'Iron Chef' holds soft opening for his new restaurant inside the reopened Book Cadillac Hotel

"Iron Chef" Michael Symon believes Detroit was a good fit for his new Roast, his new restaurant.

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Asked to compare working in Detroit to working in his hometown, Ferchill paused a moment and then said, "Doing a project like this takes people who have a real fortitude to them. It takes the kind who really want to take a chance. The leadership in Detroit knew they needed something that would energize the town. They want this to work."

"When they saw there was an opportunity for a big-time project like this, they went to the well and came up with the support. Cleveland doesn't have that kind of vision. It used to. Maybe it will again."

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