Happy's Pizza has opened a new pub-style restaurant in West Bloomfield as it explores moving from a mostly take-out, small dine-in establishment to a full-service sports bar and family restaurant.
The nearly month-old Happy's Pizza and Pub opened at 7170 Orchard Lake Road and is more than 4,000 square feet filled with over 40 TVs, two of which are projection, screens, and seats for 246.
"If someone wants to watch a Lions game, a Tigers game, a Red Wings game, this is the place to do it," General Manager Bobby Dalou says. And, he says, Happy's promotes a family restaurant by offering a menu that can feed four for $20. The menu includes ribs, chicken and seafood.
The new pub and restaurant was originally a Happy's Pizza. It expanded into an adjoining business next door and was renovated to include a large restaurant inside and an outdoor patio with room-size windows opening between the two, says Dalou. "It's a good vibe, a good feel."
The first Happy's Pizza and Pub opened in Mt. Pleasant in March and has been a success. The company was founded in 1996 by Happy Asker, with the first pizza store in northeast Detroit. It has grown to more than 100 locations.
"We were mostly a come-in, come-out [eatery]. We wanted to try something different," Dalou says. "So far it's working out great."
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