Max Hardy, Detroit leader and community advocate, dies at 40

Jeds Detroit chef and owner Max Hardy sits in the lobby of his takeout business in Detroit on February 22, 2021.

Chef Maxcel Hardy, a Detroit restaurateur known for his community advocacy and anti-hunger efforts, has died, publicist David Rudolph announced Tuesday morning. Hardy, 40, owned COOP Caribbean Fusion within the Detroit Shipping Company, Jed's Detroit, a pizza and wings franchise on Seven Mile Road in Detroit, and the now-closed River Bistro, northwest of Detroit. Last … Read more