Detroit's London Chop House to reopen in early 2011, owners say

[Designerguy24]

One of the vanished names of Detroit's storied past is about to make a comeback

The London Chop House, a legendary downtown eatery that closed in 1991, will reopen early in 2011, owner Nico Gatzaros and his father, developer Ted Gatzaros, said Friday.
Located on the lower level of the Murphy-Telegraph Building at 155 Congress, the London Chop House long reigned as one of Detroit's A-list restaurants, drawing the powerful and well-to-do for its cuisine and attentive service.
"You're still going to get the great quality, but it's going to be much more reasonable" in terms of prices, Nico Gatzaros said Friday. He suggested entrees might run in the $25-$30 range.
"The place is truly just a gem down there. It just needed to be polished up," he said.
The Gatzaros family also owns and operates the popular Fishbone's restaurants, from which personnel will be drawn to staff the reopened London Chop House.
Nico Gatzaros described the new version of the restaurant as "just like it used to be ....Everything's going to be back to the old school." He said Friday that he hoped to open within 30 days.
Established in 1938 by the Gruber brothers, the old London Chop House went on to win numerous awards as one of America's top restaurants. Several notable chefs worked there, including Jimmy Schmidt, who later established the Rattlesnake Club restaurant in Detroit.
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