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Danny Raskin
Senior Columnist

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Healthy Food, Healthy Life
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here are few better ways to bring
in a new year then with note about
a restaurant whose sole interest is
healthy dining ... and headed by a person
whose main forte includes helping people
enjoy healthy lives.
It goes into its fourth highly success-
ful year since noted heart specialist
and author Dr. Joel Kahn opened the
GreenSpace Café on West 9 Mile Road,
just west of Woodward, Ferndale, with
his son, Daniel, and wife, Karen ... The
kind of all-around health restaurant and
more that folks have been hoping for.
GreenSpace has received much acclaim
and large attendance with its regular
plant-based menu that caters to kosher,
oil-free, soy-free, dairy-free and glu-
ten-free diet preferences ... Along with
the addition of a Comfort Corner, featur-
ing comfort foods on its largely organic
menu.
“The most important health decision to
be made daily is the quality of the ingest-
ed,” Dr. Kahn says. “We strive to combine
healthy and tasty, leaving customers sat-
isfied, amazed and healthy. That is why
we serve no animal foods and do not fry
any food.”
The huge acceptance has included
more than 200,000 lunch and dinner
meals served during those three years,
with people coming here come from all
parts of the state as well as other Midwest
areas and Canada.
“We remain a completely plant restau-
rant,” Dr. Kahn says. “From the first day,
we decided not to serve meats, eggs or

dairy and we remain committed to that.
In general, plant food is healthier than
animal foods as they contain no choles-
terol, less saturated fat, more fiber, more
vitamins and minerals. We have no fryers
so we do not expose guests to extra calo-
ries and fats of fried food. For those that
choose it, we have an extensive menu of
nut-free, gluten-free and oil-free options.”
In addition to its healthful lunches and
dinners, raw juices are offered, made to
order at the restaurant ... Sparkling water,
teas, coffees and kombuchas ... For those
wishing an alcoholic beverage, many of
the cocktails are based in nutrition-rich
juices ... Healthy cookies, cupcakes, cake,
apple pie, cream brulee and ice cream are
all made on the premises ... Favorite sig-
nature dishes include gnocchi, flat breads
French toast, Avocado Benedict, etc. ...
Best sellers include the Big Max Burger,
Gnocchi and blackened Tempeh sand-
wich, Sloppy Joe’
s, etc.
The cheesecake is without cheese, ice
cream without cream and milk shakes
are dairy-free.
Dr. Kahn’
s background as a preventive
cardiologist, wife Karen’
s training as a
nurse and nutrition educator, and son
Daniel’
s long commitment to plant diets,
have led them to offer a broad selection
of delicious options ... and allows them
to honor their health focus.
Dr. Kahn is at the restaurant most
nights of the week except when out of
town lecturing or appearing on a TV
show ... If Dr. Kahn is not there, his
wife, Karen, is likely to be, doing the

same ... Dr. Kahn has written five health
books, all available at GreenSpace Café.
GreenSpace Cafe in Ferndale is open
Monday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-9 p.m.,
Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m.-10:30 p.m.
... Seating is for 135 plus 17 bar stools.
Entering the 2019 year, GreenSpace
Cafe is already the winner of many
awards for best gluten-free, best vegan
restaurant and best vegan desserts ... It
is with much applause that in so short
a time it has already caused so much
wanted excitement.
OLDIE BUT GOODIE ... A young
man and old gent, both Jewish, are rid-
ing a bus, The young man asks, “Excuse
me, sir, what time is it?” The old man
doesn’
t answer. “Excuse me, sir; what
time is it,” the young man asks again.
The older Jewish man still doesn’
t
answer. “Sir,” asks the young man, “I
really must know what time it is.” The
old man says, “Son, the next stop is the
last on this route. I don’
t know you,
so you must be a stranger. If I answer
you now, according to Jewish tradition,
I must invite you to my home. You’
re
handsome and I have a beautiful daugh-
ter. You’
ll both fall in love and want to
get married. Why would I want a son-
in-law who can’
t even afford a watch?”
CONGRATS ... (Congrats are now
accepted only by verification, if needed,

or email) ... To Carla Schwartz on her
birthday. ■

Danny’
s email address is

dannyraskin2132@gmail.com.

GreenScape Cafe
celebrates its
4th anniversary.

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and son, Daniel

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