On Tuesday, September 20, 2016, Chef Andy will be designing a seasonal, five-course, shared plate meal based around several delicious beers from Brouwerij De Leite and Brasserie Artisanale de Rulles — two small production craft breweries in Belgium. We’ll be joined by the importer as well as master brewer Luc Vermeersch of De Leite to talk briefly about the brews.

We’ll be featuring five beers, including the contemporary classics La Rulles Blonde and Brun as well as a limited production oak-aged sour, Fils a Papa, from De Leite. Andy’s menu will be selected from the best produce we can find that week, and the way things are looking, we’re hoping to start to see squash, apples, and other early fall specialties.

The dinner will begin at 6pm on Sept 20th. Tickets are only available online.

Brasserie La Rulles is a relatively young brewery (at least in Belgian terms), opening its doors in 2000. The local river is the water source for these quintessentially Belgian brews. His efforts have been highly regarded by critics, including the late Michael Jackson, since the breweries inception.

The name ‘Leite’ is derived from the Dutch word ‘laagte’, meaning down below, which refers to a location in Ruddervoorde near the brewery where a small stream flows along the local mill. De Leite makes a wide variety of beers, but has perhaps become most well known locally for its outstanding sour cherry ale, Cuvee Souer’ise.

These beers are all imported by a small Michigan company called Amport Distributing specializing in balanced, flavorful beers from Belgium. Switzerland, and Italy.

On September 20th, Chef Andy will be preparing a meal at Cranbrook in Bloomfield Hills featuring edible plants found across the grounds of campus. The dinner will be done in collaboration with Assistant Curator Emily Staugaitis, whose thesis focused on Cranbrook’s landscapes — which range from gardens planted a century ago to heritage apple trees still found growing wild on the property.

Cranbrook House, Bloomfield Hills
Sunday, September 20, 2015

5:00 pm Registration and tour (optional)
6:15 pm Reception and appetizers
7:00 pm Dinner

$150 per person. The price includes several courses, beverage pairings, gratuity, and a $25 tax-deductible donation to the Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research.

There are a handful of tickets left, and they are available only from Cranbrook directly. Reservations can be made by calling Kim Larsen at 248-645-3319. Please inform Kim of any dietary restrictions when making reservations.

We love brunch. You love brunch. And on Easter Sunday, April 5th, we’re going to be serving an awful lot of brunch with expanded hours and reservations.

Date: Sunday, April 5
Hours: 10:00am – 4:00pm
Brunch only; no dinner service that evening

Reservations are available now. Call 313.438.5055 to inquire.

For obvious reasons, 2014 was a pretty big year for us, so now we’re excited to see what 2015 has in store. We thought about a few ways to ring in the New Year, but really, just running our restaurant is celebration enough for us.

If you’re interested in dining out on New Year’s Eve, we’ll be offering more reservations than normal to accommodate people’s party plans. Here are the details:

New Year’s Eve at Selden Standard

• Just for NYE, the dining room is reservation only starting at 5pm with the last seating at 10pm
• The bar will be available for walk-ins
• Reservations via phone only; we will ask for a credit card number to reserve your spot.
• Parties of 7 or more should email events@seldenstandard.com to see how we can best accommodate your request
• We’ll be offering our standard menu with a few special dishes available
• We’ll also have a special drink or two – gotta have a festive punch for New Year’s, right?
• Optional champagne flight: We’re offering a flight of three full glasses of different champagnes to accompany your meal for $40/person. (Quantities are limited, so you may reserve your flight when making your dinner reservation)

Happy holidays!

Please note: The dinner discussed below is sold out as of May 7, 2014.

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One of our favorite local chefs is Luciano Del Signore at Bacco Ristorante in Southfield. So we’re pretty excited to announce that our own Andy Hollyday and Luciano will be doing a six-course collaboration dinner at Bacco on Friday May 9 and Saturday May 10.

Tickets are only available online and will go on sale Thursday, April 24th, 12:00pm at www.seldenstandard.com/baccodinner.

Event Details

• Two Seatings: Fri May 9th and Sat May 10th
• Time: 6:30pm cocktail hour, dinner begins at 7pm
• Location: Bacco Ristorante, 29410 Northwestern Hwy, Southfield, MI 48034
• Bacco will provide its complimentary valet service for guests
• Each seating can accommodate 60 guests. Tickets are first come, first served.
• Tickets are $150 per person. Price includes six courses with beverage pairings as well as hors d’ouevres, a welcome cocktail, tax, and gratuity

Bacco is a restaurant we’ve always enjoyed. And they’re a perfect partner for an event like this since there’s a similar approach in the kitchen — namely great ingredients, honest flavors, and scratch cooking. So naturally, the meal will highlight fresh spring vegetables and flavors. We hope you’ll join us for what promises to be an awesome night.

On May 2 of this year, Andy is going to be participating in Savor Detroit, a five-day event featuring ten of Detroit’s finest chefs.

Here’s the idea: Each of the nights, a pair of chefs will prepare a four-course meal with wine pairings. Beforehand, guests will also enjoy a cocktail hour featuring some rad libations from our buds at the Sugar House as well as light appetizers and live entertainment.

The event will take place at the Great Lakes Culinary Center on 9 Mile in Southfield.

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