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Danny Raskin
Senior Columnist
Leon brothers
again present free
Thanksgiving dinner
at their two
restaurants.
Moe Leon and Sam Leon
ark your calendars in heavy
circles … It’s here again! …
The annual mouth-watering
date of Moe and Sam Leon’s annual free
Thanksgiving dinner at their two restau-
rants… Their unbelievable yearly “thank
you” to everyone in America.
The day before Thanksgiving …
Wednesday, Nov. 21, from 3-8 p.m. …
Complete dinner … free turkey, stuffing,
homemade chicken noodle soup, mashed
potatoes, green beans, pumpkin pie and
soft drink … free to everyone … Not just
lip service … and no action!
Moe’s On Ten … 10 Mile Road, just
west of Haggerty, Novi … and Leon’s
Family Dining … Michigan Avenue,
between Outer Drive and Telegraph Road,
Dearborn.
It’s year No. 29 of their “Thank you,
America” the day before Thanksgiving
itself with everything included except the
kitchen sink by these two fine gentlemen
… and they’d probably toss that in, too,
if you want … Not this year, but maybe
another time … Moe and Sam have too
much food to give you in joyful thanks …
as the tears of appreciation fill their faces
again and again … after coming here from
Syria in the 1970s to hopefully find jobs
in the land they heard so much about.
Last year, at both restaurants, Moe
and Sam served almost 4,000 people in
the five-hour span … The absolutely
no-charge fare is for everyone … man,
woman or child … Makes no difference
who you are … race, color, religion or
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with our new way
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whatever … needy, homeless, aged, hand-
icapped, poor or rich … Moe and Sam
don’t just say “thanks” … They show their
appreciation … with tremendous grateful-
ness to all America by giving everybody a
complete eight-course Thanksgiving din-
ner on them at no charge … with millions
of thanks for just being you! … Available
in Dearborn and Novi only from two very,
very thankful gentlemen!
THE SAME RUMOR KEEPS crop-
ping up every year about Pepino’s and it
is always not for sale, says Kathy Morley,
one of the owners with sister Carol
Carson and Kathy’s son-in-law, Dr. Chris
Hutchinson … She and Carol don’t work
as many nights as they did before but are
always there every day until 6 p.m. …
Pepino’s will open on Sundays as of Nov.
18, 4-8 p.m. … No plans yet for brunch.
THAT WAS A beautiful article in a
recent issue of the Jewish News on Judy
Eder … A million words or more would
have been needed to tell of her wonderful
involvements in helping needy kiddies
as a stalwart with the one-time Infants
Service Group … She was a very valued
member of this fine organization with
Eleanor Riseman, Ida Rosenberg and
many others … Judy celebrated her 100th
birthday and Judy’s daughter, Linda Ross,
her 75th … Both look great!
MAIL DEPT. … From Jerry Silecchia
… “I took my daughter Andrea
Papadopoulos and her three sons, James,
Charlie and Nicholas, to the Farmer’s
Restaurant in Detroit’s Eastern Market
for breakfast. It was very crowded, but we
were immediately seated in a booth with
a booster chair for Nicholas. The kids
were very hungry and enjoyed French
toast, bacon, sausage links, large pancakes
and more sausages, grits, more toast and
eggs. Orange juice, too. Andrea got milk
for Nicholas. The eggs were so fresh
you’d swear the hens were laying them in
the kitchen. People commented on how
well-behaved the boys were but that might
have been because they were so hungry.”
THAT DEAL OF A 14-ounce prime rib
complete dinner every Saturday evening at
Georges Restaurant, Northwestern Hwy.,
just south of 14 Mile, West Bloomfield,
from 5 p.m. has been continued … $14.95
includes soup or salad, vegetable and
potatoes.
OLDIE BUT GOODIE … Out for a
stroll while visiting Israel, the couple walk
into a pet store and see a parrot with a red
string on its left leg and a green string tied
to its right leg. The fellow asks the store
owner their significance.
“This parrot can teach you to speak
Hebrew,” said the owner. “If you pull the
red string, he speaks Hebrew. If you pull
the green string, he speaks English.”
“And what happens if I pull both strings
at the same time?” asked the fellow.
“I fall off my perch, Einstein!” squawks
the parrot.
CONGRATS … To Joe and Lois
Sposita on their 65th anniversary. ■
Danny’s email address is
dannyraskin2132@gmail.com.
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