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Moro's Dining features elegant Italian cuisine at affordable prices.

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h—ty
years longevity of a restau-
with marinated beef, mari-
like Veal Olympic, Shrimp
rant is a telling success number
nated mushrooms, feta cheese,
Bordelaise, Beef Maison and
... But 30 years of continued
shrimp, black and green olives
Chateaubriand have their own
accomplishment from the day it opened is
and peppers ... The excellent
distinctive character ... As do
even more impressive.
house salad is prepared table-
the flaming desserts, Cherries
Not many like dining operations can
side at no extra charge, and its
Jubilee, Bananas Foster and the
boast of a stature as that owned by one
full-bodied minestrone soup is
Macedonian combination of
of Michigan's top Italian neighborhood
very popular, served along with
cherries, peaches, bananas and
restaurants ... along with its maintaining
tasty Swiss onion, Greek lentil,
pineapple sauteed and served
a culinary consistency marveled at by so
pasta fagiole and, on Fridays,
over French vanilla ice cream.
Danny Raskin
many other business ventures.
New England Clam Chowder
Seating is for only 80 persons,
Senior Columnist
The high respect garnered by Moro's
... All are favorites that bring
with no reservations required
Dining on Allen Road, off Southfield in
many closed-eyed smiles.
or accepted ... It is open
Allen Park, throughout the 30 years it is
Moro's house specialty pasta, beef and
Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.-10; Saturday, 4-10;
celebrating is with few equals.
veal wrapped into crepes layered with
Sundays through Mother's Day, May 9, 2-9,
Many of the customers that came
mozzarella cheese and Bolognese sauce, is
and then closed Sundays until Labor Day.
when Tom Moro opened his restaurant in
choice ... Spaghetti Tetrazzini with wine,
Moro's Dining is an unforgettable expe-
January, 1980, have been dining at Moro's
cream sauce and thinly-sliced chicken is
rience ... With its excellent wait staff of
ever since, with numerous still enjoying the widely ordered ... The veal selections are
long-standing at this coveted restaurant
same entree each time.
all with high rating ...
... Tom has been very careful in the train-
Since opening, it is
prepared with much
ing regime of his employees ... Every
said that Moro's Dining
down-to-earth good-
one must start in the dish room, then are
has served enough
ness.
cross-trained to do various jobs at the res-
customers to fill the
The chateaubri-
taurant ... To became a server the master-
University of Michigan
and for two or more
ing of all other positions are required.
football stadium in
ordered by so many,
Summing up the 30 years since Moro's
Ann Arbor 10 times
is thinly sliced steer
Dining opened cannot be said in just a
over and the serving of
tenderloin flamed
few words ... The accumulation of them
pasta that would stretch
with cognac ... Large
all would bring out the salient goodness
from Detroit to Italy,
shrimp scampi (a
of consistency, variety, old-world charm,
along with enough soup Fine service captains Mark Luecke pound) is sauteed to a
informal elegance ... and the big must of
and David Galloro in front of
to fill the Rose Bowl in
coveted goodness.
today, reasonable prices.
Moro's Dining.
Pasadena, Calif.
One of the huge fish
Few restaurants can offer more in the
The informal, yet
favorites is the broiled
presentation of a true informal dining
casually formal atmosphere is a high plea- Lake Superior whitefish with a light sea-
adventure.
sure, with seating at a white linen-covered
soning ... Those who order this at Moro's
QUESTION & ANSWER DEPT. ... "I
table, where a tuxedoed wait person serves have only glowing words to describe its
remember being told about a restaurant I
beers, cocktails and choices from more
elegant taste.
think was named Duglass Duglass. That's
than a hundred wine selections.
Moro's can also boast of being one of
a funny name. Was there such a place?" ...
There is no dearth of fine appetizers on
the few good tableside flaming opera-
Hanley Sakwa.
the very ample menu ... including favor-
tions whose excellent wait staff, includ-
[There sure was, Hanley ... But the
ites like hot garlic cheese toast, saganaki
ing 25-year veterans serving captains
restaurant you're probably thinking of
(flaming cheese), shrimp cocktail, etc.,
Mark Luecke and David Galloro do it the
was called Restaurant Duglass and then
plus an antipasto not seen anywhere else
right way ... Its various flambe entrees
changed to Brasserie Duglass, not Duglass

Duglass ... It was owned by Chef Doug
Grech who was known on local television
as Duglass Duglass.]
SURE TIMES ARE different and
people think differently ... But wouldn't
it be nice if some folks didn't dress the
way celebrity men and women tailor,
Birmingham-based Dino Mitropoulos put
it while glancing around, "So much money
is spent on looking sloppy" ... The own-
ers and management of 7 Restaurant &
Lounge, did a fine job introducing their
new plush dining emporium, with around
300 beautiful people cramming the first
of three grand opening nights on Orchard
Lake Road and 15 Mile, West Bloomfield
... Delicious sushi and American hors
d'oeuvres, drinks galore, good-looking
guys and gals, excellent service, and very
polite parking attendants.
THE ANECDOTES should fly even more
with the addition of another big name to
the great lineup already set for the Hank
Greenberg Memorial Golf Invitational,
Monday, June 21, at Oakland Hills Country
Club, Bloomfield Hills ... Joining Al Kaline,
Greenberg Humanitarian Award recipient,
will be Ray Lane, receiving the Dick Schaap
Award ... Kaline roamed the Detroit Tigers
outfield 1953-1974, and Lane teamed with
Ernie Harwell on Tiger radio broadcasts
1967-1972, and on television 1992-2003 ...
For tickets, sponsorships and other info, call
MJSF Executive Director David Blatt, (248)
592-9323.
CONGRATS ... To David Sachs on his
59th birthday ... To Dharlene Norris on her
birthday ... To Dr. Howard Dubin on his
70th birthday ... To Sam and Ruth Talmer
on their 40th anniversary ... To Milton and
Mae Bell on their 69th anniversary.

Danny's e-mail address is

dannyraskin@sbcglobal.net .

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