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Danny Raskin
Senior Columnist
Brass Pointe
celebrates its
37th year.
Bob Mihajlovski and
Danny Nestorovic
e had been searching
everywhere and saw
many places to show off
his idea … But none appealed
to him … He wanted a building
with space to enlarge and offer
plenty of free parking space.
Then came the area and sur-
roundings he had hoped to find
… However, there was one major
problem … It eventually still
proved to be too small for his
future restaurant, but he sud-
denly and thankfully could see
the vision of room enlargement
that would include all the things
he wanted within the surround-
ings … and more.
That little Pumpernickel
Delicatessen was everything he
wanted … including what he
hoped to see … a “for sale” sign.
Bob Mihajlovski never realized
it fully at the time, but his dream
was to become more than just
another neighborhood barbecue-
plus restaurant … People began
to come from all over to see this
new eatery that served barbecue
ribs, seafood, broasted and bar-
becue chicken … soups, salads …
and for a stranger to his selection
of food, selected Mexican spe-
cialty dishes … to name just few
of the offerings.
Today, enjoying the entrance
of its 37th year, Brass Pointe,
Orchard Lake Road, just north of
10 Mile Road, Farmington Hills,
has become a dining institu-
tion of much note … with added
items like its Super Size that
includes Greek salad, super slab
of ribs or chicken, prime rib,
shrimp, rib tips, etc. … Even a
rice pudding is homemade by
Bob … Within two years, Bob
was seeing more people than
expected coming back time and
again … and, two years later,
brought on his partner-to-be,
Danny Nestorovic, married to his
niece.
The original small interior
seating had climbed to 250,
including a selected party room
that often serves as a second
accommodation for its crowds of
customers.
In the 37th year of its time-
honored existence, Brass Pointe
has exceeded all expectations …
with the continued growing of
a dedicated existence that can
today count many customers
also as friends.
READER MINI REVIEW …
by Jerry Naftaly … “I lunched at
a new Oak Park sushi restaurant
called Nee How Sushi, 10116 W.
Nine Mile. Open six days a week
for lunch and dinner, it offers a
variety of Japanese dishes, sushi
and sashimi.
“Even though open only a
few months, owner Jerry Guo
said it is expanding the menu to
include Chinese, ‘Asian-fusion
cuisine.’ Mike Soave, my host,
and I sampled one of the future
items, a delicious Japanese noo-
dle stir-fry with broccoli, carrot,
bok choy, optional chicken and
shrimp and special seasoning.
We also ordered several freshly
cooked rolls, including the
‘Summer Vegetable Roll,’ without
rice that includes red cabbage,
pickled radish, carrot, lettuce,
asparagus, cucumber, avocado,
kampyo, spinach, mayo and
sauce wrapped in rice paper. We
also enjoyed the ‘Philadelphia,’ a
cooked roll of smoked salmon,
cucumber and cream cheese. No
bagel. A third item, ‘Salmon on
the Beach,’ torched salmon, avo-
cado, cucumber and mild, spicy
mayo, was very good. I ordered it
without the crab meat. Add the
touch of soy sauce, wasabi and
ginger to your liking. Mike also
found tasty a crab meat with rice
roll and a dumpling with chick-
en, called ‘Gyoza.’ All items were
very delicious and took the sushi
war in Oak Park to a new level.”
WHY DO I WRITE about
some restaurants numerous
times, some ask? … A good
eatery will make little or big
changes when needed along with
proper adjustments … whether
it is the menu, help or the place
itself … Perhaps, too, it could be
celebrating another year of suc-
cess … which so many times tells
many stories that others should
know about.
REARVIEW MIRROR …
When Harvey Stone sang “Sam,
You Made The Pants Too Long”
on the Frank Barbaro’s Bowery
stage … and an embarrassed
Harvey’s trousers fell down as
he ended … And another time,
also on the Bowery stage, after
Charlie Carlisle put his cigar on
a chair and forgot it was still lit
when he sat on it.
OLDIE BUT GOODIE … From
Dennis Green … Joe visits his vet-
erinarian and says, “My dog has a
problem.”
The veterinarian says, “So tell
about the dog and the problem.”
“It’s a Jewish dog. His name is
Seth, and he can talk,” says Joe.
“He can talk?” the doubting
doctor asks.
“Watch this.” Joe points to
the dog and commands, “Seth,
fetch!”
Seth begins to walk toward
the door, then turns around and
says, “So, why are you talking to
me when you want something?
And then you make me sleep on
the floor with my arthritis. You
give me this food with all the salt
and fat, and you tell me it’s a spe-
cial diet. Maybe if I could stretch
out a little, the sciatica wouldn’t
kill me so much! I should roll
over and play dead for real, for
all you care!”
Dr. Saul is amazed. “This is
remarkable! So, what’s the prob-
lem?”
Joe says, “He has a hear-
ing problem! I said ‘fetch’ not
‘kvetch.’”
CONGRATS TO … Mary Lou
Zieve on her birthday … George
Samson on his birthday … •
Danny’s email address is
dannyraskin2132@gmail.com.
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