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Sposita's Ristorante has been an ongoing delight for 14 years.
N
eighborhood restaurants hold a
Capri ... All in a kitchen today
certain source of satisfaction for
that measures only 11 by 20
many customers ... And when
feet ... but so very efficient.
it reaches 14 years of operation and is still
One of Sposita's biggest
going strong, you know it is doing many
special presentations is the
things right.
one-day-a-month feature that
Sposita's Italian Ristorante on 14 Mile,
has had such an overwhelming
east of Farmington Road, West Bloomfield, response that it continues as
celebrates its 14th anniversary boasting
a monthly offering ... A com-
this fine reputation ... A key aspect being
plete Italian dinner with anti-
how it ensures consistency in the quality
pasto tray, soup, salad, pasta,
of its offerings.
potato, vegetable and six-
In other words, the Italian dish you
ounce prime filet ... $21.95.
thoroughly enjoyed today will be exactly
Sposita's is a seven-day-a-
the same when being ordered again ... No
week restaurant ... Monday-Thursday, 4-10
changes ... No chefs toying with innova-
p.m.; Friday (lunch or dinner), 11:30 a.m.
tions he or she may enjoy but are not what
-11 p.m.; Saturday, 4-11 p.m.; Sunday, 4-9
the customer may have previously had ...
p.m.
or want.
Today, Joe and Lois Sposita look back 14
True consistency like this is one of
years ago when it opened under another
Sposita's revered trademarks ... No playing name ... When a partnership disagree-
around with favorites ...
ment forced the use of
The customer gets what-
their own name, they
ever he or she had the last
proved that people are
time and was so good ...
more interested in the
This is one reason why a
food, service and overall
neighborhood restaurant
goodness instead of just
like Sposita's is able to cel-
a name.
ebrate a 14th anniversary.
Joe and Lois have main-
Couple this with being a
tained a close relation-
mom-and-pop ownership
ship with their custom-
Lois and Joe S posita
operation and you have
ers, whose loyalty has
the components of many
been overwhelming ...
successful dining ventures.
Together with transients who also become
It all began when Joe Sposita and Lois
steady visitors and the Sposita warmth,
Sugamosto enjoyed dating and going to
the makings of a truly good mom-and-
various Italian restaurants ... Like Capri
pop neighborhood restaurant has been
on Six Mile and Cheyenne, owned by Felix
achieved.
and Madeline Sacco, where Joe jokingly told
THE NEW FIFTH TAVERN slated to
open on Telegraph Road, Bloomfield Hills,
Lois that if they ever owned a restaurant
after being married it would be like Capri.
formerly Mountain Jack across the street
The same spaghetti sauce, house-made
from Costco, is finally getting ready to
minestrone soup, eggplant parmesan,
show off its revamped interior and low-
lasagna, etc. ... Everything that was good at
priced assorted menu.
Capri, and some from Mencotti's or Vanelli's
It will be the fifth active restaurant for
or Paradiso ... The same cocktail sauce,
George Lucaj, owner of Georges in West
pasta sauce and tartar sauce as they had at
Bloomfield, Village Palace and two Grand
Taverns ... Seating in Fifth
Tavern's 10,000 square feet will
include 230 in the dining room
and 110 in a private events room.
ALWAYS CLOSED on
Mondays because of an
Original Lelli's tradition,
Steven Lelli's Inn on the Green,
12 Mile, between Halsted
and Haggerty, will be open
on Mondays throughout the
month of December.
THE FORMER Dunham's
site and corner Mobil gas sta-
tion, Orchard Lake Road, just north of 14
Mile, West Bloomfield, will be razed and
become the location of a twin-tower (86
and 60 rooms) Hampton Hotel ... Parking
will be both in front and back ... Tearing
down of the present structures is expected
within the next five or six weeks.
READER MINI REVIEW ... From
Dennis Silber ... "After hearing the loud
praises of Karma Sushi Steak Bar here in
Boca Raton, Fla., from lifelong Detroit
friends Carol and Sam Sobel, the four of us
planned an evening there. Our enjoyable
experience was good beyond expectations.
"It is located in a modern and elegantly
furnished new restaurant/bar/lounge and
patio by the fountains in central Mizner
Park. We thoroughly enjoyed our table-
sharing appetizers of popcorn shrimp,
edamame and chicken lettuce wraps, all
of which we found to be even better than
raved about. They were so good that we
agreed that maybe it might have been a
mistake to order a dinner; that we should
have just kept on ordering appetizers,
which we loaded up on.
"But we were glad we also ordered some
dinner, which we shared ... Generously
large and very tasty hamburger, wasabi
tuna mignon with ginger rice and Asian
veggies and the Karma fried rice, loaded
with carrots, red pepper, onion, snow peas
and bean sprouts, rounding out our fill of
good eating for the evening.
"The Karma menu is very extensive,
and when we left we already knew what
we would order next time. The steaks
are wonderful, I'm told, as are the Karma
sushi rolls and sashimi:"
QUESTION & ANSWER DEPT. ... "I
knew Sam Boesky very well when he had
Darbys, and he told me that he wanted to
pay his bills and open his restaurant again
after the fire. Why did you write that he
opened Darbys Stanley Steamer instead?
... Sol "Simmy" Cohen.
[Even though companies many times
expect only a percentage, if anything,
after a fire, Sam had letters sent to every-
one and paid off all his bills in full ... He
settled with the insurance company a year
and nine months after the tragedy and
might have opened again had it not taken
so long ... By then, Sam's wonderful help
had gone elsewhere and he felt it would
have been like starting over again.]
MAKING ROUNDS ... To Diamond
Jim Brady's Bistro, Novi, for smoked had-
dock poached in milk, or Finnan haddie
... To Franklin Grill, Franklin, for premis-
es-made corn chowder... To Lilly's Seafood
& Brewery, Royal Oak, for seared sesame
sushi-grade tuna ... To Bacco, Southfield,
for interesting pasta ... To Pegasus,
Detroit, for lamb chops ... To Townhouse
Bistro, Birmingham, for beef burger with
onions and glazed with bourbon ... To
Rugby Grill, Birmingham, for Dover
sole... To Mon Jin Lau, Troy, for highly
imaginative Nu-Asian cuisine ... To Cork
Wine Pub, Pleasant Ridge, for pan-seared
duck breast.
CONGRATS ... To Leslie Wasserman
on her 64th birthday ... To Tom Fox on his
82nd birthday ... To Jay Parr on his birth-
day ... To Robert Steinberg on his birthday
... To Steve and Leslie Pardo on their 12th
anniversary.
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Danny's email is dannyraskin®sbcglobal.net .
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