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Danny Raskin

A Man Of Few Words

Danny doesn’t like to talk about
himself all that much, but we were
able to get a few short answers:
Birthday: Jan. 23, 1919
What do you like most about
your job? Meeting wonderful people.
Favorite food? No favorite.
Favorite movie? Musicals

You Have Always Been a
Champion and Hall of Famer

The Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation

A quote that inspires you? None
that I can think of.
When you started at the JN, did
you ever imagine in your wildest
dreams you would be here 75 years
later? Never.
Any plans to retire? None.

“Danny is a legend in the community. I remember
as a young boy how Danny would be seen sitting in
a restaurant with all the servers and the owner dot-
ing over him. When Danny writes an
article it’s like E.F. Hutton talking —
everyone listens. Danny knows when
he writes an article about a restau-
rant, because people trust him, they
pile in when he writes a good review.
“I’ve said to Danny in the past,
“How come you never write any-
thing negative about a restaurant?”
He said, “I’d rather write nothing at
all than to badmouth a place where
I know the owner works so hard.
Whether I like it or not, they are
working very hard, and I’m not going
to try to hurt them.’
“Danny’s famous line to me was:
‘You just don’t know what it takes
to turn that key in that door every
morning’ — and he’s right. The pub-
lic has no idea that for the owner of
a restaurant, from the minute they
turn that key in the morning, the bills
start piling up from the lights, the
heat, the air conditioning, the employees punching
in, the food cost and the food waste. That definitely
takes a lot of money to turn that key every day, and
Danny always said he would never try to hurt any-
one, only to help those who he felt deserved it.
“Danny is a great man, a great friend, and the
community is lucky that we have had him all these
years. I hope Danny continues to write his column
for the next 20 years because he’s an amazing man.”
Mark Zarkin
Owner
Steven Lelli’s Inn on the Green
Farmington Hills

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