The Best Steakhouses in Detroit
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The best steakhouses in Detroit, according to the experts: James Beard Awards and World's 101 Best have both weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. BARDA comes out on top.
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Rank 1. BARDA
Live-Fire Steakhouse
The awards
- James Beard Awards James Beard Awards: 2022 · Nominee · Best New Restaurant
- James Beard Awards James Beard Awards: 2026 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Great Lakes · Javier Bardauil
- James Beard Awards James Beard Awards: 2025 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Great Lakes · Javier Bardauil
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Nominee · Best New Restaurant
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Great Lakes · Javier Bardauil
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Great Lakes · Javier Bardauil
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Rank 2. Prime + Proper
Modern American Steakhouse
Glass, marble, and open-flame grills fill a room that makes clear this is a steakhouse with architectural ambitions. Downtown Detroit's Prime + Proper dry-ages its USDA Prime and Japanese Miyazaki cuts in-house before the fire gets anywhere near them, which is either discipline or showmanship, and possibly both. The wine list swings between Napa and the Old World. It ranked 65th on the World's Best Steak Restaurants list, for what that's worth on a Tuesday night in Michigan.
The awards
- World's 101 Best World's 101 Best: #65 · World's Best Steak Restaurants