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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