Joe Vicari, of the Joe Vicari Restaurant Group, who operates the Andiamo Italian restaurants, including in Bloomfield Township…

Hazel, Ravines and Downtown – 1 Peabody Street, Birmingham – has decided to embrace its success with seasonal seafood takeovers and become a seafood restaurant all year. Debuting October 1, HRD’s menu will focus on the Pacific Northwest, and throughout the year the menu will change four times to stick with seasonal seafood. “Rather than sit back and just hope we’re doing what people want, it’s fun for us because we get to play with new things and can really pay attention to what is available to us,” said executive chef, Emmele Herrold, who co-owns the restaurant with Beth Hussey. Herrold is personally excited about the Dungeness crab offerings. “It’s super fun. We’ll put it on the table with

With fall quickly approaching, Heirloom Hospitality’s culinary director, Ryan Prentiss, decided to lean in to the season and added new appetizers and entrees at Townhouse Birmingham and Detroit. The Detroit location, 500 Woodward Avenue, now has four new appetizers that Prentiss said were Middle Eastern-inspired. There’s the octopus fattoush, with marinated tomatoes and Persian cucumbers, and tomato kibbeh that has mint, basil, and jalapeño. One of the hot appetizers is street corn arancini, that Prentiss described as a fried risotto ball that’s got all the flavors of street corn. “If I’m being a little bit gluttonous and unhealthy, I’ll go with the arancini – it’s definitely a favorite of m

Justin Tootla and Jennifer Jackson, the former chefs at Voyager, know everyone has their favorite place to get American Chinese dishes like General Tso’s Chicken and sweet and sour chicken, so don’t expect to see much like that on the menu at their new Chinese restaurant, Bunny Bunny, 1454 Gratiot in Detroit, which opened in late August. Instead, Tootla and Jackson, who ran a Chinese restaurant together in Chicago prior to Ferndale’s Voyager, decided to focus on different regions in China with dishes like the already popular twice-cooked pork and dry chili chicken, a dish they’ve been working on for years. Jackson said their sleeper hit so far has been their tomato beef. There are plans to i

“Karl’s is like a classic American diner, so classic American TV dinners lend itself to our concept, and those of us who are talking about it, basically grew up on them,” said Kate Williams, chef and owner of Karl’s, about the restaurant’s new to-go options. The chicken tenders, and spaghetti and meatballs are right from the Karl’s menu – but are now served in TV-style trays, with additions that include items like their pork cutlet. Williams said the kid’s mac and cheese is also excellent. The establishment plans to rotate the TV dinner selections to keep it fun and interesting. Although Karl’s isn’t technically open for dine-in at the Siren Hotel, 1509 Broadway Street, Detroit, there are ho

Like their name suggests, Detroit Loves Tacos, Detroit does indeed love tacos, and husband and wife duo, Julie and Jason Stevens, are making tacos Detroiters can’t get enough of. While they’ve been doing pop-ups since 2018, when their catering business really took off, their most recent pop-ups are serving as a preview for their upcoming brick-and-mortar at 9425 John R, Detroit, which they hope to open by January 2021. For now though, they’ll continue their Tuesday and Thursday pop-ups at Nancy Whiskey Detroit, 2644 Harrison Street, Detroit, and throughout the city on weekends. Be sure to get there early though – they sell out quickly, like their most recent addition, the Birria de Res taco.

As of late September, both Detroit Vegan Soul restaurants – 8029 Agnes Street and 19614 Grand River – were officially open for curbside pick-up. “From a business standpoint, it’s great to be able to have both locations open and running,” said Kirsten Ussery, co-owner and general manager. “Also we know that our customers missed us...both of our restaurants are located within communities, within neighborhoods. So it feels good from both of those standpoints.” Their Grand River location – which was open prior to September – has had basically the same menu since re-opening, while the Agnes Street location is slightly reduced and there are plans to add a special of the day. The vegan restaurant w