Roasted half-chicken comes with jicama and cabbage curtido (slaw), tortillas and rice for $17. See four other dishes below. (Photos: Metropolitan Variety Store)
The West Village neighborhood four miles east of downtown Detroit gains a "multipurpose" food business, as Metropolitan Variety Store calls itself.
The Agnes Street venture is run by the chefs behind Gold Cash Gold, a Corktown restaurant that folded last February. It starts with carryout and curbisde pickup of meals ordered online and will add a dining room, bar and adjacent grocery where Craft Work restaurant had been.
It's open fours days each week from mid-afternoon to 9 p.m. for now. Chefs Hailey Enszer and Brendon Edwards hope to start sit-down dining and bar service this spring "with a little luck," Eater Detroit editor Brenna Houck posts.
The Agnes Street location is between Parker and Van Dyke."I excited to be in the kitchen again and to be a part of the community," Enszer says. "We both got into this industry because we like cooking for people."
The menu includes eggplant or pork tortas, beef and roasted squash tortas, a vegan burrito, charred broccoli and beets salad, and two soups. (See four more photos below.)
The chefs and three partners await a license transfer from the Michigan Liquor Control Commission, according to Eater.
The basics:
- Address: 8047 Agnes St., between Parker Street and Van Dyke Avenue
- Hours: 3-9 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday
- Website: Online ordering
- Phone: (313) 469-0976
Photos from the kitchen:
Grilled broccoli and roasted beets with cheve goat cheese and spiced puffed rice ($5)
Crispy eggplant tortas with cilantro pesto and queso fresco, or braised achiote pork tortas ($11-$13)
Queso Fundido (bubbly cheese dip) with tortilla chips ($9)
