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What's in A Name?
Sposita family's pride spurs restaurant's success.
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cream cheese mixed with herbs
Eight years for a restaurant that
and served with toasted bread
had gotten off to a shaky start
points ... Also lump crab cakes
because of earlier problems can probably
that are available as both appe-
attribute its success to proving that an eat- tizer or entree ... The two are
ery name is not only what it was yesterday
on his new menu, at certainly
but, more importantly, what it stands for
much lower prices than they
today.
were then.
Sposita's Italian Ristorante on 14 Mile
By the way, Giorgio's is one of
east of Farmington Road, West Bloomfield, very few restaurants that adds
celebrates number eight after changing the t ax directly on ordered items
restaurant's title to that of the owners and
i nstead of its total ... He may
continuing to preserve their name's good
c hange this because so many customers
reputation ... The owners, Joe and Lois
don't realize that the tax is added on and
Sposita, have backed it up with such good- i s not a different price than stated on the
ness that Sposita's has become one of the
menu.
best and most successful neighborhood
WHILE ANSWERING questions posed
dining spots in the region ... Since open- t o me by the Eleanor Roosevelt Greater
ing under their own name in November
etroit Chapter of Hadassah recently, one
1999, Joe, Lois and general manager son, o f the group asked a query that years back
Tony, have proven that a restaurant name
w ouldn't ever have had to be inquired
is only as good as the reputation it main-
a bout ... Where to eat after 10 p.m. in the
tains.
orthwest area ... Not an overflow num-
Sposita's is also one of the not-too-many b er but still many, like McVee's, Telegraph,
restaurants that have made it without its
outhfield, Monday-Saturday until
owners having previous experience ... Joe mi dnight; Mr. Joe's 12 Mile, Southfield,
had risen to be an official with Plumber's M onday-Saturday until 1:30 a.m.; Fiddler,
Union #28, so had leadership smarts, a
0 rchard Lake Road, West Bloomfield,
trait among those needed for success in
ntil midnight; Mon Jin Lau, Maple, Troy,
the "What's In A Name?" restaurant game
M onday-Thursday to midnight, Friday
business ... That Sposita's has become
a nd Saturday to 1, Sunday to midnight,
a popular "in" place for quality dining at an d so many more ... Quite a few are
reasonable prices is another Sposita family op en to just 10 or 11 during the week, but
credit.
ntil midnight on Friday and Saturday.
A MUCH - IN - DEMAND appetizer
MAIL DEPT. ... "A 1962 menu from
that George Golematis concocted while
th e Elmwood Casino in Windsor, served in
head honcho at the high-end Benchmark
its Cantonese Room, might be fun jogging
restaurant in the former Michigan Inn, is
a few memories of the past. My husband,
now being made and presented by him
Ja ck, and I went for a long weekend to
at his Giorgio's Gourmet Diner in West
ce lebrate our first anniversary and saved
Bloomfield ... Portabello mushroom and
th e menu with its low prices. Of course
our paychecks weren't like
today, but those prices sure
were great. Complete white-
fish dinner, $1.85, chopped
sirloin, $2.25, and more
items, and I really mean
complete dinner! We always
enjoy reading about the old
days, and know that others
who remember do, too." ...
Shirley Freed.
PEOPLE DROVE UP
wondering if they were at the right place
... It looked more like an automobile show
than an anniversary party ... but they
were at the correct location for Darakjian
Jeweler's 43rd annual celebration ...
More than 800 invited guests came and
strolled during the gala hours, but first
passed a Rolls-Royce, Lamborghini,
Ferrari, Masserati, etc., on display ... Hors
d'oeuvres galore, passed in the jewelry
store and in part of the parking lot com-
pletely covered and enclosed within a huge
tent, sumptuous buffet ... Even guys and
gals walking on stilts, tumblers, magicians,
jugglers, etc., performed on a large raised
platform as a disc jockey worked his corn-
puter for moving songs ... Hundreds of
candles everywhere glittered among the
tables for seating and standing up ... The
Darakjian family, John, Bergy and sons
Ara and Armen, were noticeably moved
by the large attendance and sumptuous
display.
TWO CAP 'N' GOWNER members of
Southfield High's 1967 graduating class,
Ted Simmons and Joel Rosenbaum, were
among those who made it big after gradu-
ation ... Simmons went on to become
a Major League baseball superstar and
general manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates
... Rosenbaum was Oscar-nominated with
Quincy Jones in 1985 for Best Original
Score (The Color Purple) ... Southfield
High's 1967 grads celebrate their 40th
class reunion, Saturday, Nov. 24, 6:30 p.m.,
at Somerset Inn, Troy ... For more info,
call Ronna Katzman Whiteman, (248)
788-1562.
I REMEMBER DEPT. ... "Years ago,
I was late for work, and squeezed into a
crowded Linwood bus in Detroit. A gentle-
man tried three times to rise, but I kept
refusing, saying, `No thanks. can stand
just as well as the next one? On his fourth
attempt, he said firmly, 'This time you'll
have to let me out, madam. I'm already
seven blocks past my stop.'" ... Martha
Rogin
REUNION DEPT. ... B'nai B'rith Youth
Organization will have a 1970s and 1980s
alumni shindig, Saturday, Dec. 1, 7:30
p.m., at the Janice Charach Epstein Gallery
in the Jewish Community Center on Drake
at Maple in West Bloomfield ... $20 per
person includes dessert and wine recep-
tion ... Call Susan Beals, (248) 788-0700,
or sbeals@bbyo.org .
CONGRATS ... To Paul Weinstock on
his birthday ... To Sheila Brown on her
birthday ... To Frieda Raskin on her 80th
birthday ... To Gary Young on his birth-
day ... To Jessica Abramson on her 21st
birthday ... To Morrie Pianko on his 70th
birthday ... To Annette Lash on her 60th
birthday ... To Michael Zager on his 60th
birthday.
Danny's e-mail address is
dannyraskin@sbcglobanet.
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November 15 • 2007
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