Your hosts: Rick Rogow & Torn Peristeris
invite you and your family to enjoy
Mother's Day with us...
by Katcher, one of the world's
foremost importers of Burgundy
wines; our evening with John F.
Kennedy Jr.; our black-tie auto
show party with Hearst Publica-
tions; our dinner in New York at
the James Beard House.
"For me, the most ambitious
and exciting evening was this
past New Year's Eve when we
transformed Tribute into a mod-
ern-day circus. We had mimes,
jugglers, magicians, dining and
dancing. It was sponsored by
Dom Perignon and the House of
Seagram's."
As with any business, it take
time to work out the flaw
"We've come a long way our
first year," Mickey refle . "But
we also know we still h ve a long
fled."
way to go until-we're
When will Mickey and Ta-
kashi, the guiding and creative
forces behind Tribute, be com-
pletely satisfied? ... Probably
never.
JEWELRY DEPT..:. Al Win-
kler of Bread Basket Deli &
Receiving local and Bagelry on GrandRiver, and De-
bra Silverman will make the "I
national acclaim.
Do" scene May 25 at Congrega-
tion Beth Achim.
IT'S GOTTEN better than
if the restaurant's first year of op- ever ... with folks loving the food
eration is any indication of the now being put out by Executive
Chef Bill Stockton at Arriva on
future."
"The response to Tribute has 12 Mile, between Mound and Van
far exceeded anything we ever Dyke.
A new, very diversified and
imagined," says Mickey.
"It seems that the area was well-coordinated menu has been
craving the combination that we conceived by Bill and owner Sam
Locricchio ... with some dishes not
are striving to achieve here."
The Tribute combination is a seen at too many Italian restau-
blend of food, service and am- rants.
Those Saturday nights with
biance that fine-dining customers
Sam and Sandra Mandella on
insist upon.
Its casualness and friendliness stage are still goodies ... Their rou-
by the service staff have added to tine now includes Sandra doing
the elegant and warm beauty of a great Judy Garland medley of
"Over The Rainbow," 'The Man
Tribute's setting.
Takashi's imaginative blend- Who Got Away" and 'The Trolley
ing of contemporary French food Song" ... Sam does choice rendi-
with strong Asian persuasion is tions of "I'd Like To See You
being met with high acceptance. Smile" and "Everything Happens
Dishes like Nantucket scallops To Me" ... Sam and Sandra duet-
with duck confit and white truf- ing are wonderful.
The piano-playing and singing
fle oil, seared foie gras with
Jerusalem artichokes, pancakes of Franco Viola, with his varied
and Granny Smith apple com- keyboards, put out a lot of swell
pote, grilled Maine salmon in music for listening and dancing.
37TH YEAR for Galilee Chap-
miso-ginger broth, have received
rave reviews from the local and ter, Jewish Women Internation-
international crowd that Tribute al (formerly B'nai B'rith Women),
"Night of Games" with bingo,
is drawing.
`The diversity of our clientele silent auction, etc., is expected to
be the biggest and best yet ... It's
amazes me," says Mickey.
"Due to our location, we are Thursday, May 8, 7:45 p.m. ...
easily accessible to Grosse Pointe, Tickets at the door are still $3 ..
Ann Arbor, downtown Detroit For more info, call JoAnn Remer,
and Lansing, as well as the im- (810) 399-0663.
COULD BE THAT a strictly
mediate surrounding areas.
"Add the international corpo- kosher sit-down restaurant may
rate business • which includes be opening this summer ... Luis
French, German, Japanese and Cartagena already has the
South American customers and name, Avante Gard, with site
Tribute truly takes on a unique, likely to be Royal Oak's down-
town area.
exciting feel.
It'll be a full-service, all-vege-
"Some of the highlights of this
past year have been our Bollinger tarian kosher restaurant seating
Champagne Dinner with Guy Bi- about 60 ... Luis was chef at Sper-
zor from the House of Bollinger; ber's Kosher Catering and is now
our Burgundy Dinner with Bob- at Wayne State U's Hillel.
dreams That's what many said
about the Wisne family's ambi-
tious Tribute restaurant.
Well, after 2,400 bottles of
champagne ... 100 pounds of
caviar ... 1,200 pounds of foie gras
... and so much more, Tribute cel-
ebrates its first anniversary with
fine dining glory that has received
rave reviews from the local press,
New York Times, which called it
a must-see-must-go-to place for
fine dining on a national scale,
Chicago Tribune and many no-
table local and nationwide publi-
cations.
Food Arts national magazine
called
Takashi one of the new se-
.
rious food chefs in the country ...
and this past March 3, Nation's
Restaurant News did a full-page
spread on Takashi, writing of his
aspirations "to build one of the
best restaurants in the United
States, tucked away in suburban
Detroit. He may reach his goal
c
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with a menu that includes our
most popular Greek
Specialties ... Tommy's
Famous Salad, Greek Salad,
Our Great Succulent Lamb
Chops and many more
favorites to assure a
memorable dining experience
for mom ON HER DAY!
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