Michael Symon's Roast in downtown Detroit.
Finally! The present I’ve been looking forward to. When I told J I bought her tickets to a concert in Windsor, she suggested going to Roast for dinner. Her treat. I was so excited when I read an article that Iron Chef Michael Symon was opening a Detroit restaurant and when I saw the menu for it, I knew I had to go.
Roast is in downtown Detroit on the corner of Washington Boulevard and Michigan Avenue in the recently restored Westin Book-Cadillac hotel. The restaurant is on the bottom floor of the Washington Boulevard side. There is an entrance from the hotel, but there’s also a set of doors next to the hotel’s main entrance that lead directly into the restaurant.
We surprisingly found parking at a meter about a block away. Had we not, the choices looked to be very limited. I think I saw a self park on Michigan Avenue next to the hotel. There’s also a valet service if that’s more your thing.
We arrived at about 5:45 for a 6:15 reservation. We checked in with the matre’d figuring we were going to have to wait, but they actually seated us right away. Roast has a couple huge dining rooms. They are street level with huge windows looking out into downtown Detroit. The space is covered with dark, subdued colors with pops of light. From the dining room, you can see into the kitchen and you can watch the “Roast Beast of the Day” being slow roasted on a spit. We didn’t sit in the dining room. Instead, we were seated in the bar area which actually worked out really well. Read the rest of this entry »
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