IN THE NEWS: Real Detroit Weekly’s 10 Most Interesting Eateries list from Marc Mege and Travis R. Wright include: Govinda’s at the Fisher Mansion (383 Lenox St., Detroit) and Polish Village Café (2990 Yemans St., Hamtramck). … Mege also reviews  Chen Chow Brasserie (260 N. Old Woodward Avenue, Birmingham, MI). realdetroitweekly.com … The Free Press’s […]

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IN THE NEWS: The Detroit News’s Christine MacDonald reports that venerable Carl’s Chop House, a local landmark for more than 75 years, soon could convert into a combination steak house/strip club. Owner Frank Passalacqua has filed an application with the state for a topless permit. He says sagging business convinced him to consider making the […]

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IN THE NEWS: The Free Press’s Sylvia Rector reports that chef Eric Villegas has closed his Restaurant Villegas in Okemos after 12 years to devote more time to his nationally syndicated PBS show, “Fork in the Road with Eric Villegas,” and other projects, including promotional tours for the show’s companion cookbook published last year. … […]

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