  Lodgedodger Member Username: Lodgedodger Post Number: 455 Registered: 05-2008 |
Anyone live in this area? What is it like? | ||
Quinn Member Username: Quinn Post Number: 1668 Registered: 01-2005 |
Complete Shithole. Ahem...funny joke. Fantastic area. Ranges from expensive mansions (like on Parker) to bohemian coolness. I love West Village and WISH WISH WISH someone would reopen the harleQUINN. Hello! | ||
Lodgedodger Member Username: Lodgedodger Post Number: 457 Registered: 05-2008 |
You know...the Harlequin, first time I drove by the place, I thought it would be a great place for a casual menu and drinks. A little neighborhood place... Thanks for the info, Quinn. You're in Indian Village, yes? | ||
Texorama Member Username: Texorama Post Number: 264 Registered: 12-2006 |
What happened to the owner of the Harlequin? I liked his laid-back attitude and just in general thought it was a good place for a splurge. Is he cooking anywhere in the area these days? Sorry to threadjack--if there's major interest I'll start a new thread. | ||
Terryh Member Username: Terryh Post Number: 935 Registered: 11-2006 |
Very quaint out ot the way place, the Harlequinn. Took a bike ride through the area. | ||
Pkbroch Member Username: Pkbroch Post Number: 94 Registered: 02-2008 |
There was an apartment called The Parkhurst?? They had a resturaunt called The Royal Eagle, it was open in the 1980"s and early 90"s. it was owned by the people who owned Under The Eagle. It Was in east village. Does anyone remember this place, it was linen table cloths and great food. | ||
Lodgedodger Member Username: Lodgedodger Post Number: 462 Registered: 05-2008 |
Bump | ||
Gary Member Username: Gary Post Number: 337 Registered: 02-2004 |
Pkbroch...The apartment building that housed the Royal Eagle was the Parkstone (the building also houses the Harlequin). the Parkhurst is across the street. I lived in the Parkstone for 3 years from '79 to '92...great building, great neighborhood. | ||
Detroitnerd Member Username: Detroitnerd Post Number: 3130 Registered: 07-2004 |
I think it has a nicer mix of grand houses, nice apartment buildings and humbler edifices, whereas nearby Indian Village is all homes of the grandest style. | ||
56packman Member Username: 56packman Post Number: 2424 Registered: 12-2005 |
Quote: There was an apartment called The Parkhurst?? They had a resturaunt called The Royal Eagle, it was open in the 1980"s and early 90"s. it was owned by the people who owned Under The Eagle. It Was in east village. Does anyone remember this place, it was linen table cloths and great food. The building is the Parkstone apartments, a nice apartment building, at least it was in the 80s when friends lived there. The Eagle specialized in gourmet Polish food "from between the two wars" The interior of the restaurant was like going back into the 1920s. I miss that place. (Message edited by 56packman on August 29, 2008) | ||
Pkbroch Member Username: Pkbroch Post Number: 95 Registered: 02-2008 |
Is the Harlequin closed now and if so for how long. | ||
Pkbroch Member Username: Pkbroch Post Number: 96 Registered: 02-2008 |
Is the Harlequin closed now and if so for how long. | ||
Lodgedodger Member Username: Lodgedodger Post Number: 468 Registered: 05-2008 |
I believe it is closed, Pk. | ||
Lodgedodger Member Username: Lodgedodger Post Number: 469 Registered: 05-2008 |
How is security in the West Village? | ||
Chow Member Username: Chow Post Number: 495 Registered: 10-2003 |
The Harlequin closed maybe a week after I moved to West Village. Let me see, this must have been in late August/early September of 2005. | ||
Rone Member Username: Rone Post Number: 5 Registered: 06-2008 |
I moved there a year ago from Grosse Pointe. The neighborhood is really nice. DSS does security patrols in West and Indian village. There is a home tour of the houses for sale next month and the wheel house has a bicycle tour of the neighborhoods schedule the same day. If you are interested, come check it out. | ||
Quinn Member Username: Quinn Post Number: 1670 Registered: 01-2005 |
Yes Lodgerdodger. We're on seminole right around the corner from Harlequinn and loved the proximity and atmosphere, if not the service, of that place. | ||
Quinn Member Username: Quinn Post Number: 1671 Registered: 01-2005 |
Texorama, we saw him at Rumors just this week actually. Didn't speak to him, but he was next to us at the bar pitching some business idea to someone. I never liked Sherman and blame him for that place closing. It was hard to support a place with such shitty service. Seriously...never had anyone who knew how to make drinks, food took FOREVER to get and was expensive. I mean he couldn't even figure out how to keep the bar stocked. Terrible. If I had any money to spare, I'd reopen with a chef and trained wait staff . bartenders. It has/had a great name and reputation...that alone would make it worth a shot. Anyone looking? Seriously it's a great opportunity. | ||
Pkbroch Member Username: Pkbroch Post Number: 98 Registered: 02-2008 |
There is a very respected travel web site called trip advisor. On Their Detroit guide under restaurants it lists Harlequin with a review in December 2007. I have attached a link below. I do not think their reviews are accurate and up to date. Check it out, I am a member and have been complaining about this for several months. Let me know. http://www.tripadvisor.com/Res taurant_Review-g42139-d389944- Reviews-Harlequin_Cafe-Detroit _Michigan.html | ||
Lodgedodger Member Username: Lodgedodger Post Number: 470 Registered: 05-2008 |
Too bad we can't all go in together and start the place up...the area needs a good neighborhood gathering place. | ||
Neilr Member Username: Neilr Post Number: 787 Registered: 06-2005 |
Perhaps 15 years ago, a professional group that I belonged to made arrangements for a luncheon at the Harlequin. There were ±25 of us and we arrived promptly at the appointed time. 21/2 hours later, the last of us finally were served their meals. The food, IIRC, was delicately prepared; but the wait and Sherman's extremely rude behavior negated any good feelings about the food. What should have been an enjoyable event for us, was without doubt the worst "fine dining" experience our group ever had. What should have been an opportunity for Sherman to showcase his restaurant and food to a large group of professional Detroiters was a public relations disaster for him. After that experience, I knew I'd never return to the Harlequin. | ||
Sknutson Member Username: Sknutson Post Number: 1183 Registered: 03-2004 |
Ah, West Village. I lived on Parker in the early 1980's, on the top floor of the house right next to the Parkhurst. West Village is what made me fall in love with the potential that is Detroit. | ||
Quinn Member Username: Quinn Post Number: 1672 Registered: 01-2005 |
Pkbroch...a perfect reason to take it over. It's still listed in guides like these. amazing. All that word of mouth for free. | ||
Quinn Member Username: Quinn Post Number: 1673 Registered: 01-2005 |
Neilr totally know what you're talking about. It amazes me it stayed open for so long. He was always rude. When he was talking at the bar the other night I had to keep rolling my eyes. | ||
Sumas Member Username: Sumas Post Number: 246 Registered: 01-2008 |
The place was great before Sherman bought it. We have several Friends in West Village. Their houses are beautiful. | ||
Billybbrew Member Username: Billybbrew Post Number: 335 Registered: 07-2005 |
Representing Saint Paul Street here. Not been there long, but have had friends there for years and they have always spoken very highly of West Village prompting my move there. | ||
1805 Member Username: 1805 Post Number: 92 Registered: 03-2007 |
Live in West Village and LOVE it. We have our community garden (Shipherd Greens!), great racial and economic diversity of neighbors, and proximity (river, belle isle, indian village and downtown)... My favorite niche. | ||
Billybbrew Member Username: Billybbrew Post Number: 336 Registered: 07-2005 |
1805, Drop me a note at "MyUserName"@aol.com. I have a question about the Greens... | ||
Lodgedodger Member Username: Lodgedodger Post Number: 488 Registered: 05-2008 |
1805, where is the Shipherd Greens? | ||
Dorothyd Member Username: Dorothyd Post Number: 49 Registered: 09-2007 |
Anyone remember Benno's? The best Beef Wellington. | ||
Gary Member Username: Gary Post Number: 338 Registered: 02-2004 |
Dorothyd...I remember Benno's (the restaurant) and Benno (the owner) very well. He was quite a character and his restaurant was one of the best in the city. As I recall, he moved the place out to the 'burbs several years ago after I moved out of the neighborhood. I lost touch with him after that. | ||
Crew Member Username: Crew Post Number: 1453 Registered: 02-2004 |
Benno had a place in Royal Oak for a time then moved to the Harbor Springs area. I believe he has since passed away. Great guy and quite a character! | ||
Crew Member Username: Crew Post Number: 1454 Registered: 02-2004 |
Didn't he also have a place in Harmonie Park area for a while after he left the Agnes St. location? | ||
Rone Member Username: Rone Post Number: 6 Registered: 06-2008 |
Shipherd Greens is on the corner of Shipherd and Agnes. | ||
Dougw Member Username: Dougw Post Number: 2157 Registered: 11-2003 |
If you are at all curious about the homes for sale in West Village, come to the "Living in the V" Villages Real Estate Open House on Saturday, Sept 27! There will be a number of open houses in West Village, Indian Village and the rest of the "Villages" area, neighborhood presentations, and also a realtor-guided tour of bank-owned fixer-upper homes for sale. The event is at the aforementioned Parkstone Apartments at Parker & Agnes: http://www.thevillagesofdetroi t.org/events.php |
