Arts is Life

Restaurant -Hour
of Detroit
the magazine
Year
2004

The Best Of Everything

Pure Romantica

Intimacy and friendliness reign at Italian eatery.

MONDAY - FRIDAY 11AM - 5PM

dinner

MONDAY - THURSDAY, 5PM - 1 OPM FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, 5PM - 11PM
CLOSED SUNDAY

unique private rooms available

1824 west 14 mile road royal oak, michigan 48073 248-655-5000

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Please call for information & reservations.

7365 Orcbard Lake Road
West Bloomfield, MI 48 3 2 2

DINING HOURS

Mon-Thurs 1 1:30a-10:00p

Fri 8c Sat
Sunday

11:30a-11:00p
12:00p-9:30p

(1/8-mile North of 14 Mile Road)

Sophisticated Elegance

*** **STAIRWAY LIFTS*****

THE CAREFREE WAY TO
CLIMB STAIRS

When you're disabled, or just not able to move around as
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But there is a simple answer. The powered stairway lift.
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ACTON RENTAL & SALES

LARRY ARONOFF

(3 1 3) 891-6500 (248) 540-5550

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Formagi, made with Fontina,
t was the former site of
parmesan,
asiago and Grande
three dining operations ...
Mozzarella
cheeses with diced
Each with its own style of
tomatoes, garlic herbs and
presentation ... all making
fresh basil.
attempts at finer dining ... A La
Many customers now are
Cart Cafe, Bernardi's and Le
regulars
whose loyalty stems
Metro.
from
four
important facets
None, however, that could
that
have
given
Romantica the
be considered what the loca-
DANNY
popularity
it
is
enjoying
...
tion sorely needed ... A good
RASKIN
Good food, good prices, good
neighborhood restaurant with
Senior
service and cleanliness.
prices low enough for general
Columnist
Seating is for only about 60
acceptance.
people
... with ambitions to
Now the space is occupied
hopefully
add
more.
by one that might fit the needed bill.
Its lunch and dinner menus include
Celebrating its first anniversary is
many
items with taste bud appeal from
Romantica ... on the northwest end of
Italian and American preparations.
Southfield's Applegate Shopping Center,
At lunchtime, salads play a prominent
corner of Northwestern and Inkster.
ordering role with nine selections along
No frills ... Nothing overly fancy ...
But very clean ... With green linen table- with 11 sandwiches ($5.19), 26 subs of
all descriptions ($5.99), 11 calzones
cloths and pleasantly sculptured and
($5.95 and $6.95), etc.
painted walls ... Open Monday through
Customers may also order from the
Thursday 11-9, Friday and Saturday 11-
10, Sunday 4-9,
lunch and dinner ...
full bar.
Romantica owners
Fred and Sylvia
Sabagh, aren't
strangers to the
restaurant business
... They owned eight
Romantica Italian
restaurants in
Washington, D.C.,
back in 1991 ... all
with the same menu
as their Romantica
in Applegate Square.
Because of their
wide experience, few
Fred and Sylvia Sabagh
if any other restau-
rants have a number
of the dishes that it
dinner menu at lunchtime ... with its
serves ... not on the menu but available.
five Provimi veal dishes, seven chicken
The same chef, Frank Capoliana,with
choices, 19 pastas, eight sea foods, etc.
Fred and Sylvia 20 years, was brought
Dinner features that include Salmon
here from Washington to be their head
Sun,
broiled filet with fresh spinach,
chef in Southfield ... His thin-crusted
mushrooms,
sundried tomatoes and
pizza was voted number one in the
Marsala
wine
($15.95), and 'Whitefish
Virginia, Maryland and Washington
Arregenate, broiled, lightly encrusted,
areas ... He makes his own pizza dough
with hints of basil and garlic ($11.95),
and pizza sauce ... nothing frozen.
Chicken La Rosa, boneless breast with
Many of Frank's gourmet pizzas are
roasted
peppers and mushrooms in a
exclusive items ... like the Rustica, Spe-
creamy
marina ($14.95), the big favorite
dini, Meat Lovers, Spinach, Tutti
chicken
marsala with mushrooms,
Vegetable, Hawaiian and Quatro
onions and prosciutto ($13.95) ...

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