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ino Salvaggio is happy to
be back in the Bloomfield
Township neighborhood — and
their neighbors are just as happy to see
them return. When the doors opened at
the new store at 6592 Telegraph Road
late last year, people were waiting
in line to welcome them back after a
decade’s absence.
According to President Kirk Taylor,
Nino Salvaggio had been looking for
the right space to open a new location
in the Bloomfield area since it left the
space in Farmington Hills now filled by
Johnny Pomodoros in 2008.
“It was always our intent to reopen
in the area,” Taylor said. “It just took a
while to find the space.”
The store at the southwest corner
of Maple and Telegraph has been
in the works for the past few years.
“There were many moving pieces that
we wanted to get just right,” he said.
“We’re really excited to be back in
the neighborhood, at a location still
convenient to many of our former
customers.”
Founded in 1979 as a modest fruit
stand by the late Nino Salvaggio,
the company has stores in Clinton
Township, St. Clair Shores and Troy
in addition to the new Bloomfield
Township location. The company
remains a family affair. Nino’s children,
Leo Salvaggio and Andrea and Frank
Nicolella, are continuing to build upon
their father’s rich legacy along with
Taylor, who’s been with the company
since its beginnings. Nino’s five
grandchildren cut the ribbon before the
crowd of customers eager to shop when
the doors opened Dec. 28.
What sets the Bloomfield Township
store apart from others is its design,
according to Taylor. The store, which
was constructed by Sterling Heights-
based Roncelli Inc. and designed by
Birmingham-based Ron & Roman, is
streamlined with a first-class aesthetic.
Connected via both back and front
parking, with wide aisles and easy-
to-find items, the 42,000-square-foot
Bloomfield Township store features just
about everything under one roof.
Shoppers can choose from among
the award-winning extensive and
fresh produce department, with items
hand-picked each morning at Detroit’s
Eastern Market and the Detroit
Produce Terminal and trucked in
daily; a premier meat selection with a
neighborhood butcher shop experience;
a full-service café serving the lunch
crowd; a party planning department;
and an expanded Gourmet to Go
section.
Pete Loren, Nino Salvaggio’s director
of culinary development, continues
to add new recipes to delicious take
home meals, easy for shoppers to
pick up on the way home from work
on busy nights. Loren has been with
the company since 2003. Prior to his
present position, the Culinary Institute
of America grad was executive chef
at award-winning Opus One and
the Director of Development for
Epoch Restaurant Group. “Under
his direction, our Gourmet to Go
has grown tremendously. It’s a fan
favorite,” Taylor says. “He’s always
trying new things.”
Taylor says that Nino Salvaggio
really got to know its Jewish clientele
well at its previous location.
The Bloomfield Township Nino’s
features a wide array of kosher
products. Customers will find familiar
brands, such as Gefen, Kedem,
Manischewitz, Streit’s, Tabatchnick
and Yehuda. One aisle is dedicated
to kosher canned, jarred and boxed
items, including Gefen brown rice
noodles, Rokeach and Tabatchnick
soups, Kedem red wine vinegar, an
assortment of matzah, gefilte fish,
Kedem sparkling concord grape juice
and the list goes on.
In the refrigerated section, Nino’s
shoppers will find Bubbies sauerkraut,
Empire uncured chicken franks, Jack’s
Gourmet Facon made from cured
beef, and Nathan’s kosher spears, to
name a few. The kosher frozen area
is stocked with Tabatchnick soups,
Golden blintzes and several Dr. Praeger
items, which are OU kosher-certified,
including Kids Lightly Breaded Fishies,
gluten-free Broccoli Cakes, Bombay
Veggie Burgers and Tex Mex Veggie
Burgers.
Packaged kosher beef and deli
meats are also available. The deli has
a kosher-only slicer on site. Nino’s
also sells kosher wine, including
Italian wines by Bartenura and Lenotti
vineyards as well as Recanati Cabernet
Sauvignon from vineyards in Upper
Galilee, Israel.
Taylor is expecting a brisk business
in the next few weeks as Passover and
Easter take place the same weekend
this year. The store is gearing up for
the holidays with several Kosher for
Passover displays for easy shopping —
everything from matzah to prepared
desserts. A Kosher for Passover wine
display makes it easy to fill those Four
Cups at the seder table.
“We’re glad to be here and ready to
serve the Jewish community again,”
Taylor said.
Welcome Back!
Nino Salvaggio is back in town with a great selection of kosher groceries.
ABOVE: Leslie Pardo gets a start on
her Passover shopping list.
TOP: Assistant General Manager Fred
Skillman stocks the Kosher for Passover
display in the center of the store
TOP RIGHT: Neil Koziara works with
the dedicated kosher slicer at Nino
Salvaggio.
Nino Salvaggio
6592 Telegraph Road,
Bloomfield Township
(248) 970-7000
ninosalvaggio.com
Store Hours: Monday-Saturday,
8 a.m.-8 p.m., Sunday, 8 a.m.-7 p.m.
— ADVERTORIAL —
Jerry Zolynsky