Food Adventure: Rock City Eatery in Hamtramck, Michigan Recipe

There are many exciting restaurants popping up in the metro Detroit area and I just want to try them all. Despite what you might be hearing in the news about Detroit, it is alive and small business is thriving. Rock City Eatery isn’t exactly in Detroit, it’s in Hamtramck, an enclave surrounded completely by the city of Detroit. It is known for its large Polish community that began in 1914 when the Dodge brothers opened a plant that attracted Polish immigrants. You can find amazing traditional Polish food and Polish bakeries.

Rock City Eatery is a departure from what you would normally find in Hamtramck. It is the invention of Nikita Santches, a young entrepreneur and Russian immigrant that was drawn to Hamtramck’s eastern European…