Fountain Bistro at Campus Martius Park is officially open for business. The breakfast menu includes quiche, breakfast burritos, waffles, New York bagels, fruit and pastries; for lunch, it offers soups and salads, flat-bread pizza and a variety of panini. Food is sourced from Eastern Market and Avalon International Breads in Midtown, and Italian Lavazza Coffee is served.
The 2,500 square-foot restaurant seats 50 inside, and 50 on its patio for full-service dine-in; carryout and delivery via Rock Dove Couriers is also available. Hours are Monday through Friday 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Sunday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. There is a free Wi-Fi connection. Call 313-237-7778.
Read more about Fountain Bistro
here.
On E. Jefferson just west of Belle Isle, the
Sunday Dinner Co. is open and has been serving homemade Southern comfort food for just about a month now.
The restaurant is buffet-style -- but, in a break from the norm, food is served to diners by waitstaff. All of the restaurant's employees are graduates of Goodwill Industries' "Flip the Script" program -- just one of the ways Sunday Dinner Co. is "more than just a restaurant," as Model D learned when we
wrote about the restaurant back in March.
Sunday Dinner Co. is located at 6470 E. Jefferson in a historic post offce; call 313-877-9255. Hours are Wednesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturday from noon to 9 p.m.; and Sunday from noon to 8 p.m. Although the restaurant is closed on Monday and Tuesday, the staff is still at work in the kitchen, providing food to the needy in conjunction with Forgotten Harvest. Buffet lunch costs $10; buffet dinner is $13 Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, and $15 Friday and Sunday.
Corktown's venerable rock 'n' roll pub,
PJ's Lager House, has opened a full kitchen, making use of the space that was historically just that. Soups, dressing and breading from scratch elevate it from "just bar food" status, as does its vegetarian offerings -- like the Julian portobello burger -- and gluten-free chicken fingers. Just in case your tastes run to the traditional, there are burgers, fries and onion rings to be had.
The kitchen is open Monday through Friday 11 a.m. to midnight and Saturdays from 5 p.m. to midnight. PJ's Lager House is located at 1254 Michigan Avenue; call 313-961-4668.
Read more about the bar and owner P.J. Ryder
here.
Writer: Kelli B. Kavanaugh
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