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# The IHOPplebees In Downtown Detroit Is A Step Closer To Reality
- URL: https://www.dailydetroit.com/ihopplebees-downtown-detroit-step-closer-reality/
- Published: 2017-09-19T10:00:10.000Z
- Updated: 2024-02-27T19:50:01.000Z
- Author: Jer Staes
- Tags: #wordpress, #Import 2024-02-25 18:12, #daily-detroit-staff

Some say it’ll be a marriage in heaven. Others, shall we say, are not so excited. But when the news first came out, people couldn’t stop talking about it.

But it’s true – a combined IHOP and Applebees restaurant is coming to the Millender Center in downtown Detroit.

First announced late last year, the combination restaurant is going in what was once a Sweet Lorraine’s on Jefferson, across from the RenCen.

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/47/f5/47f528d4-7214-4519-b2b2-26249e48460d/content/images/wordpress/2017/09/Millender_cam07c_v6-edit-1024x576.jpg)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/47/f5/47f528d4-7214-4519-b2b2-26249e48460d/content/images/wordpress/2017/09/Millender%5Fcam07c%5Fv6-edit.jpg?ref=dailydetroit.com)

Renderings via Team Schostak

Construction on the 11,939-square-foot, 300-seat co-branded Applebee’s/IHOP concept is underway. It’s targeted to open in Spring 2018.

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/47/f5/47f528d4-7214-4519-b2b2-26249e48460d/content/images/wordpress/2017/09/Millender_cam07b_v6-edit-1024x576.jpg)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/47/f5/47f528d4-7214-4519-b2b2-26249e48460d/content/images/wordpress/2017/09/Millender%5Fcam07b%5Fv6-edit.jpg?ref=dailydetroit.com)

As to the menu, a release says it will feature several “guest-favorite menu items from both Applebee’s and IHOP, along with a barista coffee bar.”

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/47/f5/47f528d4-7214-4519-b2b2-26249e48460d/content/images/wordpress/2017/09/Millender_cam07_op-02-3-edit-1024x576.jpg)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/47/f5/47f528d4-7214-4519-b2b2-26249e48460d/content/images/wordpress/2017/09/Millender%5Fcam07%5Fop-02-3-edit.jpg?ref=dailydetroit.com)

Team Schostak Family Restaurants say they will employ more than 100 people at the restaurant.