Highland Park with its trove of historic district arts and crafts homes and central location astride Woodward has to be in line to be the next hot spot as development and recovery spreads north of Grand Blvd. and resurgence in Boston-Edison continues.

Here is news of a glimmer of that possibility.

Name: woodward bar and grille.jpg Views: 1109 Size: 72.8 KB

"[I]t’s been decades since anyone can remember a bar in Highland Park. That is changing tonight with the official opening of Woodward Ave. Bar & Grille.

"George Smith is one of the managers of the establishment. He says the upscale sports bar and music venue will fill a void in Highland Park.

“It means that our people, people in the community, don’t have to go downtown to have somewhere nice to sit and have a drink or listen to some music,” said Smith.

"Woodward Ave. Bar & Grille [[not to be confused with an iconic Detroit gay bar of a similar name) is owned by Lawrence J. Johnson, a longtime Highland Parker and crane operator at U.S. Steel. He bought the building in 2017 and did most most of the renovations himself."

Full article here