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Nine Lives!
Danny Raskin
Senior Columnist
Sunrise Cafe
celebrates
another ninth
birthday.
Mike Parashos
Its owner had passed on and
the restaurant was on the verge
of being shut down … There
was no one to run the place,
with his widow operating her
own Maya’s Skin Care Center in
West Bloomfield.
The new owner had pre-
viously worked for his dad
at Evans Family Dining in
Fordson and operated his own
Coney Island restaurant in
Belleville when a friend told
Mike Parashos about the popu-
lar eatery that may soon be
closed.
Mike bought the Sunrise
Café from Maya Kuchersky,
kept the popular name and has
put the restaurant back on its
feet again.
This year is the ninth anni-
versary since Sunrise Café
of West Bloomfield changed
hands … Former head waitress
Lana Shor, three cooks and a
busboy since its original open-
ing have remained to bring it
back to life again … assisted
by Mike Parashos’ wife/man-
ager, Barbara Parashos, sister
Athena Parashos and sister-in-
law Sophie Wright.
The wonderful fluffy omelets
have remained, as did the flat
ones, along with the addition
of gluten-free pancakes and
toast … Greek dressing for the
authentic Greek salad is the
original recipe of Mike P.’s dad
… Whereas no lox or pancakes
were available before, they, too,
were added to the previous
basic Sunrise menu, plus the
40 items that took over for 20
before … Also added are two
more of the five soups always
on the menu … along with
numerous meats including
corned beef, steak, etc.
Seating has remained at 48
inside and 16 on an outdoors
patio … along with high scores
from the Oakland County
Health Department that Mike
Kuchersky used to get … It is
still a seven-day-a-week opera-
tion, Monday-Saturday 7 a.m.
to 3 p.m.; Sunday, 8 a.m. to 3
p.m.
Mike Parashos is usually at
work in the kitchen, coming
in early each day to make the
delicious soups, etc. … This is
the only Sunrise Café left from
the small chain … And Maya
Kuchersky may be happy that
the dining love of hers and the
late Mike Kuchersky is in good
hands again.
QUESTION & ANSWER
DEPT. … “Didn’t the Pepino’s
family have a restaurant
in Applegate Square in
Southfield?” … Myrna Lee
Gorman.
(No, if memory serves
me correctly, it was called
Bernardi’s but only owned
by Bob and Cheryl Bernardi.
Before that, dad Joe Bernardi,
who was known as “Pepino”
by the family, worked at Ford
Motor and Bob at General
Motors as chefs at their respec-
tive jobs. Mother Helma and
daughter-in-law Cheryl had
run their Bernardi’s Olde Town
Café in Utica during the day,
and Joe and Bob supervised
the cooking there at night. Joe
and Helma are gone, but their
daughters Kathy Morley and
Carol Carson and Kathy’s son-
in-law, Dr. Chris Hutchinson,
have the fine Pepino’s in Sylvan
Lake.)
MANY E-MAILS CONTINUE
to cross our path regarding
lobsters … One of the ways to
make sure it isn’t langostino, a
less expensive seafood, is see-
ing it with claws at least two
or three inches long … If so,
chances are pretty good that
you’ve got a real lobster from
either Maine or Europe … By
the way, isn’t langostino prawn
in Spanish?
REARVIEW MIRROR …
Back many years ago, numer-
ous people used to love going
to Arminio Beltramelo’s
Italian restaurant Villa
Venice on Woodward, just
two or three blocks north of
Grand Boulevard, Detroit, a
stone’s throw from Lelli’s Inn,
a few blocks away, also on
Woodward … To eat Arminio’s
food for sure but to also no
doubt scratch their heads as
they watched him flit around
… Being the owner wasn’t all
… He also served at his Villa
Venice as busboy, dishwasher,
doorman, cook, head waiter,
parking lot attendant, cashier
and pianist … How he did it
Fine Italian Dining in a Casual Atmosphere
nobody, not even Arminio him-
self, knew … His own sauces
made the pastas unbelievably
good, and his thick minestrone
soup with spinach was more
like stew and so delicious …
Arminio also made a green
lasagna that was so good cus-
tomers would order seconds
and thirds to take home …
Finally getting a wine license
helped a lot but he sure was
always competition for the out-
standing Lelli’s Inn.
NOTICE TO GROCERS …
Take a tip and get on the lus-
cious bandwagon … Put award-
winning Marcia’s Munchie
Pickles by localite Marcia
Nodel on your shelf.
OLDIE BUT GOODIE …
Jules sees a tailor’s shop named
Cohen and O’Reilly and goes in
telling the typical little Jewish
tailor how impressed he is
that the Irish and Jews, often
at each other’s throats in the
little town, have come together
like this. The little Jewish man
seems unmoved, “You’re sur-
prised?” he asks. “Well, here’s
another surprise for you. I’m
O’Reilly!”
CONGRATS … To Mary Lou
Zieve on her birthday … To
Rabbi Jason Miller on his birth-
day … To Joe Horenstein on his
birthday … To Ray Horenstein
on his birthday. •
Danny’s email address is
dannyraskin2132@gmail.com.
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Sunday 7:00 am – 9:00 pm
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33210 W. 14 Mile Rd
In Simsbury Plaza, just east of Farmington Rd.
West Bloomfield
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2235 Orchard Lake Rd.
Sylvan Lake, MI 48320
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