Frame
Tucked quietly behind FRAMEbar, Frameis a revolving creative hub, home to carefully curated programs of chef residencies and all-round awesome experiences.
Chef residencies, Sunday at nonna’s dinners, culinary workshops, acoustic sessions, cocktail pairings, you name it, explore your interests, hone your skills, master a new art craft. Meet new friends, share a meal. Drink cocktails. No two days here are ever the same. Seasonal, locally sourced and above all delicious, we’ve built our...
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Caribbean Summer Dinner & Rum Punch Party (Frame Patio)
May 27 & 28
2 - 6 guests for the Frame Patio. If you would like to sit in the Frame Dining Room, please choose the dining room experience.
Island flavors by Chef Phil Jones come to Frame’s...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1 to 6
- $75 per person
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Caribbean Summer Dinner & Rum Punch Party (Frame Dining Room)
May 27 & 28
2 - 8 Guests for the Frame dining room. If you would like to sit on the Frame Patio, please choose the patio experience.
Island flavors by Chef Phil Jones come to Frame’s late-spring...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1 to 8
- $75 per person
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Summer Porch Pounders by Joseph Dopke of The Kiesling
June 1
6:30pm
Ah, the summer porch… It’s almost time for summer evenings spent on the stoop and visitors stopping by, which calls for our next Frame workshop: Summer Porch Pounders by Joseph Dopke...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1 to 8
- $85 per person
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Summer of Soul - Movies Under The Frame BIG TOP
June 2 - Summer Movies Under The Frame BIG TOP!
"SUMMER OF SOUL"
Every other Thursday night summer movie residency from roving film pop-up Cinema Lamont, featuring Khana snacks, a full bar, movie...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1 to 8
- $25 per person
- $1 Credit Card Fee
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Movies Under The Frame BIG TOP (The Frame BIG TOP)
Summer Movies Under The Frame BIG TOP!
June 2 - SUMMER OF SOUL
June 16 - MOONRISE KINGDOM
June 30 - DO THE RIGHT THING
July 14 - THE VIRGIN SUICIDES
July 28 - Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN
August 11 - DAZED...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1 to 8
- $25 per person
- $1 Credit Card Fee
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FRENCH-ish with Chef Mike Conrad (Frame Dining Room)
June 2,3,4
2 - 8 Guests for the Frame dining room. If you would like to sit on the Frame Patio, please choose the patio experience.
Prepare to meet chef Mike Conrad, an incredibly cool New York...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 2 to 8
- $85 per person
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FRENCH-ish with Chef Mike Conrad (Frame Patio)
June 2,3,4
2 - 6 guests for the Frame Patio. If you would like to sit in the Frame Dining Room, please choose the dining room experience.
Prepare to meet chef Mike Conrad, an incredibly cool New...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1 to 6
- $85 per person
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A Lebanese Dinner Party with MasterChef’s Amanda Saab (Frame Dining Room)
June 5
2 - 8 Guests for the Frame dining room. If you would like to sit on the Frame Patio, please choose the patio experience.
Named as one of the Top 100 Women in Food by Cherry Bombe magazine,...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1 to 8
- $75 per person
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A Lebanese Dinner Party with MasterChef’s Amanda Saab (Frame Patio)
June 5
2 - 6 guests for the Frame Patio. If you would like to sit in the Frame Dining Room, please choose the dining room experience.
Named as one of the Top 100 Women in Food by Cherry Bombe...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1 to 6
- $75 per person
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Caviar Bar Bootcamp with New York’s Pearl Street Caviar
June 8
6:30pm
Caviar is one of those things that we love eating at Frame.
On oysters. With chips. On blini. On a spoon by itself. You name it. We love it.
But with the dozens of chefs who come...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1 to 8
- $95 per person
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Palestinian Dinner Party (Frame Dining Room)
June 9
2 - 8 Guests for the Frame dining room. If you would like to sit on the Frame Patio, please choose the patio experience.
Think: five courses of Palestinian cuisine served up with...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1 to 8
- $85 per person
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Palestinian Dinner Party with Chef Omar Anani (Frame Patio)
June 9
2 - 6 guests for the Frame Patio. If you would like to sit in the Frame Dining Room, please choose the dining room experience.
Think: five courses of Palestinian cuisine served up with...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1 to 6
- $85 per person
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Friday Night Anatomy Dinner (Frame Dining Room)
June 10
2 -8 Guests for the Frame dining room. If you would like to sit on the patio, please choose the patio experience.
We’ve tapped Chef Matthew Baldridge to wrangle his three best-loved...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1 to 8
- $85 per person
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Friday Night Anatomy Dinner (Frame Patio)
June 10
2-8 guests for the Frame Patio. If you would like to sit in the Frame Dining Room, choose the dining room experience.
We’ve tapped Chef Matthew Baldridge to wrangle his three best-loved...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1 to 8
- $85 per person
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House of Pure Vin Dinner (Frame Dining Room)
June 11
2 -8 Guests for the Frame dining room. If you would like to sit on the patio, please choose the patio experience.
It’s not just the visually stunning, flavorfully complex menu that chefs...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1 to 8
- $85 per person
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House of Pure Vin Dinner (Frame Patio)
June 11
2-8 guests for the Frame Patio. If you would like to sit in the Frame Dining Room, choose the dining room experience.
It’s not just the visually stunning, flavorfully complex menu that...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1 to 8
- $85 per person
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Modern Vegan with Chef Phoebe Zimmerman (Frame Dining Room)
June 12
2 - 8 Guests for the Frame dining room. If you would like to sit on the Frame Patio, please choose the patio experience.
You’re going to love Phoebe Zimmerman.
Nestled alongside...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1 to 8
- $85 per person
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Modern Vegan with Chef Phoebe Zimmerman (Frame Patio)
June 12
2 - 6 guests for the Frame Patio. If you would like to sit in the Frame Dining Room, please choose the dining room experience.
You’re going to love Phoebe Zimmerman.
Nestled alongside...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1 to 6
- $85 per person
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Astrology Summer Solstice (& Sangria) Workshop with Miss AJ Williams
June 15
6:30pm
Summer Solstice, representing the beginning of the season of bounty, falls on June 21st this year. In preparation, we’re tapping Frame favorite intuitive spiritual wellness educator...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1 to 8
- $85 per person
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Moonrise Kingdom - Movies Under The Frame BIG TOP
June 16 - Summer Movies Under The Frame BIG TOP!
Showing - "MOONRISE KINGDOM" at 8pm
Every other Thursday night summer movie residency from roving film pop-up Cinema Lamont, featuring Khana...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1 to 8
- $25 per person
- $1 Credit Card Fee
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Bar Portugal: Portuguese Wine Dinner (Frame Dining Room)
June 16
2 -8 Guests for the Frame dining room. If you would like to sit on the patio, please choose the patio experience.
Sharing the spirit of Portugal with Frame’s Wine Director Sean Crenny and...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1 to 8
- $75 per person
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Bar Portugal: Portuguese Wine Dinner (Frame Patio)
June 16
2-8 guests for the Frame Patio. If you would like to sit in the Frame Dining Room, choose the dining room experience.
Sharing the spirit of Portugal with Frame’s Wine Director Sean Crenny...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1 to 8
- $75 per person
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The Kitchenista cooks Father's Day Weekend (Frame Dining Room)
June 17 & 18 -- Dinner at 5:30pm and 8:30pm
June 19 -- Brunch at 12:00 Noon & 3:00pm
2 - 8 Guests for the Frame dining room. If you would like to sit on the Frame Patio, please choose the patio...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1 to 8
- $85 per person
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The Kitchenista cooks Father's Day Weekend (Frame Patio)
June 17 & 18 -- Dinner at 5:30pm and 8:30pm
June 19 -- Brunch at 12:00 Noon & 3:00pm
2 - 6 guests for the Frame Patio. If you would like to sit in the Frame Dining Room, please choose the dining...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1 to 8
- $85 per person
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Rosé Masterclass Wine Workshop with Sean Crenny
June 22
6:30pm
This Rosé Masterclass created by Frame’s wine director Sean Crenny
is one of our favorite summer ways to spend an evening learning and imbibing.
Bring your questions, curiosities,...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1 to 8
- $85 per person
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Summer Vegan with Chef Josie Clemens (Frame Dining Room)
June 23, 24, 25
2 -8 Guests for the Frame dining room. If you would like to sit on the patio, please choose the patio experience.
A patchwork of culture and community, Michigan-born-and-raised...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1 to 8
- $75 per person
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Summer Vegan with Chef Josie Clemens (Frame Patio)
June 23, 24, 25
2-8 guests for the Frame Patio. If you would like to sit in the Frame Dining Room, choose the dining room experience.
A patchwork of culture and community...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1 to 8
- $75 per person
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Disco 80’s Cocktails with Rahsaan Grissom of Willis Show Bar
June 29
6:30pm
With golden disco greats always on our playlist at Frame, we’ve tapped Rahsaan Grissom of Willis Show Bar to bring us a wildly spirited, hands-on 1970s and ’80s-era Cocktail...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1 to 8
- $85 per person
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Do The Right Thing - Movies Under The Frame BIG TOP
June 30 - Summer Movies Under The Frame BIG TOP!
Showing - "DO THE RIGHT THING" at 8pm
Every other Thursday night summer movie residency from roving film pop-up Cinema Lamont, featuring Khana...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1 to 8
- $25 per person
- $1 Credit Card Fee
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Bathtub Gin: Creative Gin Cocktails Workshop with Scott Poole
July 6
6:30pm
From mid-June to late-August, it’s always Happy Hour in our books at Frame.
So to prepare, we’ve tapped coveted Detroit mixologist Scott Poole
to share the range and diversity of...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1 to 8
- $85 per person
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Ceviche School with Chef Amado Lopez of Casa Amado
July 13
6:30pm
We’re already craving Frame’s first-ever Ceviche School hosted by Chef Amado Lopez of Berkeley’s beloved Casa Amado.
Learn everything you need to know, starting with how to...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1 to 8
- $85 per person
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THE VIRGIN SUICIDES - Movies Under The Frame BIG TOP
July 14 - Summer Movies Under The Frame BIG TOP!
Showing - "THE VIRGIN SUICIDES" at 8pm
Every other Thursday night summer movie residency from roving film pop-up Cinema Lamont, featuring Khana...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1 to 8
- $25 per person
- $1 Credit Card Fee
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Jam Masterclass with Blake’s Orchard & Cider Mill
July 20
6:30pm
Join us for our summer jam-making workshop and learn the art of preserving Michigan fruit straight from Armada’s 75-year-old 800-acre working farm: Blake Farms — a Frame...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1 to 8
- $85 per person
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Chardonnay Masterclass with Sean Crenny
June 27
6:30pm
Frame Summer Academy hosts an in-depth tasting and discussion about the most famous and widely planted white grape in the world: chardonnay.
This two-hour wine workshop taught by...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1 to 8
- $85 per person
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Y TU MAMÁ TAMBIÉN - Movies Under The Frame BIG TOP
July 28 - Summer Movies Under The Frame BIG TOP!
Showing - "Y TU MAMÁ TAMBIÉN" at 8pm
Every other Thursday night summer movie residency from roving film pop-up Cinema Lamont, featuring Khana...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1 to 8
- $25 per person
- $1 Credit Card Fee
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Ceramic Totem Workshop with Artist Katie Bramlage
August 3
6:30pm
Unearth your inner calm and join College for Creative Studies graduate and artist Katie Bramlage for an early August hands-on Totem Making Workshop.
You’ll start by combing...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1 to 8
- $95 per person
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Tarot & (Spiked) Tea with Miss AJ Williams and Nice’s Tea House
August 10
6:30pm
Get in touch with your self-exploration and learn to read Tarot in this Frame Summer Academy Workshop led by intuitive spiritual wellness educator, Miss AJ Williams. Learn about...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1 to 8
- $85 per person
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Spanish Paella Masterclass with Chef Michael Barrera
August 17
6:30pm
Our Frame Summer School is a series designed to inspire and empower our culinary practice as some of our favorite chefs, makers, and mixologists deepen our relationship with food...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1 to 8
- $85 per person
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Napa Valley Wine Masterclass with Sean Crenny
Aug 24
6:30pm
Wine school in August takes us to an evening dedicated to a deep dive into Napa Valley and the complexities of this area’s 16 sub-American Viticultural Areas that are home to more...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1 to 8
- $85 per person
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Learn the Art of Sourdough with Baker Maxwell Leonard
Aug 31
6:30pm
You may have already swooned over Maxwell Leonard‘s wildly fab bread and not even known it. The not-so-secret baker began baking in his home while working front-of-house at Detroit’s...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1 to 8
- $85 per person
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