Downtown Royal Oak's new Gemmayze Lebanese Kitchen and Lounge wasn't intended to be your grandfather's kind of Lebanese restaurant, says co-owner Elias Hajjar, 30, who opened the chic new spot in early May with his cousin, Nicholas Aubrey, 31.
"We wanted to create not only a menu that exemplified what's happening in Beirut and Lebanon right now, but we wanted to re-create the atmosphere. So the colors on the walls and ceiling are light and very clean and refreshing, and the menu...
By Bobby Borman
My husband, Leonard, and I frequent many Mediterranean restaurants around Metro Detroit, but Gemmayze, South Main Street in Royal Oak, is refreshingly unique. The atmosphere and decor are more modern than I am used to seeing. It has a good mix of traditional and modern pieces such as booths lined with Persian... and artwork made of blue and aqua glass.
But while Gemmayze does not look like your typical Lebanese restaurant, the food is undoubtedly made by...
The space at 310 S. Main in downtown Royal Oak had been dark for two years — until last month. A restaurant with the enigmatic name Gemmayze took over the two-story premises (once Small Plates). It offers a contemporary Lebanese menu in a handsomely renovated interior with ivory-painted walls and not a hint of beads or brass.
Gemmayze — it's the name of a popular entertainment district in Beirut — offers many familiar Lebanese dishes, but also widens the scope by adding mainstream...
The new Lebanese food restaurant and lounge will host a dinner tonight in celebration of its arrival on Main Street in downtown Royal Oak.
It's been open four weeks and Gemmayze Lebanese Kitchen and Lounge is finally ready for its grand opening. So tonight the new eatery celebrates its arrival on Main Street with an event to benefit two charities close to the owners' hearts.
From 6-9 p.m. today, the new 168-seat restaurant, which occupies the former home of Small Plates at...
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The Commission approved the liquor license request of Gemmayze, a Middle-Eastern cuisine restaurant and lounge set to open this spring in the former Small Plates location.
