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# Exclusive: Peterboro restaurant in Detroit closing today
- URL: https://www.dailydetroit.com/exclusive-peterboro-restaurant-in/
- Published: 2022-07-22T20:14:33.000Z
- Updated: 2024-03-20T22:24:23.000Z
- Description: Plus Detroit ID program for non-citizens may have shared data with ICE, and I-94 downtown closed for a week
- Author: Jer Staes
- Tags: Newsletter, #Migrated-1710973269304, #Import 2024-03-20 18:21

Hey friends,

Jer here. Some breaking news to share with you.

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**» The Peterboro in Detroit’s midtown is closing abruptly.** Opened in spring of 2016, the Chinese-inspired restaurant at Cass and Peterboro was owned by the Detroit Optimist Society.

A podcast listener shared a tip with us and we were able to confirm by calling that today, Friday, is the last night. Staff was informed just hours ago.

The Peterboro was part of a wave of restaurants that launched around the same time to some acclaim. It opened with more than 70 seats.

Six years is quite a run in the industry, and I don’t have the reason for closing just yet.

The immediate neighborhood has a number of businesses including the Detroit Shipping Company food hall, Canine to Five, 8 Degrees Plato and others.

On the downside, it is somewhat landlocked when it comes to progress and momentum as a number of Olympia Development-owned properties sit unused nearby.

Plus, the old Chung’s building is still for sale. If you’re not familiar, Chungs was a legendary Detroit eatery located across from The Peterboro. We covered that on a previous episode of the podcast.

But it can’t be ignored that losing the Peterboro is part of a slew of closings recently in greater downtown Detroit. And if reports are true of staff finding out just hours before closure — that sucks.

The Optimist Society also owns The Sugar House, Wright & Company, Time Will Tell, Honest John's, and Bad Luck Bar.

**» This next closure was planned.** If you’re heading through Detroit or to the Detroit City FC game on Saturday, I-94 is shut down for the next seven days between I-75 and the Lodge.

It’s to put in the new Second Avenue bridge, the first network tied arch structure in Michigan. This design eliminates the need for a center pier. That’s important for future work for the new I-94/M-10 interchange. The old bridge had been in place since 1954\. [\[Wayne State\]](https://today.wayne.edu/news/2022/07/21/reminder-i-94-to-close-for-seven-days-starting-friday-morning-in-detroit-48957?ref=dailydetroit.com)

**» Nearly 900 Detroiters may have had their data exposed to Immigrations, Customs and Enforcement as part of a program to get IDs to people regardless of citizenship status.** The Detroit ID program has “compromised the safety of undocumented residents,” according to a member of Detroit’s Immigration Task Force. [\[WDET\]](https://wdet.org/2022/07/22/city-of-detroit-suspends-id-program-after-data-sold/?ref=dailydetroit.com)

*My two cents:* The city says they’re gonna try and restart the program if they can do it themselves, but after this — who would trust the city with this data?

**» Stellantis is laying off 40 workers at the Warren Stamping plant.** [\[Detroit News\]](https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/2022/07/20/stellantis-lay-off-40-workers-warren-stamping-plant/10112239002/?ref=dailydetroit.com)

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\-Jer