From Bennigan's to Red Robin

A new southside burger place

by Sally Mitani

posted 5/15/2010

The Bennigan's on South State that suddenly closed in January will reopen May 17 as a Red Robin. Like the burger chain's first local location, on Carpenter Road, it's owned by the Ansara Restaurant Group of Farmington Hills. Red Robin, a chain of about 400, is friendly to children, with a kids' menu and periodical promotional items like packs of crayons, and friendly to the circumstances that produce the next generation of kids--a large bar and happy hour specials at all hours that aren't mealtimes.

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