Downtown Lunch Spots back in "the day"

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The Buhl Cafe in the Buhl Bldg was a real 'big city' atmosphere in the heart of the financial district. Great whitefish and perch, the Maurice Salad, and generous pour's on the cocktails.
The Sheik, Jacoby's [[when Ed Jacoby still owned it) The Kings Table [[[[First Natl Bldg) and Nicholson's on Woodward. One of the last old style haunts, Greenwich Time, on Cadillac Square still does homemade soups, great burgers and probably the best house made chicken salad and potato salad. They still cook up chicken breasts for the salad. I drive downtown to do bi weekly carry outs of the chicken and potato salads. The pot roast at Bea Evan's 500 Club on Larned was home cooking at it's best. The little French bistro in the dark basement, La Marmite was probably the best "new spot' in the 80's but who could ever forget the Pontchatrain Wine Cellars... often imitated but never matched in quality, service, atmosphere or consistancy. On the north end of downtown, the Mayfield Chop House was vintage 1920's decor and decent prime rib. Does anyone remember the other 'chop house' that was on Grand River between Times Square and Washington Blvd [[where Trolley Plaza was built) ??? And finally the Cedar's...on Columbia right behind the Fox Theatre stagehouse.