NOVEMBER 21 • 2019 | 69
People fl
ocking in to Detroit
Wing Company.
the best of everything
Raskin
Flying High
H
e grew up waiting on
tables … His grand-
parents opened the
popular New Hellas restaurant
in Greektown, Detroit, back
in 1901 … and he has owned
his own Coney
Island operation.
Gus Malliaras
is the reason
why so many
people today
may ask what
a Detroit Wing
is … Has the
Detroit Red Wings hockey
team gone into the chick-
en-eating business? … The
scattering of locations, five of
them, by Gus may be one of
the very few, if any, where five
locales all feature only chicken
wings and a wide selection of
sides from which to choose
… including best sellers garlic
parmesan, honey BBQ wings
and many others … Every
item on the menu is made to
order from scratch at each
location.
His Detroit Wings are
in Southfield (Greenfield
and West Nine Mile Road),
Detroit (inside the MGM
Hotel & Casino), Chesterfield,
Eastpointe and Taylor … All
locations are carry-out only …
A few seats at the locales are
available for people waiting to
get their orders.
It is a many-faceted oper-
ation with 17 homemade
sauces from which to choose
… Also sides with the clas-
sic wings, boneless wings or
chicken tenders … or the sides
by themselves … made to
order are mac ’
n’
cheese, fries
topped with homemade beef
gravy stewed for more than 24
hours, fries topped with choice
of sauce and cheddar cheese,
homemade dill potato salad,
homemade chili in bowls,
homemade cole slaw, home-
made cornbread muffins, etc.
… Even desserts like home-
made cheesecake, New York
style, etc.
Detroit Wing Company
opened in 2015 … and has
become a major player in
home dining goodness, sud-
denly winning many honors.
TOO BAD SO MANY del-
icatessens of yesteryears are
gone … Old Tyme, Billy’
s, Ben
& George, Irving’
s, Liberman’
s,
Boesky’
s, Four Roses, Sabra,
Flashenberg’
s and other good
ones who served the real thing
… with no slicer shavings! …
Also, semi-delis like Darbys …
They are fondly remembered
by many for a worthy hot
corned beef sandwich … with
honest-to-goodness slices …
not hidden shreds of beef.
FOLKS LIKE THE delicious
lettuce wraps at Shangri-La
in West Bloomfield’
s Orchard
Mall on Orchard Lake and 15
Mile roads that rank up there
among the best … Customers
fill the five per order cold and
crisp lettuce leaves with a great
mixture of water chestnuts,
shitake mushrooms, bamboo
shoots and chicken … A true
standout among many fine
presentations.
OLDIE BUT GOODIE …
The Jewish lady called her
newspaper and asked for the
obituary section department.
The obit gent asked, “What
can I do for you?”
“I’
d like to place an obitu-
ary,” she said.
“How would you like it to
read?”
“Irving Cohen died.”
“That’
s it? But you get four
lines in the obit. It’
s included
in the price.”
“
Alright. Irving Cohen died.
Cadillac for sale.”
CONGRATS … To Lana
Gilberman on her birthday
… To Joe and Lois Sposita on
their anniversary.
Danny’
s email address is
dannyraskin2132@gmail.com.
Danny Raskin
Senior Columnist
FOOD PHOTOS VIA DETROIT WING FACEBOOK
Gus Malliaras
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Monday-Friday
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