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A Chef Ends His Retirement
And Boosts An East Side Place

DANNY RASKIN

Local Columnist

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t would have been a
shame had his legendary
recipes and knowledge
been left to gather dust on
some shelf.
And as his wife, Joanne,
says, "This is the best thing
for him. To be back in the
restaurant business where he
feels at home gives him a new
lease on lifer'
Aldo Ottoviani, now
70-years-old, has come out of
his 2Y2-year retirement .. .
after turning down offers
galore . . . and is the new ex-
ecutive chef at Andiamo, 14
Mile between Mount and Van
Dyke.
This is not far . . . especial-
ly when you consider that so
many Jewish people years
back used to flock from
everywhere to his Aldo's
Restaurant on Seven Mile
and Kelly . . . And without
the present day use of a
thoroughfare like 1-696 .. .
which enables folks to go to
Andiamo in minutes .. .
The former Aldo's was on
Kelly and Seven about 40
years . . . starting out as a
pizzeria and becoming a fine
dining spot.
When Andiamo owner Joe
Vicari asked a mutual friend
if Aldo would come to help
him, the noted restaurateur
had become tired from sitting
around doing nothing and
was looking for someone to
pass on his recipes and
knowledge of food . . . They
met, and Aldo knew he had
found that someone.
Aldo has since taken Joe
under his wing with guidance
and know-how of true Italian
cuisine.
It turned out to be more
than just a "helping hand"
. . . Aldo is at Andiamo six
days a week . . . as the highly-
respected executive chef so
many people know and love.
Andiamo's new menu
reflects Aldo with many of the
dishes named in honor of him.
The 160-seater Andiamo is
a free-standing building open-
ed a year-and-a-half ago by
Joe Vicari, also owner of the
popular Lido-On-The-Lake
. . . Andiamo has become an
east side favorite taking over
the reputation gained by
Aldo's.
A player grand piano plays
softly in the background as
folks dine amid the soothing
decor highlighted by etched
glass dividers with teal
lighting.

"It's a blessing, Joe," said
Aldo's wife, Joanne. "He was
getting 'antsy' with
boredom."
Aldo Ottaviani being at An-
diamo is a fine tribute to one
of the top restaurateurs of
yesteryears.
FOR 18 YEARS, Roland
Optics at Applegate Square
on Northwestern Highway
has participated in the "Good
Vision/Good Cause" program
that helps needy people.
It has again joined together
with the Lions Club in collec-
ting used glasses for distribu-
tion to people who would not
otherwise be able to afford
prescription eyewear.
Roland Optics, responsible
for many thousands of used
glasses to the needy vision
impaired, is taking off $25 on

Andiamo boosts its
reputation with a
veteran executive
chef.

purchases of prescription
eyewear to those who bring in
an old pair for donation to the
Lions Club . . . Roland Optics
is owned by Katie and Dr.
Mickey Weishaus and Bev
and Dr. Max Gottesman.
to
CONGRATS . . .
Dharlene and Chuck Norris
. . . on their 12th anniversary.
MAIL DEPT. . . . from Ted
Bahr in Silver Spring, Md. . . .
"Just a note to say as one who
grew up in Detroit (graduated
Mumford High in 1958) I en-
joy getting The Jewish News.
I really enjoyed your article
on nicknames. Many of those
names I know. Here is
another one for you. Paul
"Curly" Gould, a good friend
of mine in the Detroit area?'
ABOUT THOSE
nicknames . . . how about
Morrie "Katchke" Millman
. . . Clarence "Moon" Baker
. . . Danny "Slick" Baker . .
"Sue" Gurwin, "Babe"
Bushkin.
RESERVATIONS for Nor-
ma Jean Bell and the All
Stars, Fridays, Saturdays and
Sundays at Doug's Body Shop
on Woodward, are a premium
. . . They are taken only until
8 p.m. . . . Then it's first-come,
first-serve or be among the
usual standing-room-only
members. -
CONGRATS to Sara Nor-
ris . . . on her 5th birthday .. .
and to brother Chuckie . . . on
his 21st birthday . . . both the
same day.
TRY THIS ON for a social
bargain . . . The annual

dinner-dance by Knights of
Pythias, April 13, at Farina's
Banquet Hall on Coolidge in
Berkley will be $25 per per-
son . . . and include an open
bar, passed hors d'oeuvres
during cocktail hour, com-
plete dinner and dancing to
the Golden Sounds . . . It's 7
p.m.-12 midnight . . . and the
public is invited . . . For
reservations, call Max
Rubin, chancellor com-
mander, 542-7756; P.G.C.
Frank Selman, secretary,
543-7287; or Harold Allen,
prelate, 557-5912.
BEAUTIFUL SILVER
carousel ring made by Jaimi
Tarnow, 17-year-old daughter
of Bob and Kathy Tarnow, was
chosen for a gold key, blue rib-
bon and special award in the
recent Southeastern Michi-
gan Region Scholastic Art
Awards competition . . . Of
the 4,600 art entries, Jaimi's
was among only 180 selected
to go to New York for the na-
tional competition . . . She is
a senior at Groves High in
Birmingham.
Another daughter of Bob
and Kathy's, 12-year-old
Tami, was one of four winners
out of 1,000 young folks who
auditioned in September for a
chance to appear on a
Nickelodeon (cable TV) kids
game show . . . Congrats to
Tami on her recent birthday
. . . She flies to Florida March
16 for taping at the new
Universal Studio.
THE JEWISH connection
was quite evident at a recent
Detroit Tiger Fantasy Camp
in Lakeland, Fla. . . .
Localites Sandy Rautbort,
Steve Friedman, Harold
Friedman, Bruce Kovan, Shel
Rosenberg, Jerry Jaffe, Joel
Mitnik and Harvey Saper-
stein helped team 5, coached
by Steve Kemp and Mark
"The Bird" Fidrych, to a se-
cond place finish . . . Tap
team, coached by Dave
Rozema and Jason Thomp-
son, was led by Sy Ginsberg
who got the hit that started
the winning rally to capture
the championship.
All were given baseball
cards of themselves that look
like the real thing . . . The
back gives vital statistics and
then jokingly tells about each
player . . . On Harvey's, it
says, "Harv's greatest asset
as a ballplayer is knowing
when to ask the manager to
put in a pinch hitter for him.
As a pitcher, he doesn't
register on the radar gun but
has been clocked with an
hourglass. Considered to have
world-class speed going from