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Detroit
Cheesecake
Bistro
Opens
Doors in
Greektown
Restaurateur,
La-Van
Hawkins,
To Bring
Experience
Back to
Detroit
DETROIT
- The
Detroit
Cheesecake
Bistro
will
open its
doors
this
Friday,
September
28, 2012
at 7:30
a.m. The
establishment
is
restaurateur,
La-Van
Hawkins'
attempt
to bring
back the
fine
dining
experience
to
Detroit
with
affordable
pricing.
The
restaurant
concept
came
from
Hawkins
and
partner,
David
Tomkin
seeing a
void in
the
Detroit
market
for
supplant
culinary
breakfast
creations;
it soon
expanded
into a
full
menu.
The
Bistro's
theme is
"One
taste
and
you're
ours. We
are
second
to
none."
The
company
expects
to
generate
approximately
$2-2.5
million
in taxes
for the
city,
and has
created
125
jobs.
The
Detroit
Cheesecake
Bistro
creates
the
ultimate,
affordable
dining
experience.
The menu
features
Detroit-themed
menu
items
and an
extensive
selection
of
breakfast/brunch
offerings.
Some
include:
• The
Coleman
Young®:
Two
fried
Gulf
shrimp,
fried
catfish,
cheese
grits
and two
eggs any
style.
•
La-Van's
"Sweet
Georgia
Browns"
Crab and
Shrimp
Cakes:
Two mini
cakes
molded
with
jumbo
lump
Blue
Crab and
shrimp
with a
spicy
avocado
and red
pepper
coulis.
• The
Detroiter:
16oz
Certified
USDA
Choice
Black
Angus
bone-in
Rib-Eye
finished
with
lemon
butter
and
roasted
garlic
lump
crab
meat.
• Sweet
Georgia
Brown,
Fried
Lobster
Tails:
Tempura
fried
twin
lobster
tails,
served
with
drawn
butter
and
spicy
remoulade.
Photo by
Thomas
Richardson/Tell
Us
Detroit
There is
also a
"Lighten
My Day"
Menu
which
features
10 items
with
less
than 600
calories.
Additionally,
there
are six
gluten-free
options
available.
The
Bistro's
hours of
operation
are:
Monday -
Thursday
7:30
a.m. -11
p.m.;
Friday/Saturday
4 a.m. -
11:30
p.m.
(breakfast
4 a.m. -
11:30
p.m. ,
dinner
5-11:30
p.m.);
and
Sunday 8
a.m. - 5
p.m. The
Bistro
also
features
live
Jazz
Monday-Saturday
evenings,
and
Sunday
Gospel
Brunch11
a.m. -
5. For
more
details
and to
see the
Bistro's
full
menu, go
to:
http://www.cheesecakebistro.net
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