JULY 16 • 2020 | 53
Remembering Detroit’
s
Carl’
s Chop House.
the best of everything
Raskin
Gone But Not
Forgotten
O
ne of the most success-
ful merchants in the
tire industry was put
into the restaurant game by a
strange quirk of fate … Carl
Rosenfeld wasn’
t
too happy about
it, but it worked
out beautifully in
the end.
After service
in World War I,
Carl was doing
very nicely in the
tire business when a friend of
his from Cleveland talked him
into investing in the Grand
River Chop House.
It seems that the Clevelander
was a little thin-skinned about
certain federal laws governing
the sale of potables and took a
powder, leaving Carl with half
of a restaurant and all of a tire
store.
After trying for a while, Carl
came to the conclusion that no
man can serve two masters,
so he sold the tire store and
concentrated on running the
Grand River Chop House with
successful results.
Business boomed through
the ’
20s and when prohibition
came to a screeching halt in the
early ’
30s, Carl was ready to
cash in … In 1933, Carl’
s Bar
& Chop House opened doors
across the street that were to
continue swinging for years to
come until its closure in 2010.
Carl sold more 4-H steaks
and chops than any other
restaurant in the country …
While Carl’
s was primarily a
steak house, he took a back
seat from no man in offering
a selective fish and seafood
menu … in his huge restaurant
that sat about 800 persons at
one time and gave him and his
staff a good life, more wealth
and security than ever.
ELIE’
S RESTAURANT in
Birmingham, plus being a
coveted and highly respect-
ed eatery, continues to add
“Impossible” suggestions from
an Impossible menu … In
addition to stuffed eggplant,
squash and peppers, he has
now added delicious Lebanese
sausage.
DON’
T GO OUT to eat
soon in a restaurant and ask
the server to do things for you
if you cannot afford a 15%
or 20% gratuity or just don’
t
feel you have to give one …
Remember that the price of
the meal is for the food … The
tip is for the person running
around, serving you, refilling
drinks, taking orders, cleaning
up your mess when you are
done, making salads, etc.
OLDIE BUT GOODIE …
The young man excitedly tells
his mother that he has fallen
in love and was going to get
married.
“Just for fun, Ma,” he says, “I
am going to bring over three
women and you try and guess
which one I’
m going to marry.”
The mother agrees and the
next day he brings three beau-
tiful women into the house and
sits them down on the couch.
He says, “OK, Ma, guess which
one I am going to marry.”
She immediately replies,
“The redhead in the middle.”
“That’
s amazing, Ma. You’
re
right. How did you know?”
“I don’
t like her!”
CONGRATS … To Heckie
Lazar on her birthday … To
Marilyn Warnick on her birth-
day … To Sam Essick on his
birthday … To Simone Vitale
on his birthday … To Joe
Smiler on his birthday … To
Fran and Michael Goran on
their 50th anniversary.
Danny’
s email address is
dannyraskin2132@gmail.com.
Danny Raskin
Senior Columnist
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