Owners of Black Label Tavern propose 8,200 sq ft ‘Nino�Salvaggio’ steakhouse on Plymouth Road
March 10, 2026 | Livonia, Wayne County, Michigan
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Livonia planning staff presented petition 2026-02-02-07 from the owners of Black Label Tavern seeking a waiver and conceptual site-plan approval to operate a full-service restaurant at 35841 Plymouth Road.
Staff said the nearly 2-acre site has about 335 feet of frontage, is zoned C-2 (which treats full-service restaurants as a waiver use), and was previously approved for an 11-unit condominium development that the current owner does not intend to build. The conceptual building footprint is approximately 8,200 square feet, with about 141 parking spaces, which staff estimated would support roughly 180 to 230 seats once final floor plans are submitted.
Architect Roman Banaslowski described the design intent: fine-casual dining and steakhouse use, two small exterior patios toward the front of the project, and a large landscape belt to buffer adjacent single-family homes. He said the applicant used a lighting consultant and that the photometrics submitted meet Livonia s standards to avoid light bleeding off the property: "We meet all the requirements with regards to no light bleed off property," Banaslowski said.
Councilmembers asked for more detail on lighting and site-plan specifics and one councilmember offered an approving motion for consent if no objections were raised. Nearby resident Deb Christianson asked whether Elmira residents had been notified that the previously planned residential development is being proposed instead as a restaurant.
The petition will return with detailed site and building plans; staff and the applicant indicated revisions to the landscaping plan and PRDA streetscape elements are expected before final council action. The item was placed on the March 23 consent agenda.
Quote: "This is gonna be what you would call fine casual dining, and it's intended as a steakhouse," said Roman Banaslowski, the architect representing the applicants.
Next step: applicant to provide detailed site and building plans and photometric confirmations ahead of March 23.
Staff said the nearly 2-acre site has about 335 feet of frontage, is zoned C-2 (which treats full-service restaurants as a waiver use), and was previously approved for an 11-unit condominium development that the current owner does not intend to build. The conceptual building footprint is approximately 8,200 square feet, with about 141 parking spaces, which staff estimated would support roughly 180 to 230 seats once final floor plans are submitted.
Architect Roman Banaslowski described the design intent: fine-casual dining and steakhouse use, two small exterior patios toward the front of the project, and a large landscape belt to buffer adjacent single-family homes. He said the applicant used a lighting consultant and that the photometrics submitted meet Livonia s standards to avoid light bleeding off the property: "We meet all the requirements with regards to no light bleed off property," Banaslowski said.
Councilmembers asked for more detail on lighting and site-plan specifics and one councilmember offered an approving motion for consent if no objections were raised. Nearby resident Deb Christianson asked whether Elmira residents had been notified that the previously planned residential development is being proposed instead as a restaurant.
The petition will return with detailed site and building plans; staff and the applicant indicated revisions to the landscaping plan and PRDA streetscape elements are expected before final council action. The item was placed on the March 23 consent agenda.
Quote: "This is gonna be what you would call fine casual dining, and it's intended as a steakhouse," said Roman Banaslowski, the architect representing the applicants.
Next step: applicant to provide detailed site and building plans and photometric confirmations ahead of March 23.
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