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Danny Raskin

Senior Columnist

Fresh is king
at O’Brien’s
Crabhouse.

Dan Dunksy

e has had many tempting offers
to move his fine seafood restau-
rant to other sectors, but owner
Dan Dunsky’s O’Brien’s Crabhouse
continues to be among Michigan’s finest
fresh seafood restaurants on his 28th
anniversary at the same location … And
proof again that a restaurant name is
only as good as its reputation … That of
O’Brien’s Crabhouse is excellent.
Located on South Opdyke Road in
Aub urn Hills, it maintains a favored
seafood reputation as a gathering place
for lovers of its large and fine selection
of fresh seafood favorites … That word
“fresh” is extremely important in sea-
food … and Dan is noted for his fresh-
ness obsession.
The traditional East Coast seafood
restaurant has few equals when it comes
to freshness … But Dunsky considers
this very important word in a big way
when it comes to his catches … To call
itself a very good seafood restaurant, it
must also have excellent favorites like
O’Brien’s seafood sauté of fried Ipswich
clams and shrimp Mozambique … And
its best sellers of perch piccata, stuffed
flounder and seafood diablo continu-
ously go over in a big way … as do the
preparations of catches that are only
obtainable in season.
There may be many seafood restau-
rants … and those that call themselves
such, but a true sea-farin’ eatery must
have a large selection to be noted as
such … O’Brien’s prides itself on this
and true freshness … No overly fancy

“When we are no longer able to change a situation —
we are challenged to change ourselves”

frills … just a very good seafood dining
operation that is concerned only with
service and stocking of a full comple-
ment of fresh seafood … emphasis on
fresh.
Dining hours at O’Brien’s Crabhouse
are … Lunch, Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.-4
p.m., dinner, 4-9:30 p.m. … Saturday,
dinner 4-9:30 p.m., Sunday, 4-8:30 p.m.
READER MINI REVIEW … from
Jerry Silecchia … “My wife, Doreen,
daughter Andrea and her husband, John
Papadopoulos, went to Ottava Via in the
Corktown section of Detroit. Arriving
early, we waited at the bar and ordered
some of their specialty cocktails. We had
two fine appetizers of Caprese salad with
a house mozzarella, seasonal tomatoes,
basil, balsamic glaze and extra virgin
olive oil, and the flour-dusted calamari
with lemon caper aioli and house tomato
sauce. Both were delicious. We shared
a chopped salad with mixed lettuce,
cucumber, garbanzo beans, aged pro-
volone and Finocchiona salami with
drizzled vinaigrette dressing. Next, we
ordered a Salsiccia pizza featuring sweet
Italian sausage, aged provolone and bell
peppers. We tried the Truffle Butter
Pasta, consisting of Bucatini noodles,
a mushroom blend and creamy truffle
butter sauce. It was outstanding! Our
last dish was Ragout a la Bolognese, a
pappardelle pasta with tomato-braised
veal and pork along with ricotta cheese.
This, too, was great!”
QUESTION & ANSWER DEPT. …
“Is one of the owners of Pepino’s the

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