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New pizzeria makes huge splash with three-in-one opening bash.
D
ay before opening his and wife,
Southfield City Clerk Nancy
READER MINI-
Monica's new Pizzeria Biga,
Banks recalling working as an
CRITIQUE ... "A recent
Luciano Del Signore and their
assistant 36 years ago as she
evening was to Brio Tuscan
general manager at Bacco Ristorante a
munched on one of the more
Grille in Somerset Collection,
short distance away, Alberto De Santis,
than 400 meatballs ... Sweet
Troy, and what a better way
rode back and forth on their Segura
Mary Lou Zieve looking her
to shlep your husband into
electric scooters while making sure that
loveliest ... Graham Orley, Jerry
Saks' and Neiman's on the
everything was just right for the pre-gala
Shostak, Nimrod Rosenthal, 24-
way. Brio has a wonderful
and official opening ... Biga, in the former years still as Southfield direc-
$2.99 appetizer selection at
location of Il Posto Ristorante on Franklin, tor of community relations ...
the bar between 4 and 6 p.m.,
Danny Raskin
Southfield, is that close to Bacco ... Lots
Bergy Darakjian forgetting that
resuming
at 9 p.m. Great for
Senior Columnist
of fun and with no gas to worry about.
she had a cane until reminded
dieters and lovers of good
They celebrated with a party that
by son Armand, there with
and economical food.
turned into three funfests ... First the
other son Ira ... Irving Nusbaum, Bruce
The evening my husband, Harold
media among others, then a benefit for
Goldman ... Dr. Susan Harold admiring
Schreiber, and I were there it had some
Care House of Oakland County and a third the unbelievable array of food and ultra-
newer selections for summer. I especially
one on the large Biga
thin crusted pizza.
liked the trout crusted with shrimp and
patio with entertain-
Luciano and
crab. The Hollandaise sauce was too
ment that had the
Monica's manager
much and salt was abundant, but Brio is
young folks and wait
at Pizzeria Biga,
happy to tailor to your palate if you ask, as
people dancing up a
Jeff Valente, is the
example the sides, no salt, less pepper, etc.
storm.
son the of late
It also has delightful mini-desserts in cups
Opening festivities
Al Valente who
for $2.99. So good for your guilty con-
proved that ribbon-
many remember
science and wallet." ... Dr. Susan Harold.
cutting scissors should
from Maria's on
COMPUTERS HAVE been good to
be checked for sharp-
Walnut Lake, West
him in many ways, including a career,
ness before being used
Bloomfield, where
but Darren Gussin, son of Diane and
... Southfield Mayor
Jeff was also chef
the late Norman Gussin, can now also
Brenda Lawrence
and operator as well look at them as the adding of a lifetime
couldn't do her task so Pizzeria Biga Owner Luciano Del
as at Little Italy in
partner ... Both he and Jennifer Lipson,
Luciano pulled a knife Signore and Manager Jeff Valente
Northville ... And
daughter of Jim and Nadine Lipson, for-
from his pocket and
the list goes on and
mer Detroiters now of Chicago, Ill., met
did the cutting for her.
on devouring more than 600 pizzas, rice
on the JDate online dating service aimed
Wall-to-wall people, more than 1,000,
balls galore, five kinds of gelato, three
at Jewish singles, sent each other their
greeted Luciano and Monica's new culi-
salads, mozzarella with tomatoes, roasted profiles, and after a successful courtship
nary baby ... Vic Ventimiglia saying so
sweet potato dish, marinated spinach,
were recently married at Marriott Pontiac
many hellos to the multitude who fre-
150 bottles of wine, etc.
at Centerpoint by Rabbi Harold Loss ...
quented his one-time Vic's World Class
So many people having a wonderful
About 200 guests from various points of
Markets in Beverly Hills, Bloomfield
time ... including some who came in off
the country witnessed the culmination
Township and Novi ... Cafe Cortina's
the street to find out why Fourth of July
of a love fate that brought a pair together
Adrian Tonon with big smiles while doing
festivities were being held ahead of time
via the Internet into a beautiful life of
his gracious howdys, too.
... and with no firecrackers.
happiness.
MAIL DEPT. ... "I had the pleasure of
visiting New York City Pizza on Maple Road
in Troy, southeast corner of Maple and
Coolidge, and can't say how pleased I am.
This visit brought back memories of what
pizza is supposed to taste like. This is real
pizza, the kind that is fresh and where the
cheese pulls when you pull a piece away
from the pie or when you take a bite. Not
like today when at so many other places
it tastes like plastic. I can't wait to take my
family back to share in this palate-pleasing,
stomach-pleasing delight!' ... Elissa Koppy.
CUSTOMER CAME INTO Harvard Row
Kosher Meats in Sugar Tree, Orchard Lake
Road, West Bloomfield, and asked owner
Larry Katz to make him a Turducken
Seems that the fellow, Ken Kohn, heard
John Madden, NFL TV analyst talk about
it on one of his broadcasts ... Turducken
is a partially deboned turkey stuffed with a
smaller deboned duck which is stuffed with
an even smaller deboned chicken ... the
turkey legs are left on so it looks like a large
bird ... Turducken is popular in the south,
stuffed with sausage ... Larry's stuffing for
Ken was with challah bread, who Bluma
Siegel says, called it one of the best things
he has ever eaten.
CONGRATS ... To Ethel Klavons on her
100th birthday ... To Avery and Marilyn
Warnick on their same-day birthdays ... To
Bobbi Chess on her birthday ... To Shirley
Raskin on her birthday ... To Ammon
and Naomi Reiter on their 50th anniver-
sary ... To Douglas and Sybil Schubot on
their 56th Anniversary ... To Harold and
Trudy Shapiro on their 50th anniversary
... [Correction: To Carolyn Nosanchuk, not
Carol, on her 80th birthday].
Danny's e-mail is dannyraskin@sbcglobal.net.
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