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Another Great Success!

Danny Raskin

Senior Columnist

Hudson Café and

Jagged Fork share

unique menus.

Tom Teknos, Radu Trifon, Stavros
Adamopoulos and Francesco
Adamopoulos

Like many success stories
generated by friends, another
interesting dining operation has
shown its beautiful head with
a third name in two other local
regions far enough apart not to
compete with each other.
It all started with Zoe’s House
of Pancakes on Orchard Lake
Road in West Bloomfield …. Then
came the offshoot Hudson Café,
now into its seventh anniversary
on Woodward, between Grand
River and State, Detroit … and
now Jagged Fork, North Adams,
corner of Adams and Walton,
Rochester Hills … and Jagged
Fork, Mack Ave., between Moran
and Moross, Grosse Pointe Farms
… in just six years!
The energetic ambition of
four young men has blossomed
with uncanny success into a
small chain of restaurants with
no dinner receipts … only sit-
down service for breakfast and
brunch/lunch … daily, 8 a.m. to
3 p.m. (Hudson Café until 4 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday) …
Hudson Café and the two
Jagged Fork eateries have the
same menus with items that
include a Voodoo Benedict favor-
ite, a cornbread made in-house
topped with house smoked cho-
rizo, cheddar cheese, poached
eggs and ranchero sauce, etc. …
Plus best-sellers like Chillaqilles
(chicken over hashed browns,
topped with two scrambled

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eggs), The Elvis Stuffed French
Toast, Cinnamon Pancakes, Very
Berry Stuffed French Toast, etc.
… Also dishes like the strawberry
chicken salad with 100-percent
chicken (honest) and side of
homemade chipotle dressing,
Chicken Pomodoro sandwich,
veggie sandwich, Chunky Monkey
pancakes with caramel and white
chocolate, etc. … Even house-
made corned beef hash.
Three of the owners, Stavro
Adamopoulos, brother Francesco
Adamopoulos, Grosse Pointe
Farms operating partner, and
Tom Technos have been friends
more than 20 years … Radu was
kitchen manager at Hudson Café
when it opened, learned the sys-
tem and made operating partner
in the Rochester Hills Jagged Fork
restaurant.
Their restaurants all offer glu-
ten-free options, are big on vegan
dishes and offer a brunch cocktail
menu as well as the well-stocked
breakfast and brunch/lunch …
Also, Mimosas, Bloody Marys and
other brunch/lunch drinks.
The three original owners of
Hudson Café and the two Jagged
Forks, Stavro, Francesco and
Tom, enjoyed the sharing of a
similar vision to create a local
breakfast brand that also special-
ized in gourmet brunch/lunch
dishes, a concept rarely found.
The dining genius of these
young gents has seen steadily

vies and no so-called innovations
either like chicken, shrimp, etc.
… In Mexico, some restaurants
even use tortilla chips instead of
croutons and cotija cheese rather
than parmesan.
OLDIE BUT GOODIE …. Joe
and Sam met in a restaurant for
a business breakfast … Joe said,
“I have a good deal for you, Sam.
When I was in San Diego and vis-
ited the zoo, I happened to pick
up an elephant they didn’t need
any more. I could let you have it
for $3,000.”
Sam sipped his coffee and said,
“Joe what am I to do with an
elephant? I live in a third-floor
flat. I barely have room for my
furniture. I can’t even squeeze in
a card table. You think I’m going
to buy an elephant?”
“I could let you have two of
them for $2,000,” said Joe.
“Aha,” said Sam. “Now you’re
talking!”
CONGRATS … To Don
Morrison on his birthday … To
Marsha Rofel on her birthday
… To Albert “Al” Holtz on his
birthday … To Frank Elias on his
birthday … To Daniel Weintraub
on his birthday … To Marilyn
Levine on her 80th birthday … To
Eran and Marcie Reznik on their
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increased patronage year after
year … Consistency is an impor-
tant asset to which the boys pay
much attention … House-made
items all from their own batters.
Jagged Fork is a fun name that
Tom’s wife, Kasie, came up with
… and has stuck with for much
results … Hudson Café, of course,
was named because of its near-
ness to the one-time great Detroit
department store site almost ver-
tical across Woodward.
That the gentlemen are enjoy-
ing a thrilling ride of success …
and bringing folks back for more
… is enough said.
TAKE IT FROM one who cares
that Caesar salad is correct to
serve with Mexican food … After
all, says California barrister food
aficionado Jeff Metzger, wasn’t
it created in Tijuana, Mexico? …
Sure enough. By Caesar Cardini,
an Italian-born Mexican chef
and restaurateur … Jeff, himself,
is known for his Caesar salad,
which ranks among the better
ones by amateur cooks … He and
wife, Lisa, featured his gloried
Caesar salad at their home …
with tacos and brown and black
beans.
Jeff admits that Cardini’s
coveted concoction might have
included a few ingredients other
than those in his, but the basic
Caesar salad taste and compo-
nents are there … And Jeff, just
like Cardini, does not use ancho-

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