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Sunda New Asian Detroit — Pan-Asian Menu, Hours & First Look
Two weeks in, Detroit's biggest restaurant opening is finding its footing. Here's what the 200-seat pan-Asian room on Columbia Street actually delivers.
Sunda New Asian at 33 W Columbia St, Detroit. 200-plus seats, pan-Asian menu spanning sushi, dim sum, noodles, and more. What works, what to order, and whether the hype holds up — from an actual visit two weeks after opening.
Bori Korean Kitchen & Bar Has Been Waiting for You to Notice
Chef James Park's restaurant on the second floor above Jolly Pumpkin is four months old and worth your attention
Four months in, Bori Korean Kitchen & Bar above Jolly Pumpkin on South Main is one of downtown Ann Arbor's best recent additions: dakgangjeong, japchae, and a noraebang in the back.
Sunda New Asian Brings Its Chicago Concept to Downtown Detroit
The 200-seat pan-Asian restaurant opens near Comerica Park this week.
The 200-seat pan-Asian restaurant opens near Comerica Park this week.
Bar Lupulus Is the Best Beer Bar in Ann Arbor. You Might Not Know It Exists.
On the ground floor at 311 South Main, a sour beer cocktail program and the deepest Jolly Pumpkin tap list in the state operate under a name most people walk past.
Bar Lupulus at 311 South Main is technically the bar at Jolly Pumpkin's Ann Arbor taproom. In practice, it is its own animal: sour beer cocktails, a deep tap list, and one of the better micheladas in Michigan.
The Last Word Earns Its Name
On West Huron, a cocktail bar built around the speakeasy conceit actually delivers on the promise. The bartenders know their history, and the drinks prove it.
The Last Word on West Huron Street is a cocktail bar named after one of the great classic drinks. The bar program is organized around eras of American cocktail making, and the execution is the best in Washtenaw County.
Sweetwaters Is Everywhere in Ann Arbor. That's the Point.
A local coffee chain that chose scale over scarcity, and built a model that actually works.
Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea has multiple locations across Ann Arbor. The drinks are consistent, the spaces are comfortable, and the model proves that local chains can grow without losing what made them local.
RoosRoast Liberty Is the Downtown Outpost That Earns Its Block
At 117 E Liberty St, the smaller, busier half of Ann Arbor's independent roaster.
RoosRoast's Liberty Street shop at 117 E Liberty St is the downtown cafe of Ann Arbor's independent roaster, smaller and busier than the Rosewood roastery, on a block that keeps getting better.
Pacific Rim Has Been Here the Whole Time
A pan-Asian restaurant on West Liberty that has outlasted nearly every trend in downtown Ann Arbor.
Pacific Rim at 114 W Liberty St has served pan-Asian food in downtown Ann Arbor for years. The pad thai is reliable, the sushi is competent, and the longevity tells its own story.
Argus Farm Stop Is Not a Grocery Store
At 325 W Liberty St, a retail model that puts local farms directly in front of local eaters.
Argus Farm Stop at 325 W Liberty St in Ann Arbor works with hundreds of local farms and producers to sell produce, meat, dairy, eggs, baked goods, and coffee under one roof. It is a distribution system disguised as a storefront.