MARCH 11 • 2021 | 45

Y

ears ago, whoever 
may have said that 
women were poor 
restaurant operators sure 
didn’t know Joan Lee … A 
stunning woman, she was as 
easy to take as 
her delightful 
French food at 
the bistro par 
excellence on 
Larned, Detroit.
She was all 
set to become 
an attorney 
when her father, founder of 
the old Pontchartrain opened 
on Wayne, took ill … The 
Pontchartrain Wine Cellars 
was known mainly for excel-
lent food and fine wines.
When Joan took over, she 
knew little about the creative 
end of the business … but she 
learned fast, tasting, evaluat-
ing and buying for her restau-
rant.
Her menu did not feature 
haute cuisine but rather fea-
tured simple dishes of the 

French provinces … Delights 
like beef sirloin, bouillabaisse, 
coquilles, escargots and Vichy 
were favorites.
Joan was terrific!
RESTAURANTS THAT 
PEOPLE do not enjoy eating 
at … Where waitpersons take 
cash or credit card and then 
make your salad … Where 
waitpersons have hair hang-
ing over their faces … Where 
carpet sweepers or brooms are 
used while people are eating 
nearby … Where waitper-
sons serve across the table 
… Where glass on cabinets 
or open grills is not clean 
… Where servers wear dirty 
or torn uniforms … Where 
restrooms are not spotless 
… Where the owner and 
employees pay no attention 
to scraps of food or paper on 
the floor … Where chefs and 
cooks who handle food wear 
no gloves.
OLDIE BUT GOODIE … 
Once upon a time, there 
lived a king who had a Jewish 

adviser … The king relied so 
much on him that he decided 
to make him his head adviser 
… The other advisers objected 
… It was bad enough just to 
sit in counsel with a Jew, but 
to allow one to lord over them 
was too much to bear.
Being a compassionate 
ruler, the king agreed with 
them and ordered the Jew to 
convert … As soon as the act 
was done, the Jew felt great 
remorse for this terrible deci-
sion … His remorse turned to 
despondency and took its toll 
on his health … He became 
weaker and weaker … Finally, 

he could stand it 
no longer … He 
burst in on the 
king and cried, “I 
was born a Jew 
and a Jew I must 
die. Do what you want 
with me, but I can no longer 
deny my faith.” 
“If that is how you feel,” 
said the king, “then the other 
advisers will have to live with 
it. Your counsel is too import-
ant to do without. Go and be 
a Jew again.” 
The Jew felt elated … He 
hurried back home and felt 
the strength surge back into 
his body as he ran … Finally, 
he burst into the house and 
called out to his wife, “Sarah! 
Sarah! We can be Jews again!” 
His wife glared back at him 
angrily and said, “Couldn’t 
you wait until after Passover?”
CONGRATS … To Alice 
Kroner on her birthday. 

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

RASKIN
THE BEST OF EVERYTHING

Danny 
Raskin
Senior Columnist

Remembering the
Pontchartrain 
Wine Cellars

he could stand it 
no longer … He 
burst in on the 
king and cried, “I 

die. Do what you want 

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