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AUNT GERRY GOLDMAN, TOMMY HEARNS, BERNARD YAGODA,
JEREMY YAGODA, AL KESNER, SHARON OZROVITZ, STEWART
KEPES, Mutual of Omaha Financial Consultant; MITCHELL
BENSON, Vice President, Investments. Dean Witter; ERIC
LULLOVE, Firefighter, Paramedic, Farmington Hills; KEN WOLOK,
D.O., Gloria Wolok, son, Ryan, 8, daughter Jaclyn, 6, cousin,
Bradley, 11; JUDI WEINER, Mother of Todd, 14, Lindsay, 15, Chad,
10, and Eli, 6; HOWARD SANDLER, Southfield Dodge, Jeep Eagle.

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othing fancy ... no added Francesco's wife, Lori, is host-
frills ... or startlingly beau- ess, waitress and keeper of the soup with little pastinas is chock
full of healthy vegetables and an
tiful antiques.
books.
undeniably fine taste.
Just plain good Italian
The Victorian Room decor
You won't find any unneces-
food ... at reasonable prices ... in comes from Tony's restaurant
a small, elegant atmosphere that background ... He opened Coach sarily pounded veal here ... It is
strictly Provimi ... very choice.
oozes of cleanliness.
and Four at Top Of The Flame
All the standard Italian veal
Costanzo's Victorian Room on in Northland, and was assistant
dishes
are excellently prepared
E. 12 Mile, between Dequindre manager at Stouffer's in East-
Picante with lemon butter,
and Ryan, is the place many land ... This is where Vernon
mushrooms and artichokes; Si-
folks won't tell you
Stouffer's Victorian ciliano, dipped in garlic oil, bread
about ... It's their own
Room pride and joy crumbs and broiled; Colombo
little secret ... So they
was situated.
laced with Palmino sauce; Tosca,
think.
After it closed in parmigiana, scaloppine, marsala
Too many people are
1983, Tony brought the ... each $17.95 ... And a big fa-
sharing the same "se-
entire look to his new vorite, Costanzo's saltimbocca
cret" ... and word has
Italian restaurant.
stuffed with prosciutto, Fontina
started to get out even
When he first cheese, mushrooms, parsley,
more.
opened, the waitresses sage and garlic, sauteed with
DANNY RASKIN
It took us 28 minutes
were all dressed Victo- butter and wine sauce, $18.95.
LO CAL
in semi-heavy traffic,
rian style ... Today,
COLU MNIST
There are 10 gourmet delight
getting there from 12
they are in tuxedo pasta items at prices around
Mile and Northwestern,
shirts and bow ties ...
to see what these folks are keep- Some still wear a Victorian bow $10.25 ... Spaghetti with meat
sauce is $8.95; and pasta tossed
ing to themselves.
in the back of their hair ... I al- with olive oil and garlic is $9.95.
A free-standing building hous- ways did like the look.
Also five chicken dishes ... six
es Costanzo's Victorian Room
The menu is as plain as can
that opened June 3, 1985, and be ... Better to have a smaller, beef choices and four regular
seats 80, mainly in red leather compact menu with good items seafood items ... Every week, a
different fresh fish is featured,
padded booths, with a few dark than one of confusion ... and un- too.
mahogany tables sprinkled necessary frills ... This is the din-
All veal, beef and chicken
around.
ing premise that Tony, dishes come with soup or salad,
The Victorian lights on tree- Francesco, Ofelia and Lori like
like fixtures, red curtains on to have with their worthy food, side of pasta or vegetable ... Pas-
ta is accompanied by soup or sal-
windows, red-flowered walls, red service and decor.
ad.
carpeting and red entrance door
As might be expected, almost
Costanzo's Victorian Room is
drape make up the very cozy and everything is homemade from
comfortable look in an elegant scratch ... stocks, dressings, etc. open Monday for lunch only, 11-
3; Tuesday, Wednesday and
setting.
... The full-bodied minestrone Thursday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Fri-
All employees are re-
day, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.;
sponsible for the clean-
and Saturday, 4 p.m. to
liness of their own
10 p.m.
station ... And if any-
Tony likes to have
body goofs up, owner
customers
served with
Antonio Costanzo is
dignity ... It has never
there to follow through
been his style to rush
with a fatherly no-no ...
people ... and never will.
The restaurant is his
Costanzo's Victorian
entire "station" to care
Room is an east side jew-
for.
el in dining ... undiscov-
The mystery of
ered and discovered ... a
Costanzo's Victorian
good, clean, down-to-
Room's good food con-
earth Italian restaurant
sistency is solved when
with a lot of pride.
one learns that such a
If you take 1-696, get
large plus is mainly be-
off
at the Dequindre exit
cause the same people
and turn left ... Ryan has
prepare it every day,
no ramp.
lunch and dinner. This
Antonio "Tony" Cost-
is very unique in the
anzo
is the ultimate host
restaurant business.
in a most refreshing Ital-
Tony's (everybody
ian dining operation ...
calls him Tony) son,
His graciousness is ap-
Francesco (or Frank),
preciated ... but not more
has been dad's execu-
than Tony's restaurant.
tive chef since it opened
THE ATMOS-
... and runs the kitchen
PHERE that marked
with his mother, Tony's
Too Chez's fifth an-
wife, Ofelia, who makes
niversary was a festive
the homemade pastries
one
... Owner Toni
and other goodies .:. Antonio Costanzo: A Victorian touch.
Wisne Young, maitre d'

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