Southern-style beer hall known for its fried chicken headed to Woodward and Mack

**Airforceguy** · August-23-23, 07:09 PM

The swath of Midtown south of Mack Avenue is set to get another restaurant.Cincinnati-based Thunderdome Restaurant Group plans to bring its Southern-style eatery The Eagle Food & Beer Hall to Detroit on Sept. 8. Located at to 3461 Woodward Ave., the restaurant will be a few blocks north of Thunderdome's Bakersfield Tacos, which opened in 2017.
The new Woodward storefront will be Thunderdome's seventh Eagle location, joining spots in Cincinnati, Columbus, Indianapolis, Louisville, Charlotte, Pittsburgh and Oxmoor, Ky.
The menu focuses on house-brined, hand-dredged fried chicken, as well as sandwiches, salads and other comfort food sides. It also serves a variety of craft beer.

"We felt so much love from the city after opening Bakersfield, and we always knew we wanted to bring a second concept to the area," Joe Lanni, co-founder of Thunderdome Restaurant Group, said in a statement.
The Eagle's name and design draws inspiration from the restaurant's original location inside a defunct post office in Cincinnati. The Detroit location will feature a large bar and an abundance of seating, ownership said.

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**DetroitSoldier** · August-24-23, 04:14 AM

We went to the one in Indianapolis recently. They have a very limited menu, but everything on it is excellent. The beer selection is extensive and locally focused and had plenty of high quality options.

**stasu1213** · August-24-23, 09:03 AM

Will this be in the former Starbucks location

**masterblaster** · August-24-23, 10:16 AM

Originally Posted by stasu1213

Will this be in the former Starbucks location

No, based on the 3461 Woodward address, this establishment is setting up shop in the [[ugly) 5-story mixed-use building called Woodward West. They have been building out a large restaurant space in the 1st floor retail space and a salon just opened in one of the storefronts.

**Henry Whalley** · August-24-23, 12:28 PM

Never ate fried chicken heads.

**JonWylie** · August-24-23, 03:10 PM

Excited for this, but a tiny bit disappointed because I think this was originally announced as a second location to Kuzzo's, which would have been awesome.

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