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Singing Praises

Mr. Joe's hits 9th year with expanded menu.

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either gent looks nor sings like
preparation and presentation,
Kenny Rogers, but when it
Mr. Joe's enjoys much success in
comes to selling hamburgers,
its wide regard among favorite
among other food selection goodies, they
places to go for casual eating in
make a good match.
clean surroundings ... Mike's
When Michael Abrams and David
other ventures include Five
Priehs took over Mr. Joe's nine years ago,
Guys, Snookers Pool & Pubs, Lu
& Carl's in Brighton, etc. ... And
the late Joe "Kenny Rogers look-alike"
Machiorlatti had sold more than 2 million
Dave is owner of Davis-Stevens
burgers in 35 years at his Mr. Joe's on 12
Foods.
Mile, just east of Northwestern Hwy ...
It is estimated that in the
In just the nine years that Mike and Dave
nine years of its existence,
more than 2 million people
have owned it, they have gone through
more than 500,000 burgers.
have already come into Mr. Joe's for the
If he were still here, Joe would join oth-
burgers, pizzas, Slim Joe's (name takeoff
ers in singing praise for how Mike and
on the popular Slim Jim), etc. ... The
Dave have preserved his sports bar name.
burgers have been topped with almost a
million pounds of onions, around two mil-
One of the things that Joe didn't have
when he moved from his former 12 High
lion slices of dill pickles, etc.
Bar on Northwestern was French fries ...
The expanded menu now includes a
When he did, it was nothing for him to go
much bigger variety of items than previ-
through 30,000 pounds a year ... Mike and ously seen at the original Mr. Joe's ... And,
Dave in just nine years have sold about
without much doubt, not at your average
315,000 pounds, which would make it
sports bar ... Choices include 12 appetiz-
around 35,000 a year.
ers, various soups, including chili, four
The success of Mr. Joe's is further mag-
styles of burgers, seven salads, chicken,
nified by its being
fish and steak
rated among the
sandwiches, fish
top sports bars and
and chips, clam
hamburger empori-
strips, hot dogs, the
ums in Michigan by
big-selling hand-
various publications.
dipped onion rings,
Big seller at Mr.
etc.
Joe's is the lean
Both being food
men, Mike and
Piedmontese ham-
burger with its
Dave know the
consistent texture of
wants of sufficient
good taste and ten-
selections to make
David Priehs and Michael Abrams
derness to go with a
for satisfactory vis-
healthy togetherness
its ... The complete
... Numerous celebrities when appearing
renovation of Mr. Joe's three years ago was
in town — show biz, athletes etc. — along
further testament to its ambition for com-
with local personalities from TV, radio and plete customer wants ... The building was
newspapers, join regulars in munching on
given a complete remodeling, both inside
trays of popcorn and bags of potato chips
and out.
at no charge.
Hours are 11 a.m.-2 a.m. Monday
Because both are knowledgeable in food
through Saturday; noon-10 p.m. Sunday.

The 14 television sets, plus
two ultra large screens, fill the
walls with casual looks of con-
venience from both tables and
booths ... as Mr. Joe's already
is looking ahead to next year's
big 10-year celebration.
TRUE TO THEIR word, as
usual, the space next door has
been taken over by authentic
Lebanese cuisine's wonderful
Le Chef ... off Northwestern
Hwy., on the road to Home
Depot and Sam's Club, Farmington Hills.
The beautiful addition was formerly
occupied by Jimmy John's and has been
transformed into a glamorous setting that
does much in complementing the origi-
nal room ... Its white tablecloth-covered
tables provide added seating for 80 plus
another 10 stools at a well-stocked bar
with granite counters and wine racks on
both sides.
Le Chef's elegant new room for dining
also doubles as a private section for events
with a moveable folding door on hand to
set up when needed.
LIKE OLD TIMES ... Sitting and watch-
ing someone make a Caesar salad table-
side ... Executive Chef Travis Waynick at
Joe Vicari's Andamo Italian Steakhouse,
Telegraph, just south of 15 mile, Bloomfield
Township, mixed an Andiamo version in
a wooden-like bowl with all the neces-
sary ingredients for a delicious Caesar
almost prepared the way that originator,
Cesar Cardini, meant it to be years back in
Tijuana, Mexico.
QUESTION & ANSWER DEPT ...
"Wow, did I ever love the big Dover sole
we used to get at the Golden Mushroom.
Where can we get Dover sole that size?" ...

Herman Anstandig.
[Few, if any, restaurants today sell those
26- to 28-ounce beauties. They were so
large that half-orders at Golden Mushroom
were available.]

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May 30 • 2013

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29, Maple and Orchard Lake Road, West
Bloomfield, are Mon.-Thurs. 2-11 p.m.;
Fri.-Sat., 2-Midnight; Sun. 2 p.m.-8 p.m.
... Its 50-seat outdoor patio is open for
dinner and Sunday brunch.
REUNION DEPT. ... 65th biggie by
Central High, Class of 1948, is set for
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Country Club, Farmington Hills ... Contact
Lila (Rosen) Monsein, (248) 932-0948, or
Ann (Lenick) Carron, (248) 788-0104.
OLDIE BUT GOODIE DEPT. ... Two
beggars are sitting side by side. One has a
cross in front of him and the other is hold-
ing the Star of David. Many people go by,
look at both beggars, but only put money
into the hat of the beggar sitting behind
the cross.
A man of the cloth in religious garb
stops to watch the throngs of people giv-
ing money to the beggar holding the cross,
while none give to the beggar holding the
Star of David. Finally the religious gent
approaches the beggar with the Star of
David and says, "My poor fellow, people
aren't going to give you money if you sit
there holding a Star of David, especially
when you're sitting beside a beggar with
a cross. In fact, they would probably give
more money to him just out of spite'
The beggar with the Star of David lis-
tened to the man, smiled, turned to the
beggar with the cross and said, "Moishe,
look who's trying to teach the Goldstein
brothers about marketing!"
CONGRATS ... To Jerry Efros on his
90th birthday ... To Alvin Frommer on his
77th birthday ... To Mickey Bakst on his
birthday ... To Cal Lippitt on his birthday
...To Bernard "Bernie" Moray on his birth-
day ...

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