Two More Hookah Bars for West Dearborn
A new hookah bar is coming to Dearborn’s West Village Commons.
It has been a revolving door of businesses at Dearborn’s West Village Commons -– the Burton-Katzman development on Michigan Avenue that opened in 2005.
But one of the first tenants of the development, Le Cigar, continues to thrive in this location and now plans to open a new hookah bar next door to his current business, which will be called La Hookah.
We wrote about the new hookah bar coming to this location back in November. See earlier story HERE.
The new La Hookah, which is expected to open in two weeks, is one of two new hookah bars coming to west Dearborn.
While hookah bars aren’t our thing, they apparently are popular. Le Cigar and La Hookah owner Najib Rizk says his businesses help draw people to west Dearborn.
“We have customers that come from Northville, Novi and Royal Oak,” Rizk said. “We are a unique place. We do need to draw more tenants to this area. The more we can draw new business to this area the better.”
The second hookah bar is planned to go into the Gateway Plaza development at the corner of Michigan and Military.
This would be the first business to go into the Gateway Plaza building, which opened in 2007 offering some 11,000 square feet in retail space and lofts on the second floor.
Regular readers of DeepsaidWhat.com will recall that Gateway developer Hakim Fakhoury once touted it would be occupied with a Bora Bora Coffee Shop, Quizno’s Sub Shop, Armani store and Caliente Grille. It isn’t clear when the new hookah bar business will open. A separate restaurant also is slated to open in the Gateway Plaza, which will offer carryout to serve hookah bar patrons and others.
When both open, west Dearborn will offer at least four places for hookah fans to smoke. The marketplace will decide just who will survive.
July 12th, 2012 at 8:17 am
not my thing either but it should bring more commerce!
July 12th, 2012 at 9:34 am
Phathookah coming soon!
July 12th, 2012 at 11:12 am
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July 12th, 2012 at 11:13 am
How do these places get around the smoking ban?
July 12th, 2012 at 1:59 pm
Dearborn, the home of Hookah and Sushi. Guess it’s better than empty spots but I don’t do hookah or sushi and I don’t like to pay to park so I guess I’m out of luck here. Hello Allen Park.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:42 am
There are a couple ways. First, if the hookah bar does not allow smoking inside but confines it to the sidewalk or a tent with an open side, the ban would not apply as long as they were not licensed to serve food there. But most likely, they simply must buy or transfer an existing tobacco shop (open before May 1, 2010) license. Smoking is permitted in cigar bars and tobacco shops.
July 13th, 2012 at 2:07 pm
yeah cuz there’s so much to do in Allen Park…
July 14th, 2012 at 5:19 pm
Way to go Dearborn, lets promote smoking.
July 14th, 2012 at 11:01 pm
More shopping then here and FREE PARKING!
July 21st, 2012 at 9:00 pm
If Allen Park puts in a hookah bar and a sushi place we are sunk.
August 10th, 2012 at 2:58 am
One way in and one way out the other side. Great logistics! Awesome being stuck up on the hill for an hour trying to get out during holiday shopping. Always fun getting a ticket for going 65 down the Southfield by the overzealous Allen Park police who have to write tickets to keep the city running.
August 17th, 2012 at 8:54 pm
Well, where in downtown Dearborn are you going to buy a Christmas gift anyway?