Filipino-Inspired Cooking Is Coming to Southwest Detroit
Calamansi, from Tyler Olivier and Marcee Sobredilla, will open on West Vernor Highway.
Tyler Olivier, the beverage director at Shelby, and Marcee Sobredilla, from Katherine's Catering in Ann Arbor, are opening a Filipino-inspired bar and restaurant called Calamansi at 4458 West Vernor Highway in Southwest Detroit.
Filipino restaurants are rare in Michigan. Metro Detroit has a sizable Filipino community, but the restaurant options have never matched the population. Calamansi is designed with Filipino culture at its center; Sobredilla, who is Filipino-American, is building the concept around the food and hospitality traditions she grew up with.
The West Vernor location puts Calamansi on the same corridor as Flowers of Vietnam, in a neighborhood where multiple food traditions already coexist. Southwest Detroit's dining identity has always been defined by that overlap. Adding Filipino-inspired cooking to the mix fills a real gap.
Specific menu details and opening dates haven't been announced. We'll report on developments as they come.
Calamansi will be at 4458 W Vernor Hwy, Southwest Detroit. Opening expected 2026.