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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