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the best of everything

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he was a legend … One of 
a kind … Someone whose 
shoes cannot be filled 
… I’
m talking about Shirlee 
Bloom (Feroni), who recently 
passed away.
She was a 
dreamer who 
eventually saw 
her vision come 
true with her own 
places where she 
could make the 
original kosher 
dishes of her late mother and 
father, Lil and Harry Bloom, 
whose Mayfair Kosher Catering 
in Detroit and then Lil’
s Kosher 
Catering and Carry-Out was in 
Oak Park.

Where you found Shirlee’
s 
cooking and staff, you would 
also find only the finest kosher 
selections of Shirlee’
s mom and 
dad … Such as a 120-seater 
in Oak Park called Prime 10, 
where Shirlee’
s daughter, Hope 
“Cookie” Chimoff, assisted … 
and grandchildren, Taylor and 
Courtney Chimoff, would aid 
as waitpersons.
But Shirlee was not satisfied 
… She had so much to offer 
… and an even larger catering 
future to leave as her legacy.
 Her award-winning Bloom’
s 
Kosher Carryout and Catering 
was highly lauded for Shirlee’
s 
unbelievable presentations and 
very successful dining oper-
ations … Her family shared 
their heartfelt thanks on their 
Facebook page for the outpour-
ing of love and support they’
ve 
gotten from the community 
since Shirlee’
s passing 
.
Yes, Shirlee left for another 
world … but she departed with 
a legacy that will always be 
remembered. 
SINCE IT HAS been sold, 
Buddy’
s Pizza seems to have 

lost the hometown-spun image 
it held when owned and oper-
ated mainly by localites.
REARVIEW MIRROR … 
Remembering when Linda 
Solomon, local celebrity photo/
journalist, returned to Detroit 
after being chosen and hired 
by Barbra Streisand to travel 
with the great star and photo-
graph her final concert tour … 
“It was quite an honor from a 
wonderful person!” said Linda 
… If you were Asian-inclined, 
you could go to Atlantic 
Gardens on Linwood with 
the mysterious carved booths 
where people you couldn’
t see 
ate strange food … and folks 
sneaked a peek to see those 
Chinese gents wearing yarmul-
kes.
OLDIE BUT GOODIE … 
President Bush was walking 
through the airport when he 
spotted a white-haired man in 
a long white robe, wearing san-
dals and carrying a staff.
President Bush called to him, 
“Moses?” … The man looked 
straight ahead as if he had not 
heard.

Bush then walked closer and 
again said, “Moses!” Again, he 
got no reply.
Just then a Secret Service 
man walked up and said, 
“What’
s wrong, Mr. President?” 
“Look at that man,” Bush 
said. “Doesn’
t he look like 
Moses? I called him Moses 
twice, but he wouldn’
t even 
look at me.”
The Secret Service man said, 
“I’
ll take care of it for you, Mr. 
President.” 
He walked over to the man 
and said, “Aren’
t you Moses?”
The man replied, “Yes, I am.” 
“Well, then why, when 
President Bush called out to 
you, did you ignore him?”
Moses replied, “Listen, the 
last time I talked to a bush, I 
had to spend the next 40 years 
wandering in the desert!”
CONGRATS … To Don 
Cohen on his birthday … To 
Betty Elias on her birthday … 
To Manny Kalef on his 90th 
birthday. 

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

Danny Raskin
Senior Columnist

Nobody can ever replace 
Shirlee Bloom.

Good-bye 
to a Legend

Raskin

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