Best Restaurants in Corktown Detroit
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Corktown is Detroit's oldest neighborhood and, for the past decade, its most-discussed dining destination. The reasons are specific: Takoi built a reputation for Thai-inspired cooking that earned national attention before it was easy to earn national attention in Detroit. Alpino took the former Lady of the House space and made it something new. Slows Bar BQ has been on Michigan Avenue since 2005 and helped anchor the neighborhood's revival before most of the current press existed.
Plate & Press covers Corktown as part of our Detroit beat. Below is all Corktown coverage.
Corktown Is Still Detroit's Best Food Neighborhood
The hype has spread to Midtown and Eastern Market. The best cooking is still on Michigan Avenue.
Corktown built Detroit's modern food reputation. Despite losing Lady of the House, the neighborhood's dining scene remains the city's strongest and most interesting.
Detroit's Restaurant Renaissance Isn't New. But It's Never Been This Good.
From Corktown to Eastern Market, the city's dining scene has matured beyond the comeback narrative. It's time we covered it properly.
From Corktown to Eastern Market, Detroit's dining scene has matured past the comeback narrative.
Alpino Fills the Hardest Space in Corktown and Makes It Look Easy
In the brick building where Lady of the House used to be, an Alpine-inspired kitchen is melting raclette, pouring northern Italian reds, and earning its own reputation.
Alpino occupies the former Lady of the House space at 1426 Bagley St in Corktown. Dave Mancini's Alpine-inspired restaurant has raclette, wood-fired cooking, and a wine list that doesn't apologize for butter.
Where to Eat in Corktown
Detroit's oldest neighborhood has one of its deepest dining corridors. Ten restaurants that make Corktown a destination.
A guide to eating in Corktown, Detroit's oldest neighborhood, from Northern Thai at Takoi to smoked meat at Slows and Alpine-inspired plates at Alpino.
Folk Detroit Cooks Breakfast Like It Means Something
At 1701 Trumbull in Corktown, Rohani Foulkes built a restaurant from pastry, jollof rice, and a point of view.
Folk Detroit on Trumbull Avenue in Corktown draws from West African, Caribbean, and Southern cooking traditions. The pastry case is the first thing you see, and the jollof rice is the reason to stay.
B2A2: Green Dot Stables
Entry six takes the burger series to Corktown for $3 sliders that ask the same question the frita did: what counts?
B2A2 Entry #6 takes the series to Detroit's Corktown for Green Dot Stables, where $3 sliders challenge the definition of what belongs in a burger ranking.
Slows Bar BQ Opened Before Corktown Had Anything, and It Is Still Here
At 2138 Michigan Ave, the restaurant that sparked a neighborhood's revival keeps smoking brisket. Eighteen years later, the line still forms.
Slows Bar BQ opened in Corktown in 2005 and helped turn a quiet stretch of Michigan Avenue into Detroit's best dining corridor. The brisket, the mac and cheese, and the case for the restaurant that started it all.
Lady of the House Is the Detroit Restaurant That Made Me Start Driving East
Chef Kate Williams runs a whole-animal kitchen in Corktown that's worth the 45-minute drive from Ann Arbor. Plate & Press's first Detroit restaurant profile.
Chef Kate Williams runs a whole-animal kitchen in Corktown, Detroit. Plate & Press's first full Detroit restaurant profile covers four dishes, a serious bread program, and why the drive is worth it.
Takoi Does Thai Food the Way Detroit Does Everything: On Its Own Terms
In Corktown, chef Brad Greenhill cooks Thai-inspired food with Michigan ingredients and a cocktail program that keeps you past dessert.
Chef Brad Greenhill's Corktown restaurant blends Thai technique with Michigan ingredients. Three visits, four dishes, and a cocktail program worth driving 45 minutes for.