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Anyone remember Biff's?

More recently, in the northern 'burbs, Maverick's and Pub 1881 were both pretty dang good.

One I've heard only in Detroit: "Where do you stay?" where "stay" = "live."

Expanding on "sike"/"psyche": We had a little rhyme that went with it in the mid-'70s in Northwest Detroit: "Psyche your...

When did the Lafayette Coney acquire the Michigan Avenue storefront? The map shows that it was once just half the size it is now, and opened only onto Lafayette. I don't think I remember a time when...

When's the last time you saw one of THOSE anywhere near Michigan Avenue?

Great work. Several of my [[non-Detroit) record friends had forwarded me the link in the past few days....

I almost broke a young friend's neck with the camel clutch!

What about Dandy Dan Miller, Chief Jay Strongbow, Sweet Daddy Siki, Von Hess and Von Schotz...and...and...damn, I know I'm forgetting...

Yes, Haas! On the Detroit side of 8 Mile.

...and fried chicken at the BROADWAY MARKET downtown.

Oh, and pizza at VINCENZO'S.

Within Detroit city limits only, right? Vivid memories of deliciousness from establishments long gone:

1. Pizza, roast chicken at ROCKY'S

2. The entire menu at PHOENICIA [[oh, Highland...

Marcus rocks!!

West Side Telway and Red Coat [[swiss cheese, burnt onions, olives, zip sauce, grilled rye), too.

Warmest regards to you and your family, LodgeDodger. I grew up eating frequently at Rocky's from the late '60s through the early '80s...some of my fondest memories of childhood involve meals there...

I have never forgotten eating at the Highland Park location as a small child circa 1968-69 when we lived in a townhouse on Manderson.

Another restaurant in that vicinity that I believe opened in...

Gnome: Is that directed at me, Mathis, or both of us?

I hadn't thought about his having to write dozens of things a day. That's convincing and damning.

Gnome: That's funny about Reverend David Murray. I had no idea.

You asked for a dangling modifier and I showed you a big one, friend. Keep in mind that everything is relative, that one person's...

Subsequent posts have made it sound as if the guy is a jerk. He may well be completely unqualified for this kind of work. I was going by Berman's article, which seemed to leave open the possibility...

Okay, gnome, I'll take the bait. I'll quote just the pertinent passages from Berman's column and follow them up with my comments:

1. "The rest of the e-mail, and others that Mathis has written,...

Hmmm. I'm a well-educated professional editor, and I'm not entirely persuaded. Yes, he is an embarrassingly bad writer. But we know nothing about his other skills or his ability to do his job. Let me...

Great stuff, everybody! I can confirm that there was one taxi-dancing joint still operating on Woodward as late as 1982, and quite possibly even later than that. I went there twice with buddies from...