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| drinks | sweets
Stop By
And Sip
Try the Royce, wine bar
and retail shop,
in Downtown Detroit.
BY REISA SHANAMAN | Special to the Jewish News
PHOTOS BY JUSTIN WEINER | BWArchitects
S
tirred by the city’s “indescribable spirit … artist community
and culinary scene,” Angela Rutherford made the move
home to Michigan from New York City once her attention—
and inspiration — shifted from the Big Apple back to the
Motor City.
“All the artists and creativity left New York when it became unaf-
fordable,” she says.
Originally from Lapeer, Rutherford relocated to open her first
business. A wine bar and retail shop, the Royce is located on the
ground floor of the Kales Building at the corner of Park Avenue and
West Adams, directly across from Grand Circus Park in Downtown
Detroit.
Recognizing a “lack of amenities other cities have in a downtown
scene,” she intends her shop to be an inclusive addition to the local
residents, rather than a “Downtown destination” for those who
dwell outside of the city’s confines.
Stepping inside the bright space on a sunny afternoon evokes the
feeling of entering someone’s spotless, welcoming and well-adorned
home. The décor a nod to Detroit’s Art Deco and industrial past, as
well as the era of “hedonism, philosophy, writing and telecommu-
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