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. 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