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An Italian Delight
Moro's celebrates 25 years
of wonderful food and service.
t is with little doubt that
today's major successes in
dining are destination
restaurants ...You know the
kind ... those where people go
even though they may be out-
of-the-way while passing other
restaurants to get there ...
or perhaps because of
Danny Raskin
particular wants, or an
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immense desire to enjoy the all-
around dining experience that
may be offered.
A perfect example of these is Moro's Italian
Dining on Allen Road, off Southfield, in Allen Park
... celebrating its 25th anniversary with a list of
devotees that continues to grow regardless of obsta-
cles like gas prices ... The many followers, and they
are countless, say "be darned" to higher gas prices,
considering it as just another expense in getting
what they want.
Since originally opening in November 1980,
Moro's has become one of the true dining jewels in
this region, vaulting itself into a rare exalted class ...
In this time, it rolled up production numbers you
would hardly associate with a neighborhood restau-
rant ... Like selling enough soup in the quarter-cen-
tury to fill several swimming pools ... 10 gallons a
day, or over 85,000 gallons in the 25 years.
Honoring such longevity of the best that Italian
dining can offer is most admirable ... with an
unbeatable combination of excellent food, superb
service, beautiful presentation, and earthy low pric-
ing ... Add to this numerous touches of delight, like
salad that comes with your dinner entrée being pre-
pared tableside, or the complimentary bowl of fruit
and nuts after dinner, etc.... Rolling these dining
facets into an overall ball of continuous consistency
doesn't get much better.
Moro's is still a seven-day weekly operation, but
has changed its hours for the fall and winter seasons
... Monday-Friday, 11-10; Saturday, 4-10; Sunday, 2-
9.
The low prices have continued throughout Moro's
25 dining years ... Imagine that this little 75-seater
neighborhood restaurant goes through almost
70,000 pounds of veal per year, or almost 875 tons
in its existence.
Moro's Italian Dining has enjoyed a highly suc-
cessful quarter-century of dining pleasure ... But the
enjoyment is second to the pleasure that has been
received by its many Metropolitan Detroit cus-
tomers.
MAIL DEPT. _I have read the Jewish News since
I was a little boy, and I am now 25 years old, living
in West Bloomfield. I don't own a restaurant, nor do
I have any vested interest in one.
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November 3 . 2005
"But I do volunteer three weeks a year for the
Israel Defense Forces, and when I heard that an
Israeli restaurant opened in our community, I had
dinner there that same night.
"I'm not saying that Yossi's [Israeli Cuisine in
West Bloomfield] is a five-star bistro, and I'm not
going to say anything about the food other than I
enjoyed it. It is the only restaurant where I can go
and feel closest to home. Home is Israel.
"I go to Yossi's at least once every two weeks for
something a lot more important than food. Why?
Because it's not every day that you can have a con-
versation with people like a true Israeli sabra [native
born] about his experiences as a pilot in the Israel
Defense Forces, and the extra time he spends after
hours, offering his engineering background to the
Israeli government on its newest battle tank pro-
gram from Warren, Mich. (which is the Tank
Automotive Armaments Command for the U.S.
Army and its allies).
"I feel a great sense of loyalty to Yossi's for provid-
ing Metro Detroit with its own Little Israel:'... Jeffrey
Kanagur.
"Thank you so much for your recommendation
on Fonte D'Amore Ristorante. The atmosphere was
quaint, the service impeccable and the food fabu-
lous. My husband always gets filets, but decided to
go with the New York steak with parmesan cheese
baked on top. He absolutely raved about it.
"The couple with us and I decided on the sea
bass, which melted in your mouth. We would defi-
nitely go back again. Thanks for making it a birth-
day to remember" ... Denise Rosenthal.
NEW AND DIFFERENT Dishes Dept.... Corned
beef and cabbage soup by Rose Guttman ... It's at
Ember's Deli on Orchard Lake Road, Orchard Lake,
and going over so big that it has been made a daily
feature.
CONGRATS ... To Howard and Lili Ann Camden
on their 42nd anniversary ... To Sandy Cameron on
her birthday ..: To Ed Rosenberg on his 86th birth-
day ... To Ruthe and Sol Zogut on their 60th anniver-
sary ... To Lillian Burg on her birthday, celebrated
with table for six at Bogart's, West Bloomfield.
REUNION DEPT. ... 30th by Oak Park High's
1975 class is Saturday, Nov. 26, 6:30 p.m., at Burton
Manor, Schoolcraft, Livonia ... For more info, contact
Cindy Brody by Nov. 9 ... Days, (313) 222-7460,
evenings, (248) 723-1057, e-mail, cbrody@com-
cast.net ... Many memories of yesteryears is the
serving being planned for the 50-year shindig of
Detroit Central High's over 400 class of 1956 ... Sept.
16, 2006, at Novi's Doubletree Hotel ... For other info,
call Leonard Milstone, (248) 559-4306.
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