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The site of the former Durango Grill and Les Auteurs restaurants in Royal Oak will be reincarnated in early April as an Italian restaurant.
Jack and Mike Hanna are developing D'Amato's Neighborhood Restaurant with Dennis Antoniello in the Washington Square Plaza. The Hannas own the building with Don Tocco and will own the restaurant. Antoniello will be operating partner.
Chef Keith Famie closed the Durango Grill early last year, his second restaurant on the site. Famie is credited with helping spur Royal Oak's renaissance in 1988 as a trendy destination when he transformed a series of storefronts on Washington Street into the popular, upscale American-French bistro Les Auteurs. He later converted it into the Durango Grill.
Last year,...