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It seems there s quite the demand for a bistro license in the City of Birmingham.
One more existing Birmingham restaurant will move forward with a bistro application for the year after a lengthy discussion by the city commission during its meeting April 12. The commission voted during its virtual meeting to send the bistro application for Commonwealth Café, 300 Hamilton Row, forward to the city s planning board for its review and recommendation.
Commonwealth Café was one of three bistro applications submitted to the city for the spring deadline and was the sole existing business application this time around, which requires a location be in operations for at least five years. The other two were The French Lady, a new restaurant that opened last year at 768 N. Old Woodward; and Maple & One, proposed at 183 N. Old Woodward.
Plenty of questions surrounding Birmingham s newest potential bistro caused the city s planning board to delay moving the project forward.
The planning board voted during its Feb. 24 meeting to delay a decision on the special land use and final site plan for the proposed Vinewood Kitchen & Cocktails bistro restaurant at 720 N. Old Woodward. The board cited several reasons for the delay, including issues surrounding the outdoor dining, as well as noise coming from the space, among others.
City Planner Nicholas Dupuis said he received complaints from residents who live on the other side of the Rouge River about noise and lights from the building, a concern that popped up with plans to add outdoor seating at the back of the building accompany plans for indoor seating.