Fixins Soul Kitchen is opening this week in Detroit’s Paradise Valley | Eater Detroit

"Opening this week in Downtown’s Paradise Valley, the new restaurant occupies 1435 Randolph and will mark its grand opening with a ribbon-cutting on Friday, August 23 attended by founder Kevin Johnson (a former NBA All-Star and mayor of Sacramento) alongside local dignitaries such as Rev. Charles Christian Adams, Rainy Hamilton Jr., and Detroit City Council Member Mary Sheffield. Founded in 2019 in Sacramento’s Oak Park by Johnson and his wife Michelle, the growing soul-food chain celebrates the founder’s love of Black culture and the comfort food he grew up with, offering classics like chicken and waffles, oxtails, shrimp and grits, and deep-fried deviled eggs. The 8,400-square-foot space seats about 325, formerly housed Detroit Seafood Market — once a hub for political movers and shakers — and is owned by Hamilton Anderson Associates; the chain also has locations in Los Angeles and Tulsa." - Serena Maria Daniels