New York-based chef Andrew Carmellini has decided to plant a fried chicken joint called Penny Red's in the new Shinola Hotel on Woodward Avenue in downtown Detroit.
"We try to be unique sometimes in our offerings and didn’t want to bring another New York brand, so I’m going to open a little shop that does fried chicken and biscuits," Carmelini tells the Freep's Mark Kurlyandchik.
The restaurant is expected to open next spring.
The James Beard Award-winning chef's NoHo Hospitality Group is running all the downtown hotel's food and beverage operations for the hotel. One of his partners is Josh Pickard, a Huntington Woods native.
It will primarily be for carryout, with a few seats.
The hotel is expected to be open before the auto show in January.
