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Impeccable Taste

Andiamo owner's fine duds are a throwback to
the classic style of fine-dining restaurateurs.

GLADYS KNIGHT

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member, living
Motown legend Gladys Knight performs all her
Grammy winning hits including "Midnight Train
to Georgia"" and 'Neither One of Us (Wants to
be the Fist to Say Goodbye) ... Come see Gladys
Knight in a rare Detroit appearance.

HOWIE MANDEL

A star everywhere you look: television, film
and the stage, comedian Howie Mandel has
been entertaining audiences for years. Come
laugh the night away with Howie, one of
today's most successful comedians.

LEE GREENWOOD

Grammy Winner and one of country music's
brightest stars, Lee Greenwood captivates
audiences with a variety of musical styles
from movies themes to his patriotic anthem

"God Bless the USA -.

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andiamoitalia.com

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East 14 Mile Road. West of Van Dyke.
Warren, Michigan

Anthony Quinn," says Dino.
ISA `N DATA ...
"He was a wonderful dresser,
He is better
but Joe Vicari's clothes have
known for his
more style."
growing empire of
Vicari's favorite look is of
restaurants, banquet halls and
the 1940s with wide lapels,
entertainment venues.
stripes, pleated pants and
But Joe Vicari, owner of the
shirts with French cuffs,
chain of Andiamo restaurants,
which he wears regularly.
is considered one of the best-
DAN NY
He fits into the excellent
dressed dining and entertain-
RAS KIN
mode of dress that Dino con-
ment entrepreneurs this side
Local Columnist tinually harps on being a "lost
of Las Vegas.
thing of beauty" ... That of
He is a throwback to eatery
people becoming too casual when they
owners of yesteryear, whose strict
go out to restaurants ... "Women have
adherence to their own dress code
complained many times that their hus-
made them standouts in the fine din-
bands don't dress properly," says Dino.
ing game.
"We do," say the women, "why can't
Gents like Lester and Sam Gruber
they?" •
and Al Woolf, London Chop House;
Joe's first restaurant was in 1990,
Ben Kasle, Berman's Chop House; Sam
Andiamo Italia on 14 Mile between
Boesky, Darbys; and so many others
Mound and Van Dyke in Warren ...
would never dream of ever being seen
in their restaurant without a jacket and Today, he has seven with Andiamo
Pizza Pie in Clinton Township being
tie.
the only one not considered upscale.
All Vicari's hundreds of suits are cus-
An eighth Andiamo restaurant is
tom-made by Lou Myles ... His ties are
expected to be opened by June ... It
Italian. Silk ... Custom-made shirts are
will be called Andiamo of Dearborn on
by his tailor, Dino Mitropoulos of
Michigan Avenue ... former location of
Birmingham.
Chicago Roadhouse.
"When people come into any of our
A colored rendering of the Andiamo
restaurants," says Joe, "the managing
banquet hall lobby shows it as a com-
partner and assistant manager are
plete $3 million dollar do-over that
expected to be dressed appropriately.
Our dress code for management is very looks anything but what the previous
tenant had.
important. It dictates the upscale kind
The coming Andiamo of Dearborn's
of restaurants we are. Customers may
dress informally, but our management
teams must have set a jacket-and-tie
standard among themselves."
"In many cases," says Joe, "casualness
in restaurant dress has gone too far.
White tablecloth ownership and man-
agement should dress according to the
standard of the restaurant."
Vicari is from the old school of dress
... always immaculate in appearance ...
and most of all, he enjoys looking
good.
"Joe Vicari takes pleasure in his
clothes," says Dino, "and this is very
important. He wants to look good for
himself, too."
Joe designs his own clothes ...
including the suits that Lou Myles
makes for him or Dino alters for him
... Even the custom shirts that Dino
makes for him are according to Joe's
own planned specifications.
"One of my favorite customers was
oe Vicari, owner of Andiamo

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14,000 square feet has been expanded
to 20,000 square feet to give more
space for the kitchen and banquet
facilities.
Seating for dining will be 300, with
another 200 in the banquet sector ...
and 150 additional in a large outside
deck overlook the Rouge River ... Fred
Giordano will be Joe's managing part-
ner.
Also, if talk is true, Joe Vicari's next
restaurant after that may be next to the
Marriott Winter Garden in Detroit's
Renaissance Center.
RELEASE DATE of April 25 for
Against the Ropes, starring Meg Ryan as
Jackie Kallen in the film about Jackie's
life, has been postponed because of the
war situation.
CONGRATS ... TO Harold Black
... on his 90th birthday.
510 POUNDS LOST ... and more
to come from another family member
... That's the total for Toby Hyman,
150 pounds, and 120 pounds for each
of her sisters ... Cathy Degraff and
Michelle Dryman in Chicago, and
Paula Epstein in West Bloomfield ...
All had stomach surgery.
Toby's son, Caritor Bradley Hyman
of California, will also have the surgery
in August.
Toby has been at the Salon Z for
plus-sized women in Somerset's Saks
Fifth Avenue 10 years ... and has now
taken on another project as well.
The new "Toby's Foods To Go" at
Feldbro Quality Meats & Fish, 14
Mile and Middlebelt in Farmington
Hills, is a bevy of Jewish-style cooking
... She is at both places on weekends ...
and at Feldbro on Tuesdays.
Over the years, she took cooking
classes to go with her fashioning of
Jewish-style foods and love of cook-
ing ... Hubby Michael, enjoys cook-
ing, too, and is a help.
Toby's Foods To Go is run by
Feldbro's Alan and wife Carole
Feldman ... when she isn't there.
MAKING ROUNDS of yester-
years ... To Eastman's Gaslight on
Grand River, for tenderloin tips
served in an iron skillet, or Eastman's
special New York sirloin prepared at
the table with fresh mushrooms, dry
sherry and flaming cognac ... To
Mayfield Chop House on Griswold,
for chopped chicken livers ... To
Grecian Gardens on Monroe in
Greektown, for the interesting vari-
ety of lamb dishes ... To Cadena's on
Michigan, for homemade Mexican
dinners in a room about as wide as
an airplane aisle.
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To Coach House on Grand River
for one of Detroit's best hamburgers