Detroit chef Maxcel Hardy is busy these days trying to accomplish the seemingly impossible – opening three restaurants within the coming year.
That includes River Bistro, a Caribbean-style comfort food restaurant targeting an Aug. 1 opening on Grand River near Fenkell; COOP, a fast casual Caribbean-Asian chicken restaurant planned for the Detroit Shipping Co. shipping container development in the Cass Corridor that will open later this year; and Honey, a full-service Afro-Caribbean restaurant in the arena district slated for a 2018 opening.
The Freep gets into detail about Hardy’s plans, his journey, and his mission of opening more doors for black chefs.
This article appears in Jul 12-18, 2017.
