The Cutraro family includes Elizabeth, left, Nino Jr., Marianna and Nino. “Also I want to show the American Dream is still alive.” “They say, ‘Every place we go, everybody knows who you are, so you must be something,'” he adds, with a laugh. “They wanted me to write a book, leave some legacy,” Cutraro says from his home in West Bloomfield, where he resides with his wife, Elizabeth. One of those, WDIV news anchor Devin Scillian, wrote a foreword.Ĭutraro says his adult children, Nino Jr. King whose 127 pages are loaded with memories, anecdotes and photos of Cutraro with his who’s-who posse of celebrity friends. 1, 1975, and his accomplished life in the metro area is chronicled in the new book, “Taboo,” a collaboration with D Business editor R.J. I see the American way of life.’ I had zero money, but I knew this was where I wanted to be.”Ĭutraro made the move for good on Sept.
“As soon as I got off the plane I said: ‘This is it. “I came here for a month to visit,” the longtime Detroit club operator and restaurateur recalls.