What Crepe may be exporting its French eats and Euro style from Royal Oak and Birmingham to Grosse Pointe by this summer.
If you’ve been around The Village lately you might have noticed a towering Eiffel Tower on a sign filling the window of the former Burger Pointe, a restaurant passing that some Grosse Pointers still lament. But there may be reason to move on--on to what might be the opposite of a burger joint: a creperie! The poster with the imposing tower speaks to passersby in French and English and invites them to experience What Crepe, a funky, Euro-inspired crepe restaurant now serving its savory- and sweet-filled delicacies in downtown Royal Oak and Birmingham. If a lease is signed as expected, says James V. Bellanca Jr., an attorney who oversees a family trust that owns this property and others in the Village, What Crepe could open this summer. …
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Bob Frapples
12:03 pm on Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Crepes are the the cupcake, I suspect there are going to be a billion places like this popping up everywhere and cupcake shops slowing going away. While I hop it (and any other new business in the Pointes) does well I hope it attracts it's own customer base and doesn't simply pull people from Good Girls. more ›