Detroit Restaurant Week’s Global Cuisine

Planning my dinner excursions for Detroit Restaurant Week (DRW), I chose to start off with Atlas Global Bistro. The restaurant offers an eclectic ‘global’ menu with influences from French, Indian, Asian and Middle-Eastern cuisines, which ultimately translates into a flavorful meal!
Walking into Atlas we were promptly greeted and seated in their spacious dining area, where [...]

Letter from the Editor . . . “Mmmm, bacon”

“Mmmm . . . bacon,” Homer Simpson.  Did you know that if you add bacon to any food – seriously any food– it tastes better: a sandwich (check), a salad (check, check), a water chestnut (check), or an ice cream sandwich (I haven’t tried this, but probably check)?  Detroit Restaurant Week returned this past Friday [...]

Detroit Abides – Free Movie Night in Eastern Market

Big River, A King Corn Companion & HealthyTown
Wednesday, May 19. 2010 – 7-9p
Eastern Market’s Shed 5
Detroit has been alight with discussions of and proposals for large-scale Urban Agriculture projects. In addition to land use, local economic and community engagement concerns, large-scale Agriculture in an urban setting provides us an opportunity to look into the environmental [...]

Detroit Restaurant Week at 17 Downtown Detroit Fine Dining Establishments

Featuring Spring Inspired Menus and Vegetarian Dishes
April 16-25, 2010
Detroit Restaurant Week menus for the 17 establishments that are participating in the 10-evening dinner promotion April 16-25 are now available for viewing at DetroitRestaurantWeek.com.

A new addition to every menu for spring will be a dinner option for vegetarians who crave fine dining paired with exceptional [...]

Lettuce Rock! at Royal Oak Farmers Market

Presented By The Royal Oak Community Farm
Saturday, April 17, 2010 at 5:00pm
Sunday, April 18, 2010 at 12:00am
This community-wide event will be held at the Royal Oak Farmers Market on Saturday, April 17th from 5pm-12am.
Admission is $5 (children under 5 years old are free.)
Live entertainment, food, beer, wine, kid’s activities and raffles!
Scheduled to perform:
The Candy [...]

Experience the Launch of 3D Tours with a Brew-Ha-Ha!

Sunday, February 21, 2010 beginning at 4:00pm
For the launch Discover Detroit Dining/3D Tours outing, it’s a “Brew-Ha-Ha!”  Michigan is home to some of the most top-rated craft breweries in the world, raking in medals from top competitions such as the World Beer Cup and the Great American Beer Festival.  There are currently over 70 craft [...]

Film Screening: The Future of Food

Friday, January 29, 2009
6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at Detroit Waldorf School, RSVP
Detroit Waldorf School (DWS) will host a film screening of The Future of Food on Friday, January 29, 2009, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. The Future of Food, a groundbreaking documentary released in 2004, distills the complex technology and key regulatory, legal, [...]

Call For Submissions: Edible Art Show

December 27th, 2009, 8pm-Midnight
Trumbullplex Detroit
Trumbullplex is hosting an Edible Art Show on December 27th. We’re currently accepting submission proposals. We’re looking for folks who use food creatively and make art out of it.
Some examples of stuff that people already participating in the show are doing:
-Pictures with pancakes
-Vegetable creatures
-M&M portraits
-Melon bowls
If this sounds like [...]

Over 27,000 Diners Participated In Detroit Reastaurant Week

Spring and Fall Versions of Detroit Restaurant Week Slated for Next Year
Detroit Restaurant Week organizers announced today that more than 27,000 people came to Downtown Detroit restaurants during the 10-evening dinner promotion and 64% of the people who dined at the 17 participating restaurants purchased the specially-priced Detroit Restaurant Week multicourse dinner menu option.
“Detroit [...]

Celebrate the Autumn Season at Michigan Harvest Beer Festival

[ October 24, 2009; 2:00 pm; ] Saturday, October 24, 2009, 1-6pm
Presented by the Michigan Brewers Guild & Metrotimes
at Detroit’s Eastern Markett

Based on the success of past events and a steadily growing interest in locally-crafted beer, officials at the Michigan Brewers Guild and Metrotimes say they are planning on a sell out crowd of 2500 for their inaugural Michigan [...]