Mountain Jacks Restaurant
                      5702 Twelve Mile Road
                        Warren, MI  48092
                         (810) 574-1040


     Sometimes it is just not convenient for people, especially 
business travelers, to spend a lot of time shuttling between hotel
and restaurant.
     Warren, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit and home of General
Motors, attracts business people by the hundreds every day, but it
is a long trek to the city and the better known eating
establishments.
     Fortunately, one can find a very good meal complimented by
delightful service at Mountain Jacks Restaurant, sort of a
restaurant for all needs.  In one section is a bright sports type
bar, in another a quiet booth, in another a fireplace, and still in
another almost a family type atmosphere.
     Luckily, the maitre d', Kent Kelley was on the evening we
visited, and he assigned Megan to our table.  It was evident that
Mr. Kelley competently oversaw the dining room, and Megan was the
perfect server who has the right instinct for when to serve, how 
to serve, and when to interact.
     The menu is varied, but not so much that the kitchen could not
prepare the food properly.  The wine list is a bit smaller in
selection than I would prefer, but we were able to order a 
Ferrari-Carano chardonnet and a Clos du Bois merlot for very good
values.
     We began with a seafood sampler which had excellent boiled
shrimp, very good crab cakes (nothing imitation here) and fair
stuffed mushrooms.  The cream of mushroom soup was quiet good as
well.
     A nice touch is the "salad bar", which is actually a large
bowl of crisp lettuce surrounded by every necessary accoutrement. 
Diners can serve themselves at the table.  The house dressing,
light creamy vinegar and oil, was out of this world.
     For our entree we sampled the steak, which was excellent, and
the lobster tail, which was a bit small for our liking, but was
quite tasty.  One of our party had the shrimp scampi which was
graded as good.  Maybe a bit too much butter and oil in this health
conscious age.
     For dessert we sampled a Bailey's Irish Cream cheese cake and
an oreo mousse.  Both could not have been better.
     One might think the check would be outrageous for what we
ordered, but the food bill came to only $71.00 before tip, a real
bargain.  The wines were in the mid $25.00-$30.00 range, right
where they should have been.
     This is the place to go in Warren.  It sure beats the trip
every night to Detroit.