arts & life

fressing
with fishman

Best Food In A
Gas Station

I

free appetizer

with purchase of 2 entrees*

(Sun-Thu Only)
*Must present coupon. Not valid with other offers or prior purchases. Expires 11-15-15.

Happy Hour

Mon-Fri. 4pm-6pm & 9pm-close
$5 Happy Hour Munchies
$5 Handcrafted Cocktails
$1 off all draft beer
$2 off all glasses of wine

eWensteinWrille

food & cocktails
Commerce Twp. 248-624-4100

ensteiZrille

loo

_kta:

2435 Benstein Road • Commerce Twp.
Between Maple and Glengary
248-624-4100

Mon.-Thurs. 4-10pm • Fri. 4-llpm • Sat. llam-11pm • Sun. llam-8pm

www.bensteingrille.com

2037320

Buy $100 worth of gift cards and get a $20.00 Complimentary gift card for yourself!!!

1/2 Off
Wine
ednesday

Kids
Eat Free
Monday

Al

Restaurant

Italian Cuisine

248.476.0044

Buy one lunch or dinner entree I
and get the second 1/2 off
I

15% off
total food bill

Of equal or lesser value

Not good with any other coupons.
Not good on holidays. One coupon per couple. Up to $30

Expires 10/31/15

I

Not good with any other coupon.
Not good on holidays. One coupon per couple. Up to $30
Expires 10/31/15

Farmington Hills • Corner of Grand River & Haggerty Road
Auburn Hills • 1 1/2 miles south of the Palace of Auburn Hills

1966930

Over 35 years of Chinese Food Experience.

65 Freshest and
High Quality Ingredients!!

"WE HAVE GLUTEN FREE
& VEGETARIAN DISHES"

Mon-Thu: 11am-10:15pm
Fri-Sat: 11am-11:15pm
Sun: 12pm-10:15pm

17% OFF

6,

NO MSG

14% OFF :

for cash GP for credit card
payment
payment

Mongolian Beef

General Tso's Chicken

OF TOTAL FOOD BILL

_ Valid 10-8-15 to 10-22-15. *Cannot combine with other offers.
• ____
—---

24K83:5566
ilimaiir441
• W. Bloorr
76'Orchard Lake Rd.
urge o n'line:
(Between Lone Pine & PontiadTrail)
wwvv.ChinaTownMI:com

'

2nd location Commerce Township • 248-669-1133

54 October 8 2015

*MI I 2031100

don't always recommend
described coffeehouse in the
dinner from a gas station
morning, with owner Greg
... but when I do, it's Mr.
Mudge planning grab-and-go
Kabob in Berkley. Yes, you
breakfast sandwiches.
read that right — tucked in
the back of a Sunoco station
NEW PLACES
at the corner of 12 Mile and
There's a new bar and lounge
Coolidge is one of the best
now open at Greektown
Middle Eastern restaurants
Casino & Hotel — Rock Bar
in an area I'm confident
& Lounge replaces the for-
boasts the highest per capita
mer Asteria, serving cocktails
number of places to grab
named after some of Detroit's
falafel or shawarma outside
most famous streets and
of the Middle East.
boasting a big beer selection.
You don't have to take my Mr. Kabob
Also now open is the exclu-
word for it. This summer,
sive MGM Grand Detroit
owner Sam Gulli's fam-
Tunnel Club at Ford Field,
ily business was recognized
where you can watch (if you're
by New York-based lifestyle
a sadomasochist) the Lions as
website Thrillist as one of
they run onto the field through
"America's 13 Best Restaurants
a glass hallway in the tunnel
in Gas Stations"
before every home game.
If you take the leap of faith
As part of a $2 million reno-
and decide to top off your
vation, the space was outfitted
tank after you're done fill-
with a bar, tables and video
ing up your car's, you won't
screens ($19,000 will get you a
miss with a single thing on
Ryan
two-ticket season package and
the menu. Everything I've
Fishman
access to unlimited food and
tried at Mr. Kabob, from their
all the soda you can drink. For
deboned chicken to beef kafta,
booze, there will be a cash bar).
grape leaves and mujadara has left me
impressed. It's also worth mentioning
THIS AND THAT
that for the price, their portions are
For a fall brunch off the beaten path,
beyond generous. I'm partial to their
check out Sweet Potato Sensations
sandwiches — easy to eat on the fly.
on Lahser, just north of Grand River in
In the event that you're not so bold,
Detroit. Like the name suggests, their
today you're in luck. Gulli just opened
go-to is the seasonally appropriate sweet
his first freestanding Mr. Kabob, sans
potato. Every "Soul Saturday," they're
gas station, in what used to be the
serving up some amazing and unique
Halo Burger on Big Beaver, just west of
dishes. Try the sweet potato pancakes or
Crooks. The Troy menu builds on the
their amazing sweet potato chicken.
already extensive menu developed in
Watch for La Strada Cafe in
Berkley, adding build-your-own wraps
Birmingham, approved late last month
and salads.
for a bistro license that will allow for the
sale of wine and champagne along with
MUDGIE'S DELI
breakfast, lunch and dinner menus from
Corktown's Mudgie's Deli, which also
Zharko Palushaj, the man behind Tre
got some love from the Internet this year
Monti in Troy.
(named BuzzFeed's Best Sandwich Shop
in America), has wrapped an expansion
MAZEL TOV
project, reopening last month.
To Steven Friedman, the 2015 Tam-
After acquiring its neighboring par-
O-Shanter Club Champion.
cel on Porter Street, owners expanded
To attorney Mike Morse, who's get-
seating, added an outdoor patio dining
ting some well-deserved recognition for
area, and made the carryout space more
donating more than 23,000 backpacks to
comfortable.
Detroit schoolchildren.
They've also reopened with a full
To Kat Hawkins, the new beverage
service bar. Mudgie's bar will be pour-
director at Townhouse Detroit.
ing daily until 9 p.m., with a happy hour
And a very happy birthday to
weekdays from 4-7 p.m. that also fea-
Birmingham Mayor Stuart Sherman,
tures a rotating menu of beer and appe-
attorney Ryan Berman and Avi
tizer specials. The bar will serve as a self- Davidoff! *