Thursday, September 8, 2011

[Real Detroit Weekly] Detroit Seafood Market

Photo by Nicole Rupersburg.

"The Detroit Seafood Market was originally called the Detroit Fish Market when it first opened in 2009, but after a dramatic turn of events with previous ownership, the restaurant was bought out by new owner Kenny Akinwale in partnership with the former chef of the Fish Market, Leonardo Vulagi. They also brought the old General Manager Theodore Oresky back on board, and the powerhouse that built the restaurant's strong reputation was reunited once again to do it a second time.

''We spent the first four months reestablishing the brand,' Oresky explains – in other words, there was some damage control to be done. But they just celebrated their one-year anniversary as the Seafood Market, and business is even more bumpin' than ever..."

Read the rest of the story here.

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