Pronto! Gets a New Team
It鈥檚 off into the sunset for former Pronto! owners Jim Domanski, Tom Murray, and Bill Thomas. After 23 years, they鈥檝e sold their domain on Royal Oak鈥檚 Washington Avenue to Greg Cooksey, Lindsay Edmonstone, and Nicole Nassif. Managing partner Nassif says they plan to keep the menu pretty much as it is and do some updating of the d茅cor 鈥
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Moveable Feast
Matt Baldridge has left the executive chef post at downtown鈥檚 Cliff Bell鈥檚 to ride the pop-up restaurant wave. He鈥檚 teamed with artist Janna Coumoundouros and musician/film maker Derek John of the Storefront Gallery in Ferndale to form . The communal dinners are on Monday evenings at a variety of locations including the Storefront Gallery 鈥
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Glasses Half Full
There isn鈥檛 an oyster in sight at Ale Mary鈥檚, now completely separate from its sibling, Tom鈥檚 Oyster Bar in Royal Oak, where the proprietors decided to carve the space in half to make room for a completely beer-centric menu at 316 S. Main St. Chef Geoffrey Woodman makes the sausages that star on the menu along with burgers, Scotch eggs, and beer-glazed whitefish. Does the word sturdy come to mind? All of this is accompanied, of course, by a gaggle of craft beers 鈥
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Diamonds for Diamond Jim鈥檚 鈥楽aloon鈥
Next month marks the third anniversary of Diamond Jim Brady鈥檚 Bistro鈥檚 move into its handsome quarters in Novi Town Center. But in December comes the real milestone, when the 鈥渟aloon鈥 established by the late Jim Brady in Detroit hits its diamond anniversary of 60 years. It鈥檚 now in the hands of the original Jim鈥檚 daughter-in-law, Mary Brady, and her business partner and chef Sharon Juergens.
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