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THE BES OF EVE YTH1NG
Looking Back On 2007
It's been a very good year!
nephew Joe Beato Jr.
APRIL ... Knollwood Country
Club, West Bloomfield, gains
top food note with General
Manager Randy Burgess and
Executive Chef Richard Conover
... Tribute, 12 Mile, Farmington
Hills, follows 3-course $20 lunch
with new pri fixe $50 dinner ...
Sposita's Italian Ristorante, 14
Mile, Farmington Hills, introduc-
es new blueberry pie drink.
MAY ... Sea Grille, owned by
former Chuck Muer director of operations,
celebrates second anniversary on Orchard
Lake Road, West Bloomfield ... Lunch
service for first time is served Wednesdays,
Thursdays and Fridays at Cuisine
Restaurant, Lothrup, Detroit ... George
Dimopoulos opens sixth Senate Coney
Island on 14 Mile and Haggerty ... Zoe's
Pancake House, Orchard Lake Road, West
Bloomfield, is named after his wife by Leo
Stassinopoulos, owner also of Leo's Coney
Island ... Como's, Woodward, Ferndale, cel-
ebrates 46th anniversary ... Oatmeal with
chicken stock is new lunch creation at Hong
Hua gourmet Chinese restaurant, Orchard
Lake Road, Farmington Hills ... 250 walk-
ers set record at Third Annual Walk of
Ages by Jewish Home and Aging Services
Auxiliary.
JUNE ... Elio's Bistro, Orchard Lake
Road, West Bloomfield, closes ... Bogart's
closes on W. Maple, West Bloomfield ...
Bacco celebrates fifth anniversary on
Northwestern, Southfield ... Pepino's,
Walled Lake, becomes a smoke-free res-
taurant ......Third Annual Flavors of
Michigan by American Liver Foundation,
Michigan Chapter, again a capacity wow ...
Buddy's Pizza, Farmington Hills, becomes
smoke-free ... Tamara and Eugene
Friedman open their home to raise funds
ANUARY . . . Folks discover
two-sided Japanese restaurant in
Samurai Steak House, Haggerty,
West Bloomfield, habachi and sushi ... Il
Posto, Northwestern, Southfield, changes
ownership ... Tribute, 12 Mile, Farmington
Hills, serves lunch Monday-Friday for first
time, 3-courses, $20 ... Regular size ham-
burger with fries, $3, goes over big every
Wednesday after 6 at Mr. Joe's, McVees and
Snooker's (except Royal Oak) ... Mel Ball &
Colours add Gov. Jennifer Granholm's inau-
gural ball to their political list ... Recently
acquired Mesquite Grill in Clarkston
becomes the only restaurant in Joe
Vicari's local chain without the Andiamo
name ... Pi restaurant reopens at former
Excalibur and Caffe Milano site, Franklin
and Northwestern, Southfield ... Sheryll
Bellman's America's Great Delis lists Darbys
and Boesky's.
FEBRUARY ... Giorgio's Gourmet Diner,
West Bloomfield, celebrates fifth anniversa-
ry after Oak Park years ... Trans fat health
danger brought into the open ... Giulio's
Cucina Italiana, Plymouth, Livonia, brings
back Opera Night ... Southfield Chief Judge
Steve Cooper steps down after 20 years on
the bench ... Tam O'Shanter Country Club,
West Bloomfield, General Manager Joe
Basso and Executive Chef Dan Vallone draw
food raves.
MARCH ... Jeremy Restaurant, Cass
Lake Road, Keego Harbor, increases num-
ber of menu items ... Bonnie's Kitchen on
Telegraph, Bloomfield Hills, celebrates 27th
year, with recognition finally as a restau-
rant, not bakery ... Name is changed from
Yossi's Israeli Cuisine to Yossi's Famous
Falafel ... Florine Mark is chosen as 2007
Grand Marshall for Walk of Ages by Jewish
Home and Aging Services in May ... Two
chefs with same name open Via Nove
restaurant in Ferndale, Joe Beato Sr. and
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JULY . . . Seldom Blues
in Detroit's Renaissance
Center, celebrates third
anniversary ... Shangri-La,
Orchard Lake Road, West
Bloomfield, lauded for its fine
dim sum variety ... Fish a
big sleeper item at Boneyard
Bar-B-Q, Orchard Lake Road,
Farmington Hills.
AUGUST ... George's
Honey Tree, Northwestern,
Farmington Hills, becomes trans fat-free
... Elio Petrovich, former owner and
executive chef of Elio's, joins Commerce
Grill, Union Lake Road, Commerce
Township ... Moe's on Ten, 10 Mile, Novi,
celebrates fourth anniversary as upscale
family restaurant ... Pallas Restaurant,
Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills,
closes ... New Dante's Express owned by
Dante Vanelli opens in Lake Orion with
16 seats.
SEPTEMBER ... Big Rock Chop House,
Birmingham celebrates 10th anniver-
sary after name change ... Pei Wei Asian
Diner, opens on Orchard Lake Road,
Farmington Hills ... Il Posto begins 3-
course $18 luncheon menu Monday-Friday
... Executive Chef Don Yamauchi leaves
Tribute Restaurant to head kitchens of two
Michael Mina dining spots at MGM Grand
Detroit ... New Tribute executive chef is
Rich Travis ... Zoran Smolcic, formerly of
Zinc, also joins Mina's Saltwater restaurant
at MGM ... Chef Theodore, Orchard Lake
Road in Orchard Lake, opens and closes ...
Master Chef Michael Russell leaves Motor
City Casino to take over food operations at
Chicago's McCormick Place ... 15-year-old
Nicole Meisner wins five gold and two silver
medals at Maccabi Games in Anaheim,
Calif.
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OCTOBER ... Variety — The Children's
Charity, sets new Lights, Camera, Auction
attendance record ... Black tie opening of
MGM-Grand Detroit unveils lavish splen-
dor ... Don Rickles at Andiamo Celebrity
Showroom cancels engagement for health
problems, with new dates set for April 11
and 12, 2008 ... Andiamo West, Telegraph,
West Bloomfield, celebrates 10th anniver-
sary ... Bacco, Northwestern, Southfield,
unveils new Bacco Saletta small banquet
facility ... Rossini's Italian Restaurant
closes ... Third Scallywags Whitefish and
Chips on S. Rochester Road, Rochester Hills,
is opened by Brian Parker with sister, Suzy,
and brother-in-law Philip Sherman.
NOVEMBER ... Executive Chef-owned
Bentley's restaurant, Walnut Lake Road,
West Bloomfield, celebrates highly suc-
cessful first anniversary ... Andiamo
Livonia joins Andiamo Restaurant Group
Sposita's Italian Ristorante, 14 Mile,
Farmington Hills, celebrates eighth anni-
versary ... Dave Duey, from closed Fox &
Hounds, is new general manager at Forte,
Birmingham ... Peter Berishaj has Gateway
Deli name again, but on Fort, Detroit, not at
his former Gateway Deli in Southfield.
DECEMBER ... Ginopolis' on the Grill,
12 Mile and Middlebelt, Farmington Hills,
celebrates 40th anniversary, 25 at present
location ... Luciano Del Signore, owner
and executive chef of Bacco, Northwestern,
Southfield, among nominees for James
Beard Foundation's Best Chef award ...
Donna Rosen back with Matt Prentice as
catering manager at Radisson Kingley
Hotel, Bloomfield Hills ... Dick Purtan
selected as 2008 Grand Marshall of Walk of
Ages by Jewish Family and Aging Services
Auxiliary, May 18. L
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