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Ambitious brothers score a hit with Twist Frozen Custard and Yogurt.
T
he concept has gone over so big
that after opening only about four
months ago, plans are already in
place for a second operation.
This success-story is the dream-come-
true of two community-ites who desired a
spot like this since they were youngsters.
Their enthusiastic ambition constantly
burned within them with fervent rapid-
ity until brothers Scott and Michael
Simonovic said goodbye to their previous
vocations and followed the vision they had
since childhood ... To have a place they
always dreamed of owning.
Scott and Michael got together and
brought that dream into reality by opening
Twist Frozen Custard and Yogurt, across
from Meijer on Haggerty Road, north of
Maple in Commerce Township.
Scott had been a waitperson at Andiamo
Livonia three years, plus bartender at the
former Loving Spoonful
in Farmington Hills, and
Michael spent 10 years
as a dealer and dice gent
at MotorCity Casino in
The boys never stop
thinking ... and, along with
thoughts about that second
place, they continually have
brain waves about concoctions
that even they never dreamed
of having.
WHEN IT OPENED in
July of 2005, Mosaic restau-
rant on the corner of Monroe
and Beaubien in Detroit's
Greektown, was originally
to be an upscale sports bar
with sandwiches, pizza and some high-end
items ... Instead, it became a full-fledged
restaurant serving foods of the world.
After seven years, when the former
Mosaic makes a complete reversal into
a new-style Greek restaurant named
Santorini Estiatorio, serving traditional
but modernistic food preparations, it is
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hoped that the excellent JP's
Lamb Chops, named after
Jim Papas, will stay on the
menu without tampering
with its fine Mediterranean
Detroit.
marinade mix.
Twist is no ordinary
Opening with the new
frozen custard and yogurt
name and thinking is
operation ... Besides its 42
slated for the latter part of
flavors, including low-sugar
September.
Michael and Scott
and fat-free, customers can
That original thought
Simonovic
actually do what the two
was never forgotten ...
boys had always longed for
The Jim and Vicki Papas
... The ability to customize their selections family's third restaurant in Greektown,
into just about any taste they at the time
Pappy's Sports Bar & Grille, named after
were in the mood to enjoy ... They even
Jim Papas, is next door ... It also owns
have little individual pies that are filled
Pegasus, where daughter Athina, who
with their favorite custard or yogurt.
operates the former Mosaic, was a hostess
And what youngsters don't crave a hot
for dad.
dog at some time or another? ... Scott
IT'S MAKE BELIEVE time as Sammy
and Mike did, and so their Twist Frozen
and Ida Lieberman are sitting in the office
Custard and Yogurt also serves Hebrew
of the giant, highly regarded Raleigh House
National hotties ... Chili dogs, too, and
Catering and Restaurant complex of years
nachos plus specialty sundaes that include
ago operated by him on Telegraph in
those very popular creampuffs with
Southfield (Piccadilly, Lion's Head, House of
Sanders hot fudge, etc.
Lords, Giraffe) ... Sammy listens as Ida tells
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him about their little son, Erwin,
being named a 2012 honoree by
Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of
Fame.
"That's great", Sammy says.
"It's a stepping stone" ... "A step-
ping stone to what?" Ida asks.
"To what?" Sammy exclaims. "To
being president of the United
States, of course'
Sammy and Ida always did
envision big things for their little
Erwin "Itsy" Lieberman who will
receive the 2012 Alvin Foon Humanitarian
Award ... The 28th Annual Michigan
Jewish Sports Foundation's Hall of Fame
Induction Dinner, 5:30 p.m. Monday, Oct.
22, at the Jewish Community Center, West
Bloomfield, is expected to attract another
large attendance.
For tickets or more info, call MJSF
Executive Director David Blatt, (248) 592-
9323, or e-mail dblatt@
michiganjewishsports.org.
HE COULDN'T HAVE asked for an
image of a more prestigious person in
the field of fine dining ... Being named
Executive Chef of the Year by the American
Culinary Federation's Michigan de Cuisine,
Brian Henson, executive chef at Big Rock
Chophouse, Birmingham, received a
bronze cast of world-renowned Master
Chef Milos Cihelka, former executive chef
of the London Chop House in Detroit and
partner/executive chef with Reid Ashton at
the very fine former Golden Mushroom in
Southfield.
MAIL DEPT.... "We enjoyed your won-
derful article about the Caucus Club's 60th
anniversary. It has always been Mike's and
my favorite place. We both love the Dover
sole and the perch.
"We never saw Barbra Streisand there.
It was much before our time. But is it
true that when she went on the Jack Paar
show that you mentioned, she thanked a
Detroiter for her flowers? ... Sylvia Herman.
[I believe the "Bernie" she thanked
was Bernie Moray, owner of Gorman's
Furniture, who was instrumental in help-
ing her.]
WHAT FANTASTIC FUN as Emily
Cochran, daughter of Gary and Mary
Lou Cochran, owners of Beau Jack's,
Bloomfield Township, said "I do" to Tom
Jakacki, son of Michele and Jerry Jakacki,
owners of Focal Point Photograph Studio
in Farmington.
Rip-roaring merriment was the reception
theme at Emily's aunt and uncle, Bonnie
and Norm LePage's Reserve Banquet
Center next to their Big Rock Chophouse
in Birmingham ... Passed hors d'oeuvres of
juicy lamb chops, crab cakes, hot and cold
varieties, food stations that included freshly
made sushi, pasta bar, salads, grilled veg-
etables, prime rib, etc. ... dining galore to
the music of Fifty Amp Fuse, entertainment
by four rocking musical quartets.
Community-ites included many custom-
ers from both Beau Jack's and Big Rock
... Judge Barry and Lisa Grant, Marvin
and Gloria Leader, Morris and Shauna
Silverman, etc.
The Reserve's striking Moreno Glass
chandeliers shook overhead with rhythmic
elegance.
SEEN & HEARD DEPT. ... The
whistles from onlookers when Howard
and Steve Tapper walked by as grand mar-
shals for this year's Walk of Ages, wearing
shorts and showing off their "lovely legs"
... David DiChiera, general director of
Michigan Opera Theatre, unrecognized in
his very casual dress on the outdoor patio
at Como's, Ferndale.
CONGRATS ... To Susie Horwitz on her
50th birthday ... To Sari Saperstein on her
24th birthday ... To Sam Gunn on his 60th
birthday ... To Howard Falick on his 60th
birthday ... To Beth Grusky on her 60th
birthday.
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Danny's email is dannyraskin@sbcglobal.net.
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