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A Greektown best now heads New Big Daddy's kitchen.
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Big news on the Greek dining
scene is the addition of highly
touted Greek Chef Demetrios "Jimmy"
Papatriantafyllou, as executive chef at New
Big Daddy's on Victor Parkway, between
Seven and Eight Mile roads, Livonia.
The former co-partner/executive chef
of New Hellas with Gus Anton is one of
Detroit Greektown's best-known personali-
ties, cooking in Greektown since 1962 ...
Many of Jimmy's award-winning dishes are
seldom matched in their authentic good-
ness, with few Greek
chefs able to boast of
secret preparations simi-
lar to those presented by
him ... Like his stuffed
salmon, a work of art
that nobody else has...
stuffed with crabmeat,
shrimp, cheese, mush-
rooms, celery hearts,
New Big Daddy's
onions and garlic.
YOU CAN GIVE YOUR order in
Yiddish or English if "Mad Max" Igol is
your server at Steven Lelli's Inn on the
Green, 12 Mile between Halsted and
Haggerty, Farmington Hills ... Guys and
gals may remember Max ... Years back, he
was owner of the former Optical Odyssey
in West Bloomfield's Orchard Mall.
THOSE WHO HAVE seen and heard
Bob Posch will want to head on down to
Genetti's Hole in the Wall restaurant on
East Main Street, Northville. Saturday,
March 16 ... Bob's guitar and humorous
vocal bits are longtime favorites of many.
READER MINI REVIEW ... From
Dennis Silber ... "A restaurant that Debbie
and I have been going to for 15 years has
never veered away from being notable as
one of the best eating places of its kind
in our area. Max's Grill in Mizner Park of
downtown Boca Raton gives the best of
a consistent quality, menu selection and
pricing for the many guests who return.
Recently, with Detroiters Sheila and Max
Gendelman, we had jumbo
crab cakes, Hong Kong lettuce
wraps, choices from the large
list of salads, including Max's
Grill's chopped salad, iceberg
wedge with blue cheese and its
classic caesar dressing.
"We then ordered the crab-
crusted snapper (grilled with
light seasonings), short ribs
with a pureed potato and
juicy turkey burger with sweet
potato fries.
"Max's is known as
a must for year-round
residents and a treat for
visitors:"
NOTE TO OWNERS
and managers of Italian
restaurants ... If you are
using good-quality veal,
don't let your kitchen
employees camouflage
it with oodles of gravy,
mushrooms, etc. ... This is many times
a customer's thinking that it is of a poor
grade ... Also, some cooks who call them-
selves accomplished chefs do not know the
difference in quality and slap on gravy that
wrongly hides the good taste of choice and
above-quality veal like Provimi.
THERE OUGHT TO BE A LAW
DEPT. ... Against restaurants saying
"chopped sirloin" on their menu when it
is just plain hamburger meat ... Against
kitchen workers wearing dirty aprons ...
Against waitresses saying "Honey" and
"Dear" when taking orders ... For better
enforcement of the ruling against "kosher
style" being used on menus and signs ...
Against reaching across the table when
serving or removing ... Against sweeping
the floor while people are still eating ...
Against pouring hot coffee onto cold coffee
without asking ... Against servers saying
"What are we having?" ... Against restau-
rants not calling to remind you of your
reservation.
MANY FORMER Detroiters
residing in Boca Raton, Fla.,
and winter get-away guys and
gals are looking forward to
the Seventh Annual Jewish
Community Center Michigan-
Florida Golf Classic and
Reunion Dinner, founded by
Mort Plotkin, former Detroit-
area JCC executive director.
The 2013 event, co-chaired
by snowbirds Mort and Geta
Richman, is set for Tuesday,
March 12, at the Boca Laga Country Club.
This year honors the memory of Irwin
Kahn, former owner of Gardner-White
Furniture, chairman of the Mercantile
Division of the Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit, etc., in raising funds
for the Detroit-area Jewish Community
Center's Summer Day Camp ... The
six past Classics have raised more than
$260,000.
Last year's winners were Morrey Wexler,
Jack Rubin, Norm Cohen and Harvey
Raimi.
For more info and reservations, call
Mort, (248) 210-8489, or Geta, (561) 272-
5917.
FOLKS DON'T HAVE to be golfers to
attend the 23rd Annual Hank Greenberg
Memorial Golf Invitational ... Separate
tickets for only the strolling dinner, open
bar, excellent sports panel, raffle, awards,
ceremonies and all-around good fun
togetherness are going faster than a scared
rabbit wearing wings.
Date is Monday, June 3, at Franklin Hills
Country Club on Inkster and 13 Mile,
Farmington Hills.
The 2013 appearance of Joe Torre, for-
mer Yankees, Dodgers and Mets manager,
getting the Hank Greenberg Lifetime
Achievement Award and being quizzed by
the sports panel funfest is a big reason for
what looks to be a quick sellout.
For more information or tickets, call
Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation
Executive Director David Blatt at (248)
763-1438, or email him, dblatt@
michiganjewishsports.org .
QUICKIE LAUGHS ... From Russi
Arden ... "If They Had a Jewish Mother:
To Mona Lisa, 'After all the money your
father and I spent on braces, this you call a
smile?' To Christopher Columbus, 'I don't
care what you've discovered, you didn't
call, you didn't write: To Napoleon, 'You're
not hiding your report card? Take your
hand out of your jacket and show me!' To
George Washington, 'Next time I catch you
throwing money across the Potomac, you
can kiss your allowance goodbye!' ... To
Moses, 'Desert, shmesert! Where have you
really been for the last 40 years?"'
OLDIE BUT GOODIE DEPT. ... One
Sabbath morning, during prayers, there was
a loud boom and a sudden flash of smoke in
the synagogue's front area. When the smoke
cleared, the astonished congregation saw
this frightening figure in red, complete with
horns, pitchfork and tail and a yarmulke.
The congregation panicked. People
rushed to the back trying to get away. The
devil watched the retreat with great glee,
but his mood was disturbed by the sight of
one man still relaxing comfortably in the
third row.
Angrily the devil thundered, "Do you
not know who I am?" The congregant
replied in a nonchalant way, "Sure I do:'
The devil was extremely puzzled. "Do you
not fear me?"
"Nope! Not at all:' said the gent.
"Why not?"
The fellow snorted, "What for? I've been
married to your sister for 37 years!"
CONGRATS ... To Mark Sherbow on
his birthday ... To Paula Weiser on her
birthday ... To Marcia Robinson on her
birthday ... To David Syme on his birth-
day ... To Isadore "I.A." Averbuch on his
90th birthday ... To Newton "Newty" and
Ileene Levin on their 65th anniversary.
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Danny's email is dannyraskin@sbcglobaLnet.
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