New Order Coffee Roasters and Grey Ghost Take a Shot at 'Cursed?' Crystal Lofts

[Lowell]

The Crystal Lofts Building, site two spectacularly failed specialty grocery ventures, has two new businesses opening soon. Over the years some of my cohorts have mused over what we called 'cursed sites', sites were business after business failed. Wondering and hoping not, that this site won't become one.

Our original cursed site was nicknamed the 'Curse of the Tartar House', the current Byblos Cafe and Grill on Palmer just off Cass, which back in the day was called the Tartar House after then then WSU sports team name the Tartars, regrettably changed to the blander name Warriors. Restaurant after restaurant would open and fail. Same for the current site of the HopCat, fka Agave, Stewart's, Alexander's, Gregory's... Any other cursed sites in your memory?

Anyway, about the new ventures...

[QUOTE]New Order Coffee Roasters, a company specializing in small batch roasting, is scheduled to open in Midtown this winter. The roastery's first café will be located on the main floor of Midtown's Crystal Loft Building adjacent to the soon-to-open restaurant, Grey Ghost Detroit.[
From Crain's Detroit Business >>
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Third times a charm? With the Qline opening and the soon to be occupied The Scott at Brush Park apartments adjacent maybe its critical mass has arrived.

[Mikefive]

Hey Lowell,
Another cursed site - 1045 Brush, site of Benningan's, Sweet Georgia Brown and Detroit Cheesecake Bistro.

[chitaku]

also the Kales building Storrfronts and the old Proof,Hard Luck Lounge site very cursed!

[royce]

Didn't know that the Grey Ghost had opened. It's odd to me that they are in the back of the building as opposed to the front with the big windows to show people that there's a business there. I only knew that it was open from seeing the amount of cars parking on Watson Street. Now, is the coffee place going to take up the full front of the building or is there room for a third business?