Popular Detroit BBQ Restaurant Opening New Oakland County Location

BERKLEY, MI — A popular Detroit barbeque spot is opening a new location in Oakland County.

Slows Bar BQ is planning to open a new spot at 3087 12 Mile Road in downtown Berkley. The location is the former space that housed the Berkley Common, which closed last week.

The new restaurant is expected to open later this year by late summer or early fall. It will offer full-service dining and carry-out, as well as a second-floor private event space and patio.

"With strong roots in the community — co-owner Josh Keillor grew up in Royal Oak and attended Shrine High School alongside fellow co-owners Brian and Terry Perrone — this expansion truly feels like a homecoming," the city wrote in a post from the Downtown Berkley Facebook page.

Slows Bar BQ, which opened 20 years ago in Corktown, is best known for its sandwiches, such as the Reason and the Yardbird, as well as barbeque favorites, including ribs, brisket, pulled pork and mac and cheese.

There is also a Slows Bar BQ pickup location at 4107 Cass Ave Detroit.

Slows Bar BQ has expanded before with locations in Pontiac and Grand Rapids, but those locations closed, leaving only the first two Detroit stores.