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Brian Polcyn’s take on festive Mexican food has replaced his upscale regional American menu, and the transition has worked well.
By Molly Abraham
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November 2009 |
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Now ensconced on the main floor of the building where it formerly occupied a tiny lower-level space, Chad Stewart’s restaurant has come into its own in the more visible setting where his from-scratch new American cooking is shown off to better advantage.
By Molly Abraham
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October 2009 |
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Dim sum carts roll through the big dining room at midday every day, trundled table to table by friendly servers who lift the lids from the steamers to show diners their options.
By Molly Abraham
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September 2009 |
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The semi-circular sushi bar is the central core of this authentic restaurant that’s a spinoff of the original in Ann Arbor. Veteran sushi chef Bobby Suzuki has a loyal following in West Bloomfield for his precise nigiri and rolls.
By Molly Abraham
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July 2009 |
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Most of the local Vietnamese cafés are bare-bones. This one, however, is handsomely put together and has the amenities of carefully chosen linens and table appointments.
By Molly Abraham
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June 2009 |
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An on-site greenhouse is one of the many nods to environmentally sound practices at this downtown Rochester spot.
By Molly Abraham
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May 2009 |
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It shares the ground floor of the new Westin Book Cadillac with Michael Symon’s high-powered Roast, offering a casual but still-dramatic setting that combines a hint of the building’s vintage in the black-painted, structural-steel columns and exposed ceiling, which contrast nicely with contemporary furnishings.
By Molly Abraham
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April 2009 |
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Lori and Brian Burke’s woodsy haven for wine and wine-compatible dishes has a charmingly unpretentious attitude, a creative menu of small plates, appetizer pizzas, salads, and cheese selections, and an extensive list of wines by the glass, the flight, or the bottle.
By Molly Abraham
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March 2009 |
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This low-lit, L-shaped space in Papa Joe’s Plaza is done up in sophisticated style with large, enveloping booths and granite-topped tables, with great attention to detail paid in every aspect
By Molly Abraham
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February 2009 |
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It’s not bad being the next-door neighbor of the DIA, and that’s where this Asian restaurant is located — in the Park Shelton, the very building where Diego Rivera lived while working on his murals.
By Molly Abraham
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January 2009 |
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