Detroit Shoreway Adds Two New Restaurants!

Following the success of restaurants opening up in the past twelve months, the Detroit Shoreway has added two new restaurants to it's menu. Marlin Kaplan (owner of One Walnut) has opened LUXE on Detroit Avenue near West 67th, and Pete Leneghan has opened Stone Mad at the corner of Herman Ave. and West 65th. Both restaurants have opened after a great deal of activity in the area began last year.

With the Detroit Shoreway Streetscape plan ready to commence, the Detroit Shoreway welcomed some new restaurants including: Latitude 41'N, Gypsy Beans & Baking Co., Dean's Hot Dogs, and Reddstone. Other businesses have also popped up along Detroit Avenue, but none quite as anticipated as LUXE and Stone Mad.

LUXE, which has already brought new life to a vacant location on Detroit Avenue, came in under the radar to many Clevelanders. The exterior windows are decorated with white poetic words in varying fonts creating a very "Sex in the City"-like appearance. The vertical banners also create a feeling a excitement and vibrance along the sidewalk. The menu is simple and fresh with few items reaching the $20 price point. Marlin decided that this neighborhood restaurant would be more comfortable in both atmosphere and pricing than his nationally acclaimed location downtown. “You don’t have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces, just good food from fresh ingredients.”

Stone Mad, which we've watched develop, stone by stone, at the corner of West 65th and Herman, has lived up to its hype. Pete Leneghan, co-owner of the Treehouse in Tremont, along with his partners worked tirelessly over the past couple years replacing almost every apsect of the restaurant from the basement to the roof to the stone patio (which includes stone tables and chairs). The restaurant, which no doubt has the charm of an authentic Irish Pub (no, really... people who've lived in Ireland vouched for it), carries with it an upscale atmosphere and terrific menu designed by former Sage owner Michael Fadel. Stone Mad also boasts an indoor bocce court which is greatly appealing to the residents of the west-side Italian neighborhood that surrounds the restaurant.

Both of these restaurants are great additions to the Detroit Shoreway and Cleveland as a whole. For years people have enjoyed strolling through Tremont and Ohio City for good neighborhood dining. It appears that the Detroit Shoreway neighborhood is well on its way to offering an ambiance that's just as wonderful.

Photos courtesty of LuxeCleveland.blogspot.com and Cleveland.com.