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Danny Raskin
Senior Columnist
Sam and Moe Leon
A never-forgotten spirit
that has become an annual
dining ritual for two brothers
who turned their “Thank You,
America” into not just words
but true heartfelt reality … will
soon happen again.
This will be the 28th year of
“Thank You, America” by Sam
Leon, owner of Leon’s Family
Dining, Michigan Avenue,
between Outer Drive and
Telegraph, Dearborn … and
Moe Leon, owner of Moe’s on
Ten, 10 Mile Road, just west of
Haggerty, Novi.
Like every year, the day
before official Thanksgiving
Day … (this year Thanksgiving
Day is Thursday, Nov. 23) …
from 3-8 p.m. … Sam and Moe
give fervent thanks to America
with action, not lip service,
through their wonderful annu-
al gesture of a free complete
seven-course Thanksgiving din-
ner for everyone!
Not only the needy or home-
less or aged or handicapped
… every person, single or mar-
ried, regardless of race, color,
religion or age … or whoever
makes up this great country of
ours … no charge!
From 3-8 p.m. on Wednesday,
Nov. 22, this ultra-fine gesture
by Sam and Moe is again both
at the Leon’s Family Dining
Dearborn flagship restaurant
only … and Moe’s on Ten …
Between the two brothers on
this day each year, they usually
go through more than 600 tur-
keys, 500 pounds of potatoes,
five cases of cranberry sauce,
400 gallons of chicken noodle
soup, 50 cases of green beans,
etc.
No gimmick, folks … nothing
to buy or sell … Free dinners
include turkey, stuffing, home-
made chicken noodle soup,
mashed potatoes, green beans,
pumpkin pie, soft drink and
bread.
It would ordinarily be a nice
gesture just to offer a complete
Thanksgiving dinner at a small
charge or free to only the needy
and homeless … but free for
everyone in America? … Totally
unheard of !
When Sam and Moe came to
this country from Syria in the
1970s to learn trades and hope-
fully find jobs, little did they
realize how much America
would actually mean for them
and later also their families …
and their thanks are not mere
hollow words … but an actual,
very meaningful annual ges-
ture of giving back.
Action speaks louder than
words in the cases of broth-
ers Sam and Moe Leon … who
have also found that America
itself is so very proud of people
like them, too!
MANY GOOD
RESTAURANTS in Los
Angeles, San Francisco or
restaurant. At the door, the
manager says, “I’m very sorry
sir, but we require that you
must wear a tie while dining in
our establishment.”
The fellow walks back to
his car and looks for his tie.
He checks the front seat, back
seat, under the seats, glove
compartment and the trunk,
but can’t find his tie. Finally, he
lifts up the spare tire and sees
a pair of jumper cables. The
fellow figures, what the heck,
and wraps the cables around
his neck, ties a nice knot, pulls
it up to his collar and tucks the
ends into his trousers.
He walks back into the res-
taurant and the manager says,
“What in the world is that?”
The guy explains he has
always wanted to try this res-
taurant and is very hungry, so
used his car jumper cables for
a tie.
The manager looks him up
and down and says, “Well, OK,
you can come in, but don’t
start anything!”
CONGRATS … To Allan
Grundy on his 87th birthday …
To Merle Kahn on his birthday
… To Wanda Sumner on her
birthday … To Alice Rhodes on
her birthday … To Joe and Lois
Sposita on their 63rd anniver-
sary. •
thereabouts, but going to
Nate & Al Delicatessen in Los
Angeles is always a treat …
However, still employees who
make scrambled eggs with
corned beef scrapings … Too
bad they don’t follow the ways
of the deli’s founders … Like
when Nate Mendelsohn and
Al Reimer used to work at
Boesky’s on 12th Street years
ago … making corned beef
and eggs like they should …
with full slabs of corned beef
… Steven Spielberg loved to go
to his late mother Leah Adler’s
kosher Milky Way deli on Pico
Blvd. in L.A. for his favorite
dish, fried smelts … Many fine
restaurants in California, but
for barrister there Jeff Metzger,
he’ll take his own cooking …
and that by his wife, Lisa.
REARVIEW MIRROR …
Many people used to think
that Uncle Harry’s Deli on
Mack Avenue, Detroit, was
also owned by Sam Boesky
when he had Darbys … But
they were only close … It was
bossed by Harry Meltzer,
whose sister, Edna, was mar-
ried to Sam … By the way, few
knew that when Darbys origi-
nally opened, Sam’s partners
were Nate and Jack Lurie, his
Wrigley Supermarket brother
owners next door … Sam later
bought them out.
OLDIE BUT GOODIE …
Fellow goes into a very fancy
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