detroit restaurants

Detroit teacher Vicki Hooks Green slings coney dogs to save for retirement

Vicki Hooks Green is a passionate Detroit teacher first -- but she started Big Ma's Coney Cart as a summer…

3 years ago

Al Poe, aka ‘Detroit Pig Out,’ tried 250 different local restaurants last year (yes, in a pandemic)

Food influencer Al Poe, who goes by "Detroit Pig Out," dines out more than 200 times a year only at…

3 years ago

Hajime Sato opens Sozai in Clawson, leveling up Metro Detroit’s sushi game

Listen, if you're going to open a sushi restaurant down the street from the legendary Noble Fish in Clawson, you…

3 years ago

How Dr. Sushi’s illegal Corktown pop-up turned into a sustainable business

Dr. Sushi started by selling fish out of his apartment. Now he dreams of opening a brick-and-mortar location.

3 years ago

Chef Maxcel Hardy feeds Detroit’s essential workers while teaching culinary arts

When food that he couldn’t serve piled up at his restaurant COOP Detroit, Chef Maxcel Hardy and his culinary students…

4 years ago

At Just A Bit Eclectic, Detroit teens brew tea and dreams

Darlene Alston opened Just A Bit Eclectic, a tea shop, youth program and farm, on Detroit's west side eight years…

4 years ago

How Kwaku Osei-Bonsu is shaking up Detroit’s dining scene, from the outside in

From Detroit Black Restaurant Week to dining domes and a cloud kitchen, Kwaku Osei-Bonsu of East Eats is forging his…

4 years ago

Southwest Detroit institution Hygrade Deli is up for sale

Southwest Detroit’s beloved Hygrade Deli, known for its massive reubens, has been put up for sale, owner Stuart Litt said.

4 years ago

Farewell to a local legend: Armando Galan, creator of the Detroit botana

In 1975, Armando Galan sealed his fate in Detroit food history when he added the botana to his menu.

4 years ago

New food trucks carve out a niche serving Jamaican and Nigerian cuisine in Northwest Detroit

Like restaurants, many Detroit food trucks are struggling -- but Jamaica Mi Hungry 313 and Fork in Nigeria have both…

4 years ago