RASKIN
THE BEST OF EVERYTHING
2020 Recap
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et us hope and pray for a 2021 that will help us smile again as we look upon some of the happenings of 2020. JANUARY … Dr. Joel Kahn and family celebrate the fourth year of their GreenSpace Cafe in Ferndale … Former Detroiter Danny Raskin Senior Columnist brothers Derek and Greg Stevens to open the Circa Resort and Casino in Las Vegas … Big Tommy’s Parthenon has eighth anniversary … Station Square name in Troy is changed to Grand Tavern Troy … Patrick Coleman’s Beans &
Cornbread in its 23rd years is acclaimed by GQ Magazine as one of Michigan’s top soul food restaurants … New restaurant by Joe Vicari to be named Statler Bistro in Jonathan Holtzman’s new City Club Apartments on Washington Blvd. and Grand Circus Park, Detroit … Jerry Naftaly, former Oak Park mayor, finishes new version of his The Hill That Grew book … GreenSpace Cafe closes. FEBRUARY … Fifth Tavern honors fifth birthday … C.A.Y.A. (Come As You Are) has new owners … Dr. Steve Hutchinson, third partner in Pepino’s Restaurant, is inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame … Top executive chef Peter Loren is now at Nino Salvaggio International Marketplace on its 40th anniversary … Nino and Liz Cutraro, owners of Bella Piatti wonderful Italian
JANUARY: Big Tommy’s Parthenon
restaurant in Birmingham, also partner with movie star Mark Wahlberg on his burgers, celebrate seventh anniversary at this locale. MARCH … Norm and Bonnie LePage and family picked after nationwide search to operate DTE Energy’s new Lumen Detroit … George Lucaj’s five restaurants honored for their carrot cake … Second annual Greek Night is a crowded success by New Parthenon. APRIL … Darbys Remembered … Little Caesar’s Pizza celebrates anniversary from 1959 … Pepino’s celebrates 36 years as a huge dining favorite by many. MAY … New Caucus Club enjoys third anniversary … Mike Abrams and Brian Adelman have second year of their Empire Kitchen … Golden Mushroom remembered. JUNE … Giovanni’s
Ristorante celebrates its 52nd year … Original London Chop House is remembered … Raleigh House is remembered …Ban on sit-down restaurants is reduced to 50 percent capacity … Jerry Naftaly’s fourth book is about Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour. JULY … Yakov Fleysher marks second anniversary of his Bistro Le Bliss restaurant … Remembering Carl’s Chop House … Ellie’s Restaurant in Birmingham adds more “Impossible” items to its menu … Remembering the Mushroom Cellar. AUGUST … Detroit Eats restaurant is opened in Boynton Beach, Fla. … Van Dyke Place is recalled as having a Jewish menu also. SEPTEMBER … Gold Cup Room is remembered … Football is canceled and then played by teams of University of
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APRIL: Pepino’s
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