NOVEMBER 26 • 2020 | 45
A
time-honored family
name and reputation
that has always meant
only the best of service to so
many communities is celebrat-
ing the 18th anniversary of a
strong presence in the mainte-
nance of good health.
Father and son,
Herb and Tedd
Handelsman are
the wonderful
“help everyone”
brains behind
the Better Health
Market & Café
operations that
are drawing unlimited amounts
of accolades … Another son,
Jon, makes up the family mana-
gerial presentation.
From the original 1999
store that opened in Walled
Lake, Better Health Market &
Café operations now includes
14 locations, mainly in
Metropolitan Detroit … Three
main ones on the northwest
are the flagship on Grand
River between Novi Road and
Meadowbrook, Novi … W
.
13 Mile at Southfield Road,
Beverly Hills, and Telegraph,
between Square Lake Road and
Orchard Lake Road, Bloomfield
Hills.
A breathtaking visit to the
flagship store in Novi revealed
the presence of more than
10,000 items from fresh health
food selections and carry-out of
fresh salads and untold amounts
of fresh soups and delicious
gluten-free, sugar-free, wheat-
free items, etc., along with
carefully selected bottles of vita-
mins, supplements, and other
award-winning good health
assistants … Building your own
sandwich, tuna wrap, turkey and
brie, chicken salad wrap, healthy
health bar, etc.
Health food fraud has been
prevalent for hundreds of years
in the preying of people from
false promises of helping los-
ing weight to “
curing” health
conditions … It is so good to
have a wonderful name for one
like Handelsman to depend on
… The U.S. Food and Drug
Administration is a careful
watchdog of health scamming
but can do only so much in
its policing of these dangerous
scams … This is a reason why
a good operation like Better
Health Market & Café is so
important.
It is notable, too, that Better
Health has as its executive chef
someone with vast experience
… Jozef McDiarmid recently
headed the kitchen at Novi
Chophouse after being executive
chef six years at Nino Salvaggio
in Troy and before that as sous
chef at Papa Joe’
s.
Jozef’
s bestsellers at BH for
carry-out are the various styles
of salmon, the natural rotisserie
chickens, tuna salad, kale qui-
noa salad, fresh chicken salads,
etc. … Also, many healthy
dishes not available anywhere
other than at Better Health …
An orange miso-glazed salmon
goes over big, plus numerous
bakery items and other fresh
selections … Also dishes made
upon request … His Norwegian
Salmon Roulade stuffed with
spinach and feta cheese is a
standout.
The Better Health Food
Market and Café stores are open
Monday through Saturday, 8
a.m. to 9 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m.
to 8 p.m.
OLDIE BUT GOODIE …
Waiter to customer, “We have
everything on the menu today,
sir.
” The customer exclaims, “So
I notice. Now give me a clean
one.
”
CONGRATS … To Louise
Abrams on her birthday … To
Mort Plotnick on his birthday
… To Bruce Milen on his birth-
day … To Neil Rubin on his
birthday … To Arthur and Gina
Horwitz on their anniversary …
(Errata, congrats are to Susan
Sitron, not Citron, on her 60th
birthday.)
Danny’s email address is
dannyraskin2132@gmail.com.
RASKIN
THE BEST OF EVERYTHING
Danny Raskin
Senior Columnist
Better Health Market &
Café helps keep Metro
Detroiters healthy.
L
’Chaim
Herb Handelsman
and son Tedd
Handelsman
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