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Shuffle Of Chefs

MGM Grand and Tribute boast new aces in the kitchen.

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OTPOURRI ...
You might say he hit the jack-
pot ... Former Tribute restaurant
Executive Chef Don Yamauchi received
an offer he couldn't refuse in moving to
the MGM Grand Detroit to take over as
kitchen head of its two fine dining Michael
Mina restaurants ... Saltwater seafood
and Bourbon Steak traditional steakhouse,
targeted for opening this October ...
Wolfgang Puck Grille will round out MGM
Detroit's dining program.
New executive chef at Tribute, 12 Mile
east of Orchard Lake Road, Farmington
Hills, is Rich Travis, former chef at
L'Escargot in Chicago, executive chef at
Tapawingo in Ellsworth, and then wooed
to Latitude in Bay Harbor.
Also in the dining picture at MGM
Grand Detroit is Zoran Smolcic, former
popular maitre d' at the Birmingham
Townsend Hotel's fine Rugby Grill and
Zinc Brasserie, West Bloomfield ... Well-
liked Zoran will be assistant general man-
ager at Saltwater.
RESTAURANT NO. 12, the 11th named
"Andiamo" in the local Italian mini-chain,
will open in October at the former locale
of O'Charley's on Seven Mile between
1-275 and Haggerty, Northville ... The
lone non-Andiamo-named restaurant in
the group is Mesquite Creek in Clarkston,
also owned by Joe Vicari ... The new
Andiamo Livonia will be managed by Paul
Chetoskey, who has held that same post at
Andiamo West on Telegraph.
EVERY MONDAY in September, 10
percent of the entire dine-in and car-
ryout lunch and dinner proceeds from
both its locations is being given by both

Lazar, and 85th birthday of
Rossini's Italian Cuisines to the
Aaron Friedman, plus 60th
Mentor Connection program of
anniversary of Aaron and
Jewish Family Services ... The
Dolly Friedman ... Also to
Rossini's locales are Haggerty
visit their son, University of
Road, West Bloomfield, dine-in
Michigan graduate Robert
and carryout, and Commerce
Essick, and Alice and
Road, Orchard Lake, carry-out
Seymour Cantor ... Sam and
only ... The JFS Mentor pro-
Dorothy's granddaughter,
gram serves all youngsters, 7-17,
Danny Raskin
Mara, is a student at U-M,
living in Oakland County.
Senior Columnist where Sam attended, too ...
GOOD WAITRESS DEPT.
but they couldn't cry about
... Alice Fong at Peking House
the Wolverines' loss to Appalachian State
Chinese restaurant, 11 Mile, Royal Oak ...
because the football season hadn't yet
A smilingly pleasant personality, efficient
and cordial, are reasons why so many cus- begun.
FIVE GOLD MEDALS and two silvers
tomers like to sit in her station.
were the coveted winner-take-home deco-
GIGI'S DEPT. ... "What a great idea,
rations of Nicole Meisner, 15, at the recent
that doggie dinner they had at the Holly
JCC Maccabi Games in Anaheim, Calif. ...
Hotel in Holly. Wish I had known about it
The daughter of Mort Meisner and wife,
sooner. Dang it. I sure would have loved
Leslie Mangas, won the medals in track
some of those gourmet treats that Mr. and
sprint events ... Nicole is a sophomore at
Mrs. George Kutlenios had for us mutts. I
Berkley High ... Mort's and Leslie's 14-
heard that they even had bottled water for
year-old son, Mark Meisner, a freshman at
us and that a lot of my friends came all
Berkley High, was shortstop and pitcher
dressed up in the latest fashions but ate
in the Maccabi Games' 14-and-under
like pigs, not dogs."
MAIL DEPT. ... "It seems that bad luck baseball team coached by Mort ... He is a
freshman at Berkley High.
is following me at my favorite restaurants.
TREASURES FROM the Cellar VIII
First was Pallas closing. I frequented it every
other Friday night for a long time and loved Wine Auction by Fanfare Club Arts
Foundation is Saturday, Nov. 3, at Bacco
their food cooked without MSG. Then I was
shocked to find the closed sign at Kabobgy Ristorante in Southfield ... Folks will
enjoy fine wine, hors d'oeuvres and silent
where I loved the spectacular Lebanese
and live auctions ... Proceeds assist local
salad with grilled chicken breast and the
community arts educational programs ...
stuffed lamb." ... Marilyn R. Natchez.
MULTI - PURPOSE mission was accom- For more info, call Allison Jewett, FAF's
executive director, or Nancy Gies, event
plished in recent visit to the local area
coordinator, at (248) 584-4150.
by former Detroiters Sam and Dorothy
THE LATE Norman Cottler would be
Essick ... Trip here celebrated 94th
pleased knowing that the new Farm Fresh
birthday of Dorothy's brother, Dr. Morton

market opened by Sam Denha at the site
of Norm's former Dexter-Davison Market
on 10 Mile and Coolidge, Oak Park, will
continue in a tradition Norman always
hoped would never be broken: to concen-
trate on kosher foods ... Sam has a mash-
giach supervising the kosher meat, bakery
and seafood departments, plus kosher
products handled by Larry Warsh and
his Apollo Foods (Tabatchnick soups, Ma
Cohen herring, Le Petite kosher cheese,
Ratner blintzes and latkes, Macabee pizza
bagels, etc.).
REUNION DEPT. ... Oak Park High
class of 1962's 45th get-together is 7 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 13, at Peking House, Royal
Oak ... For more info, contact Shelly
(Cherin) Weisberg, (248) 626-1303 ...
Location has been changed for the upcom-
ing 40th by Southfield High's 1967 grads
... Huge overwhelming response has
caused a big need for a larger locale ...
New place is Somerset Inn, Troy, instead
of Larco's Troy ... Same date, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 24 ... For info, call Ronna
Katzman Whiteman, (248) 788-1562.
CONGRATS ... To Lisa Metzger on
her birthday ... To Sybil Ankerman on
her birthday ... To Michael Wagner on
his birthday ... To Dorothy Glick on
her birthday ... To Marilyn Kent on her
birthday ... To Harvey Gold on his 71st
birthday ... To Dr. and Mrs. Nathan Rubin
on their 60th anniversary ... To Eva and
Frank Piasek on their 42nd anniversary.
GET WELL WISHES ... To Rachel
Goldfine ... To Marvin Raskin.

Danny's e-mail address is

dannyraskin@sbcglobal.net.

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