January 3 • 2019 37
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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.

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