Crain's Detroit Business is reporting that the Vinsetta Garage has been bought and will reopen as a restaurant after it gets rezoning/planning approval from the City of Berkley.

http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article...UB01/308149981

Excerpts are below:

Expect the outside to look the same for the Vinsetta Garage restaurant, but the interior will be gutted, said Curt Catallo, leading the effort to create the restaurant.

"Its days as a garage are over," he said. "A restaurant is a great way to preserve a building and a legacy, and give it a new use and value for the community."

Catallo isn't new to restaurants; he's run the Clarkston Union Bar & Kitchen in Clarkston since 1995 and the Union Woodshop barbecue restaurant, also in Clarkston.

A 50-50 investor in the business with Catallo is KC Crain, vice president and group publisher with Detroit-based Crain Communications Inc., parent company of Crain's Detroit Business.

Crain, an auto enthusiast and publisher of the sports car magazine Autoweek, said it's crucial to preserve the building's auto heritage as much as possible.

"This is a historic landmark," Crain said. "Both of us are excited about keeping this alive and preserving the history."