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"Previously a white-tablecloth fine-dining restaurant on Detroit’s Avenue of Fashion, Mitchell’s 70-seat Table No. 2 was packed as soon as it opened in 2019, but business was immediately hurt by a city construction project to improve walkability and add bike lanes and then further strained by the coronavirus; the landlord sold the building amid the pandemic, forcing Mitchell to close Table No. 2 in May 2020. He says he was flooded with offers for space after the closure, reviewed roughly three dozen properties, and — while he chose a friend’s space for Imaginate — he plans to reopen Table No. 2 and is in lengthy negotiations for a downtown Detroit site." - Monica Williams