Rust Belt Bar, Flowers of Vietnam Reopening, and More Intel

ICONS — This week on The Salt, Ari Shapiro visits Red Hots Coney Island in Highland Park to discuss the relationship between middle class life and Coney dogs. [NPR]

REOPENING REPORT — Delays in construction, the kind Detroit restauranteurs are all too familiar with, are working out to diners’ advantage this time around. Celebrated Coney island-based pop-up Flowers of Vietnam will return this weekend and continue to operate on Friday and Saturday evenings throughout the summer. Local law enforcement are also invited to come to the restaurant in uniform for a free prix fixe meal if they agree to engage in dialogue with the community. [Metro Times]

OPENING REPORT — A combination juice bar and spa, Breathe Beauty Bar, swung open last Saturday in the Julius C. Madison Building on Washington Boulevard. [Crain’s]

COMING ATTRACTIONS — Ferndale’s artsy Rust Belt market will debut the new 5,000-square-foot Revel bar on July 15 featuring craft beer, cocktails, and coffee. [Metro Times]

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