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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