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Th is Must Be Paradise!
New d owntown seafood restaurant stirs fond memories.
p
aradise Valley lives again,
Paradise Valley spots, plus grand
although not at the same loca-
food and service enjoyed so much
tion ... Bu t, nevertheless, still in
at PV's wonderful dining places.
Detroit and, hope fully, en route to the joys
Executive Chef Leonardo
of yesteryears.
Vultage brings back many inno-
One thing for sure, th e former
vations ... His more than 20
Harmonie Park, now dub bed as Paradise
years is impressive as a gradu-
Valley, has a restaurant wi th an ambitious
ate of the Culinary Institute of
beginning.
America in Hyde Park, N.Y., and
The Detroit Seafood Mark et eatery on
winner of two gold medals and
Randolph Street, Detroit, take its place
a silver at the 1988 International
with the best, creating offering that bring Culinary Olympics ... Not the
back many memories of days-go ne-by
least being certified as a master
places.
chef from the American Culinary
Great recollections of Paradise Valley
Federation.
(on the eastern edge of downtown,
Many folks still look back wistfully on
around Hastings and St. Antoine Stre ts)
those glory days of Joe Muer Seafood in
returned while recently sitting at Detro it
Detroit, and with good reason ... It is hope-
Seafood Market restaurant ... Dining in
ful that Detroit Seafood Market, with an
the elegant Ebony Room at Gotham Hotel
executive chef such as Leonardo, can fill the
with the next table many times frequented seemingly lacking void of this fine seafood
by Benny Goodman, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis
dining institution ... The seafood and fish
Armstrong, Sarah Vaughn, Duke Ellington, choices customers are receiving include an
Billy Holiday, etc.
imposing array that
Bouncing around to
includes Detroit's
Flame Show Bar owned
original fried twin
by Morrie Wasserman,
lobster tails, broiled
to Garfield Lounge with
Chilean sea bass
Sonny Wilson to hear
done pan-Asian style
Bob Wyatt at the organ,
with jasmine rice,
dining at Aquarium
broiled snapper with
Seafood with Duke
crabmeat, sauteed
Ellington band greats
Maryland lump crab
Sonny Greer beating the General Manager Theo Oresky a nd
cakes, seafood fettuc-
Executive Chef Leonardo Vultage
drums, Johnny Hodges
cine, broiled Florida
of the beautiful alto sax
snapper with crab-
and Lawrence Taylor, baritone sax mar-
meat, etc. ... Ano ther winner is the Seafood
vel ... Cab Calloway getting up from his
and Combo Platters that feature Maine sea
plateful of food at Gotham Hotel's Ebony
scallops or New York Blue Pointe oysters for
Room and with a napkin still around his
starters ... Of course, few seafood opera-
neck singing "Minnie the Moocher:'
tions would be complet without the steaks
Wonderful remembrances while sitting at and chops too.
Detroit Seafood Market restaurant with its
Many folks will remem er General
stylish decor like that of many yesteryear's
Manager Theo Oresky from his days at
Pike Street in Pontiac ...
or with the Jimmy Schmidt
Restaurant Group ... His
knowledge of food, satisfy-
ing customer wants and
development of training for
servers is well noted.
Detroit Seafood Market,
located in a turn-of-the-cen-
tury historic building with
red brick walls, polished
wood floors, 14-foot-high
wood ceilings and floor to
ceiling windows, blends
the past with contemporary designs ...
Seating is for 170 where diners can select
tables in the center of the dining area at
lemon-wedge-shaped booths or in semi-
private booths.
Hours are Monday-Thursday 11:30-10
and Friday-Saturday, until midnight.
Paradise Valley is back, if only in name,
but Detroit Seafood Market is hopeful
of being the beginning of another great
name to remember.
THE REMODELING COMES next ...
But in the meantime, a new menu has
given Village Palace, Orchard Lake Road,
north of Pontiac Trail, Orchard Lake
Village, another kind of different look ...
It was conceived by operators/managers
Angelo Georgizas and Robert Lukaj and
gives folks good feelings to see the large
bevy of breakfast, lunch and dinners at
such low prices ... This is the first time
since opened years ago as Village Place
that the restaurant has a full menu to go
with credit card acceptance ... Many of
them are items that Angelo used to serve
when he had Angelo's Bistro ... Tommy
Salad, Mediterranean Salad, Chicken
Piccata, Chicken Marsala, Lamb Shank,
etc. ... The remodeling changeover com-
ing at Village Palace has met with village
approval and permits will soon allow work
to be done in the restaurant renovation.
MAIL DEPT. ... "My wife, Rose, and I
dined at Outback Steak House on Orchard
Lake Road in West Bloomfield, and after
waiting over 30 minutes for my food, Ryan
the manager, came to our table with a
straight face and said that the Alice Chicken
which I ordered 'had died: He suggested
that I could choose from several other
choices. I asked to have the same selec-
tion as my wife, Chicken Barbecue. To my
surprise, moments later came my Alice
Chicken with a steaming delicious baked
potato and to top it off we were served a
complimentary plate of chicken quesadilla
appetizers" ... Jerry Light.
THE DEALERSHIP ON Telegraph
and Southfield has a no-smoking policy,
so nobody had a match or lighter to fire
up the one candle on Mary Tamaroff's
85th birthday cake in his Honda show-
room.
Grandson Eric Frehsee, son of Mary
and Claire's daughter and son-in-law,
Karen and Howard Frehsee, to the rescue,
running out and finding an old book of
matches in his car ... Mary shook the
universe as he gathered air as if a mightly
hurricane roared, took a superhuman
deep breath and with massive earth-
shattering gusto blew out that poor lonely
little candle ... Both Eric and Ryan, son
of Mary and Claire's son, Jeffrey and
daughter-in-law Sandi, work with grandpa
at the dealership and joyously joined in
the laughter ... as a tired but thrilled
Mary Tamaroff smiled at his magnificent
accomplishment.
CONGRATS ... To Jennie Berg on her
97th birthday. El
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