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Danny Raskin
Senior Columnist
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Success Story from Out West
T
hey left the Detroit area for other
regions of the country to pursue var-
ied careers … and finally wound up
in the restaurant-style business in the histor-
ic Fourth Avenue District of Tucson, Ariz.
Eric and Mark Erman are the sons of
Beth and Earle Erman of Bloomfield Hills
… Their late grandparents were Detroiters
Jack and Hilda Erman, the favorites of many
… Eric and Mark’
s aunts and uncles, Larry
Shulman, Nancy Leikowitz and Melvy Lewis
live in West Bloomfield.
Their eatery, Ermanos Craft Beer & Wine
Bar, North Fourth Avenue in Tucson, opened
April 2015, is celebrating its fourth year of
successful endeavor … with food favorites
to satisfy the palates of many … appetizers
galore to steaks, salads, lobster rolls, salmon,
fried chicken, Creole jambalaya and favored
sandwiches of excellent burgers, etc., on both
daily and late-night menus.
The brothers continually search for rare
brews and seasonal lip-smackers for their
rotating tap list plus wines for all palates.
Just about all desserts are made in-house,
including a choice flourless chocolate torte
… Its Zip burger is a large seller … as are the
nachos and Ermanos’
Sure Choice, created
with its own house-made pastrami.
Their American gastropub restaurant seats
120 with 20 stools at the bar … Hours are
Monday-Thursday 11 a.m.-midnight, Friday
and Saturday 11 a.m.-1 a.m., Sunday 11
a.m.-10 p.m. … Happy Hours are every day
from opening to 6 p.m.
When in Tucson or thereabouts, be sure to
visit Eric and Mark … Their successful and
first endeavor, Ermanos Craft Beer & Wine
Bar restaurant in its fourth year, will be with
much satisfaction for you and yours.
REARVIEW MIRROR … Years ago, the
minute your back was turned, somebody
came along with a bunch of moola and
opened a restaurant … Time was when the
restaurant population was fairly stable …
and most of the guys and gal owners knew
where they were going … The original Joe
Muer’
s, the original London Chop House,
Little Harry’
s and
several good restaurants
doing business at the same stand every year
… Then Joe Schoenith built the spectacu-
lar Roostertail … Mario’
s on Second kept
adding on … Ken Nicholson and Cliff Bell
bought the old Seafood Grotto and turned it
into a beauty spot called the Country House
…The Gold Cup Room in the Whittier
Hotel was completely rebuilt at a cost of
$250,000 (big money then).
I like to keep telling what James Beard,
one of America’
s top dining-out authors,
said, “Our best United States restaurant cities
are New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco
and Detroit.
”
And few will ever forget those Saturday
afternoons at the Hotel Statler’
s Terrace
Room in Downtown Detroit where the likes
of that great leader and pianist Carmen
Cavallero, among others, came for wonder-
ful dancing music.
SOME CHEFS ARE, as usual, already
thinking about the various strange concoc-
tions they’
ll put out for Christmas dining
… Ignoring some dishes that have been fea-
tured for centuries.
IF YOU’
RE A University of Michigan
football follower, look for No. 97 on the
back of defensive star Aidan Hutchinson
… He is the son of Dr. Chris Hutchinson,
former first team All-American at
Michigan and partner at Pepino’
s popular
eatery on Orchard Lake Road in Sylvan
Lake … Same position, same school and
same number for both.
TIME WILL COME this fall for marital
lovebirds Michael and Sandy Hermanoff to
go their separate ways … At home, that is …
When their two beloved football teams meet
each other annually in the bitter rivalry of
Michael’
s University of Michigan Wolverines
and wife Sandy’
s Ohio State Buckeyes … at
Ann Arbor Saturday, Nov. 30, this year.
OLDIE BUT GOODIE … An elderly
gentleman was stopped by the police around
three o’
clock in the morning and asked
where he was going at that time of night.
The man replied, “I’
m on my way to a
lecture about alcohol abuse and the effects
it has on the human body, as well as smok-
ing and staying out late.”
The officer asked, “Really? Who’
s giving
that lecture at this time of night?”
The man replied, “My wife.”
CONGRATS … To Harvey Goldsmith
on his birthday … To Doug Goldberg on
his birthday. ■
Danny’
s email address is
dannyraskin2132@gmail.com.
Former Detroiters
create fi
ne eatery
in Tucson.
Eric and Mark Erman
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