FEBRUARY 27 • 2020 | 53
Bella Piatti has been delivering
exquisite fl
avors for seven years.
Mouthwatering Italian
S
orry, no Wahlburgers on
the menu … Only some of
the best Italian food in this
region … Being in partnership
with a prominent movie star like
Mark Wahlberg
on those delicious
burgers certainly
has its big value.
But when it
comes to the
tongue and full
tummy, the fine
Bella Piatti Italian
restaurant on Townsend Avenue,
between Pierce and Brown,
Birmingham, takes a big front
seat in dining … as it celebrates
an excellent seventh anniversary
of an eatery that has brought
back many first-time diners …
and still does.
Owners Nino and Liz
Cutraro, whom many know
from their other fine restau-
rants, opened Bella Piatti with
dishes hardly ever heard of in
a key wave of delicacies that
have been created into a highly
select large amount of sensa-
tional offerings.
Grilled Whole Orata (sea
bream), Gnocci Farigliano,
Spaghetti Busara, Tagliolini
Paglia e Fieno, Quaglie al
Forno … culinary food items
that can easily be called exclu-
sive signature features …
Together with top seller veal
chops, New York Strip steaks
and a multitude of prominent
Italian items that fairly ooze
with authenticity.
Bella Piatti does most of its
own baking … Be sure to try its
Ricotta cheesecake … along with
Tiramisu, bread pudding, Penna
Cotta and poached pear.
Seating at Belle Piatti may be
small … only 65, along with bar
stools for 10 more, but elegant
class has no limit as customers
smile among the antique chan-
deliers, Renaissance and Baroque
wall murals, etc.
Hours are Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday, 11
a.m.-10 p.m., Friday, 11 a.m.-11
p.m., Saturday 5-11 p.m.
Bella Piatti enjoys the patron-
age of numerous celebrity diners,
local and national … staying
across the street at the Townsend
Hotel or other sites.
Its fine Venetian-born execu-
tive chef, Francesco Apollonia,
heads a kitchen staff whose
excellent traditional Italian food
is made with much honor.
Mark Wahlberg’
s favorite dish
at Belle Piatti? … The luscious
chicken item, Pollo al Limone.
ERRATA … Same last name,
same University of Michigan
football All-Americans, Steve
Hutchinson and not Dr.
Chris Hutchinson, of Pepino’
s
Restaurant and Beaumont
Hospital, was elected to the
Football Hall of Fame.
DETROIT FOOD FOLKS
will again be very well repre-
sented when the new Circa
Resort & Casino opens in Las
Vegas by former Detroiters Greg
and Derek Stevens … It will
also be set with representation
by American Coney Island’
s
Grace and Chris Sotiropoulos
(Victory Burger & Wings), and
localite Paul Saginaw (Saginaw’
s
Delicatessen), partner with Ari
Weinzweig at Zingerman’
s Deli
in Ann Arbor … Joe Vicari’
s
Andiamo Steak House is at their
other Las Vegas casino, the “D”
… Opening of Circa Casino is
slated by December of this year.
OLDIE BUT GOODIE
DEPT. … About the prizefighter
who wasn’
t doing so well and
looked pretty sick of the whole
affair … “Stop those punches!”
shouted his manager from his
corner … The fighter managed
to open his swollen lips enough
to reply, “You don’
t see any of
them getting past me, do you?”
CONGRATS … To Frank
Elias on his birthday.
Email dannyraskin2132@gmail.com.
Danny Raskin
Senior Columnist
Nino and Liz Cutraro
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