The London Chop House

The best-known restaurant in Detroit history on will re-open Tuesday, February 14th, 2012 after being closed for 21 years. Nico Gatzaros has spent a year restoring the dining room, refurbishing the entrances, and gutting and replacing almost everything else, from the entire kitchen to the storage areas, bathrooms and heating and air-conditioning systems. Leading the kitchen will be executive chef Robert Scherer, 27, a Grosse Pointe Woods native who previously was executive sous chef at Emeril Lagasse's New Orleans Fish House in Las Vegas.