Cadieux Café, the east side Detroit bar known for steaming mussels and feather bowling, is soon to be under new ownership.

Paul Howard, co-owner of popular Detroit jazz club Cliff Bell's, and local musician John Rutherford are purchasing the peopular spot at 4300 Cadieux Road, according to a Monday announcement.

Effective Jan. 1, ownership will be transferred from the Devos family, which has maintained the former Belgian speakeasy's "old-world charm and traditions" since 1962.

Fret not, feather bowling won't be going anywhere, and there's a very good chance that mussels will stay on the menu, said exiting co-owner Ron Devos, who owns the business with his nephew Paul Misuraca.

"Nervous, yes. Sad, yes. Relieved, yes. It's a little bit of everything. We've been around for a long time, and we're getting a little older, and we don't have the capital to keep putting money into it," 60-year-old Devos said. "We were looking for someone to take it off our hands."

Devos declined to reveal the purchase price. He said business is strong and selling was not a financial necessity.

He said the new owners, to whom he first spoke about selling the business three years ago, have the money for much-needed improvements to the parking lot, floor and other parts of the building. He's not sure how much they plan to invest or the specifics on planned improvements. There's a clause in the contract that says they have to keep the feather bowling and leagues going, though, and getting rid of it would be an unwise business decision anyway, given its popularity and unique value, Devos said.