 MARCH 19 • 2020 | 53

Chow Asian Street Food going 
over like gangbusters in Ann Arbor.

the best of everything
Raskin

Time to 
Chow Down 

T

hrough the years, there have been 
restaurants where the chefs who 
own the eateries silently hold hid-
den dreams in their minds of another 
culinary ambition they would someday 
enjoy owning.
That ambition finally 
came true for Executive 
Chef Thad Gilles, who last 
summer opened his new 
vision with partner and 
brother Ryan … Both also 
operate the fine dining 
eatery Logan, which is still 
open in Ann Arbor.
The new restaurant going over like 
gangbusters is called Chow Asian Street 
Food in Ann Arbor … on Liberty between 
First and Ashley avenues … with service 
of freshly made of 100 percent Asian-
driven Indonesian, Korean, China, etc., 
gourmet fast food … like the Asian street 
food restaurants in Indonesia where he 
studied … Thad returned here to be exec-
utive chef 10 years ago at Zingerman’
s, 

then left for New York’
s Lespinasse restau-
rant among others and returned to Ann 
Arbor to open Logan with his brother, 
where Thad makes many of the Asian 
sauces, etc., during the day for Chow and 
is Logan’
s executive chef in the evening.
Thad’
s Asian bowls are exceptional 
… A huge treat … Eight elegant bowls, 
Szechuan Chicken, Chinese noodles, 
Chinese buns, soups, dumplings, Korean 
rice cake and many other street foods, sal-
ads, drinks, new and different sandwiches, 
made-on-premises.
Making Asian sauces in the morning 
and elegant choice foods in the evening, 
both at Logan, sounds like quite a chore 
… Thad loves it … His dream has been 
fulfilled in a big way. 
Chow seats 55 … and is open seven 
days a week, 11 a.m.-10 p.m.
While choice music plays overhead, the 
new Chow Asian Street Food restaurant is 
giving its customers a rare and most deli-
cious treat … with a selection that is not 
often, if ever, seen … mentioning some of 
the best interesting, fresh, flavorful, excel-
lently spiced (or not) food that can be 
found anywhere.
REARVIEW MIRROR … After finding 
a spot on Woodward in Royal Oak years 
ago to open a delicatessen, next came the 
difficult task of finding a name when Phil 

Menkowitz remarked that he was going 
to serve everything on an onion roll … 
“That’
s it! Why not call it the Onion Roll 
Deli!” yelled his wife … So, the 24- or 
25-seat delicatessen had its name … but 
was never restricted to onion rolls only. 
SECOND ANNUAL GREEK NIGHT 
by Uptown Parthenon, Crosswinds 
Center, Orchard Lake and Lone Pine, 
West Bloomfield, is Saturday, March 21 
… Fun evening will include belly dancer, 
gent on the bouzouki, etc.
OLDIE BUT GOODIE … A U.S. Navy 
cruiser arrived in port for shore leave … 
The captain was surprised to get a letter 
from an upper-class resident … “Dear 
Captain, it will be my daughter’
s coming-
of-age party. Please send four well-man-
nered, rich, unmarried officers. No Jews! 
We hate Jews!” … That evening she heard 
a rap at the door … There in dress uni-
form were four exquisitely mannered 
female officers… Her jaw almost hit the 
floor as she said, “There must be some 
mistake.” … “Madam,” said the first offi-
cer, “Captain Chaim Cohen doesn’
t make 
mistakes!” 
CONGRATS … To Dr. Scott Sircus on 
his birthday. 

Danny’
s email address is 
dannyraskin2132@gmail.com.

Danny Raskin
Senior Columnist

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