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Talk Of Broadway
Market Revival
Danny Raskin
Senior Columnist
Detroit
jewel was
a lunchtime
favorite.
With a seeming resurrection,
talk has been bantered about
regarding the return of a Detroit
favorite of many yesteryears
… Bringing back the one-time
Broadway Market would certain-
ly tickle the memories of many …
It might recall for them fond rem-
iniscences and give young folks
like Café Cortina’s Adrian Tonon,
who also works in Detroit’s may-
oral office, the semblance of a
look at what was then among its
most wonderful experiences.
Broadway Market once stood
majestically on Broadway and
Grand River … On almost any day
during lunch, it was a crowded
showplace for people from all
walks of life … One could hardly
get a much better sandwich,
corned beef, pastrami, roast beef
… and whatever would go with it
… at a better price.
Mrs. Harry
Lefkofsky’s
Delicatessen was
an almost absolute
stopover where you
could get one of the
best corned beef
sandwiches any-
where with much
savored delight …
And if you enjoyed
having an ice-cold beer and
sandwich, Buck Isrow’s little shop
was available as the only one at
the market selling the suds …
And there were so many styles
of buns from which to select at
Janet Burrows’ three bakeries
in the Broadway Market … then
perhaps to her little deli for roast
beef or selections from a bevy
of cold cuts … After the usual
mustard or choice of many lus-
cious put-ons, folks would hustle
down to Kreger’s with its dozens
of drinks from coffee to milk to
creamed blueberry and untold
numbers of fruit beverages from
which to choose.
The dining and drinking
were done standing or wan-
dering through the displays of
appetizing-looking foods … But
even if folks were not hungry, the
Broadway Market was a delightful
experience … and a lot of fun, too
… with kids getting free balloons,
etc.
MAIL DEPT. … From Maria
Boulis … “Will the Chef ’s Table
12 open again? My husband, Eric
Boulis, and I had wonderful din-
ners there.”
(Sorry to say, Maria, but it
doesn’t look like Chef ’s Table 12
will reopen again at the former
Tribute location on 12 Mile in
Farmington Hills … It is a great
location and the possibility is that
the site could open under another
name and ownership.)
REARVIEW MIRROR … When
Saksey’s Restaurant-Lounge,
owned by Quicken Loan’s Dan
Gilbert’s dad Sam Gilbert and
Irving Sachs, boasted of having
two award-winning waitresses,
Pauline Baron and Sarah Rogovin
… When Kim Wah called his
deal off and didn’t open his pro-
posed Chinese restaurant doors
on Franklin Road in Southfield
because he heard the site was a
danger hazard … The same loca-
tion became Hugo’s, Brunetti’s,
Excalibur, Caffe Milan and Il
Posto restaurants.
MOVIE STAR MARK Wahlberg
has his eyes set on more business
ventures in the Metro Detroit
areas that he has become so
enamored with … Plus the four
Wahlburgers restaurants the
film favorite has in partner-
ship with friends Nino and Liz
Cutraro, owners of the Bella
Piatti Restaurant in Birmingham,
among others, Wahlberg’s sights
are set on a car dealership here
with localite Jay Feldman.
GRAD TIDINGS … Date of
Mumford High’s reunion of the
first graduating class in 1953
will be … Sunday, Oct. 14, noon
brunch at Andiamo on Telegraph
and 15 Mile … Call Judie Koploy
at Slades in West Bloomfield’s
Orchard Mall, (248) 851-0066.
WONDERING DEPT. … If
executive chef/owners Mary
Brady and Susan Juergens still
serve that item Mary discovered
years ago in a small London,
England, wine bar, at hers and
partner Susan’s Diamond Jim
Brady’s Bistro & Bar, Novi Town
Center, Novi Road … Mushrooms
flamed with sherry and then fold-
ed into butter and sour cream.
A BEAUTIFUL MOMENT
of reminiscence at Leo’s Coney
Island, West Bloomfield, by Lou
and Evelyn Grant, who told me
of many years ago when her son,
Mitchell Bacow, called to ask me
about the girl from Germany,
Ruth Werthheimer, who I had
written about …It was the begin-
ning of their dating together-
ness that grew into marriage …
and their having two children,
Lawrence and Elaine Bacow … In
July, son Lawrence Bacow became
the 29th president of Harvard
University.
OLDIE BUT GOODIE … A
retiree was given a set of golf
clubs by her co-workers. Thinking
she’d try the game, the girl asked
a local pro for lessons, exclaiming
that she always wanted to learn
to play golf but knew nothing
about the game.
The pro showed her the stance
and swing, then said, “Just hit the
ball toward the flag on the first
green.”
The novice teed up and
smacked the ball straight down
the fairway and onto the green,
where it stopped inches from the
hole.
“Now what?” the girl asked the
speechless pro. “Uh, you’re sup-
posed to hit the ball into the cup,”
the astounded pro finally said,
after he was able to speak again.
“Oh, great! Now you tell me!”
said the beginner in a disgusted
tone.
CONGRATS … To Douglas
Goldberg on his birthday … To
Harvey Goldsmith on his birth-
day … To Marion Seligson on her
birthday •
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