Sunday, November 08, 2009
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Satisfy your seafood craving
While many restaurants have at least some seafood on their menus these days,
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
Metro 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.
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- Honolulu Symphony cancels remaining 2009 concerts - 12:12 AM
- Rihanna: Chris Brown 'had no soul in his eyes' - 11:04 PM
- Nick Counter, Hollywood studios' negotiator, dies - 10:30 PM
- NYC's Village Gate club owner, Art D'Lugoff, dies - 09:23 PM
- Joe Jackson seeks stipend from Michael's estate - 08:18 PM
Molly Abraham: Restaurant Review
Bookies takes bar food upward
Bookies Bar & Grille, the Cass Avenue successor to the original Bookies Tavern in the Book Building, seems to have taken all the variations of the classic bar and grill and rolled them into one. - 11/05/2009
Restaurant news
Enjoy Brewmasters Dinner, other restaurant treats
Read on for more buzz from the world of dining out. - 11/05/2009
Dining out: Diamond Jim Brady's Bistro
Shepherd's pie is back for the season at Diamond Jim Brady's Bistro. Every year at about this time, chef/proprietor Mary Brady brings back the homey dish that includes ground beef simmered with carrots, leeks and onions in a tarragon gravy, with garlic mashed potatoes as the top crust. It's $15, and that includes a choice of Caesar or house salad. - 11/04/2009
Molly Abraham
Right chef, right wine at Kitchen Sync
The tiny kitchen of this Northville wine shop, in full view next to the six-seat wine bar, includes only a double-tier convection oven, two induction burners and a panini grill, but it seems to be plenty for the chef's small but well-chosen menu. - 10/29/2009
Restaurant news
Downtown Tom's Oyster Bar offers a meal that's hard to beat
Plus, Le Petit Zinc's amazing success, and the final Taste of Eastern Market cooking demonstration. - 10/29/2009
Dining out: Gregorio's in Wyandotte
Gregorio's Italian Restaurant is that cozy little spot that seems to epitomize mom 'n' pop Italian. And with its Halloween decorations all around the softly lit, red-walled room, it looks like something out of a movie set. - 10/28/2009
Molly Abraham
Fixed-price menus offer premium fare at a reasonable cost
Tasting or fixed-price menus have come down to earth, and they add up to some very tasty deals for savvy diners. Restaurants across the city and the suburbs are coming up with three- and even four-course spreads. - 10/22/2009
Restaurant news
Majestic Café overhauls menu, look
Also, Colombo Italia to broaden its menu, Ayse's Café is celebrating its 16th anniversary, and Jumps changes its staff. - 10/22/2009
Popular Detroit restaurant plans to expand
Detroit -- The widely acclaimed Slows Bar B Q in Corktown, near the now vacant site of old Tiger Stadium, sealed the last piece of its financing deal this morning to open a new take-out and catering business in the city's Midtown area. - 10/21/2009
Townsend Hotel scares up costumes and holiday buffet
Afternoon Tea at the Townsend Hotel is celebrating Halloween in style with over-the-top costumes, a delicious buffet and a DJ to fuel the dance floor from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday. - 10/21/2009
Dining out: Pei Wei diner, run by P.F. Chang's, opens in Troy
The people who brought us the popular P.F. Chang's China Bistro chain know how to pare down a complicated menu to a reasonable length. They are also the authors of the quick-serve Pei Wei Asian Diner spots. - 10/20/2009
Molly Abraham
Union Woodshop finds way with BBQ
A makeover of the Clarkston Café has brought a terrific down-home barbecue joint to Clarkston's Main Street. Stacks of freshly cut green hickory are used in the Southern Pride smoker that provides the pulled pork, baby back ribs and spareribs and beef brisket, and cherrywood fuels the pizza oven. - 10/15/2009
Restaurant news
Midtown Shangri-La lights up space near WSU
This and other buzz from the world of dining out. - 10/15/2009
Dining out: Shogun restaurant opens in St. Clair Shores
All is not gloom and doom in the restaurant business. Gar Yung and his family have just unveiled a handsome new spot in St. Clair Shores. Shogun Japanese & Chinese Bistro at 23195 Marter Road, just off Jefferson Avenue, offers Japanese steakhouse teppanyaki cooking, a sushi bar and Chinese dishes. - 10/14/2009
Delicious Los Altos offers affordable, authentic Mexican menu
Sit down at a table at Los Altos, and as quickly as the menu arrives, so does a tray with an array of condiments in the hands of a friendly young server. What a nice introduction to this interesting Mexican restaurant that is just far enough off the beaten track to be a discovery. - 10/08/2009
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. 
