Opinion
6 articles
Ann Arbor's Korean Food Scene Arrived, and It Came With a Point of View
Three restaurants, two chefs, and a cuisine that now has enough critical mass to actually argue with itself.
Miss Kim, Little Kim, and Bori Korean Kitchen & Bar have turned Ann Arbor into a city with a real Korean food conversation. That is a different thing from having one good Korean restaurant.
Two Blocks on South Main Are Having Ann Arbor's Best Year
From 200 to 320 S Main St, something real has happened to the city's most concentrated restaurant corridor.
Echelon has a James Beard semifinalist citation. Tabe Fusion runs three floors at 209. Bori Korean Kitchen sits above Jolly Pumpkin, and a tiki bar runs under a fine dining restaurant. South Main is having a year.
Vernor Highway Is the Region's Essential Food Street. Calamansi Could Add Another Layer.
The Mexican-built corridor already holds remarkable range. A planned Filipino project could deepen it after the doors actually open.
West Vernor Highway was built by Mexican businesses and deepened by restaurants from other traditions. Calamansi remains a future project, not proof of the corridor's next chapter yet.
The Cellar Is Gone
Grizzly Peak's basement bar was underutilized and a little eccentric. That was most of the point.
The basement bar under Grizzly Peak on Washington Street has been replaced by The Ranch Honky Tonk. The frosé is gone. The particular kind of afternoon it made possible is gone with it.
Dearborn Has the Best Arabic Food in North America. We Haven't Covered It Once.
An editorial blind spot that's hard to justify and past time to fix.
Dearborn is home to the largest concentration of Arabic-speaking residents in North America and some of the most important restaurants in the region. This publication has ignored it entirely. That ends here.
Ann Arbor Wasn't Invited to the Michelin Party. That's Not the Whole Story.
The guide went to Detroit, not here. The reason matters more than the outcome.
When Michelin announced its Great Lakes edition, Ann Arbor wasn't on the list. The reason is less about the food and more about what a Michelin guide actually requires.