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the best of everything
Danny Raskin
Senior Columnist
Eat at Moe’s
H
e always wanted a family restau-
rant … Where he could do his
own cooking when needed and
cater to the dining desires of those who
look for his type of restaurant.
Today, as he celebrates another anni-
versary of his prominent eatery, Moe’
s On
Ten, southwest corner of Haggerty, Novi,
owner Moe Leon looks back on the days
when he had a smaller menu … Today, his
appetizers alone attract attention … like
tuna sashimi, crab cakes, buffalo shrimp,
etc. … or soups like Italian fish chowder
… soups on special for that day … and, of
course, his own chicken soup, which Moe
himself makes with pride and joy, fresh
vegetables and pasta … Nobody but Moe
can make that soup for fear of something
being lost in its preparation.
His prior chefs were not overly big on
seafood items … Now, there is the huge-
selling whitefish almondine, broiled with
lemon butter sauce and topped with roast-
ed almonds … Also, Lake Erie perch with
sliced almonds, pecan-encrusted Canadian
walleye … Salmon Oscar topped with
lump crab meat and bearnaise sauce.
London broil or New York strip steak,
both chargrilled and topped with mush-
rooms and onions, herbed chicken, jumbo
sea scallops, turkey dinner, chicken marsa-
la, etc. …. served with smashed potatoes,
soup or salad and vegetable.
Big sellers include shrimp and spinach
Alfredo, seafood marinara, roasted red
pepper and chicken Alfredo, etc.
It is open seven days a week Monday-
Saturday and Sunday 8 a.m.-9 p.m. with
seating for 170 plus 12 stools … Moe’
s
wife, Debra, and son Michael work the
front of the restaurant meeting and seating
people.
Yes, Moe’
s On Ten is the same spot that
each year gives free turkey dinners to any-
one, needy or otherwise, on the day before
Thanksgiving … What better person to
own and operate a restaurant than one
whose life has been a true dedication to
one placed in a popular realm of together-
ness dining.
“I always dreamed of having a family
dining restaurant with an upscale feel and
reasonable prices. Nobody will ever change
this,” Moe says as he continues to thank
both new and old customers who applaud
his many years of honest service.
THERE WAS A TIME when true mom-
and-pop restaurants were many and con-
sidered “one-in-a-million” types of eateries
… Home-cooking, along with featured
specialties, prevailed … Every visit seemed
to be like a home visit … Mom or Dad did
much of the cooking or greeted the folks
with pride … Especially the cooking and
presentations … They were so proud of
their cuisine that Mom or Dad would peek
out from the kitchen to look for smiling
faces enjoying every bite of their presenta-
tions.
But sadly, many have faded away …
The children of the moms and pops may
have obtained educations in other fields …
Helping to run a family restaurant was not
their thing, numerous family-oriented and
operated restaurants went by the wayside
except for perhaps a precious few, as the
song would say.
SOMETHING NEW … Mini Reader
Reviews of 150 or fewer words about your
favorite or recent restaurant will now
be accepted … What you had and why
you and/or those perhaps in your party
enjoyed the dish or dishes … Negative
wording will not be accepted … Please
send only via email to dannyraskin2132@
gmail.com.
OLDIE BUT GOODIE … A rabbi and
his two friends, a priest and a minister,
played poker for small stakes once a week
… The only problem was that they lived in
a very conservative blue law town.
One day the sheriff raided their game
and took all three before the local judge
… After listening to the sheriff’
s story, the
judge sternly inquired of the priest, “Were
you gambling, Father?”
The priest looked toward heaven and
whispered, “Oh, Lord, forgive me!” and
then said aloud, “No, your honor, I was not
gambling.”
“Were you gambling, Reverend?” the
judge asked the minister.
The minister repeated the priest’
s actions
and said, “No, your honor, I was not.”
Turning to the third clergyman, the
judge asked, “Were you gambling, Rabbi?”
The rabbi eyed him coolly and replied,
“With whom?”
CONGRATS … To Marian Adelson on
her birthday … To Jules Rogovin on his
40th birthday. ■
Danny’
s email address is
dannyraskin2132@gmail.com.
Family-owned
and operated,
Moe’
s On Ten
still delights.
Moe Leon
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S ON 10
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