Guru’s Elevated Indian Dining Concept Coming to Troy; Boulan Park Cricket Field Opens as Michigan’s First
Troy’s South Asian community has two milestones to celebrate: a new upscale Indian restaurant concept headed for a prime Crooks Road location, and a landmark cricket facility that opened at Boulan Park in May 2026.
Guru’s: Elevated Indian Dining Concept Headed to 2901 Crooks Road
A new elevated Indian dining concept called Guru’s is in the works for Troy, Michigan, targeting the former Kerby’s Koney Island space at 2901 Crooks Road, a location close to the Somerset Collection mall and well positioned to serve Troy’s dense South Asian residential corridor. Behind the project is Mayank Tyagi of MK Group, a Toronto-based real estate investment firm with interest in the Michigan market. The vision for Guru’s goes beyond a standard Indian restaurant: the planned format includes a full dining area alongside a bar and lounge, suggesting a more social and contemporary atmosphere than the typical subcontinental dining room. The menu is expected to draw from North Indian cuisine, with signature dishes like biryani and tikka masala among the anticipated offerings. At the time WhatNow published its report, no opening date had been set and the team was just beginning the hiring process, meaning the community can expect a ramp-up period before doors open. The choice of Troy is deliberate. The city has one of the highest concentrations of Indian Americans in Michigan, and the demand for high-quality, modern Indian dining in the area has historically outpaced supply. Guru’s, with its upscale framing and lounge concept, appears designed to fill a specific gap: a space where the community can gather not just for a meal but for an evening out in a setting that reflects the community’s professional and cultural aspirations. The Crooks Road location, in a recognizable retail corridor near the Somerset Collection, ensures strong visibility for the new concept when it eventually opens its doors. [1]
Michigan’s First Regulation-Size Cricket Field Opens at Boulan Park
Troy officially opened Michigan’s first regulation-size cricket field at Boulan Park in May 2026, with a grand opening ceremony on May 14 followed by the first competitive match on May 16. The project, backed by a $900,000 state grant, represents the culmination of two decades of advocacy by the South Asian cricket community in metro Detroit. The facility was built with permanence in mind: it features a scoreboard, covered dugouts, and permanent sight screens, the kind of infrastructure that separates a proper cricket venue from a repurposed park space. Most notably, the pitch is a hybrid synthetic-turf-and-clay surface, the first of its kind in Michigan. This construction choice reflects the realities of the Michigan climate, where a traditional rolled-turf pitch would be difficult to maintain through cold and wet seasons, while the hybrid design offers the feel and bounce of a proper wicket while withstanding year-round conditions. The project was described as twenty years in the making, a phrase that speaks to the long organizational history of the Desi cricket community in the Detroit metro area. The community had long outgrown informal and improvised playing spaces, and the opening at Boulan Park gives it a home ground worthy of the sport. The field positions Troy as a cricket destination within the broader Great Lakes region. The facility’s arrival also coincides with cricket’s anticipated Olympic debut, adding a timely layer of significance: the sport’s growing international profile has inspired communities across North America to invest in proper infrastructure, and Troy’s Boulan Park field is one of the most ambitious examples of that investment in the Midwest. [2]
Sources: [1] WhatNow · [2] WXYZ Channel 7