Fun Fact: The city’s first “agri-alley”, located in the North End, will have a grand opening Saturday.
Hey, it’s JB!
I was sipping on cold brew at one of my regular coffee spots the other day when I overheard that the owners of the former Chung’s restaurant in Detroit’s Cass Corridor are still looking for tenants.
The building housed the famous Chung’s Cantonese Cuisine before it closed in 2000. The property sat vacant and became dilapidated before the current owners bought it in 2023 and began renovations.
Work on the building completed earlier this spring, the owners told me, and said they’ve had “a lot of interest” from potential tenants, but haven’t found the right fit yet. The goal is to have Asian food businesses fill the space to honor the legacy of the building and historic Chinatown.
While I was working on this story I came across several other happenings coming up related to Chinatown like the first Chinatown block party and a second street sign unveiling.
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JB
- Michigan will still offer food assistance for kids this summer, even amid federal discussions to cut funding.
- Belle Isle’s The Chicken Coupe is serving hot chicken tenders, not urinal cakes, despite viral social media posts.
- Minus 320 is scooping its last swirl of nitrogen ice cream at Detroit Shipping Co. June 8.
- Refuge Place is hosting its second annual fishing pole giveaway for youth.
- Eastern Market is fundraising for $16 million to tear down Shed 4 and turn it into a two-story building.
- FBI agents say a Chinese scholar at the University of Michigan tried to smuggle a biological pathogen into the U.S. that can devastate wheat, barley, maize and rice.
- Detroit SOUP is hosting a citywide small business pitch competition June 26 at the E. Warren Community Kitchen.
- A Detroit-filmed eating competition “Gotta Eat” is casting for Season 3.
- Fishing Fun Day is coming up June 7 – activities, giveaways, and fishing off the pier at the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge.
- A Muslim family has filed a civil rights complaint accusing Domino’s of food tampering and Islamophobia.
- Supino Pizzeria is opening its third location, in Beverly Hills, MI.
- A Grand Rapid’s distillery has created “Asparagin”, a gin made from asparagus.
- The third annual Collard Green Cook-off is now accepting grower sign-ups.
Pop-ups:
The weekly schedule of pop-ups, food events and more. Click on the calendar below created by Bekah Galang.
- Detroit Brew-ti-ful is hiring a barista.
- SavannahBlue is hiring a food runner.
- Atwater Brewery is hiring a line cook.
- Detroit Food Academy is accepting applications for the Youth Empowerment Board. (unpaid)
