Arts & Entertainment * STAB *STAB *STAB *SUR *$TA COMPARE OUR LOW PRICES WITH ANY DELICATESSEN IN TOWN! STAR DELI IS ONE OFTHE BEST CARRY OUT ONLY RESTAURANTS IN AMERICA! MEAT TRAY $6.95 Hours: Open 7 days from 7-10 per person 1 SALAD TRAY ' $7.50 * Handcut Lox * Our Regular Tuna & Fat-Free Tuna Can't Be Beat! * Vegetarian Chopped Liver * Homemade Potato Salad & Coleslaw $14.50 per person • tIMMIffIEFLW - •ON STAR'S BEAUTIFUL ALREADY LOW-PRICED MEAT OR DAIRY TRAYS WITH THIS COUPON • Expires 5/31/06 • One Per Person • Not Good Nordays • 10 Person Minimum DELIVERY AVAILABLE 2455 Jxxst west;, 7.4771 • Restaurant 248.476.0044 "Any Event" Catering • Banquet Room Available Buy any dinner entree and receive 00 $6 off the second dinner entree f‘00 moff Salads, pizza, sand ∎kiLlies and ribs Ior 2 excluded. One' coupon pe, table. not valid with any other offer Fyne, 6130106 Farmington Hills • Corner of Grand River & Haggerty Road Auburn Hills • 1 1/2 miles south of the Palace of Auburn Hills The ewish Tradition Continues The Fiddler International Dining OFFERS INTERNNIIONAL DINING + Parties for Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, Bridal Showers, Baby Showers, Birthdays, Shabbof Dinners + Live Music & Entertainment on Fridays & Saturdays from 9 p.m. + Catering and carryout available 6676 Orchard Lake Road • West Bloomfield, MI 48322 W. Bloomfield Shopping Plaza, South of 15 mile June Special tuffed Cabbage $9.95 Phone: 248-851-8782 AM. I EARLY BIRD DINNER SPECIAL EVERYDAY 4pm-6pm :113;i4NIER FOR 2 I WUOLIE: SLAB , I 2 Texas Toast • 2 Cole Slaw • 2 Rice or Fries 410:95 Includes carry out • With purchase of 2 drinks • Expires 6/8/06 1103 East Lake Drive approxc.oigrmlf le1 w 4 clicc fRI■ li)vi Rd. 248.668.9005 88 May 25 • 2006 iN H e started out in the food business at age 13, making pizzas at Gino's in Windsor ... Today he is still making the pies, only this time as the owner of a neigh- borhood, family Italian restaurant in another country. The large neon sign at Luigi's Trattoria on Farmington Road, just south of Grand River, Farmington, on the south side of the Village Plaza, is where Dominic Belcastro will celebrate Luigi's 11th anniversary in June. It says much when one of the big- gest things going for a restaurant is the look of so many regulars who keep coming back. Dom's wife, Vivian, had been told by a client at the beauty shop where she worked that Luigi's Bar-B-Q was for sale ... they had always wanted a res- taurant of their own ... At first, after looking at it, he was turned off by the little respect the place received, until finally deciding that with proper own- ership, things could be turned around ... and it might become the kind of neighborhood restaurant people would enjoy. Luigi's Trattoria has since proven his vision correct with the type of family casualness and good home-style food preparations that customers would return to enjoy, served by waitpersons who shared his enthusiasm by staying for long tenures. Dom has continued the bar-b-q menu but as a one-pager ... with the large food variety concentrated on Italian traditions and specialties, plus a children's section to round out a family dining concept he and Vivian have taken pleasure in owning. Seating at Luigi's Trattoria is 85 at booths and tables in one room ... The restaurant is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner seven days, Monday- Thursday, 8 a.m.-9; Friday and Saturday, 8-10; Sunday, 8-8. Luigi's Trattoria may seem like many other small Italian restaurants, but the difference is apparent in the good value received ... Dom has kept his prices down throughout the almost . Italian Cuisine For the month of May, take an additional 10% Off your entire bill if your name is Matt Luigi's marking 11 delicious years. DAIRY TRAY STAR'S TRAYS CAN'T BE BEAT FOR QUALITY & PRICE! OFF That's Italian! per person NilWAIPSIEUWANDWZMRI • 11312ffiZE11451.—. BEST OF :VERYTHING 11 years and maintained a quality presentation of satisfy- ing favorites. Some of the dishes, like veal marsala, are prepared a bit differently than at many . other places ... Dom's veal medallions are sauteed with fresh mushrooms and a sweet marsala wine, but tossed together with the fettuccine ... If requested, the dish can be served with fettuccine on the side instead ... Same with veal piccata, veal mercino and the Nonna's Favorite of medallions sautéed with fresh mushrooms and spinach. After the ninth year, Dom did a thorough remodeling job at Luigi's to give it a more modern look ... One wall is brick; booths are high-backed to assure privacy, and another wall is dark wood. • It has a full bar with choice wines by both bottle and glass ... Soups, like . the regular minestrone and creamy garlic specialty, are big favorites ... Also, bottles of olive oil are on each table for traditional bread dipping, Dom is an excellent host with a pleasant smile and gracious hello that is together with the long-standing servers to greet customers who enjoy their many returns. There are numerous fine things to say about a family Italian trattoria like Luigi's ... It is difficult to beat a corn- bination of good food, good prices and good service that are together with utmost cleanliness for a fine-value experience. THROUGHOUT THE multitude of rumors, the tradition so exempli- fied by late owner Michael Kuchersky of the Fiddler Restaurant on Orchard Lake Road, West Bloomfield, continues with added authentic Russian empha- sis. Partner and General Manager Natan Sologub keeps on operating the Fiddler as before ... and Chef Vitali Lobanoff, who came here from Odessa to run the former Russian Bear kitch- en in West Bloomfield, now provides yet more true legitimacy ... Both are Russian Jews ... The Fiddler in a couple of months will again reopen for lunch and additional true Russian dishes will be added to the menu,