A Entertainment HE BE (s- s1 OF EVERYTHING What's in A Name? Sposita family's pride spurs restaurant's success. p OTPOURRI 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 ... 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