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Parks Old Style Bar-B-Q restaurant in Detroit trying to stay open

Parks Old Style Bar-B-Q restaurant in Detroit trying to stay open

In the heart of Detroit’s North End, Parks Old Style Bar-B-Q has borne witness to the neighborhood’s metamorphosis.

After 60 years in business, the family-owned barbecue joint has seen high density and pervasive vacancy in the neighborhood. It has seen foot traffic brought by plant workers at nearby factories and the late-night culture that came with it. Second-generation owner Rod Parks remembers the days hungry laborers would venture to Parks Old Style for slabs of pork ribs served with soft white bread as late as 2 a.m. at the end of overnight shifts.

And yet today, the takeout restaurant lurks in the shadows of glossier food and beverage establishments in a gentrifying neighborhood.

All good things come to the North End

There’s a rich culinary scene burgeoning in the North End.

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The Detroit neighborhood between Woodward Avenue and Interstate 75, north of East Grand Boulevard, is anchored with Black-owned farms and restaurants that have been serving neighbors for decades, while a new generation of entrepreneurs are flocking to the area to bring a range of food and beverage concepts.

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