By Catherine Kavanaugh
Daily Tribune Staff Writer

ROYAL OAK — A Middle Eastern restaurant called Gemmayze is on track to open downtown with a liquor license transferred from National Coney Island, 1812 N. Main St., to the former site of Small Plates, 308 S. Main St.

Three business partners have lined up $225,000 to buy the liquor license for a 158-seat, two-story restaurant. They want to transfer the permit to serve on-premise alcohol about a mile south. The space has...