54 | DECEMBER 7 • 2023 J
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he magnificently 
restored Book Tower 
in Downtown Detroit 
boasts a new French restaurant 
on the ground 
floor that harkens 
back to the city’s 
1920s heyday. 
Step inside Le 
Supreme Detroit 
for dinner and 
drinks and 
you’ll encounter 
an intimate, 
welcoming space. With 

windows framed by café 
curtains fronting Washington 
Boulevard (at the corner of 
Grand River Avenue), the room 
features colors of forest green, 
oxblood, brown and honey. 
Guests are treated to warm 
expanses of wood, including 
some mismatched wooden 
chairs; amber lights in different 
shapes; blinds; outlined sections 
of a swirl-patterned tiled marble 
floor; trumpet-flower tile 
borders; and framed pictures 
and posters, including nods to 

hometown Motown group The 
Supremes. Fresh-baked bread 
loaves and bottles of wine are 
displayed in different areas.
Le Supreme was designed 
to feel comfortable and look 
“like a restaurant that’s been 
around for the last 70-75 years,
” 
said Scott Sadoff, Method Co.
’s 
director of operations. Mission 
accomplished.
Method Co., headquartered 
in Philadelphia, handles the 
food and beverage operations 
at Book Tower, partnering 

with building owner Bedrock. 
Method describes itself as a 
“vertically integrated real estate 
management, development 
and design company rooted in 
hospitality.
”
Mortgage guru Dan Gilbert’s 
Bedrock is the largest real estate 
developer in Downtown Detroit 
with more than 100 properties. 
Bedrock faced a tremendous 
challenge after purchasing the 
Book Tower in 2015 because 
the Italian Renaissance-style 
building, vacant since 2009, was 

NOSH
OUT TO EAT

Scott Sadoff pilots a new restaurant, 
Le Supreme Detroit, in Downtown’s 
restored Book Tower. 

French Dining 
 
 
 Supreme

Esther 
Allweiss 
Ingber 
Contributing 
Writer

