The Lark

The Lark is extremely well situated in the heart of West Bloomfield Township, an exclusive suburb of Detroit with the highest proportion of lakes of any area of the country outside of northern Minnesota. he Lark is a free standing architectural award winning country inn with gardens, trees and ponds, sheltering Canada geese, mallard ducks, mourning... doves and other wildlife. he overall theme is a sophisticated European-style country inn including tuxedoed waitpeople, walled garden viewed through the dining room windows, fountain, outdoor tables in season, outdoor grill, grape trellis, and garden grown herbs, vegetables and fruit. The decor is that of an elegant southern European Country Inn with terra cotta walls adorned with Portuguese tile murals and elaborate tiled restrooms. Cuisine is eclectic and distinctive with French cooking techniques. Fixed-price and a la carte dinners from 6:00 pm, Tuesday through Saturday. The restaurant is closed Sunday and Monday except for theme dinners on the last Monday and Tuesday of each month, and is also closed every major holiday and for nine days each summer and winter for vacation. The cost of the Four-course fixed price dinners range from $70.00 to $95.00 excluding dessert. The main dining room holds up to 52 patrons with additional seating at two booths in the cafe. James David Lark, B.S., LL.B., J.D., Law and Accounting, Maitre Sommelier Vins de France, Chevalier du Tastevin, Officier Maitre de Table L'Academie-Brillat-Savarin, Confrerie de la Chaine des Rotisseurs, Commandeur du Bontemps Medoc Graves. Jim Lark is old, old Detroit, his mother's French Canadian ancestors having moved to this area from Quebec in the mid-18th Century. After a variety of careers in Law and the builders industry in which he built some 1,000 homes, he and wife Mary opened The Lark in June, 1981. Jim's book "the ultimate lark" has won raves from many, including noted writers Elmore "Dutch" Leonard, Jim Harrison, and Len Barnes.Jim, being part Prussian, is a perfectionist and prowls the ...Read More