June 27 • 2019 45 jn Danny Raskin Senior Columnist raskin the best of everything Multi-Faceted F rom when it originally opened many years ago as a little eatery noted for its breakfasts, it has jumped numeous leaps and now is also a seafood and many other food-faceted eatery. Imagine dining on Maine lobster … where, too, for a slight nominal sum, it may be ordered outside of the shell … or sautéed perch served unheard-of with or without skin … These are now featured at the Village Palace restaurant on Orchard Lake Road, just north of Pontiac Trail, Orchard Village … which can certainly call itself the new Village Palace … with its seafood selections, too, like white fish, salmon, crab cakes, shrimp, cod, etc. Plus, an executive chef steeped in past performances at Charley Trotter’ s Seafood, Chicago, Farmer’ s Table, Boca Raton, Fla., and Bar Boulud in New York … Prestigious restaurants indeed where Chef Victor Malaric plied his dining magic. Other ethnic favorites … Mexican, Italian (including all-you-can-eat spaghetti on Wednesdays) and corned beef sandwiches. Now on Saturdays and Sundays from 7 a.m.-3 p.m., a seated brunch with home- made gravlax, smoked lox, five different cream cheeses, eggs, etc. Village Palace is open seven days a week, 7 a.m.-9 p.m. serving breakfast, lunch and dinner … with indoor seating for 120 … outdoor seating accommodations for 25 and ample private parking. To say the Village Palace has reached another pinnacle in wanted dining is not saying enough! YES, THERE STILL is a very popular Hunter House in Birmingham … Big reason why so many don’ t hear about it is probably because it doesn’ t have to do much holler- ing … All it needs are customers like Barry Solomon to smack their lips a million times on those juicy sliders … Ask the loads of people who line up along Woodward for the annual Dream Cruise every year. ALL THIS TALK about now having a new Detroit-style pizza is strange … Buddy’ s has been calling its pizza “Detroit-style, ” which it invented, since 1946. FIRST TIME SINCE opening, Pepino’ s on Sylvan Lake has added a third appetizer to go with its offerings brought to the table at no charge … It is the calamari, a delicious beginner … Little wonder why Pepino’ s usu- ally seems so busy … It is always thinking of ways to make its customers happy. WHAT HAPPENED to all those live whole lobster specials we ate at Rochester Chop House on Main in Rochester so many times? … When Vince Clark was there, he and Bill Kruse had lobsters in just about every way imaginable … appetizers, salads, bisque, pan-roasted, steamed, broiled, with pasta, in bouillabaisse, stuffed with crab meat, etc. … They were at what was called “Lobster Main-ia. ” RESTAURANT OWNERS have asked why they cannot find a chef proficient on Jewish-style cooking … Probably some- one like Keith Supian when he was at the prestigious fine dining Van Dyke Place on Jefferson … He had a special menu of Jewish dishes and, if he had the the ingredients, would make whatever the customer desired … Keith made luscious rugelach and man- delbrot, and both Jews and non-Jews loved his chicken soup with stuffed matzah balls … Also, Keith’ s vegetarian chopped liver, blintzes with corned beef, schmaltz herring croquettes with wine sauce, baked whitefish crusted with kasha meal, stuffed cabbage, potato knishes, apple strudel, rice kugel, etc. … I recall that Keith made a terrific chat- zilim (eggplant caviar), too. GRAD TIDINGS … Mumford class of ’ 64/’ 65, 55-year reunion is Saturday, July 13, at Athenium Hotel, Brush St., Detroit … Call Andrea Lewiston, 248-318-9575. OLDIE BUT GOODIE … The drunken fellow walks into a bar and orders a drink. “Sorry, ” the bartender says, “you’ ve already had too much to drink. ” Fuming mad, the drunken gent walks out the front door and goes in the side door. “ Can I have a Scotch, please?” he asks. “Sorry, ” says the bartender, “you’ ve had enough. You can’ t have another drink here. ” The drunk walks out and goes in through the back door. “ Can I please have a drink?” he asks. “Enough!” the bartender screams, “I told you no more drinks!” The drunk looks closely at the bartender and exclaims, “Dang! How many bars do you work at?” CONGRATS … To Lillian Stoner on her birthday … To Jerry Naftaly on his birthday … To Sidney Gersman on his birthday. ■ Email Danny at dannyraskin2132@gmail.com. Village Palace expands options with many seafood items. 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