DETROIT - The four horsemen of the Grey Ghost team have officially announced a location for their forthcoming restaurant.

Josef Giacomino, Will Lee and brothers John and David Vermiglio will open an 80-seat restaurant in part of the former Ye Olde Butcher Shoppe on Woodward Avenue, which shuttered in 2014.

When chefs John Vermiglio and Josef Giacomino announced plans to open in Detroit last November, they said they wanted to create a restaurant dishing out creative takes on Midwestern comfort food from a place with an approachable, neighborhood feel.

They steered away from Woodward Avenue to achieve that.

Grey Ghost Detroit will face Watson Street between Woodward and John R. The front doors will open to apartments and the tail end of Brush Park rather than the bustle of Woodward Avenue and the Detroit Events Center down the road.

Their official address: 47 East Watson St.

"We wanted to assimilate into the neighborhood," Giacomino said.

There's a fair amount of construction left. The former occupants filled all 8,100-square-feet of the Crystal Loft Building with a grocery store -- it's going to be divided up into three spaces, with Grey Ghost likely to be the first to open around July 2016.

"Grey Ghost is a great fit for the building and the neighborhood," Mike Essian, vice president of American Community Developers, Inc, in the restaurant announcement. "I've been impressed with these guys from day one and can't wait to for them to open."

The team got serious about Grey Ghost in 2013, David Vermiglio said, though John has planned to return to Detroit since he went west 13 years ago. They've had their eyes on the Crystal Lofts Building for a while.

Between the chefs and Will Lee, the team has been a part of 15 restaurant openings in Detroit and Chicago.

This will be David's first opening.

And each member of the quartet has "emptied our own piggy banks" to open Grey Ghost, David Vermiglio said.

Lee, who helped curate cocktail programs at Selden Standard, Antietam and Standby in Detroit, said he plans to up the hospitality behind the bar at Grey Ghost.

As far as the food goes, the chefs have a lot to offer, he said.

"These guys are bringing it," Lee said.

Giacomino and Vermiglion started a series of pop up dinner events, titled the Ghost Tour, in December, which has allowed them to play around with meat-centric menu items.

If the food the men churned out during in unfamiliar kitchens during an unconventional food service during the Ghost Tour is any indication of what can be expected from the brick and mortar location, Detroit is in for a culinary treat.

The team hopes to be a local spot that also pulls people in for special nights out.

"We definitely want to have a number of repeat clientele," John Vermiglio said.

Giacomino echoed his gastronomic partner: "I'd love to have people here two or three nights a week," he said. "This is their spot."

Both chefs have said they hope to see a group in jeans and T-shirts dining next to people in suits and dresses.

Inclusive and elevated might describe what they're aiming for.

The chefs want to avoid a label, though. Giacomino cringes when he slips and calls Grey Ghost a steakhouse.

They're going to have a steak, he has said, but then they're going to have a lot of other things too, organ meats and oddities that chefs like to play with and hide to help people step out of their comfort zones.

Foodies will still be able to get a taste of Grey Ghost. April 15, they're hosting the fifth pop up on the Ghost Tour at Great Lakes Culinary Center in Southfield, Mich.

They'll prepare a five-course menu focused on seafood.

While the chefs' move from Chicago is a little late for them to have purchased their own building, they said they couldn't be in Detroit at a better time for the food scene.

Vermiglio, who grew up in Clinton Township, Mich., has been pulling on Giacomino's sleeve for a while.

"It's an exciting time to be here," Giacomino, who's originally from the Chicago area, said. "Every single (chef) has gone out of their way to introduce us to people."

It's a theme common among the chefs and bakers and chocolatiers in Detroit: everyone wants to see the others succeed.

And the four men behind Grey Ghost said they plan to return the favor.

Once open, the 47 Watson location will have patio seating in addition to seats inside and at the bar.

Interior renderings of the space have yet to be released.

Click here for MLive's most recent coverage of Grey Ghost's pop up events.

Ian Thibodeau is the business and development reporter for MLive Media Group in Detroit. He can be reached at ithibode@mlive.com, or follow him on Twitter.