Uni Udon Carbonara (Facebook photo)
The noodle seems to be king these days.
The hip ramen-centric Johnny Noodle King opened on Fort Street in Detroit in 2014. Fromt the very beginning there were lines. Lines can be seen daily at Urban Ramen restaurant at 4206 Woodward Ave. in Detroit's Midtown. And now, Corktown’s popular noodle bar Ima expands to a second location in Madison Heights this fall, Brenna Houck of Eater Detroit reports:
The restaurant team including chef Mike Ransom has yet to reveal the specific location of the new outpost, but a release notes that the property will include “ample” free parking and freeway access.
“Madison Heights is a food haven for chefs and diners with its wealth of incredible Asian markets and restaurants,” Ransom says in a release. “The Ima team is really excited to become a part of the community.” Ransom tells Eater that he and the Ima team frequent Madison Heights during the week while shopping for restaurant supplies and through relationships with realtors in the area came across the new space.
At 2,500 square feet, the new as-of-yet-unnamed address is a lease and will have a larger footprint than Ima in Detroit and will seat roughly 65 customers. Ima in Madison Heights will have a similar minimalist aesthetic to the original location with a mixture of counter seating and small booths, and tables made from maple butcher block.
