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O'Brien's Crabhouse has items you might find only at East Coast restaurants.

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t originally was known as Fran
Try the wonderful Ipswich
O'Brien's Maryland Crabhouse ... and
clams that may not be found
the only seafood restaurant where
anywhere else in this area, or
enthusiasts could get its selections of
the delicious seafood-based
favorite seafarin' offerings.
soups ... Or, if you and anyone
Thirteen years ago, for the sake of brev-
else in the party is allergic to
ity, the name was shortened to just plain
seafood, O'Brien's Crabhouse
O'Brien's Crabhouse ... owned by Dan
has things available like the
Dunsky, son of community-ites Harriet
Captain's B.B.Q. Platter of
and Bob Dunsky.
baby back ribs, grilled chicken
Honoring its 24th anniversary, O'Brien's
breast and Andouille sausage
Crabhouse, in the Auburn Hills Plaza strip
with O'Brien's own barbecue
center on Opdyke Road, between South
sauce and fries ... Also a char-
Boulevard and Auburn Road, is still the
grilled certified angus New
only seafood restaurant that has rare-
York strip steak ... The barbecued baby
selling dishes like steamed Maryland Blue
back ribs are slow smoked and basted with
Crabs with Old Bay seasoning, Shrimp
O'Brien's sweet barbecue sauce.
Mozambique appetizer, sauteed in a zesty
The next anniversary being Dan's Silver
garlic cream sauce served over toasted
25th you can expect even bigger surprises
baguette slices, etc.
... Until then, the revela-
At its annual Summer Time
tions are the finding of sea-
Lobster Fest, during July and
food delights many folks
August, Dan gives away two-
never thought they would
and-a-half pound lobsters to
be getting without taking a
guests with a key that opens
trip to Boston, Chesapeake
the lock on a treasure chest at
Bay or other points on the
the restaurant ... Dan mails
eastern coast.
out keys to 2,500 people on his
BOTH CONSIDERED
house list.
AMONG the best in their
But many people who know
field ... highly touted
about O'Brien's Crabhouse
General Manager Tony
certainly do not wait until then Dan Duns ky
Hadjisofroniou and Executive
to visit this much adored place
Chef Demetrios "Jimmy"
that has their favorites like Perch Piccata,
Papatriantafilou ... are no longer at New
sauteed over rice pilaf with a lemon but-
Hellas Greek restaurant on Northwestern
ter sauce, or Pecan Encrusted Walleye
Hwy., Farmington Hills ... They had been
over wilted spinach ... and so many other
there since the 2013 opening.
best-sellers ... In fact, O'Brien's Crabhouse
DANDY DINING DEAL ... Eggplant
owns the distinction of being one of the
Parmesan ... Includes soup or salad, veg-
very few places with items prepared other
etable and potato or rice ... $7.95 ... seven
than the normal, mundane ways.
days only, lunch or dinner, Thursday,
It is open Monday-Friday, 11-10;
July 10, through Wednesday, July 16 ...
Saturday, 4-10 p.m.; Sunday, 4-9 p.m.
Georges restaurant, Northwestern Hwy.,
Seating is still just about 80 amid a
West Bloomfield.
GIGI'S DEPT.... "Hey, human guys and
nautical theme with tugboat ropes, coral-
covered pins, fishing netting, mounted
gals who have a pet dog. Guess who has
fish, seashells, etc.
all natural healthy treats made just for us

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GRAND MARSHALS for the 2014
Walk of Ages by Jewish Senior Life will be
Douglas and Barbara Bloom ... Sunday,
Aug. 24, 9 a.m. at the Eugene and Marcia
Applebaum Jewish Community Campus,
West Bloomfield ...Date change from Aug.
17 is because of the JCC Maccabi Games.
REUNION DEPT. ... Vernon/
Vandenberg School, all classes, get-togeth-
er is Thursday, July 24, at Santia Hall, Cass
Lake Road, Keego Harbor ... Contact Jill
or Jules Goldman, (248) 926-8585.
OLDIE BUT GOODIE DEPT. ... A
Jewish gent develops a crush on a girl,
but when he tells his very religious father
about her, his dad just wants to know her
family name. When the young guy tells
him that the girl's name is Ford, the father
says that Ford is not a good Jewish name,
and he must forget her and go find a nice
Jewish girl.
Time passes and the young boy finds
another girl, but her name is Austin, so his
father tells him the same thing, to find a
nice Jewish girl with a nice Jewish name.
More time passes, and the young guy
finds another girl, but this time he is sure
that he has solved the problem because the
girl's name is Goldberg.
"Goldberg!" exclaims his father. "This
makes me very happy because it is a real
good Jewish name, and from a good estab-
lished family." Then he asks what her first
name is. "Is it one of my favorite names,
like Rachael or Rebecca?"
"No, father; says the young son. "It's
Whoopi."
CONGRATS ... To Joe Smiler on his
birthday ... To Linda Kunin on her birth-
day ... To Michael Zarkin on his 16th
birthday ... To Harland "Sonny" and
Frances "Franny" Fine on their 60th anni-
versary ... To Leslie and Barbara Hubert
on their 55th anniversary.

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"A family
tradition
since 1964"

Pasta Tuesdays

big and small doggies? Buddy's
Pizza, and it's not dog pizzas.
"Guess what! They don't take
fresh leftover dough that isn't
used and throw it out. Mr. Wes
Pikula, the big-shot vice presi-
dent there and his boss, the
nice guy who owns Buddy's,
Robert Jacobs, make what they
call Buddy Bones from the
fresh dough.
"A lot of our pooch friends at
the Michigan Humane Society
get some of the proceeds, too.
A doggie bag of bones for bigger dogs are
just 15 grams and those for us little ones
only five grams. The bags cost only $2."
QUESTION & ANSWER DEPT.... "Do
you think there will ever be another place
like Trio that was opened here way back
when? My future husband, Arnold, and I
used to go there before we were married
for the great barbecue ribs in one of the
restaurants there:' ... Mina Swiskin.
[That's hard to tell. Trio, on
Northwestern Highway just north of 12
Mile in Southfield — now site of the IN
offices — was a fine concept, but difficult
to manage, I was told. There has been talk
about another one along the same lines
being contemplated but not the same kind
of food. The one owned by the Meyerson
family had Buddy's Bar-B-Q, Great Oyster
Bar and Brown Bear restaurants at the
Trio. The family also owned Scotch 'n'
Sirloin at the same time.]
WITH ALL THE hullabaloo about
Ndamukong Suh leaving the Detroit
Lions a bunch of hooey, Mark Zatkin, co-
owner of Steven Lelli's Inn on the Green,
12 Mile, Farmington Hills, can now con-
centrate more on the assignment given
him by Suh ... To find the All-American
and All-Pro defensive tackle more vino
there with labels that very few people
have for his wine locker at one of Suh's
favorite restaurants.

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