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Potential
Birmingham
Bistros

T

Ryan
Fishman

hree timely proposals for 2017
bistro licenses were submit-
ted to the Birmingham City
Commission this month, though only
two are up for grabs.
Kenny Koza of Group 10
Management in Farmington Hills
(a rapidly growing hospitality and
real estate company) wants to open
Adachi on the main floor of the his-
toric 1878 Ford-Peabody Mansion on
South Old Woodward. The “high-end
casual restaurant” would be an Asian-
style bistro, catering to families but
offering prime meats and produce.
Also, Curt Catallo has had plenty
of success with Clarkston’s Union
Woodshop and Berkley’s Vinsetta
Garage, and now the restaurateur
wants to refurbish a former bus garage
in the rail district and build a family-
style restaurant offering traditional
American cuisine (2159 Lincoln).
He envisions Lincoln Yard as hav-
ing both rooftop and outdoor seating
space.
Catallo remains locked in a battle
with the city of Berkley over a lack of

parking at the popular auto-themed
restaurant on Woodward.
The final application came from
Whole Foods, hoping to build a
bistro space in its location currently
under construction at the corner of
Maple and Eton Roads (2100 E.
Maple). Construction won’t wrap for
another year at the site, with the high-
end grocer relocating from its current
space just a few blocks east in Troy,
at the corner of Maple and Coolidge.
There’s a $15 million carve out in their
budget for the bistro, which would
offer beer, wine and casual fare.
The City Commission, for good
reason, can be picky — there were no
2016 bistro licenses granted despite
a handful of applicants who had sub-
mitted proposals. If any of the 2017
licenses are awarded, the owners can
then apply for a Class C liquor license
from the state. The proposals will now
head to the Birmingham planning
board for vetting. Public hearings will
follow, before a final vote on which
applications to grant, if any.

It’s the season for the
Franklin Cider Mill.

QUICK TAKES
This month we say goodbye to Cosi¸
the company filed for Chapter 11 bank-
ruptcy in late September and has since
closed its three remaining Michigan
restaurant locations in Southfield,
Farmington Hills and East Lansing.
But, we say hello to a new Starbucks
location in Bloomfield Hills at the
northwest corner of Maple and
Telegraph roads. The new location is
now open with a drive-through — not
to be confused with the Starbucks at
the southwest corner of the same inter-
section (adjacent to Steve’s Deli and
Trader Joe’s).
There’s been no official comment
on the fate of that location, though the
Seattle-based company has plenty to
say about Michigan’s first Starbucks
Reserve location opening (by sheer
coincidence alone) in the former Cosi
space at Maple and Old Woodward in
Birmingham (101 N. Old Woodward).
Oh, and did I mention that’s also
directly across the street from another
Starbucks?
The erratic weather might have you

confused, but it’s definitely fall, and
that means the Franklin Cider Mill
is open for the season (7450 Franklin
Road). Its storefront and mill operations
run weekdays from 7 a.m. until 6:30
p.m. Saturdays and Sundays it’s open at
8 a.m. It will also be open Thanksgiving
Day, from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m., but that
doesn’t mean you should wait. Hot
donuts and fresh cider are only around
through Nov. 27.

MAZEL TOV …
To Brett Barash and Dakota Sherman
on their marriage.
To Mallorie Gordon and Joshua
Felsenfeld on their marriage.
To Aric and Jon Klar, on the opening
of their fourth Toyology location in
Rochester Hills (208 N. Adams Road).
To Jonathan Schwartz, on joining
the litigation practice group of law firm
Foster Swift Collins & Smith, PC.
And happy birthday to Ethan
Davidson, Ron Elkus, Wendy Fields,
Danielle Kroll, Lisa Lis and Gabe
Scharg.

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52 October 20 • 2016

