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DETROIT / Eat & drink / ¼

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From a morning bite to an evening of jazz: discover restaurants, bars, and shared tables across Detroit and nearby cities. Find your flavor and your neighborhood.

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Contemporary dining

Mabel Gray

This small Hazel Park restaurant combines handwritten menus with personal hospitality.

Contemporary dining

Freya

Freya offers a destination dinner near North End and Milwaukee Junction.

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Contemporary dining

The Apparatus Room

The Apparatus Room occupies the ground floor of a former fire station.

Contemporary dining

Basan

Basan serves dinner inside the historic Eddystone near Little Caesars Arena.

Contemporary dining

Alpino

Alpine flavors, wine, and shared tables shape Alpino in Corktown.

Contemporary dining

BARDA

Live-fire cooking meets neon light at BARDA in Core City.

Italian & Mediterranean

Ottava Via

Ottava Via offers an Italian dinner among Corktown's brick buildings.

Italian & Mediterranean

Leila

Leila connects Lebanese family-table traditions with the energy of contemporary Beirut.

Global flavors

Al Ameer

Al Ameer offers Mediterranean cooking and family-oriented dining in Dearborn.

Global flavors

Takoi

Takoi combines Thai-inspired cooking with Michigan seasonality in Corktown.

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Global flavors

Yemen Cafe

Yemen Cafe serves Yemeni and Middle Eastern dishes in Hamtramck.

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Global flavors

Saffron De Twah

Saffron De Twah describes itself as a modern Moroccan bistro on Detroit's east side.

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Pizza & local classics

Loui’s Pizza

Loui's Pizza offers a Detroit-style pizza detour in Hazel Park.

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Pizza & local classics

Sweetwater Tavern

Sweetwater Tavern's original downtown location builds its identity around chicken wings.

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Contemporary dining

Roses Fine Food

Roses now describes itself as a Polish restaurant working with Michigan produce.

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