The Best Places in Hazel Park
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The best places in Hazel Park, according to the experts: USA Today, Eater, and The Infatuation have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Mabel Gray comes out on top.
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Loui's Pizza and Bar Gabi hold the next two places. Eater and The Infatuation show up on more of this list than any other guide.
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The handwritten menu changes so often it might be different by the time you finish reading it, which is either thrilling or exhausting depending on your disposition. This cozy New American restaurant in Hazel Park, helmed by chef James Rigato, runs on mismatched vintage plates, eclectic decor, a gothic wine cave, and produce largely grown by Rigato's partner. Named to USA Today's Restaurants of the Year list in 2025.
The awards
- USA Today USA Today: Restaurants of the Year
- Eater Eater: The Best New Restaurants in America
- Eater Eater: The Best Restaurant Desserts in Metro Detroit
- USA Today Restaurants of the Year
- Eater The Best New Restaurants in America
- Eater The Best Restaurant Desserts in Metro Detroit
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Loui's is a Hazel Park pizza parlor with wood paneling, a dining room that hasn't been redecorated since sometime before most of its customers were born, and a ceiling hung with chianti bottles signed by diners, like a very boozy guest book. The Detroit-style squares come out thick and airy under a crown of caramelized cheese. Order a pitcher, settle into the dim, and don't plan on being productive afterward.
The awards
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The Best Pizza Places In America
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The Best Restaurants In Detroit
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Rank 3. Bar Gabi
Eastern European
Bar Gabi is a Romanian-leaning dinner spot in Hazel Park that's built for passing plates and losing track of time. The menu strays happily into Italy and beyond, so a schnitzel the size of a catcher's mitt shares the table with goulash, gnocchetti, and focaccia with whipped feta. The big corner booth fits about six friends, which is roughly the headcount this whole operation assumes you'll arrive with.
The awards
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The Best Restaurants In Detroit
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Rank 4. Doug's Delight
Ice Cream Shop
Doug's Delight is a Hazel Park ice cream stand that makes its soft-serve in-house and fills cream puffs with it, which is a lot of structural engineering for something you eat in a parking lot. The hard stuff comes from Guernsey Dairy. There's an off-menu cup with a dog treat for the pup in the back seat, and an Italian beef counter inside, run by a Chicagoan, in case you need a savory excuse.
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