Rock City Eatery

About Rock City Eatery

Rock City Eatery is the full-service sit-down restaurant concept from Nikita Santches, also known as "the Pie Guy" of Rock City Pies. After gaining a loyal following as a regular weekend vendor at the Rust Belt Market in Ferndale and being a finalist in the 2012 Hatch Detroit competition, Nikita has realized his dream of opening his own restaurant. Yes, there is pie, but there is also be so much more - like bone marrow fritters, duck rillette, and "Nicole's Poutine." Rock City Eatery serves a menu featuring items made in-house that, at closest approximation, can best be described as "new American," but goes so much beyond that. From Eastern European-inspired offal dishes to modern American dishes with an Asian-influenced flair. This internationally inspired menu features locally produce ingredients, giving customers the best flavors of the world with the quality of farm fresh products. There is also a full bar menu featuring all-Michigan wines and beers, "Lushies" (booze slushies), rum-spiked horchata, boozy milkshakes, and a cocktail list that runs from the classics (Negroni, Pimm's Cup) to house-made Sangria and Nik's own creations like "the Zetterberg" (he's Russian, enough said - and yes this one has vodka in it).