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Named for the French word for "rainbow," the new nightlife destination will have a soft opening this weekend that includes a fundraising event for Ferndale community center Affirmations on Friday night. The official opening is Thanksgiving Eve, Nov. The vision that co-owners David Grossman and Julie Adelson and general manager Joey Ewick have for Arcenciel is that people will find that their new club is a place to spend the entire evening from dinner to drinks to dancing.

In each element, hospitality will be key, from front door staff to the DJs. We have a bar, a restaurant and a lounge. It's going to be a fun place. Make a reservation for their supper club-style Versailles Dining Room, which will serve around 50 covers a night over two seatings, and from there, guests can make their way to the Rainbow Bar for some after-dinner drinks.

Then after 10 p. The dance floor area has its own bar, plus lasers, cryo-jets and a foot by foot video wall for showing graphics during dance nights, but can also show anything, from Lions games to episodes of "RuPaul's Drag Race. Those with dinner reservations get free cover into the club portion of Arcenciel, which starts with a visit to the Magenta Room — think Downtown Detroit's Candy Bar, gay bars in downtown detroit with a Miami influence.

At 10 p. In the Versailles Dining Room, executive chef Austin Hinsley will serve a small menu of steaks, lamb chops, branzino, pasta and other entrees, each with sides included for an all-inclusive experience. This is Hinsley's debut leading a kitchen, but the Southfield native has a ton of experience working at area restaurants, including Ocean Prime, P.

Chang's and the Apparatus Room. We're all in one, we're an experience. Most of the staff at Arcenciel have worked in the Detroit hospitality scene for many years in fine dining, craft cocktail bars and other gay clubs. This includes bar manager Nik Saljanin, who has created a menu of nearly two dozen cocktails that range from gay bar classics to modern trends.

This works well with the high-top seating in here, which includes tables and comfortable chairs, bar seating and an area surrounding a pool table with TVs for watching sports. Soon, Arcenciel will host a monthly "Deaf Jam" event where the deaf and hard-of-hearing community can enjoy the music by feeling the bass from the sound system's massive speakers the bass rig actually came from a Rolling Stones stadium tour.

They'll also bring in servers who know sign language and show the music videos lyrics to the songs on the massive video screen. This should be a safe space for everyone. After the Nov. Thursday through Saturday nights on a regular basis, with some special events on Sundays.

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All ages are welcome until around 9 p. Visit arcencieldetroit. Melody Baetens The Detroit News.