  Matt Member Username: Matt Post Number: 1250 Registered: 10-2003 |
Hey. Just read this article in the Detroit News about the owner of Plaka Cafe in Greektown and his son being arrested for tax evasion. Anyone else catch this? http://www.detnews.com/apps/pb cs.dll/article?AID=/20080229/M ETRO01/802290387/1410/METRO01 | ||
Chitaku Member Username: Chitaku Post Number: 1871 Registered: 03-2006 |
someone I know mentioned this | ||
401don Member Username: 401don Post Number: 285 Registered: 11-2007 |
"we are hoping this case sends a strong message - that my office is watching carefully . . ." yeah that's why you needed to be tipped off after 11 yrs. of not filing their taxes. What happens when you don't watch carefully? | ||
Evelyn Member Username: Evelyn Post Number: 143 Registered: 02-2005 |
Awww... does this mean that Plaka's will be closed? That stinks. | ||
Detroitstar Member Username: Detroitstar Post Number: 989 Registered: 01-2006 |
**** ****** **** First Paris Cafe, now Plaka. All my favorite breakfast joints are going out of business. | ||
Superaygun Member Username: Superaygun Post Number: 600 Registered: 04-2005 |
no more bacon cheeseburger deluxes and Tom threatening to kick the waitresses' asses if they didn't give great service, which they always did. bummer. | ||
Deteamster Member Username: Deteamster Post Number: 91 Registered: 07-2007 |
Plakas was gross. The food is terrible and I've had nothing but bad experiences there. Their only virtue was that they were open all the time. There are better places to eat in Greektown(namely, any other place) and Detroit. | ||
Rjlj Member Username: Rjlj Post Number: 476 Registered: 11-2003 |
True to that Deteamster but where are you going to eat at 4 A.M. after stumbling out of the casino? | ||
Aiw Member Username: Aiw Post Number: 6568 Registered: 10-2003 |
SRG! How are ya? | ||
Detroitstar Member Username: Detroitstar Post Number: 991 Registered: 01-2006 |
Is this one of those closures until they pay or will they be gone for good? | ||
Lefty2 Member Username: Lefty2 Post Number: 1315 Registered: 07-2007 |
That was a good place to eat after the casino's not great but ok. I can't believe the state is this F'd up where it takes them 12 years to figure out they haven't filed taxes. Maybe I should start a business and just not file tax returns for ten years. That would make me rich, then I could move to Belize and retire nicely. | ||
Spaceboykelly Member Username: Spaceboykelly Post Number: 280 Registered: 04-2005 |
Plakas has to be the worst shit I've ever eaten in the city. I tried going there late at night a few times and every time I wished I had eaten a 50 cent microwave burrito instead. Apparently they quit paying off or giving free foods to the right officials. | ||
Malcovemagnesia Member Username: Malcovemagnesia Post Number: 65 Registered: 12-2005 |
No more Blind Pig upstairs or Kaseri Cheese Omlettes. Boooooo, this sucks! | ||
Gambling_man Member Username: Gambling_man Post Number: 1059 Registered: 11-2003 |
Plaka is open folks. | ||
Sandyrabbit Member Username: Sandyrabbit Post Number: 19 Registered: 02-2008 |
plaka is indeed yaka.  the food was so so...but that owner was a real jackass to his waitresses, i'd have to agree with the above poster on that one. i used to wait tables so i am a bit touchy about this. but his tone and the look on his face when he would badger his staff made me cringe. i quit eating there just because of it. waiting tables is a thankless job to begin with (my experience anyways), it doesn;t help when you have some jerk ego inflated boss breathing down your neck. ick. they are an icon though. taxes suck. i agree, but i think i may have heard somewhere once that it takes money to make money. 12 years? how is that even possible? | ||
Detroitstar Member Username: Detroitstar Post Number: 992 Registered: 01-2006 |
"Plaka is open folks." Hurray!! It's not the greatest food, but it is so convenient after a long night of drinking. | ||
Paulmcall Member Username: Paulmcall Post Number: 660 Registered: 05-2004 |
Guess you have to be drunk to appreciate it. Gosh, $1.5 million in back taxes is a lot of hot dogs. | ||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 2794 Registered: 10-2003 |
Never had a bad meal there. Glad to know that it is still open! | ||
Enduro Member Username: Enduro Post Number: 121 Registered: 11-2006 |
I am often drunk and I found the men's room to be disgusting. Great lakes of a different variety. The food is just so-so. | ||
Broken_main Member Username: Broken_main Post Number: 1496 Registered: 06-2005 |
Went to Plaka's yesterday and I had The worst gyro ever. I expect to go back tonight and complain. | ||
Downriviera Member Username: Downriviera Post Number: 71 Registered: 02-2008 |
Voted best diner in Real Detroit Weekly issue out today. | ||
Whittier70 Member Username: Whittier70 Post Number: 43 Registered: 02-2008 |
plaka really sucks, the place is a hole and the food is really disgusting. i hope they close. go to lafayette coney island to eat downtown after hours. not american coney island, its an indoor bus stop /crackhead hangout. | ||
Mdoyle Member Username: Mdoyle Post Number: 354 Registered: 10-2006 |
business is business. There are plenty of truly awful eateries in the city. I'd rather have them than a vacant storefront in one of the more popular areas. This forum is lose/lose more often than not. | ||
Whittier70 Member Username: Whittier70 Post Number: 44 Registered: 02-2008 |
highly unlikely anything will be vacant on monroe in greektown so close plaka close. plaka belongs on grand river and joy. | ||
Michigansheik Member Username: Michigansheik Post Number: 276 Registered: 09-2005 |
plaka isn't fine dining, it's a 24hour hole and does this just fine, its fine for what it is. i heard the hella's was going to close, is this true? and what happened at paris cafe? thread jack? | ||
Fury13 Member Username: Fury13 Post Number: 4062 Registered: 10-2003 |
Hellas has been around for 100+ years. It would be a shame to lose that one. Plaka is definitely a hole. Breakfast is about the only safe bet there. And, as has been noted, Tom the owner mercilessly badgers his staff. | ||
Detroitstar Member Username: Detroitstar Post Number: 1002 Registered: 01-2006 |
Paris Cafe closed  But their wifi didn't I have been to Plaka probably 50 times and I'm pretty sure all I've had is the breakfast. Nothing to complain there, but I have heard mixed reviews of the other menu items. | ||
Billk Member Username: Billk Post Number: 205 Registered: 09-2005 |
Doesn't Plakas also own the Big City Grill on Mich/Washington? I wonder if this will affect them... |
