Boston-based celebrity chef Michael Schlow and his local partners in Japanese-inspired downtown Birmingham bistro Adachi have severed their ties.
Real estate developers Kenny Koza and Clint Mansour will continue operating the restaurant, which opened in August in the former Ford-Peabody mansion on South Old Woodward Avenue.
James Beard Foundation Award-winning Schlow and the Adachi partners "will amicably part ways to focus on separate new ventures," Schlow Restaurant Group and the Adachi owners said in a news release.
Executive Chef Lloyd Roberts will still run the kitchen and David Kraus will stay on as general manager, Koza said in the release.
Koza and Mansour will continue work on the pan-Asian Bloomfield Township restaurant they were set to open with Schlow, Zao Jun. It's expected to debut in early May, the release said.
Koza didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
Schlow, meanwhile, will turn toward incoming restaurants Prima in Washington, D.C., Time Out Market in Boston and Tico at Boston Logan International Airport. Last May, he closed his 3-year-old Greek tavern in Boston, Doretta Taverna and Raw Bar, the Boston Globe reported.
The chef has been on TV, including on "Top Chef Masters" and on the Food Network, and wrote the cookbook It's About Time: Great Recipes for Everyday Life.
The New York native said in the release that Schlow Restaurant Group is "proud" of its involvement and of the restaurant's food and service, but did not address the reason for the departure.
The 65-seat Adachi is an upscale Japanese-inspired restaurant at 325 S. Old Woodward Ave. with sushi, sashimi, Japanese grilled meats, and pan-Asian offerings such as ribs cooked with soy caramel and Korean-seasoned lamb chops. The name is an ode to the picturesque garden at the Adachi Museum of Art in Japan.
https://www.crainsdetroit.com/restaurants/celebrity-chef-michael-schlow-birmingham-restaurant-owners-cut-ties 2019-04-11 11:27:06Z
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