 SEPTEMBER 10 • 2020 | 45

Looking forward to the 
Statler Bistro, opening
next year in Detroit.

the best of everything
Raskin

Coming Soon!

W

hen the doors 
open in 2021 to 
another Joe Vicari 
restaurant … the Statler Bistro 
… in the new apartments 
of Jonathan 
Holtzman … 
Detroit City 
Club … at the 
same locale on 
Washington 
Boulevard, 
Detroit, at the 
former Statler 
Hotel site, it will bring many 
memories.
Within the Statler Bistro’
s 
175 seats will be a bar much 
like the one at the previous 
location, which will also serve 
food.
The previous Lounge Bar 
was a big favorite of the past 
as a meeting place for weary 
shoppers in search of an ener-
gizing cocktail while awaiting 
the arrival of their mates.
Time was when chances 
were very good that you would 

meet at least one or two per-
sons or groups with whom you 
were friendly and that made it 
all very congenial.
Unlike Joe’
s and Jonathan’
s 
100 seats outside, however … 
but only 30 for dining … the 
rest will be an outdoor bar and 
holding area when needed.
The previous Statler Hotel 
years ago had a prime rib buf-
fet too, a logical choice in those 
days.
If perchance you or oth-
ers were in the Lounge Bar 
during a Friday, or another day, 
you would find that Lobster 
Newburg was also on the buf-
fet.
And if neither were satisfied, 
your yearnings were assured 
by ordering from the Terrace 
Room’
s dinner menu … where 
you could get just about any-
thing in the house.
In addition to the Lounge 
Bar, the Hotel Statler then had 
a dining place for more leisure-
ly table service, and of course, 

the Terrace Room for elegant 
dining with impeccable service.
A reservation was practically 
a necessity.
THE WORLD KEEPS
changing so much that it many 
times is quite difficult to catch 
up … This is particularly true 
in the restaurant business … 
where diners are so desirous 
of something different … Now 
people are asking if there are 
restaurants coming up like 
those we used to have years 
ago … perhaps along the lines 
of one that Marvin Chin never 
could get off the ground floor 
… Too bad, because his Ports 
O’
 Call dining spot was a won-
derful concept … Beautiful and 
different … Three restaurants 
at a single location … A com-
plete seafood only, a Polynesian 
eatery and a Japanese spot … 
It was at Maple and Telegraph, 
but never seemed to take off … 
and quietly closed … Evidently 
too much before its time … but 
sure a wonderful idea … and 

one that although not imme-
diately with the same styles or 
kinds of dining … or amount 
of eateries … is something that 
might someday be in a similar 
like presentation for this presti-
gious togetherness. 
OLDIE BUT GOODIE … 
(repeated on request) The man 
moaned about the doctor’
s 
fee. “I can’
t pay that much,” he 
said, so the new doctor made 
a compromise and set a lower 
fee. The patient said it was 
still too much and the doctor 
asked why he was there to see 
him when he couldn’
t afford 
the price … “Listen, Doc,” said 
the man, “when it comes to my 
health, money is no object!”
CONGRATS … To Paul 
Gross on his birthday … To 
Karrie Slominsky on her birth-
day … To Pamela Smith on her 
birthday. 

Danny’
s email address is 
dannyraskin2132@gmail.com.

Danny Raskin
Senior Columnist

LEFT TO RIGHT: Jonathan Holtzman and Joe Vicari. The historic Statler Building, circa 1915. 
Detroit City Club Apartments will host the Statler Bistro in 2021

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