The Ivanhoe Cafe, or more popularly known as the Polish Yacht Club, is turning 100.
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The land-locked Ivanhoe -- better known as the Polish
Yacht Club -- is not only one of Detroit's most memorable dining
places, it's also one of the oldest, celebrating its 100th anniversary
this month as a family-owned business.
Stanaslauf
Grendzinski built the two-story brick building as a bar and residence
in 1909. His granddaughter, Lucille Sobczak, 81, of Grosse Pointe Woods
owns it now.
"This was my family home. We lived upstairs," she said
last week at lunch, as the kitchen turned out pan-fried perch lunches
and Polish platters.
...
Today, the Ivanhoe
is the only occupied building on its block, but Sobczak says she never
considered closing. "It survived the Depression. It survived
Prohibition," she said.
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