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From Their Family To Yours
The Sposita clan keeps us coming back for more.
T
hey're known to many as "01'
Eateries like Sposita's don't
Faithful" places in the restaurant
come along every day ...
business ... Ethnic eateries that
Having both a wanted ethnic
folks look for in wanting their style of food.
style of dining and the mom-
Many are neighborhood spots with
and-pop note of ultimate
customer loyalty labels attached to them
family presence is almost an
because of restaurant consistencies that
unbeatable combination for
are rarely, if ever, causes of being disap-
such neighborhood dining.
pointed
This coupled with the prop-
One comes to mind ... celebrating its
erly prepared quality food
11th anniversary among the leaders in
and fine service add up to five
this ethnic category ... Sposita's Italian
important words, "Thank you
Ristorante off 14 Mile, east of Farmington
for our success".
Road in Simsbury Plaza, West Bloomfield.
On the dining front, restaurants such
Also being a mom-and-pop, family
as Sposita's are special, too, because they
owned-and-operated restaurant doesn't
present theirs without deviation too far
hurt either.
away from the traditional as is wrongly
There are owners Joe and Lois Sposita,
practiced by others whose attempts are
co-general managers son Joey Sposita and too overly fancy ... Fault may lie on the
nephew John Flynn
chef and his or her
... All are instilled
kitchen staff, but
with thorough
many times more
knowledge and atti-
so on the owners
tudes that add up to
and their manage-
high-ranking ethnic
ment teams ... On
family dining.
them should lie
It wasn't always
the responsibility
even keel at Sposita's
... Customers in
... At the beginning
numerous instances
back in 1999, Joe
come to ethnic res-
and Lois had their
taurants for correct
share of head-shak- Lois and Joe Sposita are flanked by
preparation and
ing wonderment if
presentation of tra-
their co-general managers, son Joey
it was really worth
Sposita, left, and John Flynn.
ditional food ... and
all the aggravation
should receive this.
... But, sometimes
As a family
to achieve the correct management togeth- owned-and-operated Italian restaurant,
erness in the restaurant business, it is nec- Sposita's in the 11 years has attained a
essary to go through hard knocks before
seldom-reached pinnacle ... A children's
enjoying the open door of everlasting
menu on the back side of its bill of fare is
sunshine ... Sposita's celebrates an 11th
geared for youngsters 12 and under, even
anniversary with a smile that extends into
though many 12-year-olds would put
its customer loyalty base ... No owners
some adults to second-best status when it
can ask for more.
comes to downing vittles.
Also, it is a dominant fea-
of their son Danny Gurwin who has gone
ture that many of the former
on to become a favorite look-see on the
children of yesteryears are
Broadway and other stages ... John is
today regular customers, too,
now chairperson of Farmington Hills'
at Sposita's ... As the years
Economic-Development Corporation.
roll by, there is little doubt
MAIL DEPT. ... "I recently had break-
that even their children will
fast and dinner at a wonderful little
become Sposita's customers as restaurant on Orchard Lake Road in
well ... This is the mark of a
Farmington Hills which has only been
truly good restaurant.
open a short while. It is called 2 Roses
Diners may eat either of two Family Restaurant. We tasted and enjoyed
ways at Sposita's ... Complete
the meatloaf and lasagna" ... Elaine Bass.
meal or a la carte-plus for
GIGI'S KORNER ... "I almost became
those who choose the lighter side of a
a millionaire dog. Daddy took me for a
food selection ... Both are favored values,
walk at Pebble Creek and a little girl asked
and having the original style of Alinosi's
him if she could buy me. Daddy said,
Spumoni seems to give it a real touch of
"Sure, a million dollars for her and a mil-
family product favoritism.
lion dollars for me." The little girl ran to
Sposita's is open seven days ... Monday- her house and came back sobbing, "My
Thursday, 4-10 dinner; Friday, 11-11,
mommy won't give me the money"
lunch and dinner; Saturday, 4-11 dinner;
AND SO THE heavens opened and
Sunday, 4-9 dinner.
from it did cometh an angel to administer
Recognizable Italian dining is a cher-
health upon earthlings ... To the rescue
ished commodity ... No frills or fancy
of this writer came Michele Nagle a shin-
camouflaging ... Little need for it at
ing gold halo gleaming as her cache of
Sposita's, with the fare presented very
Band Aids borrowed from Vince Asmar at
well and tasting even better ... Put many
RJ's American Grille, Northwestern Hwy.,
credit stars on the foreheads of Joe, Lois,
Farmington Hills, and next day bandag-
Joey and John for neighborhood family
ing by Michele stifled the blood that freely
ethnic dining that sits still with continued
flowed from a computer-using middle
top quality, reasonable prices and total
finger of this writer ... Thanks to the for-
value received.
mer pediatric nurse's first-aid assistance,
RUNNING INTO John Anhut, for-
my once bleeding finger ceased flowing
mer owner of historic Botsford Inn on
the nasty stuff and allowed me to continue
Grand River, Farmington Hills, one time
getting this column done ... Michele's
owned by Henry Ford and after his death
hubby Kerry's N.K. Steel company is near
taken over by the Anhut family and now
RJ's on Northwestern, Farmington Hills.
Botsford Hospital brought back many
CONGRATS ... To Esther Allweiss
memories ... Not the least was attend-
Ingber on her birthday ... To Russi Arden
ing the wonderful stage presentations of
on her birthday ... To Rita Geiringer on
localite Nancy Gurwin and her Nancy
her birthday. El
Gurwin productions that had folks going
to Botsford in droves ... But none big-
Danny's e-mail address is
ger than Nancy's and Don's production
dannyraskin@sbcglobaLnet.
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