ion,' will be at Neiman Marcus
in Troy's Somerset Collection.
Proceeds will benefit the Bar-
bara Ann Karmanos Cancer In-
stitute as a runway presentation
features the spring's best offer-
ings from some of fashion's high-
ly influential designers ... The
show will be followed by a cock-
tail reception in the Neiman Mar-
cus Couture Salon.
Call DeMarco Willis, (313) 833-
0715, Ext. 769, about tickets...
$30 per person for Friends ... $50
per person for Benefactors.
CLARION INN on 12 Mile,
east of Orchard Lake Road, will
become Executive Hotel & Suites
at the end of March ... part of the
Best Western chain ... Its former
Tivoli Restaurant within is called
Orchard Grill.
5TH ANNIVERSARY gala
by Arriva, 12 Mile between
Mound and Van Dyke, continues
through this Saturday ... Hors
d'oeuvres all over and entertain-
ment galore in a big fun-festing
shindig.
THE DARKNESS is no
power shortage or mistake ...
Wing Hong Chinese Restaurant
and Tokyo Steakhouse at the cor-
ner of 14 Mile and Orchard Lake
Road is closed ... The Wing Hong
of Southfield, 10 Mile and South-
field Road, remains open under
different ownership.
THERE ARE a couple of dish-
es at Paparazzi Ristorante, Sug-
ar Tree Plaza on Orchard Lake
Road south of Maple, you may not
want to miss ... They are among
an excellent array of special choic-
es that are making Paparazzi
quite the place to go ... And the
reasonable prices are getting dou-
A neighborhood
ble-takes.
The raved-about dishes in par-
place with flair.
ticular are veal positano (veal
scallopini sauteed with assorted
mushrooms, garlic, fresh herbs
taking their time in opening to and sherry wine) and chicken
make certain everything is, as Sorrentino (chicken breast
Mickey says, "our creation of the sauteed and baked with eggplant,
mozzarella, and fresh herbs in a
absolute best."
Tribute will be the first in this marsala wine sauce).
Not only are they delicious, but
region to have its own blend of
champagne plus private casks of folks revel in confidence knowing
bourbon and cognac with the that the items are cooked and
prepared with top-quality ingre-
Tribute name.
TOPINKA'S LIVES again ... dients ... The wines used, for ex-
The favorite of so many people on ample, are not just cooking wines,
W. Grand Boulevard, across from but the real thing ... If you shy
the Fisher, and at Telegraph and away from alcohol, don't worry ...
Seven Mile, has been opened by It is burned off in the cooking and
just the elegant taste remains.
its same previous owner.
Shaun Rabino, a very knowl-
Al Balooly has bought Robby's
and changed the name to Topin- edgeable, polite and gracious
ka's of Ann Arbor, 102 South waiter at Paparazzi, formerly
worked 10 years at the Posa-Posa
First, corner of Huron.
Same traditional Topinka's Italian restaurants in New York
menu of fresh fish, steaks, chops, and Florida When Paparazzi
prime ribs, etc., plus the addition owner Steve Stojanovski was
looking for new items to put on
of fine Middle Eastern food.
Al is looking for another spot the menu, Shaun had the recipes
in the northwest suburbs to open faxed to him ... They are exciting
additions to Steve's fine Italian
a second Topinka's.
FIGHTING CANCER with fare.
And that tableside cooking by
fashion is March 7, 6:30 p.m. to
9 p.m., by MCF Circle of Fel- James Moore on Saturday
lows and MCF partners ... Their evenings is a great throwback to
special show, "The Art of Fash- yesteryears. ❑
Livonia, sat 50 until they almost
immediately remodeled it for 90
... the start of their many ven-
tures together.
McVee's is not a pretentious
place by any means ... But it is
clean, friendly and cozy ... TV
workers and personalities are al-
most always there for lunch ...
Both lunch and dinner specials
change daily.
The twinkle in Herman Yago-
da's eyes are like beacons of wel-
come as he says hello to so many
people ...His honest reputation
built through the years is some-
thing Herman treasures dearly
... There isn't one solitary thing
he would do to change it.
To budge the pride owned by
Herman and Molly is close to im-
possible ... and it shows at
McVee's.
CONGRATS ... to Marvin
Leader ... on his 70th birthday.
"IT'LL BE THE most excep-
tional place the Detroit area has
ever seen," says Mickey Bakst,
maitre d' and general manager of
the eagerly awaited Tribute
Restaurant, hopefully opening
around March 28 on 12 Mile, just
west of Orchard Lake Road.
Seating will be for only 80 ...
and before opening, it'll have
three days of by-invitation-only
cocktail parties for folks to look
around and see for themselves as
they munch on complimentary el-
egant hors d'oeuvres.
Give Mickey, super Executive
Chef Takashi Yagihashi, Corpo-
rate Chef Peter Loren and the
Wisne family a lot of credit for
Your Hosts: Tommy Peristeris & Rick Rogow
Welcome to the best Greek food this side of Greektown
featuring the finest lamb chops among other excellent Greek favorites.
JOIN US FOR LUNCH OR DINNER
Open 7 Days • Carry-Out Available
LIVE JAZZ
THURSDAY & FRIDAY
8 p.m. to 12 Midnight
featuring
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Let Us CATER Your Next Affair.
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All Private Occasions
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