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Danny Raskin

Senior Columnist

Beans & Cornbread

celebrates 20 years.

Patrick Coleman

It’s no wonder the parking
lot is always full at Beans &
Cornbread as it soon celebrates
its 20th anniversary as a celeb-
rity-studded place to be seen
for food that many folks won’t
find at too many other restau-
rants … Considered among the
best of soul food eateries in this
region, Beans & Cornbread,
Northwestern Highway between
12 Mile and Inkster, Sunset
Shopping strip, Southfield, con-
tinues to thrill the palates of
Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin,
Four Temptations, etc.
Now that Owner Patrick
Coleman has acquired a food
truck, and the weather seems
to be breaking into spring, it is
now also perfect for outdoor
events, open houses, etc., add-
ing another dimension to its
restaurant.
Beans & Cornbread may not
have a huge number of years
in existence as some others,
but soul food is one of the old-
est American cuisines … and
today’s B&C is rated among the
finest.
REAR VIEW MIRROR …
Enjoying Passover dinner years
ago with the prisoners of then-
named Jackson State Prison
with Rabbi Joshua Sperka and
Sammy Lieberman … The
guards were waiters on Jewish
holidays, and the Jewish prison-
ers were waiters for them on
their holidays … Prisoner Harry
Fleisher headed the kitchen and

made sure the other inmates
got plenty of chicken seconds …
Some like Bill “Candy” Davidson
passed themselves off as Jewish
and got away with it as guards
looked the other way so they
could probably do the same
thing on their occasions …
Prisoner Sammy Fleisher got
still another piece or two or
three of chicken because he was
Harry’s brother.
QUESTION & ANSWER
DEPT. … “A group of us were
thinking back to some of our
favorite restaurants and no
one could remember the name
of the third restaurant at the
one-time Raleigh House with
Piccadilly Deli and Buddy’s
Bar-B-Q.” … Robin Danto, Food
and Nutrition, Michigan State
University Extension, Oakland
County, Pontiac.
(The three Raleigh House
restaurants were Piccadilly Deli,
Lion’s Head and House of Lords
… I believe that Buddy’s Bar-B-Q
was one of three restaurants at
Meyerson’s Trio, which inciden-
tally is where the Jewish News is
currently located.)
SPORTS BUFFS take note
… A panel of sports figures will
answer questions from host
Mike “Stoney” Stone at the
upcoming Michigan Jewish
Sports Foundation dinner,
Wednesday, April 26, 6:30 p.m.
at Tam-O-Shanter Country
Club, Orchard Lake Road, West
Bloomfield … George Blaha, Jim

Brandstater, Ken Daniels and
Arn Tellem … For tickets, call
(248) 592-9323.
SAME COOKS FOR more
than 20 years at the former
Vineyards says Hope “Cookie”
Chimoff as she tells of Shirlee
Bloom Kosher Catering’s
fresh foods now available at
Noah’s Marketplace on 11 Mile,
Southfield … Also gluten-free
items and more vegetarian
dishes, says Cookie … Shirlee
Bloom Kosher Catering frozen
foods are at Busch’s, Pomodoro
and Cork & Rye.
TYPO, ERRATA, ETC. DEPT.
… “Guitarist Sammy Woolf is
not the son of Roy and Jackie
Woolf. He is their grandson
and the son of their son Randy
Woolf. This would make him the
great-grandson of Sammy and
Ann Woolf.” — Barry Spolan …
(Thank you also to all who have
noted this error.)
CHAI MENU at Andiamo
Bloomfield, Telegraph and 15
Mile, honors Passover through
Tuesday, April 18, with Pesach
favorites for both dine-in and
carry-out.
OLDIE BUT GOODIE …
There once was a king who had
a Jewish adviser. The king relied
so much on him that he decided
to make him his head adviser.
The other advisers objected. It
was bad enough just to sit in
counsel with a Jew, but to allow
one to lord over them was too
much to bear.

Being a compassionate ruler,
the king agreed with them and
ordered the Jew to convert. As
soon as the act was done, the
Jew felt great remorse for this
terrible decision. His remorse
turned to despondency and
took its toll on his health. He
became weaker and weaker.
Finally, he could stand it no
longer. He burst in on the king
and cried, “I was born a Jew and
as a Jew I must die. Do what you
want with me, but I can no lon-
ger deny my faith.”
“Well, if that is how you feel,”
said the king, “then the other
advisers will have to live with it.
Your counsel is too important
to do without. Go and be a Jew
again.”
The Jew felt elated. He hurried
back home and felt the strength
surge back into his body as he
ran. Finally, he burst into the
house and called out to his wife,
“Sarah! Sarah! We can be Jews
again, we can be Jews again!”
His wife glared back at
him angrily and said, “What,
you couldn’t wait until after
Passover?!”
CONGRATS … To Leslie
Pardo on her birthday … To
Greg Smith on his birthday …
To George Lukaj on his birth-
day … To Jim and Rose Light
on their 63rd anniversary …
To Billy and Ann Sriro on their
25th anniversary. •

Danny’s email address is
dannyraskin@sbcglobal.net.

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