MAY 7 • 2020 | 45
Happy anniversary
to Little Caesars.
the best of everything
Raskin
Pizza! Pizza!
A
success story may never
go out of style … And
one always remembered
by many had its beginning back
on May 8, 1959, when Mike
and Marian Ilitch
opened their first
pizza-making
oven under the
name then of Little
Caesar’
s Pizza
Treat.
They had met
each other on a
blind date that Mike’
s father had
arranged for them in 1954 … and
a year later, the two Macedonian
love birds, Mike Ilitch and Marian
Bayoff, became husband and wife.
Celebrating its 61st anniversary,
the word “treat” is long gone from
its name … as is the apostrophe
… and the Little Caesars Pizza
chain is today known worldwide
and ranks third among the largest
pizza franchises in the United
States … It follows only Pizza
Hut and localite Tom Monaghan’
s
Domino’
s Pizza, from whom
Mike, a former baseball minor
leaguer, and Marian purchased
the Detroit Tigers … a great love
second only to Mike and Marian
and their seven children … Their
son, Christopher (Chris), who
today is its CEO and president,
was Detroit Jewish News Athlete
of the Year as a hockey star while
attending Cranbrook Kingswood
High Scool … Mike that eve-
ning was given the Alvin Foon
Humanitarian Award … He and
Marian certainly had been that!
Mike passed on in 2017 … and
much-liked and gracious Marian
continues to be loved by many.
WHEN RESTAURANTS open
again, those on the lakes, like Joe
and Rosalie Vicari’
s Brownies
on the Lake (Lake St. Clair), can
again welcome customers to dock
and have meals either in its eat-
ery, outside on the patio or to get
carry-outs and dine on their boat
… Work on Joe’
s Statler Bistro
to come is at a standstill that has
forced a latter opening to the first
quarter of 2021 … Also, offers
by Joe Vicari for a Las Vegas Joe
Muer are still in the works, along
with the dual concept of a Joe
Muer and Andiamo in Nashville,
Tennessee.
EUGENE FOO, owner of Kow
Know Inn, used to tell of the time
he had a waiter who was scared
stiff of a neighborhood dog …
Eugene asked him one day if he
didn’
t know of the old proverb
that a barking dog never bites …
And the waiter replied, “Sure, me
know proverb, you know proverb,
but do dog know proverb?”
MAIL DEPT. … From Joshua
“Josh” Goldfaden … “I truly
enjoyed the meatloaf sandwich
at the Stage Delicatessen. It is
definitely the best sandwich I
have ever had!”
REARVIEW MIRROR …
Seeing Denny McClain, former
30-game-winner for the Detroit
Tigers … and Leon Spinks, for-
mer world boxing champion, at a
local restaurant … McLain was its
pianist … and Spinks was work-
ing the door.
OLDIE BUT GOODIE … Two
little youngsters were coming
down the stairs without a stitch
of clothing on … The mother
dropped her cards on the table
and screamed, “What do you
mean by coming downstairs
undressed?”
“See, smarty,
” said one kid to
the other. “I told you mom’
s van-
ishing cream wouldn’
t work.
”
CONGRATS … To David
Sachs on his birthday …To Jon
Isenberg on his birthday …To
Mallory Sharpe on her birthday
… To Marsha Moss on her 8oth
birthday … To Marvin Kozlowski
on his 100th birthday.
Danny’
s email address is
dannyraskin2132@gmail.com.
Danny Raskin
Senior Columnist
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