained elsewhere, like the traditional
ing it home to serve their friends ... At the
Fasirozott, an individual meatloaf that
restaurant, Arminio used to play the piano
may not be on the menu but can be spe-
and sing.]
cial-ordered and obtained without notice.
IT IS GOOD to see the kitchen employ-

ees who handle food wearing
plastic gloves at RJ's American
Grille on Northwestern Hwy.,
Farmington Hills ... There's
nothing like cleanliness at a
restaurant ... This is always
the sign of a new eatery get-
ting off on the right foot as
they say.
MAIL DEPT. ... "When my
wife, Barbara, and I were in
Albuquerque, N.M., recently,
we went shopping in a store
selling Judaica called Romero
Street Gallery. After we purchased a couple
of items we started talking to the owner,
Janet Steinlauf (Seigel). When she found
out that Hy Horenstein was my father,
she related the story that she lived on
Burton just east of Coolidge in Oak Park
in the '60s and that she used to hop over
the fence behind her house to go over to
my dad's deli to have french fries. What
a small world we live in, and it was very
pleasant running into an old Oak Parker
who had such nice things to say about my
dad." ... Ray Horenstein.
REGARDING RUMORS about leav-
ing the public relations business to con-
centrate on his other enterprises, Mort
Meisner says that folks can forget it ...
"My talent representation business is
booming as I now represent more than
100 on-air people throughout the United
States. The Center For Film Studies
is going strong, having educated and
retrained more than 100 laid-off skilled
workers, many of who have worked in the
television and film industry.
"As for the public relations, crisis man-
agement and advertising business:' says
Mort, "I am always looking for new clients

to add to our impressive list of diversi-
fied businesses and am still selling the
book I wrote on media training and crisis
management called The Complete Media
Training Handbook."
CORRECTION DEPT. ... Quicken
Loans Vice President David Carroll of West
Bloomfield, points out that "Dan Gilbert of
Franklin is Quicken Loans chairman, not
his brother, Gary, of Los Angeles, an inde-
pendent movie producer. The Gilbert broth-
ers founded Rock Financial, now Quicken
Loans, with Lindsay Gross of Franklin."
[David is the son of Jewish News free-
lance writer Beldon "Bill" Carroll and is
now overseeing the move of 1,700 Quicken
employees from Livonia to downtown
Detroit.]
PASSOVER PAST MEMORIES ...
When we had Passover seder at the home
of my mother, Minnie Raskin, and 6-year-
old cousin Brian Gussin was told by his
mother, Diane Gussin, not to wipe his
hands on his shirt, so he wiped them on
his pants ... Things that never change,
wishing I had a tape recorder on those
trips to the supermarket for Passover
orders ... The indoor traffic jams, people
having under-the-breath conversations
with themselves, men begging their wife
to hurry up and wives pleading with their
husbands to shut up ... Passover prepara-
tion times at the supermarkets are price-
less classics.
CONGRAT'S ... To Muriel "Murt"
Sherbow on her 85th birthday ... To Jeff
Sherbow on his 59th birthday ... To Mark
Sherbow on his 64th birthday ... To Fred
Garfinkel on his 76th birthday. El

Danny's e-mail address is
dannyraskin@sbcglobal.net.

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