Hudsons Maurice Salad

[Linda from Detroit]

I know this isn't about Hudsons, or salads, but I remember when Northland first opened. My aunt was one of the first servers at Sanders...and boy was it great to take the bus there and have her fix a sundae!

[Sandhouse]

Along with the salad dressing, who remembers the wall of sculptures of Great Lakes boats that decorated the restaurant at Eastland? I wonder who did that, and where the ship models are today. I'd be willing to bet they're squirreled away in someone's basement. I know I've got the "University of Minnesota" seal that once decorated a men's shop in the downtown Hudson's. It must have had a Big Ten theme when my dad worked there. The U of M was his alma mater and he nicked the emblem when the men's store was redecorated.

[EastsideAl]

My grandmother worked at Hudson's, and it was a big treat to go down with my mother and sister to see her for lunch. We would all go up to the restaurant and I would get that burger that came on dark bread [[how exotic!). My mother and grandmother would usually both get the Maurice Salad, and grandma would always give me a little taste, because I loved the dressing. And then... the sundae with the cone on top.

Sometimes, for a real exotic treat we would go "behind the scenes" to the employee cafeteria, which served many of the same items as the restaurant. I realize now that this was only probably because it was grandma's turn to pay and it was a lot cheaper, but still, we felt like such special insiders, and all of my grandma's friends from the aisles of beauty would dote over us kids.

[LEOQUEEN]

Thanks so much for the Maurice Salad recipe! My husband and I eat quite often at the Lakeshore Grill in Hudsons/Marshall Field/Macys in Oakland Mall; I try different things but he ALWAYS gets the Meat Loaf. They tried to discontinue it for a while but must have gotten lots of flak so they brought it back.

Hubby is very happy, and so am I. They still offer the popovers. Some of my favorite memories are of taking my mother to the Northland store for lunch. When they closed that restaurant is when I stopped going to Northland.

[Fury13]

Do they still use iceberg lettuce in the Maurice?

[reddog289]

Seems like every birthday till I was around 10yrs old, My Mom , Grandma, Me and some times my Aunt and cousin who,s birthday is a week after mine we would go to Hudsons usually at Westland to eat. My Mom and Grandma would get the Maurice salad, I got the kids meal with the Mickey Mouse ice cream. Then I would get a prize from the "treasure chest and go home".I have never had a Maurice salad , I guess it is never too late.

[chitaku]

m'lady and I go there a lot for the Mandarin salad and the amazing cheese soup!

[EMG]

Along with the salad dressing, who remembers the wall of sculptures of Great Lakes boats that decorated the restaurant at Eastland?

I do - weren't they metal sculptures mounted on a blue-tile background? I can just about visualize them. I believe the restaurant itself was called the Seaway Room.