SEPTEMBER 26 • 2019 | 109
Come as you are to C.A.Y.A.
Smokehouse Grill
the best of everything
Raskin
Smokin’ Good
C.A.Y.A. SMOKEHOUSE GRILL
W
hen the restaurant opened
with its name, someone at
home probably shook his
or her head and said, “Are they kid-
ding? I just got out of the tub?”
But the name, instead of an
abbreviation for “come as you are,”
would suddenly turn into come
and you’
ll ask for more … at the
C.A.Y.A. Smokehouse Grill on
Commerce Road, between Pontiac
Trail and Commerce Road in
Wolverine Lake.
Now celebrating another anniver-
sary, C.A.Y.A., features a modern
menu that centers around house-
smoked beef along with fresh sea-
food, steaks, chops, etc. … The
smoked dishes are
cooked for 10-14
hours using hick-
ory, oak, maple,
apple and cherry
woods … This
process ensures all
meats are cooked
through and natu-
rally tender … The
variety of woods
used produces a
dark outer layer
“bark” that carmelizes the outside of
the meat.
Among its best-selling products,
C.A.Y.A. has gained a reputation of
having an array of house-smoked
meats … But its kale salad is still a
much asked-for item that features
kale, apples, candied pecans and
radishes in a creamy cider dressing
… It is also much noted for its corn
bread, and customers regularly ask
Executive Chef/Co-Owner Jeff Rose
for the secret recipe … Also pop-
ular items include the ribs, brisket
and chicken confit that includes
spaetzle, peas, tomato and spinach
in a lemon juice … C.A.Y.A. does
its own baking along with desserts
like the popular bread pudding and
cheesecake plus others that change
seasonally
C.A.Y.A Smokehouse Grill is in
the former Nifty Normans Building
… and shows off a rustic industrial
look that comes from a blend of
modern metals and old-style wood.
Owners Chef Rose and Rachel
Mandell each enjoy 25 years in the
dining game … Chef Rose with
his flair for great-tasting food and
Rachel with her great passion for
food and design.
Seating is 85 in the dining room
and 85 on an outdoor patio …
with 25 stools at the bar and nine
at high-tops …Hours are Tuesday-
Thursday, 4:30 p.m.-10 p.m., Friday
4:30-11, Saturday 10 a.m-11 p.m.
with brunch served until 3 p.m.,
and Sunday 10 a.m.- 9 p.m., with
brunch served until 3 p.m.
C.A.Y.A. enjoys the distinction of
having its own food truck for off-
site catering needs … and is very
popular for participating in local
community food truck events as
well.
All in all, no matter what you
may call it, C.A.Y.A. Smokehouse
Grill is easily ranked among the top
high-standing smokehouse restau-
rants with a growing reputation for
much goodness.
MUMFORD HIGH’
S CLASS
of 1954’
s 65th reunion is a Sunday
brunch, Oct. 6, at Andiamo West,
Telegraph and Maple … For info,
call Jim Weitzman, (248) 736-7464
or RSVP to mumford5reunion@
gmail.com.
DID YOU KNOW DEPT. …
That Detroit’
s American Coney
Island also has, besides an eatery
in Las Vegas’
D Hotel & Casino,
another one at the Detroit Zoo and
its own shipping company to send
out those popular Coney Kits?
QUICKIE OLDIES … He’
s so
cheap the only time he’
ll pick up a
check is when it’
s made out to him
… A healthy home is a happy home
so send your home to the doctor
twice a year.
CONGRATS … To Dino
Mitropoulos on his birthday … To
Irving Feldman on his 80th birth-
day.
Email Danny at dannyraskin2132@gmail.
com.
Danny Raskin
Senior Columnist
Chef Jeff Rose
For info www.thewhitney.com
(313) 832-5700
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