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(248) 926-5300

6041 Haggerty

3/12
1999

Between 15 Mile & Pontiac Tr.
West Bloomfield
Open Daily 11' a.m

Upgraded Como's Italian American Restaurant
in Ferndale is the Grego family's pride.

menu include veal picante, chicken
bevy of good food that gives it much
picante, veal Tosca, chicken Tosca,
diversification in dining selection.
veal Alitalia, chicken Alitalia, veal cac-
The best seller, other than pizza, is
ciatore, chicken cacciatore
the
veal
or
chicken
with
roast-
he years have been good to
and garlic chicken.
ed whole cloves of garlic in a
this little Italian restaurant
Among the appetizers, the
lemon-butter sauce.
... As they pass, more and
portabello
mushrooms mari-
People
can't
believe
the
prices
more customers have been
nated
in
garlic,
lemon and
...
Especially
for
the
excellent
making it their favorite because of the
oil... on a plate with two
filet
with
a
great
zip
sauce
...
authentic dishes served.
slices of fresh Mozzarella
$19.50 for a complete dinner ...
The diners who come to Como's
cheese and roasted red pep-
including soup of the day or the
on Woodward and Nine Mile Road in
pers is a delicious winner.
good, robust minestrone soup
Ferndale, return today with their own
Customers also love the
or salad, pasta, choice of Anna,
children.
DANNY
tenderloin
steak bits appe-
baked or fried potatoes, veg-
But it is to a much different Como's
RASKIN
tizer ... trimmed from filet
etable
and
bread
basket.
... The look has changed ... The food
Local Columnist ... And the almost 30 pasta
Also being served now is
is even more outstanding ... About the
dishes, many available in
veal
Marsala,
$16.50;
beef
only things left are the low prices and
half-orders.
Marsala,
$13.95;
chicken
the fact that very few places can match
Executive
Chef Paul Calbone is
Marsala, $11.95; veal Triestina,
the longevity of its waitpersons.
George
Jr.'s
brother-in-law
... married
$16.50; chicken Triestina, $11.95;
When it originally opened on April
to George's sister, Madonna, a very gra-
veal
Siciliano,
$16.50;
beef
Siciliano,
1, 1961, Como's sat 60 in one room
cious hostess on Saturday evenings ...
$13.95; scaloppini of filet mignon
... Then came another room with the
Paul graduated from the Culinary
with
mushrooms,
onions
and
garlic
in
seating upped to 92, plus a huge out-
Institute of Palm Beach, was at the
a
Marsala
wine
sauce,
$13.95;
beef
door deck ... Soon, there will be 60
Rim-Carlton there, transferred to the
cacciatore,
$13.95;
chicken
with
roast-
more seats ... Space from a former
Ritz in Dearborn ... then decided on
ed garlic in a lemon-butter sauce,
piano store next door has been taken
coming to Como's instead.
$11.95, etc. ... Other entrees on the
over ... and a wall with windows will
Pizza is still king at Como's ...
be in-between with a passageway into
with about 1,500 made weekly ...
the present main dining room.
But those filets have been getting so
The all-new ceiling at Como's is
many rave notices that around 300
barrel-shaped oak wood ... A new-
are sold each week ... tender, juicy
fashioned rear entrance is via a little
and tasty ... with delicious zip sauce.
enclosed porch.
It's difficult to beat the quality
It seems that the only things left over
and prices on any of the other
from the former Como's interior decor,
dishes at Como's ... It sells so much
are the quarry floor tiles and canyon
meat that deliveries are made three
stone walls.
times a week ... It was just once a
A Memorial Day fire last year
week four years ago.
almost destroyed Como's with smoke
Everything is made to order
and water ... So much damage was
here ... even the hamburgers aren't
caused that everything had to be
made into patties until they're
replaced ... While repairing the restau-
ordered.
rant, the Grego family — George,
The Greek salads are a big seller,
Sicilia and their general manager son,
too ... in individual, small and
George Jr. — decided on doing a
large sizes ... For these, Como's
complete renovation.
111
goes through about 60 pounds of
The major damage closed Como's
feta cheese a week ... It's the
for 89 days ... And it's only a miracle
creamier Hungarian feta, not as
that it was opened by this time.
dry or sharp as the usual type seen
At its original opening in 1961,
at many places.
Como's served pizza, ribs, salads, some
No reservations are taken ...
pasta and short-order things ... You
except for parties of 10 or more ...
couldn't get a better pizza anywhere ...
The family atmosphere is abundant
And to this day, it is still among the best.
with much catering to the young-
George Gre o Jr., general manager, has
No more is it Como's Pizzeria ...
sters ... and the carry-out business
helped hisamilys Como's Italian American
The name is now Como's Italian-
is very big.
Restaurant
expand
and
prosper.
American Restaurant ... with a menu

DANNY RASKIN
Local Columnist

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