Local Chef Needs Votes for Great Lakes Competition

James Rigato, executive chef at The Root Restaurant & Bar, is nominated in Food & Wine’s The People’s Best New Chef: Great Lakes competition. Vote now and support a local small business.

The Root Restaurant & Bar to Close for Maintenance Jan. 7- Jan. 8

The popular White Lake restaurant will open again for dinner service Jan. 9 at 4 p.m.

If you want to get your fix at the Root Restaurant & Bar in White Lake you better do it quick. The popular local business will be closed Jan. 7 and Jan. 8 for scheduled maintenance according to owner Ed Mamou. The restaurant will reopen on Jan. 9 at 4 p.m. for dinner service and resume normal business hours the following day. This month the restaurant is offering a special Wild Game feast Jan. 31 at 6:30 p.m. The event is reservation only and costs $60 per person. The menu includes: To make reservations for this event call the host desk at 248-698-2400. Other specials offered at the restaurant are as follows: Winter Weeknight Specials   (Weeknight offers valid January 14 - February 28 on the specific weekday listed.) The Root Restaurant & …

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Children's Leukemia Foundation of Michigan hosts culinary and wine fundraiser

White Lake Chef James Rigato, executive chef at The Root Restaurant and Bar, is one of the chefs who will be providing his cuisine today at the CRUSH Birmingham Wine and Food Classic fundraiser for Children's Leukemia Foundation of Michigan.