The Top 62 Restaurants in Detroit
The best restaurants in Detroit, by the professional record: USA Today, James Beard Awards, and Eater have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Selden Standard comes out on top.
Mabel Gray and Baobab Fare hold the next two places. Eater shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with James Beard Awards next.
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Rank 1. Selden Standard
Rustic New American
- USA Today Restaurants of the Year
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Nominee · Best Chef: Great Lakes · Andy Hollyday
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurant
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Rank 2. Mabel Gray
New American
- USA Today Restaurants of the Year
- Eater The Best New Restaurants in America
- Eater The 38 Essential Restaurants in Detroit
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- James Beard Awards 2024 · Nominee · Outstanding Restaurateur · Hamissi Mamba and Nadia Nijimbere
- Esquire #14 · The Best New Restaurants in America
- Eater The Best New Restaurants in America
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- 50 Best One to Watch Award
- Bon Appétit America's Best New Restaurants
- The New York Times The Restaurant List
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Rank 4. Vecino
Modern Mexican
- Esquire The Best New Restaurants in America
- Eater Best New Restaurant
- Eater The 38 Essential Restaurants in Detroit
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- James Beard Awards 2023 · Nominee · Best Chef: Great Lakes · Sarah Welch
- Eater The Best New Restaurants in America
- Eater The 38 Essential Restaurants in Detroit
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Rank 7. Tomato Brothers
Italian
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- Eater The 38 Essential Restaurants in Detroit
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Best New Restaurant
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Rank 10. Freya
New American
- The New York Times The Restaurant List
- Eater The 38 Essential Restaurants in Detroit
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurateur · Sandy Levine
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Rank 12. Saffron De Twah
Moroccan Middle Eastern
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Nominee · Best Chef: Great Lakes · Omar Anani
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Nominee · Best Chef: Great Lakes · Omar Anani
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- Eater The 38 Essential Restaurants in Detroit
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Emerging Chef · Amado Lopez
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Rank 13. Ima Izakaya
Japanese
- Eater The 38 Essential Restaurants in Detroit
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Great Lakes · Michael Ransom
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Great Lakes · Michael Ransom
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- Eater The 38 Essential Restaurants in Detroit
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Hospitality
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Rank 19. Noori Chicken
Korean
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Rank 21. AlTayeb
Middle Eastern
- The New York Times The Restaurant List
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Hospitality
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Great Lakes · Ahmad Sanji
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- Eater The 38 Essential Restaurants in Detroit
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Regional Honoree · Best U.S. Restaurant Bar – U.S. Central
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