New Rosie O’Grady’s in Ferndale aims for early summer open

It might look like a busy construction site now, but the new home of Rosie O’Grady’s Irish Pub isn’t far from becoming downtown Ferndale’s newest attraction.The owners plan to finish the job and move into the new space on West 9 Mile Road in either late May or early June. They started turning the old Eyeglass Factory into 15,000 square feet of dining and drinking space last fall.”We gutted the building and started from scratch,” says Ed Jeffery, vice president of operations for Rosie O’Grady’s. “It had never been a restaurant before.”The venerable Ferndale institution is still in its original location at 175 W Troy St., which has served as a bar for almost a century. It will continue to do so even after Rosie O’Grady’s moves. The owners plan to remodel the old site into a Mexican restaurant. That should be done within 3-6 months after construction starts.Source: Ed Jeffery, vice president of operations for Rosie O’Grady’s Irish PubWriter: Jon Zemke