OCTOBER 17 • 2019 | 61

the best of everything
Raskin

Try Not to 
Slurp

Chillier temps invite a hot 
bowl of soup from Zoup!
W

ith winter ready to leap on 
us without much warning, 
among the thoughts that 
come to many minds are about the 
good old hot delicious soups that do so 
much in warming our innards.
Enter Zoup!, one of the largest 
independent soup sit-down and/or 
carry-out operations … with its hefty 
annually diverse selections.
The first Zoup! location … in the 
Franklin Plaza, just north of 12 Mile, 
Southfield, is now celebrating its 22nd 
year … Zoup! is still growing, even 
with 83 locations across the northern 
half of the United States and Ontario, 
Canada … plus more than 6,000 
grocery stores across the country … 
many carrying Zoup’
s more lavish 
flavors and favorites … including the 
yearly selections of Chicken Pot Pie, 
Lobster Bisque, Ginger Butternut 

Squash, Hearty Vegetable Beef, Wild 
Mushroom Barley, etc.
Twelve varied soups are served daily 
… Six vegan and dairy-free soups are 
rotated daily … The other six include 
Broccoli Cheddar, Chicken Tortilla, 
Fire Roasted Tomato Bisque, Old-
Fashioned Chicken Noodle, etc. … 
Every order is served with a hunk of 
fresh-baked bread, made daily on site.
A big favorite, Butternut Squash, is a 
creamy pureed butternut squash soup 
mixed with carrots and layered into 
a ginger stock … Another great one 
for those chilly nights is the Hearty 
Vegetable Beef.
Something new at all Zoup! loca-
tions are the Sustain-a-Bowls … featur-
ing all-natural, nutrient-dense offerings 
with big-flavored ingredients … Also 
popular, freshly made sandwiches 
from bread baked on stone decks with 
no preservatives or enzymes … Also, 
salads with house-made dressings 
… served with five-grain bread or 
baguette. 
Owned by Eric Ersher, founder 
and CEO, and Richard Simtob with 
Jason Valentine, president and COO, 
Zoup! is the recipient of numerous 
awards … Seating numbers vary at its 
numerous locations, including locally 
on Evergreen Road in Southfield and 
in Somerset Mall, Troy … Zoup! also 

provides online ordering, delivery and 
catering.
NO WONDER UNIVERSITY 
of Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor 
attracts more than 107,000 people for 
each football game … Among them, 
Kathy Morley, an owner/partner of 
Pepino’
s Restaurant in Sylvan Lake 
… She often tailgates with “her gang” 
in the players’
 parents section amid 
mouth-watering ribs, filets, lamb 
chops, etc. … from Pepino’
s, of course 
… along with its home-made soda 
bread and marinated white bean salad. 
OLDIE BUT GOODIE … The 
priest confided to the rabbi that his 
greatest wish was to see the Almighty 
face to face.
One night, the priest was in his 
study when there was a sudden flash 
of lightning and a loud clap of thunder 
… He looked toward the window and 
found his wish had been fulfilled.
He reached for the phone and called 
the rabbi and said, “It has happened! 
The Almighty is at the window. What 
should I do now?
The rabbi promptly replied, “Look 
busy!”
CONGRATS … To Shelly Gordon 
on her birthday … To Steve and Leslie 
Pardo on their 18th anniversary. 

Email Danny at dannyraskin2132@gmail.com.

Danny Raskin
Senior Columnist

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Jason Valentine and Eric Ersher

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