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Feeling Good
Danny Raskin
Senior Columnist
At 18, Better Health
Market grows
into a 14-strong,
“no-scam” chain.
Herb and Tedd Handelsman
A time-honored family name
and reputation that have always
meant only the best of service
to so many communities is cel-
ebrating the 18th anniversary of
a strong presence in the mainte-
nance of good health.
Father and son, Herb and Tedd
Handelsman, are the wonderful
“help everyone” brains behind
the Better Health Market & Café
operations that are drawing
unlimited amounts of accolades
… Another son, Jon, makes up the
family managerial presentations.
From the original 1999 store
in Walled Lake, Better Health
Market & Café operations now
includes 14 locations, mainly
in Metropolitan Detroit …
Three main ones on the north-
west are the flagship on Grand
River between Novi Road and
Meadowbrook, Novi … West 13
Mile at Southfield Road, Beverly
Hills, and Telegraph, near Square
Lake Road, Bloomfield Hills.
A breathtaking visit to the
flagship store in Novi revealed
the presence of more than
10,000 items from fresh health
food selections to eat at the
30-seat indoor café or carry-out,
to a fresh salad bar to untold
amounts of fresh soups and
delicious gluten-free, sugar-free,
wheat-free items, etc. … along
with carefully selected bottles
of vitamins, supplements and
other award-winning good health
assistants … Building your own
sandwich, tuna wrap, turkey and
brie, chicken salad wrap, healthy
health bar, etc.
Health food fraud has been
prevalent for hundreds of years
with some preying on people
with false promises of help-
ing to lose weight to “curing”
health conditions … It is so
good to have a wonderful name
like Handelsman to depend
on … The U.S. Food and Drug
Administration is a careful
watchdog of health scamming,
but can do only so much in its
policing of these dangerous
scams … This is a reason why a
good operation like Better Health
Market & Café is so important.
It is notable, too, that Better
Health has as its executive chef
someone with vast experience …
Jozef McDiarmid recently headed
the kitchen at Novi Chophouse
after being executive chef six
years at Nino Salvaggio in Troy
and before that as sous chef at
Papa Joe’s.
Jozef ’s best sellers at BH for
dine-in or carry-out are the vari-
ous styles of salmon, the natural
rotisserie chickens, tuna salad,
Kale quinoa salad, fresh chicken
salads, etc. … Also, many healthy
dishes not available anywhere
other than at Better Health … An
orange miso-glazed salmon goes
over big plus numerous bakery
items and other fresh selec-
tions … Also, dishes made upon
request … His Norwegian Salmon
Roulade stuffed with spinach and
feta cheese is a standout.
The Better Health Food Market
and Café stores are open Monday
through Saturday, 8 a.m. to 9
p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
“For 40 years, Gallery Restaurant has served up masterpieces”
Yes, health food and sundry
stores by persons with high repu-
tations are of major importance
… Those by Herb and son Tedd
personify the confidence and
trust needed by consumers who
must always be on the lookout for
scam operations in the constant
battle against them … Indeed,
the Michigan family name of
Handelsman is a very good one.
LOCAL RESTAURANT
OWNERS bemoaned the leav-
ing this area by Detroit Tigers
pitcher Justin Verlander, who
opted not to exercise his special
clause of vetoing any trade for his
services… and instead went to
the Houston Astros … Verlander
would have been a huge help
with the young Detroit Tigers’
pitching staff … Houston has
some good restaurants that he
and fiancée model Kate Upton
will enjoy … Especially her big
favorite food, sushi, at upscale
Japanese restaurants there like
Kona Grill, Miyako, etc.
FAVORITE RESTAURANTS of
Yesteryears … From Jerry Naftaly
… “Among my favorites were
the Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlors. I
remember going frequently in the
1970s to the one on Southfield
Road, among others. The interior
was in Tiffany style with hanging
lamps; employees wore straw
hats and 1900-era clothing and
garters like in the Gay Nineties.
Tabloid-style newspaper
menus had hand-drawings filled
with food items and Farrell’s his-
tory. A candy and gift shop was
dedicated to penny candy of all
kinds. Not particularly known
for food, it offered hamburgers,
franks and salads among others.
But the main reason to go was for
their own special ice cream and
novel presentations like ‘The Zoo’
or a ‘Pig’s Trough’ and earning a
badge or ribbon to brag, ‘I made a
Pig of Myself at Farrell’s.’
During lunch, it could be dif-
ficult sometimes to hear over
the three or four celebrations
going on with the Farrell’s crew
surrounding the tables singing
“Happy Birthday,” banging bass
drums and making a lot of noise.”
REARVIEW MIRROR … When
show biz folks appearing here-
abouts, plus many local residents,
appreciated the hours of Milt and
Phyllis Tyner’s Checker Bar-B-Q
on Livernois … 11 a.m. to dawn
the next day … and entertain-
ment starting at 2:30 a.m.
OLDIE BUT GOODIE …
Waiter to customer, “We have
everything on the menu today,
sir.” And the customer exclaim-
ing, “So I notice. Now give me a
clean one.”
CONGRATS … To Louise
Abrams on her birthday … To
Mort Plotnick on his birthday …
To Bruce Milen on his birthday
… To Neal Rubin on his birthday
… To Jim and Karen Wechsler
on their 37th anniversary …To
Arthur and Gina Horwitz on
their 39th anniversary … (Errata,
congrats are to Susan Sitron not
Citron on her 60th birthday.) •
Danny’s email address is
dannyraskin2132@gmail.com.
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