Friday, March 19, 2010

Make selections and hit 'Search'

 

Specific search terms:

Restaurant ideas

Looking for a restaurant with a particular atmosphere? Great prices? Special features? Try these searches of our database of thousands of area restaurants.

Dining Options

When you want your meal 'to go'

Noble Fish, an Asian grocery in a strip mall in Clawson You can get food to go from most restaurants, but here are some top places that do mostly or only carryout business, from cheese steaks to chop suey.

Satisfy your seafood craving

Presentations dazzle the eye at Mitchell's Fish Market The metro area is lucky to have a number of restaurants that don't just dabble in seafood, but offer menus dedicated to delicacies from the sea.

Entertainment along with your dinner

Chef Jian (Jimmy) Cao cooks on the grill at Katana in Royal OakMetro Detroit has plenty of restaurants that can turn a ho-hum date into a one-of-a-kind night. Added elements might include dinner theater, live music, movies, comedy, fondue, table-side chef or other attractions.

Troy Restaurant Week to raise funds for Gleaners Food Bank

Troy Restaurant Week kicks off Sunday with affordable fare at 16 of the city's finest dining spots. Each restaurant will be collecting monetary and canned food donations for Gleaners Community Food Bank. - 03/19/2010

Molly Abraham: Restaurant Review

Mazza Indian Cuisine provides flavorful authenticity in a comfortable setting

Mazza Indian Cuisine in Berkley replaced Passage to India.

Visitors to Mazza Indian Cuisine (formerly Passage to India), the month-old restaurant in Berkley, will find upholstered chairs, tables double-covered in linen, and soft lights along with well-prepared and nicely served tandoori chicken, lamb curry and mulligatawny soup. - 03/18/2010

Food Network chef to film pilot at Detroit Coney Islands

Symon

Celebrity Chef Michael Symon, owner of Detroit's Roast restaurant, will be filming a pilot episode Friday in downtown Detroit for the new Food Network show "Food Feud." - 03/18/2010

Molly Abraham

Buzz-worthy Tallulah Wine Bar & Bistro marches to its own stylish drummer

The hanger steak is a favorite entrée at Tallulah Wine Bar & Bistro in Birmingham.

Elegant in its simplicity, Tallulah Wine Bar & Bistro offers an uncluttered setting that matches its concise menu of fresh, contemporary American fare and an eclectic wine list. The new spot in downtown Birmingham strikes a nice balance between food and wine. - 03/11/2010

Upscale tasting comes to MGM Grand's Bourbon Steak

Uptown Meets Downtown is a one-night-only dining event at Michael Mina's Bourbon Steak restaurant inside the MGM Grand Detroit casino. The hot spot has teamed up with Hoopes & Liparita, AHD Vinters and Plum Market to bring in specialty, organic and local wines to pair with Bourbon Steak's fare. The event's menu includes lobster corn dogs, sliders with duck-fat fries, turkey, beef and lamb, as well as dessert. - 03/09/2010

Molly Abraham

1917 American Bistro is a work in progress -- but already cooking

Lump crab cakes are hot sellers at 1917 American Bistro in Detroit.

A straightforward menu, without flourishes or excess verbiage, is a plus for any restaurant. And the menu at this attractive new restaurant on the Avenue of Fashion, as Livernois has been known for generations, is exactly that. - 03/04/2010

Chefs' event to benefit Variety, the Children's Charity

Metro Detroit's top chefs will create culinary masterpieces at a benefit for Variety, the Children's Charity at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Radisson Hotel, 39495 Woodward Ave., Bloomfield Hills. - 03/03/2010

On the menu: glamour for $27

After the success of last fall's Detroit Restaurant Week, which brought more than 27,000 diners to Detroit restaurants in September, organizers this spring are bringing back 10 days of savings at some of the city's most upscale spots. - 02/25/2010

Molly Abraham

Diners welcome Moti Mahal's Indian cuisine in new location

Chicken Tikka Masala is among the dishes at Moti Mahal in Royal Oak.

If years of experience are any indication of cooking expertise, and they certainly are, Abdul Ullah has more than enough credentials. The much-traveled chef is back in Royal Oak, this time with three older sons and his wife, Momotaz, who makes pastries, to help him with his new Moti Mahal. The 70-seat restaurant debuted on Feb. 3. - 02/25/2010

Molly Abraham: Restaurant Review: My Sisters & Me: 2.5 stars

Five siblings bring authentic Southern cooking to Detroit

A variety of soul/comfort foods are available six days a week at My Sisters and Me.

In 2003, five Hattaway sisters found a store-front in Harper Woods and opened My Sisters & Me, dedicated to southern cooking ranging from black-eyed peas and collard greens to fried catfish and meatloaf. My Sisters & Me to its classic soul food menu to a larger and more attractive setting in Detroit in 2007. - 02/18/2010

Seldom Blues shuts doors in Detroit

The dining area at Seldom Blues is seen in 2007.

Seldom Blues, an upscale restaurant and jazz club in the Renaissance Center, closed over the weekend, citing "financial distress," according to a statement released by its owners Monday. - 02/16/2010

Detroit's 'Seldom Blues' restaurant closes

The dining area at Seldom Blues is seen in 2007.

Detroit -- Seldom Blues, the upscale restaurant and jazz club in the Renaissance Center, has closed, citing "financial distress" according to statement released by the owners today. - 02/15/2010

Metro Detroit eateries expect Valentine's Day treat

The Whitney in Detroit is offering a special four-course menu and will be open Sunday.

Love isn't the only thing in the air this Valentine's Day. Visions of dollar signs are dancing above the heads of Metro Detroit restaurateurs who are expecting throngs of couples for brunch and dinner, with Valentine's Day landing on a Sunday. - 02/12/2010

Columns

Restaurants: Molly Abraham

Longtime restaurant critic Molly Abraham is a native Detroiter who's in her second stint with The Detroit News, providing news and reviews of Metro Detroit restaurants.

ADVERTISEMENT

Join our bracket Challenge

Sandra Silfven on Wine

Sandra Silfven has written about wine for more than 25 years. She's a longtime copy editor at The Detroit News, as well as a former restaurant critic. Her advice to newbies: "If I can figure out this stuff, so can you!"

Wine of the Day

The Wine of the Day

Concannon, 2006 Captain Joe's Petite Sirah Livermore Valley, $15

New Michigan releases

Michigan Wine of the Week

Chateau Chantal, 2009 Chardonnay Old Mission Peninsula, $13

Photos & Multimedia