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Tucked quietly behind joebar, frame is 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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Reservations
Now booking through Friday, May 1, 2020.
Old World Wines w/Advanced Sommelier Joey Lopaka
frame (academy)
January 29th
6:30pm
Though it's tempting to see the winter season as an excuse to hibernate, we'll happily get out of bed for Advanced Sommelier Joey Lopaka's vintner tips.
As...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1-8
- $65 per person
+ Join waitlistThree James Dinner with James Bloomfield of Alliance & Two James Detroit
January 30th
5:30pm and 8:30pm
This late January frame residency is fixated on all things...James.
Collaborating with Chef James Bloomfield of Traverse City's Alliance championing a winter...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1-8
- $65 per person
Guernsey's Buttermilk Fried Chicken and Ice Cream Dinner
January 31st and February 1st
5:30pm and 8:30pm
We love us some HOT chicken and ice cream at frame (and no we're not pregnant) so we are geeked to announce our next up rotating residency: a...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 2-8
- $45 per person
+ Join waitlistValentine's Day Cookie Decorating Workshop with Chef Rebecca LaMalfa
frame (academy)
February 5th
6:30pm
We’re cookie fanatics here at frame and few celebrated chefs do these sugar beauties as well as our coveted frame resident Chef Rebecca LaMalfa. Grab a glass of...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1-8
- $65 per person
A Hot Cheese Swiss Alps Dinner with Chicago's Cheese Sex Death
February 7th
5:30pm and 8:30pm
As a prelude to Erika Kubick's Cheese Sex Death sold-out boozy cheese workshop, we are transforming frame into a Swiss Chalet.
Rustic fare, lots of Swiss Alps style...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1-8
- $60 per person
+ Join waitlistA Cheese & Boozy Workshop with Chicago's Cheese Sex Death
frame (academy)
February 8th
1:00pm
We're excited to welcome Chicago's cheesemonger Erika Kubick of sexy fromage site, Cheese Sex Death for a February educational workshop taking a walk on the...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1-8
- $80 per person
+ Join waitlistSamesa Sundays <> February Dinner with Chef Max Sussman
February 9th
4:00pm and 7:00pm Seatings
Now, bringing his creative spirit and culinary secret weapons back home, Max is taking up residence at frame with three Samesa Sundays getting us through...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1-8
- $65 per person
Celebrating Black History Month w/Chef Max Hardy & Chef Cedric Andrews
February 11th
5:30pm and 8:30pm
Five months since his last frame residency, we’re delighted to re-welcome, all-around mover and shaker and one of the biggest names in black chefs changing food in...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1-8
- $70 per person
Date Night: Cocktails & Bonbons with Guilt Chocolates & Jaz'Min Weaver
frame (academy)
February 13th
6:30pm
We may be biased but, in our opinion, there's no more of a romantic gesture than cocktails and bonbons. After all, booze and sugar are universally...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1-8
- $70 per person
Valentine's Day Old-School Steakhouse by Chef Michael Barrera
frame
Feb 14th and 15th
5:30pm and 8:30pm seatings
Sold in pairs only
Just in time to feel the love we're throwing it back in time as frame transforms into a swanky old-school steakhouse under...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 2-8
- $70 per person
Vegan Polish Dinner with Hamtramck's Nosh Pit
February 16th
4:00pm and 7:00pm
Hamtramck's lauded vegan and plant-based Nosh Pit makes its way to our frame kitchen just in time for a Sunday rooted in Polish culture with recipes from Bubbie's...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1-8
- $60 per person
+ Join waitlistBuilding The Kamayan Table: A Filipino Workshop & Dinner by Sarap Detroit
frame (academy)
February 18th & April 17th
6:30pm
In this Filipino culinary workshop, Sarap Detroit takes over frame as we congregate to learn how to build a Kamayan table, the communal-style...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1-8
- $65 per person
Fat Tuesday Paczki Workshop with Chef Rebecca LaMalfa
frame (academy)
February 19th
6:30pm
Even though there is no shortage of gourmet Paczki (filled Polish doughnuts) in our town thanks to our grand Polish community, we can't stop thinking about...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1-8
- $65 per person
Winter Wines 101: German Edition with Sommelier, Bryan Lamorena
frame (academy)
February 20th
6:30pm
Think you know German wine? Think again. With the advent of new technology, techniques, and young minds, what you know as German wine is changing. With the...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1-8
- $65 per person
Urbanrest Old World Beer Hall Dinner
February 21st
5:30pm and 8:30pm
“Belgian Ale Steamed Mussels. English Bread Pudding. German Pilsner Malt, Zippy Czech Saaz Hops." However, we try to describe this next up frame experience....- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1-8
- $50 per person
The Best of Winter with Chef Joseph VanWagner
February 22nd
5:30pm and 8:30pm
As an ode to winter’s harvest, we introduce to you the rather brilliant Chef Joseph VanWagner, whose cut his teeth at Chicago's Purple Pig and held posts as Sous...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1-8
- $65 per person
Celebrating Black History Month w/Chef Max Hardy & Chef Taz
February 25th
5:30pm and 8:30pm
Celebrating at frame once more in February honoring Black History Month, Chef Max Hardy brings an evening of creativity to the kitchen with Chef Taz in pursuit of...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1-8
- $70 per person
Tiki Rum School with Lost River & Cocktail Kingdom
frame (academy)
February 27th
6:30pm
We love rum so much at frame we're adding a second round of Cocktail School devoted to the sugarcane spirit led by tiki bar Lost River and their beverage...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1-8
- $67 per person
Komodo Kitchen Warung-Style Dinner featuring Barramundi
February 28th
5:30pm and 8:30pm
Dubbed ‘the first lady of exotic', Chef Gina Onyx is the culinary badass responsible for Komodo Kitchen and her undeniable status as one of the hottest tables at...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1-8
- $60 per person
Big Night Progressive Cinema Dinner with Anthony Lombardo & John Vermiglio
frame (progressive dinner club)
March 1th
1:00pm and 4:00pm arrival to frame
Enter Big Night, the Stanley Tucci film set in the 1950s, about two Italian immigrant brothers from Italy who open...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1-8
- $125 per person
+ Join waitlistA Handmade Tamale Workshop with Chef Michael Barrera
frame (academy)
March 3rd
6:30pm
We love two things at frame: fresh masa and a hands-on party.
So take one part Chef Michael Barrera, one part traditional Mexican heritage, one part classic corn...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1-8
- $67 per person
+ Join waitlistVegan Ice Cream Workshop with Detroit's Ice Cream Plant
frame (academy)
March 4th, 2020
6:30pm
Vegan ice cream has (finally!) taken the city by storm and we’re super partial to the perfect creamy texture. After lots o trying, we introduce our fave...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1-8
- $65 per person
Beer School with Jason Cheadle
frame (academy)
March 5th
6:30pm
With dozens of local and national breweries creating a bewildering array of beers lately, learning from an expert seemed like a paramount addition to our spring...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1-8
- $65 per person
Samesa Sundays <> March Dinner with Chef Max Sussman
frame
March 8th
4:00pm and 7:00pm Seatings
Season One, Dinner Two of Samesa Sunday's brings us the second meal of our three-part culinary series curated with an entirely new Sunday menu by James...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1-8
- $65 per person
Afro-Caribbean Cooking Workshop with Godwin Ihentuge of Yum Village
frame (academy)
March 10th, 2020
6:30pm
We've wandered the globe (at least through our frame chef residencies) and time and time again we keep coming back to our favorite chefs who bring us...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1-8
- $65 per person
Immune-Boosting Soups Workshop with Meiko Krishok of Pink Flamingo
frame (academy)
March 11th
6:30pm
By day, Meiko serves locally sourced farm-to-table meals on Thursday evenings in North Corktown via Pink Flamingo and her latest hit venture Pink Flamingo To Go...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1-8
- $65 per person
Winter Wines 101: 2020 Wines with Bryan Lamorena
frame (academy)
March 12th
6:30pm
Have you ever read a wine description and thought its author was crazy? With all the flowery language and unhelpful descriptors, it can be tough to find a new...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1-8
- $65 per person
Pie Workshop with Cathy Barrow, author of Pie Squared & When Pies Fly
frame (academy)
March 28th
10:00am and 1:00pm
Whether you’re a novice baker or a complete beginner, this pie workshop by food writer and book author Cathy Barrow is a March must-do.
Just in time...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1-8
- $80 per person
Easter Cookie Decorating Workshop with Chef Rebecca LaMalfa
frame (academy)
April 2nd
6:30pm
Few pastel-colored treats can mend a “meh” dessert table quite like gorgeously decorated decadent sugar cookies. Whether you’re hosting the holidays or simply in...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1-8
- $65 per person
Samesa Sundays <> April Vegetarian Dinner with Chef Max Sussman
April 5th
4:00pm and 7:00pm Seatings
Season One Finale and the Third Dinner of our Samesa Sunday's series brings us a vegetarian feast by James Beard Award-nominated Chef Max Sussman.
Just...- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1-8
- $65 per person
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