Detroit’s Biggest Restaurant and Bar Openings, Fall 2019 - Eater Detroit

The fall restaurant opening rush in Detroit has officially begun. Many long-anticipated spots are preparing to unveil freshly completed spaces and enticing menus within the next few weeks. Several establishments that were expecting to open this summer, such as chef Eve Aronoff’s Cuban-influenced burger restaurantFrita Batidos, are now on track for a September debut. Birmingham’s splashy Japanese-Italian restaurantPernoiis also poised to open in the next two weeks.

This season, Detroiters can also look forward to seafood and wine at Mink, a new Belgian-style brewery in Islandview, three big restaurants and bars from chef Shawn McClain, and a downtown outpost of Buddy’s Pizza. Without further delay, here now is a guide to fall’s biggest restaurant and bar openings. Don’t miss Eater’s national guide tofall 2019 openings.

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Mink

Location:1701 Trumbull Ave.
Key Players:Nest Egg, LLC and chef Cameron Rolka
Projected Opening:Mid-October

Chef Cameron Rolka and the team from newly formed restaurant group Nest Eggplan to opena 20-seat wine bar and restaurant in the formerFarmer’s Handspace in Corktown. During recent pop-ups at the Royce, Rolka teased options like oysters on the half-shell, vegetarian braised burdock rolls, and lobster rolls. Anupcoming dinnerat Frame features buckwheat blinis with caviar and chilled beetroot soup.

The Farwell Building is shown under construction on a sunny day.

Leila

Location:1249 Griswold St.
Key Players:Samy Eid and Sameer Eid
Projected Opening:Late-September

Metro Detroit’s celebrated fine-dining Lebanese restaurantPhoeniciawill gain a morecasual downtown Detroit siblinginLeila. The restaurant is heading to the ground floor of the Farwell Building overlooking Capitol Park. The 4,500-square-foot space on the south side of the property will seat 130 patrons with a basement level, 20-person private dining room and lounge. The restaurant is expected to focus on Lebanese mezze served family-style as well as seafood, Lebanese grilled meat dishes calledmashawi, and a Phoenicia favorite —dry-rubbed pork ribs.

一個black and white photo of chef Luciano DelSignore and chef Takashi Yagihashi standing in a kitchen in front of a steaming pot and a marble counter wearing white chefs coats.

Pernoi

Location:310 E Maple Rd.
Key Players:Takashi Yagihashi and Luciano DelSignore
Projected Opening:Early September

Culinary dream team Takashi Yagihashi and Luciano DelSignore will bring Pernoi to the shuttered Cafe Via space in downtown Birmingham. Yagihashi, who previously ownedSlurping Turtlein Ann Arbor, helmed one of metro Detroit’s most celebrated restaurants, Tribute, before going on to open Michelin-starred Takashi in Chicago. He’s returning to Birmingham with partner andBaccoowner DelSignore to opena restaurant focused on global cuisine. The interior will據報道,設計by Kyle Evans with a “luxury yacht” finish. Expectations are extremely high for this one.

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Buddy’s Pizza

Location:1565 Broadway St.
Key Players:Buddy’s
Projected Opening:Late-fall

Buddy’s got its start on Conant Street in Detroit and has pretty much focused on expansions to the suburbs since then. But this fall, the original Detroit-style pizza restaurant willmake its way into downtown Detroitfor the first time with a 200-seat location near in the M@dison Building that features dine-in seating and a grab-and-go area with square pizza by-the-slice.

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Baobab Fare

Location:6568 Woodward Ave.
Key Players:Mamba Hamissi and Nadia Nijimbere
Projected Opening:Maybe fall

This East African restaurant owned by refugees from Burundi is set to anchor the corner of Grand Boulevard and Woodward Avenue in New Center. The2017 Hatch Detroit winnersplan toopen a casual 65-seat restaurantserving breakfast and lunch with options like coconut rice, goat, chicken and skewered meats, as well as plantains, fried sweet potatoes, and cassava. The owners are currently hosting pop-ups around metro Detroit and with a little luck the restaurant could open this fall.

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Brewery Faisan

Location:1087 Beaufait St.
Key Players:Rachel and Paul Szlaga
Projected Opening:Early October

Islandview is set to gaina big, new Belgian-style brewerythis fall. After several years of development, Brewery Faisan is on track to debut this fall. Owners Rachel and Paul Szlaga are already breaking in their brewing equipment at the 9,000-square-foot production facility at taproom on the east side.

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The Highlands

Location:Renaissance Center (floors 71 and 72)
Key Players:Shawn McClain and Sarah and Richard Camarota
Projected Opening:November

It doesn’t get much splashier than the Highlands,a collection of three restaurants and barsfrom Vegas chef Shawn McClain’s restaurant group.Highlands Steakhouse, a casual open-fire cooking spot calledHearth 71, and a whiskey spot calledHigh Barare all filling the oldCoach Insigniaspace in the Renaissance Center. The Highlands will also dedicate substantial square-footage to events space.

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Esto’s Garage

Location:1811 Parker St.
Key Players:Esteban Castro
Projected Opening:November/December

BelovedDetroit taco pop-up Esto’s Garageis aiming to debut this fall at its new home in West Village. The tiny taqueria will have a vintage aesthetic with mid-century furniture and tin ceilings. Diners can expect a handful of pantry items to be available for sale as well as a casual Mexican-American menu with options like owner Esteban Castro’s All City Chili, nachos, tacos, quesadillas, and rice bowls.

The interior features lots of gray floors and ceilings with a long brown upholstered banquette running down the center of the restaurant.

Smith & Co.

Location:644 Selden St.
Key Players:Mission Restaurant Group
Projected Opening:September

Jon Carlson, owner of Jolly Pumpkin and North Peak Brewing Company, and partners Greg Lobdell and Chet Czaplicka are bringing aNew American restaurant and beer hallto the Smith Welding Supply building in Cass Corridor. The menu features items like chorizo empanadas, corned beef sandwiches, and seared trout. The restaurant will also eventually offer beers from neighboring Nain Rouge Brewery and other small Michigan brewers. A new outpost ofBarcadeis also expected to debut on the same block.

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Savant

Location:51 WestForest一個ve.
Key Players:Jordan Whitmore and Rebecca Wurster
Projected Opening:End of September

Two Chef’s Table alums chefJordan Whitmoreand bartenderRebecca Wursterare teaming up to open anew French-influenced dinercalled Savant. The pair are in the process of convertingthe former Bolero Latin Cuisine spaceinto a restaurant and bar serving dollar oysters, croissant biscuits and gravy, vegan fruit carpaccio, and caviar “bumps.” Wurster is filling out the beverage menu with eclectic drinks such as a gruyere-infused cocktail.

The curved facade of the Kresge building has light colored bricks, glass windows, and red tile. It is surrounded by construction material including plywood boards.

一個lma Kitchen

Location:14300 E. Jefferson Ave.
Key Players:Gary Mui and Alicia Sanchez
Projected Opening:Late-October

傑斐遜Chalmers社區獲得casual fusion restaurantcalled Alma Kitchen this fall in the Kresge building. Owners Gary Mui and Alicia Sanchez will serve a menu that combines American, Chinese, and Mexican flavors in an 84-seat space with Art Deco features. Diners can expect options like almond boneless chicken and scallion waffles — a mashup of the popular Chinese-American restaurant item and Chinese scallion pancakes.

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Michigan & Trumbull

Location:1439 W Elizabeth St.
Key Players:Kristen Calverley and Nate Peck
Projected Opening:November

Folks can already try Michigan & Trumbull’s version ofDetroit-style pizza at Fort Street Galleyin downtown, but more is still to come. Metro Detroit natives Kristen Calverley and Nate Peck returned to the city this summer from Pittsburgh in order to open afull-service pizzeria devoted to square slices. The restaurant is headed to Corktown not far from the corner that inspired Michigan & Trumbull’s name.

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Magnet

Location:4848 Grand River Ave.
Key Players:Chef Brad Greenhill and Philip Kafka
Projected Opening:Fall

The team behindTakoiis aiming to bringa new “vegetable centric”restaurant called Magnet to Core City in August. The restaurant, located across fromOchre Bakeryinside the former Magnet Radiator Works building, will feature dishes primarily cooked on a wood-fired grill and in a wood-burning oven. The interior, designed by Ishtiaq Rafiuddin, will feature 14-foot-high exposed ceilings with an open kitchen at the back of the space and a 32-foot-long rectangular bar that will be “sunken” into the ground.

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Ima Midtown

Location:4870 Cass Ave.
Key Players:Mike Ransom
Projected Opening:Fall

Chef Mike Ransom’sEater Award-winningCorktown noodle barImais preparing to expand toa third restaurant在洛林甜的令人難以置信的Mac n ' Brewzspace near Wayne State University. The restaurant is expected to feature Ima’s core menu of udon noodles and rice bowls as well as an expanded list of izakaya-style options, fried foods, and grab-and-go items.

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Detroit Axe and the Corner

Location:1375 Michigan Ave.
Key Players:Brian Siegel and Geoff Kretchmer
Projected Opening:Late-fall/early winter

Detroit’s list of bar and entertainment venues isexpanding this fall with new outpostsof Detroit Axe and the Corner. The ax-throwing venue and board game bar is heading to a 7,000-square-foot property near Nemo’s in Corktown. Like their Ferndale predecessors, Detroit Axe and the Corner will feature a full bar, 16 axe-chucking lanes, and 1,000 board games. The owners are diverging slightly from the original format by hosting a full-time food truck rather than operating a kitchen.

Frita Batidos

Location:Columbia Street
Key Players:Eve Aronoff
Projected Opening:mid-July

It’s relatively rare for a burger restaurant to get too much fanfare in Detroit these days. Assome have pointed out, this city has a lot of good burger restaurants already. But diners seem willing to make an exception for Frita Batidos, chef Eve Aronoff’s wildly popular Ann Arbor restaurant known for its Cuban-influenced chorizo burgers. Thenew outpostlocated near theFox Theatreseats 96 customers inside with a 45-seat patio. Diners can expect the burgers as well as tropical milkshakes, guava-cheese empanadas, and options like chicken and salsa verde. Frita also features a full bar with shareable fishbowl cocktails.

The view of Pink Flamingo from Woodward Avenue features grass and an black building with a bright pink roof.

Pink Flamingo To-Go

Location:17740 Woodward Ave.
Key Players:Meiko Krishok
Projected Opening:Mid-September

Catering companyGuerrilla Food, which operates the charming farmside food truckPink FlamingoinNorth Corktown, is opening a newcarryout restaurant and commissary kitchennear Palmer Park in September. The restaurant called Pink Flamingo To-Go is located inside a former Bread Basket Deli and will offer grab-and-go items, Hyperion Coffee, a hot bar, and a juice bar year-round.

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Wine bar and record shopParamita Soundis set tomake its official debuton Friday, September 6 in downtown Detroit.
一個new wine bar may land in Southwest Detroit this fall ina former fire station.
Ohio-based taco chainCondado Tacosisopening another outpostin Detroit this fall.
一個New Orleans-influenced restaurantGabriel Hallis now on track for a spring opening in West Village.
艾薇廚房和雞尾酒is looking for a new chef ahead of its anticipated opening on the east side.
一個new bar calledGentappears to be in the works below Lady of the House in Corktown.
Construction on theGathering Coffee Co.in the North End isexpected to begin soonin time for a December opening.
Motorburgeris working to open inside Detroit Shipping Co. by the end of the year.
Work isunderwayat Tenacity Brewing Company’s newTenacity Craft bar and cafe in Virginia Park.
Beyond Juiceis on track to opena new juice bar this fall in New Center.
Restaurant, bar, and live music chainTin Roofisexpected to arriveinside the former Cheli’s Chili building this fall.
Stunt food chain Poke Burriis on track to open this fall in the formerLe Petit Zincspace.
White Wolf Patisserieisopeningin September in Clawson.

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