Michael Symon’s Roast left a void at Detroit’s Westin Book Cadillac Hotel when it abruptly closed its doors in January of 2022 after 13 years of business. Recently, the hotel’s new owner, Oxford Capital Group, announced that national chain Sullivan’s Steakhouse has signed a lease as a first-floor tenant, with a projected opening in mid-2023. Sullivan’s Steakhouse is a classic American steakhouse brand rooted in rich tradition. Founded in 1996, the steakhouse has 13 locations

The Culinary Collective, a chef series presented by Motor City Seafood at Oak and Reel, continues on February 23 and 24. The series offers a unique dining experience by Oak & Reel’s Chef Jared Gadbaw and his team, where they host and collaborate with celebrated chefs from around the country. Each dinner experience will vary from one another, from the chef to the cuisine, all benefiting a unique, local charity. The folks at Oak & Reel call it “a dinner of a lifetime for many f

Royal Oak’s Inn Season Kitchen, the quick-service casual offshoot of Royal Oak’s Inn Season Café, opened in the summer of 2021 and is now permanently closed.  A Facebook post signed by owner Nick Raftis and others thanked their loyal customers and offered the following explanation for their closing: “There is no 10 percent inflation in the restaurant business. Since June, cauliflower, romaine lettuce, and oil (these are three just off the top of my head) have gone up between

Playa Bowls has opened on W. Maple Avenue, just east of Telegraph in Bloomfield Township. The franchise concept is the vision of founders Robert Giuliani and Abby Taylor – both Jersey Shore natives and long-time surfers. They were inspired by chasing summer on surf trips to Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, California and Hawaii. Almost every exotic surf town they visited offered their own unique version of an acai or pitaya bowl. They decided to recreate their favo

Czech-born and bred Chef Petr Balcarovsky trained in the culinary arts in Europe. Balcarovsky’s love for the region’s cuisine runs deep, and he is bringing a wildly refined winter Viking tasting menu to Hazel Park’s Frame on February 10th and 11th. Guests are invited to quench their thirst by drinking mead and amphora-fermented wine while enjoying a dinner that focuses on Nordic ingredients, alongside warm and convivial traditional Finnish recipes. A few highlights of the mul

Popular Cass Corridor restaurant, The Peterboro, is a Detroit neighborhood favorite that offers contemporary Chinese-American classics along with an extensive bar menu featuring original house and classic cocktails, beer, sake, wine, and spirits. The establishment opened its doors in 2016, and closed for renovations in July 2022. Initially formed as a partnership between managing partner Chuck Inchaustegui and the Detroit Optimist Society Restaurant Group (Sugar House, Wright