This inspiring new Ford Rd. eatery deserves community’s support
Owner Stacey Griffin has a long and successful background in the food-service industry.
Eddie and Stacey Griffin had the framework set up to launch their own restaurant — including the naming of menu items after their children and other loved ones.
However, Eddie Griffin, an Inkster police officer, passed away in 2010 from the effects of colon cancer, dashing the couple’s ambitious plans.
But only temporarily, it turns out.
Fast forward 15 years to this past April when Stacey Griffin — a survivor of two bouts of cancer — opened CED’s Soups, Meats & Sweets inside the Horseshoe Liquor Store at 33610 Ford Road in Westland.
Eddie would be proud
A native and long-time resident of Garden City, Stacey Griffin said Eddie would have been all-in on her new venture.
“I’ve been into serving great food since I was in high school when I took Commercial Foods 1, 2 and 3 as elective courses,” Stacey revealed Monday afternoon, one day before the official grand opening of her take-out-only business.
“For the past four years, I’ve felt healthier than ever. I have the same energy I had in high school.”
Stacey Griffin’s food-industry resume is impressive.
Extensive experience
She served as the general manager for multiple restaurants at Detroit Metro Airport and still works as a part-time bartender/server at Nikola’s in Southfield.
“Eddie and I had big plans to open a restaurant years ago, but once he became ill, we weren’t able to open it,” she said. “He would have absolutely loved what I’m doing now.”
CED’s — an acronym that includes Eddie and Stacey’s names as well as the names of their two children, Ciearra and Deondre — boasts an appetizing menu that is headlined by scrumptious hot and cold sandwiches.
Priced between $7.25 and $10.25, CED’s roster of sandwiches is topped by the ValVal (named after the Griffins’ goddaughter), which is a healthy combination of turkey, muenster cheese, apples, lettuce and tomatoes “drizzled with honey and spicy mustard”, and the Bubba, which is stuffed with roasted turkey, provolone cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, sweet banana peppers with mayo and Italian seasoning.
The top two sellers, Griffin revealed, during the first two months since her business opened are the Big Burks (ham, salami, turkey glazed bacon) and the Eddie G., which is highlighted by thinly-sliced beef steak grilled with onions, red and green peppers, topped with multiple seasonings.
Plentiful dessert options
CED’s also offers moderately-priced catering services, soups, beverages and an all-star line-up of desserts, including lemon blueberry cake and peach cobbler.
“I make everything fresh on a daily basis,” Stacey said. “It’s been a lot of work, but it’s worth it. I love the location on Ford Road, but the biggest challenge now is letting people know I’m here. I’m working with the city to get a bigger sign out front.
“The feedback I’ve received so far from customers has been great. People love that everything is fresh.”
CED’s is open six days a week. Its hours of operation are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and Saturdays. The eatery is open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Fridays and closed on Sundays.
Ed Wright can be reached at 734-664-4657 or edwright@socialhousenews.com.
