Hazel Park has seldom been thought of as hip. But it looks as if it's going to get little dose of hipness.
Bill Shea of Crain's Detroit Business writes that celebrity chef James Rigato and business partner Ed Mamou have targeted Hazel Park for a restaurant.
Shea writes:
The pair, who have been partners in the successful The Root Restaurant & Bar in White Lake Township since it opened in 2011, will open 40-seat Mabel Gray later this summer at John R and Woodward Heights in the small blue collar city in southeast Oakland County.
The fare will be a truncated version of the Root’s traditional American offerings (along with Korean, Chaldean and Italian touches) that are Michigan-sourced, but with a farm-to-table menu that rotates much more often, Rigato told Crain’s on Thursday. It will have a full bar.