Food & Drink
‘Canary’ Landing at Netherland, New Bar/Bistro Concept by Julep Owners
(UPDATE: Jan. 8, 2021. Canary opens today. Hours are Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 4-10 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays, noon to 10 p.m. Closed Tuesday.) By Kevin Collison Canary, a new bistro and bar concept by the creators of Julep, will be the showpiece tenant of the newly-opened Netherland apartment and hotel building on…
City Club Crosses Street to Land Restaurant Operator
The just-opened City Club Apartments project at 20th and Main didn’t have to look far to find an operator for the 6,000 square-foot restaurant and wine bar planned as part of the development. It reached out across the street to The Rieger at 1924 Main where Chef Howard Hanna has agreed to open the two…
City Club Apartments Open
By Kevin Collison The City Club Apartments, a sprawling development that revived much of a key Crossroads block, is beginning to accept residents and plans to announce its new restaurant tenant soon. The $76.8 million project by Detroit-based City Club is opening its 283 apartments in phases with the first 17 units delivered a couple…
Rebranded Buffalo State Pizza Opens Temporary Patio on Wyandotte
By Kevin Collison Phillippe Lechevin, like other downtown restaurant owners, is improvising to survive the Covid-19 pandemic. The owner of Buffalo State Pizza at 1815 Wyandotte, formerly Papa Keno’s, recently received city permission to open a temporary, 20-person patio in the parking lane of Wyandotte in front and his introduced live music on Friday nights…
Near East Cuisine Meets Westside at Clay & Fire
By Kevin Collison Clay & Fire, the new restaurant specializing in Turkish and other Near East dishes, has one foot on the Westside and the other still in Turkey thanks to hassles related to Covid-19. Chef Brent Gunnels is using FaceTime and WhatsApp to obtain recipes and prepare the menu with his Turkish counterpart, and…