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Rochester Chop House fetes 23rd year with Kabin Kruser's.

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t many times takes winning experience
Rochester Chop House did so
by partners or associates to produce
many things properly ... cut-
a victor in the restaurant business ...
ting its own meats on the prem-
Years ago, both were major players on the
ises, serving steak-cut portions
wonderful C.A. Muer Corporation dining
of fish and ocean fresh seafood
team, which is no small reason why their
while keeping prices affordable
operations today are so highly esteemed.
... Good food, good service and
And enjoying the utmost confidence of
sensible prices always combine
someone like the late Chuck Muer speaks
to make regulars out of new
volumes of why they are so successful in the customers.
field of culinary excellence.
Best sellers at Rochester
Their Rochester Chop House on Main
Chop House are its tender cuts
Street, between Third and Fourth in
of meat with the most popular
Rochester, is yearly considered among the
being its 22-ounce bone-in
finest dining restaurants in Michigan ...
ribeye and center-cut 9- and 12-ounce
And a huge gastronomic feather blooms in
filets ... plus stuffed shrimp, Maryland
both caps on the occasion of RCH's 23rd
jumbo lump crab cakes, Maine lobster tails
anniversary.
and Alaskan king crab legs ... Other large
After 17 years with Chuck, C.A. Muer
yummy favorites include Jimmy's Pile of
Vice President Bill Kruse went out on
Perch, Australian lamb chops and New
his own in 1988, opening Kruse & Muer
Bedford sea scallops that are pan-seared
Quality Foods in
with asparagus, corn-off-
the one-time named
the-cob, sundried tomatoes,
Meadowbrook Mall ...
spinach and a light butter
He had the blessings
sauce.
of Chuck Muer, who
One of the dishes, to my
became an immediate
knowledge, cannot be got-
financial investor in
ten anywhere else ... It's the
Bill's new venture and
delicious lobster that is filled
also allowed him to use
with a lobster, crabmeat and
his name.
mushroom stuffing.
When Bill opened
Many diners begin with
the present Kruse &
the James Beard New
Muer on Main in 1990,
England Clam Chowder, 306
Vince Clark and Bill Kruse
Vince Clark, former
house salad or flash-fried
C.A. Muer regional
calamari served with lemon
manager, came on board as its general
caper beurre blanc ... Side orders of clas-
manager.
sically prepared stewed tomatoes, creamed
Rochester Chop House opened in 1991
spinach, daily fresh vegetable and the
as somewhat of a combination of that era's
always-popular Chop House hash browns
London Chop House on Congress, Detroit,
with caramelized onions and bleu cheese
and Joe Muer's Seafood on Gratiot in
are choice selections.
Detroit ... One side became Kabin Kruser's
Both Rochester Chop House and its back-
Oyster Bar ... both of which almost imme-
of-the-restaurant Kabin Kruser's are seven-
diately developed into huge successes ...
day operations ... Chop House, Mon.-Fri.,
lunch, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; dinner 5.-10 p.m.;
with Vince as their operating partner.
As a wonderful upscale restaurant,
Sat., 5-10:30 p.m.; Sun., 4-9 p.m. ... Kabin
Kruser's, Mon.-Thurs., 11 a.m.-10:30 p.m.;

Fine Italian Dining in a Casual Atmosphere

SPOSITA'S

Fri. & Sat., 11 a.m.-11 p.m.;
Sun.,1-9 p.m.
It may be a much well-
worn expression, but how
else otherwise can one truly
describe what is certainly
one of Metropolitan Detroit's
best-kept dining secrets ...
Rochester Chop House and
Kabin Kruser's Oyster Bar ...
indeed in classes of their own
... celebrating with much din-
ing honor, a highly coveted
23rd anniversary as a Gourmet
Magazine Best Michigan Restaurant.
DANDY DINING DEAL ... Brisket of
Beef Platter ... Includes soup or salad,
vegetable and potato ... $6.95 ... 10 days
only, Thursday, Oct. 23, through Saturday,
Nov. 1 ... No coupons ... Siegel's Deli, 15
Mile, just west of Haggerty, Commerce
Township.
QUESTION & ANSWER DEPT ...
"What Italian restaurant would you say has
the best minestrone soup in town?" ... Sara

Stolman.
[Wowee, Sara, that's cause for getting
shot at. Minestrone soup is many times
the restaurant's own version and the chef
is usually a good shot. Very few are alike. I
remember having the one that Larco's Inn
used to put out years ago when on West
McNichols in Detroit ... It was quite dif-
ferent ... but one that the Larco brothers
(Pete, Mike and Nick) were raised on back
in Italy, I think ... It was thick with pasta,
peas and croccili (Pete added either aspara-
gus or broccoli for an extra taste) ... I don't
recall if it was the house minestrone soup
or not, but it was delicious.]
A BEST BET OF the weekend ...
Charity appearance of former localite,
world-renown concert pianist David Syme,
Oct. 24, 7 p.m., at Steinway Gallery, corner
of Maple and M-5, Commerce Township
... $25 donation includes refreshments and
afterglow party.

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JON LOVITZ WHO will appear at Joe
Vicari's Andiamo celebrity Showroom, 14
Mile, Warren, Saturday, Nov. 18, 8 p.m., is
remembered by many as playing "Hanukah
Harry" while on TV's Saturday Night Live
... He was cast as living on Mount Sinai
and traveling with three donkeys and a
cart filled with gifts for Jewish young-
sters ... After SNL, Lovitz was given a
$500,000-per-film movie contract and went
on to much higher money-making, doing
almost 50 flicks ... You might remember
him as Mr. Marks in the 2005 film The
Producers or as Billy Crystal's odd brother
in City Slickers II or Adam Sandler's rival
crooner in The Wedding Singer, etc ...
Lovitz fills in the scheduled date of the late
Joan Rivers.
NEW PRESIDENT at Knollwood
Country Club, West Bloomfield, Robert
Nathan, who took over from outgoing
prez Larry Sobotsky, made his first big
announcements ... That Ray Metz is no
longer general manager at Knollwood
... and Tracy Wilson, food and beverage
director, is now responsible for day-to-
day club operations ... and Liz Shubiner,
treasurer, works with Tracy plus being
executive committee liaison assisting with
operations.
OLDIE BUT GOODIE DEPT ... She had
visited the cemetery many times but never
heard such goings on with the ultra-loud
wailing that screeched out into the air ...
Going over, she saw a man bending over the
site yelling, crying uncontrollably and repeat-
ing, "Why did you die? Why did you die?"
"You poor man, the person must have
been very dear to you," said the woman.
The man sobbed, "No, it was my wife's
first husband:'
CONGRATS ... To Scott Raskin on his
birthday ...To Hazel Bender on her birthday
... To Sharon Schultz on her birthday.

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