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Westborn Collaborates with Marais Chef for Plymouth Bistro

The bistro and market will be located in the former Plymouth Post Office; acclaimed Marais chef collaborating on menu.

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PLYMOUTH, MI – Westborn Market plans to open a new 90-seat bistro in Plymouth’s former Post Office this spring in collaboration with the chef at the highly acclaimed Marais restaurant in Grosse Pointe.

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Westborn Market — which features specialty meat, cheese, and beer and wine departments — also has locations in Dearborn, Livonia and Berkley. The Plymouth location will be smaller than the others, but the first with a restaurant, The Detroit News reports.

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Twenty of the seats will be located inside the bistro, the other 70 on a patio. Beer and wine will be available immediately, and alcohol should be available fall with approval of a liquor license, Westborn publicist Kathy Vargo told the newspaper.

The former post office is “a cool, historical building and Westborn has worked with the city to preserve it,” Vargo said.

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David Gilbert, the chef at Marais, won’t be leaving the Grosse Pointe restaurant. Rather, the Plymouth bistro will be run by two sous chefs.

Image credit: Westborn Market Facebook page

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