“For 40 years, Gallery Restaurant has served up masterpieces”

~ Danny Raskin

THE GALLERY RESTAURANT

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Daily Special to choose from for lunch & dinner…

Dinner specials come with complimentary rice or chocolate pudding or jello

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150 Artisan Cheeses
to Choose from
and Pair it with
the Perfect Wine.

20% off

Sample our Cheeses
Before You Buy

All Fresh Cut Cheeses

Offer expires 7.31.17

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33041 Grand River Ave, Farmington, Michigan

(248) 957-9581

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Hours of Operation

Monday – Saturday 7:00 am – 10:00 pm
Sunday 7:00 am – 9:00 pm

O RDER 2 E NTREES
AND ENJOY A D ESSERT ON US !

*Minimum price per entrée is $13 each.

248.334.3900

2235 Orchard Lake Rd.
Sylvan Lake, MI 48320

www.thegrillrestaurantandbar.com

Fine Italian Dining in a Casual Atmosphere

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Closed

July 4 –
Closed
Enjoy Your
Memorial
Holiday!
Day

OUR PETITE FILET DINNER
IS HAPPENING AGAIN!

Sunday, July 2 through Thursday, July 6.

$ 22.95

Includes Petite Filet, antipasto plate, side of pasta,
salad, soup, potato and vegetable.
Dine-in only, not valid with any other offer.

15% Off

food bill

Offer Good Monday-Thursday, dine-in only and entrees only. Not
valid with any other offer. With coupon only. Not valid on holidays.
Expires 7/31/17

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June 29 • 2017

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(248) 538-8954

33210 W. 14 Mile Rd
In Simsbury Plaza, just east of Farmington Rd.
West Bloomfield

Mon-Thurs: 4pm-10pmtFri: 11am-11pm
Sat: 4pm-11pmtSun: 4pm-9pm

Soul Café
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oey Roberts sometimes
Dining enjoyed her veggie-filled Soulful
Frittata. I preferred lunch food,
shows up twice a day at Soul
Around offered 11 a.m.-2:45 p.m. (1:45
Café, his home away from
home at the Farber Soul Center
The D on Friday). My cream of zucchini
soup was flavorful, not bland.
in West Bloomfield.
I considered the Falafel Plate,
He and his late wife, Dr.
including eggplant, matbucha
Linda Roberts, were regular
(Moroccan salad of cooked
customers at the kosher dairy
tomato and roasted bell pep-
restaurant. Going to Soul Café
pers), pickles, beets, hummus
continues to brighten his day.
and pita. I ordered whole-wheat
“It’s a place full of love and
pasta with rose sauce, adding
positive energy,” said Roberts
optional seasonal vegetables
of West Bloomfield. “I come
Esther Allweiss
(broccoli, colored peppers,
to breathe the air … and have
Ingber
mushrooms and asparagus).
coffee.”
Very good. The side salad had a
Soul Café is part of the
delectable, house-made Green
Epicurean Group’s kosher divi-
Goddess dressing.
sion.
Grilled salmon tops Hunny’s Ancient
Under general manager Shalom
Grain Salad that I enjoyed another
Shomer, it also includes Epic Kosher
time. Ingredients include dates, green
Catering/Milk & Honey. Supervision is
apple, seeds, caramelized onion,
by the Council of Orthodox Rabbis.
butternut squash, greens and silan
Hunny Khodorkovsky handles the
vinaigrette. It’s a healthy dish I hope
kosher operations. Born in Israel
remains because the summer menu
to Moroccan parents, she came to
change over occurs.
Southfield via California with her hus-
Sabich pizza — eggplant, Israeli
band, who is of Russian Jewish heritage.
salad, egg, feta and tahini — is among
They have four children.
four varieties made in a brick pizza
Not only is Chef Hunny a fabulous
oven. Cauliflower crust seems unique.
cook, she claims to be the only kosher
Friendship Bakery bakes challahs on
graduate of the culinary arts program
Thursdays for Soul Café .
at Novi-based Art Institute of Michigan.
The extensive non-alcoholic beverage
At the school, she carefully measured
ingredients and used her senses of sight list includes Starbucks, Chazzano Coffee
Roasters, espresso drinks and seven
and touch to make non-kosher dishes.
smoothies.
Hunny was a private caterer when
This from-scratch kosher restaurant
Bassie Shemtov, co-founder of the
with delicious food is exactly what
Friendship Circle with husband, Rabbi
Metro Detroit needed. I happily joined
Levi Shemtov, recruited her to run a
Soul Café’s rewards program. •
kosher restaurant, in partnership with
Epicurean, for the couple’s new Soul
Center.
Located on Drake Road, north of the
Jewish Community Center, the Soul
Center offers an inclusive environment
for adults with special needs. Clients
receive guidance to create, and some-
times sell, arts and crafts they make in
the Soul Center’s Dresner Foundation
Soul Studio. Some learn restaurant skills
for pay at Soul Café.
Features of the restaurant’s modern
décor are white subway tiles and walls
Joey Roberts and Hunny Khodorkovsky
adorned with Jordan Hartz paintings,
concrete floor, exposed ductwork, clear
Lucite chairs, bare tables, cloth nap-
5586 Drake Road
kins and real silverware. The high-top,
West Bloomfi eld, MI 48322
butcher-block table seats 14.
Phone: (248) 788-7400
Choices are plentiful at breakfast,
www.friendshipcircle.org/soul/cafe
starting at 8 a.m. My companion, Aviva,
$$½-$$$ out of $$$$$

ESTHER ALLWEISS INGBER

Now Serving
Beer & Wine

Soul Café