Comments on: DMK Restaurant group leases space in Andersonville

By: bncecu02

bncecu02 — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 20:41:00 +0000

Are there any updates on this? I’ve seen a For Sale sign on the space.

By: Duke

Duke — Tue, 09 Jul 2013 15:52:00 +0000

I disagree. DMK and Fish Bar are restaurants with incidental liquor sales. Anyone who’s been there knows that the tables are absolutely situated for table food service. The MK Group is known for their food, not their bars.

By: curlycay

curlycay — Wed, 15 May 2013 16:01:00 +0000

Like DoctorTecate said, the difference is huge. I think we all know what a chain restaurant is: a cookie cutter, copycat, corporate restaurant with 10+ units in different locales, all with the exact same menu, interior design, and standard operating procedures. A restaurant group is exactly what it sounds like – a group of restaurateurs that operate different restaurant concepts. One Off Hospitality (ie Paul Kahan’s group) sums it up pretty well: “ONE OFF implies that each project is unique, and is operated with a spirit of complete and utter creativity. It suggests that each project might be our last; which is why each project we do is handled with the utmost attention to detail and character.ONE OFF is the opposite of big branding, knock ‘em out and spread ‘em out entrepreneurship.”

To rule out all future restaurants/businesses just because of a location’s past seems rather short-sighted…not sure the last time you ventured down from Detroit but Kingfisher’s previous owner did a very nice job gut-rehabbing the space. I would welcome any dining establishments in that location, especially considering it’s on the northern side of the neighborhood where other options are slim.

It’s hard to argue that this isn’t Andersonville considering the “Welcome to Andersonville” sign is practically at its front door (right across from Gesthemane). But to each their own I guess.

By: Jasper

Jasper — Mon, 06 May 2013 18:30:00 +0000

I don’t know about 2 years ago, but I snapped a photo this weekend with the Kingfisher on one side and the Andersonville light-post banner on the other.

By: zygote

zygote — Fri, 03 May 2013 20:10:00 +0000

Talking about Acres, I haven’t been in the place since it changed from Charlies Ale House! Now, THAT was a good place to eat and drink and have a good time with friends. What a mistake they made by changing. UGH! Nothing like ruining a good thing!

By: Brendan

Brendan — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:07:00 +0000

DMK Burger Bar and its neighboring Fish Bar are first and foremost…bars. I hope, but doubt, that this will not be yet another bar expansion in the neighborhood. We don’t need Andersonville to become another Wrigleyville.

By: Brendan

Brendan — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:07:00 +0000

By: SimonSays

SimonSays — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:42:00 +0000

Well anyway, this former belly dancer place with smoke spewing out of it along with the hookah bar (and the drunks in leased BMW’s in the parking lot) on the way in “Andersonville” always gave me the willies. I wouldn’t even think of eating anything in that place – ever – unless it was torn down and rebuilt. But since it’s a “chain” now, maybe there will be some law and order or……standards. Hopefully. And meanwhile, yelp reviewers are suggesting Acre customers “walk a few blocks north to White Castle”.

By: DoctorTecate

DoctorTecate — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:14:00 +0000

The difference is rather huge. Is Paul Kahan spittin out chain food?

By: Ethan S

Ethan S — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 14:59:00 +0000

This is great news! Ada Street has quickly become a favorite restaurant of mine. Perfectly prepared small plates and skillfully made cocktails all served with a friendly, casual warmth and no pretense. Only been to DMK Burger Bar once, but I did enjoy that too.

By: SimonSays

SimonSays — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 23:54:00 +0000

2 years ago that address was not “Andersonville”. So is the DMK Restaurant Group a “chain” or just a “group”? Or is there a difference?