Snapshot: Outdoor Seating at Rozi's Wine House Opens on Detroit Avenue

 unveiled its new outdoor patio during last weekend's Lakewood Arts Festival.

The exterior work on the 100-year-old building is expected to wrap up by the end of the summer.

The longtime establishment at 14900 Detroit Ave. is getting a new look.

In addition to a new façade, crews are busy working to add a 326-square-foot outdoor “porch,” that will host events,  — as well as good, old-fashioned relaxing. 

Earlier this year, the establishment was approved for a $30,000 grant, through the city’s storefront renovation program. Also, the city’s public works department has agreed to move a large utility box and replace the traffic signal with a new, modern one at the intersection — both are upgrades that will greatly improve the view.

“We’re trying to add to what we already do, but make it nicer,” said manager Corey Rossen, grandson of the store’s founders.

This is the first major renovation at the location since Rozi’s Wine House moved there in 1971. Prior to that, the business had operated in the block that currently houses Lakewood Center North since it opened in 1939.