New restaurant at Chesapeake site should open in a year 

Posted: 7:36 pm Mon, July 11, 2011
By Melody Simmons
Daily Record Business Writer

Redevelopment of the long-abandoned Chesapeake Restaurant in the Station North Arts District is still on track despite a key restaurateur’s rejection of the $16 million project, city officials said Monday. Qayum Karzai, who owns the successful Helmand and Tapas Teatro restaurants, has backed out of the partnership and will not open an upscale eatery and market ...