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t wouldn’t be the Detroit Jewish News each week without
Danny Raskin in the paper. He’s been writing his column
— and at one time two columns — since the Jewish News
began publishing in 1942, and he’s never missed a week.
That means this is Danny’s 75th — diamond —
anniversary, too, making him (we believe) the oldest
continuously working journalist in the Mitten State — and
maybe even the country. He’s 98.
To mark the momentous occasion, we asked several local
restaurateurs to tell us what Danny Raskin has meant to
them and the Detroit restaurant community.

“I have known Danny Raskin
since my first Andiamo opened
in 1990. Over the past 27 years,
Danny has done reviews on most
of my Andiamo locations as well as
Brownie’s on the Lake and Joe Muer
Seafood. I have always considered
Danny as a mentor in the restaurant
industry. His reviews are always
spot-on, helpful and never mean-
spirited. I know that Danny has a
good understanding of the chal-
lenges in the restaurant business.
Congratulations on your 75 years,
and let’s raise our glasses for another
75!”
Joe Vicari
President & CEO
Andiamo Restaurants
& Joe Muer Seafood
Metro Detroit locations

“I’ve known Danny for many years.
He’s an amazing man. For a man his
age, his memory is unbelievable. He
can go back and remember all the
restaurants he went to years ago. He
would sit with my wife, Lois, and me,
and with his [now late] wife, Frieda.
Danny likes to sit in booth No. 11
on the bar side. When he sits in that
booth, everyone has to pass him to
go into the dining room. It’s unbe-
lievable all the people who know
Danny Raskin. They’d see him and
stop by to say ‘hi.’
“I was the business manager at a
plumbers’ union. When Danny found
that out when I opened Sposita’s in
1999, whenever something came up
with his plumbing I would go there
and we’d send someone out. He
can talk about all sports. He is very
knowledgeable, but why not — he’s been around for many
years. Being friends with Danny means a lot to Lois and me.
We think the world of him.”
Joe Sposita
Owner
Sposita’s Ristorante
West Bloomfield

Wishing Danny Raskin
& Th e Detroit Jewish News
a Happy 75th Anniversary!

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