August 2024
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Hour Detroit: August 2024 Digital Edition
It’s August, which means Hour Detroit’s Food Issue is here! This year, we focus on the best new restaurants in metro Detroit.
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Best New Restaurants in Metro Detroit
Leña, Detroit Music gives us the concept of the supergroup — a band formed by members of other successful acts. The members’ prior successes don’t guarantee the supergroup’s — for every Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, there’s a Chickenfoot that never quite catches on. Leña, which opened this May in Detroit’s Brush Park, is a […]
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Best New Casual Eateries in Metro Detroit
Cafe Sous Terre With elegant green tile work, midcentury modern décor, and beautiful art, this coffee shop/bar could be recognized for interior design alone (the polar opposite of what’s referenced in that Portl andia sketch about the agency that supplies only “bad art” to coffeeshops). Located in the Cass Corridor underneath an old Forest Avenue […]
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Documenting Detroit’s City of Chefs
Keith Famie is really putting this 84-year-old man through his paces. It’s like an acuity test for seniors. When the gentleman begins to answer one of his questions, Famie stops him. “I’m going to ask you that question again, and mention how you got to Detroit, and why Detroit,” he instructs. Moments later, Famie breaks […]
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What’s Cooking: Metro Detroit Food and Beverage Headlines
New English Pub in the Metropolitan Building On June 20, The Lone Goat opened its doors on the ground floor of Detroit’s historic Metropolitan Building, which is home to The Monarch Club and the Element Detroit hotel. Styled after a traditional English pub, it features classics like bangers and mash, shepherd’s pie, fish and chips, […]
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Culture Convo: The Kids Are Alright
You don’t make a lot of money in journalism. That goes for public radio, too. Anyone I’ve ever met working in either field is genuinely excited to be there, to tell stories, to be working their dream job. To meet someone bitching about their gig in this world is rare. And if you do meet […]
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Top Metro Detroit Events for August 2024
Shrek the Musical The beloved tale of an antisocial ogre and the journey that softens his heart comes to life onstage in this family-friendly musical by Tony Award-winning duo Jeanine Tesori and David Lindsay-Abaire. Based on the Academy Award-winning animated film, this revised production features all-new choreography and fresh direction by Danny Mefford, along with […]
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Break Bread at Farrand Hall in Colon
Over the last decade or so, Detroit has undergone a culinary revival. It turns out that an excess of abandoned buildings (and their low rents) was the perfect ingredient for urban farming to flourish, and with it, an ever-evolving farm-to-table food scene. Still, there are some dining experiences you just can’t get in a city. […]
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Editor’s Letter: Best New Restaurants
Last year, when I spoke to filmmaker Mark Kurlyandchik after he won a James Beard Media Award for the documentary Coldwater Kitchen, I asked how the former Hour Detroit intern-turned-senior editor and Detroit Free Press food critic got started writing about food. His answer was one of the oldest in the book: You write what […]
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County and State Fairs in Southeast Michigan and Beyond
It might be back-to-school shopping season, but summer isn’t over just yet. We’ve compiled a list of county fairs across the state and state fairs throughout the Midwest. And while many share the same elements — such as carnival rides, midway games, agriculture shows, and sticky delicious treats — some have very distinctive features. Here […]
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The Numbers Game
When I told author Felicia B. George, during a phone interview, that I hadn’t expected to feel so inspired by a book about gambling (When Detroit Played the Numbers: Gambling’s History and Cultural Impact on the Motor City), she — well, it was as if she’d picked that day’s winning number. “I got goosebumps, and […]
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How to Succeed with Weed
Since recreational marijuana was legalized in Michigan in 2018, not only has it become a multibillion-dollar industry for the state, but in March we surpassed California to become the largest cannabis market in the U.S. by sales volume. Cannabis is obviously not going anywhere but up. In fact, this past April, Michigan’s Baker College launched […]
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Metro Detroit Organizations Working to Provide Grocery Access for All
It’s no secret that food insecurity is on the rise — in 2024, inflation, poverty, lack of public transportation, and unemployment have continued to affect households across the country. According to the Detroit Food Policy Council’s 2021 metrics report, 69% of households in Detroit experience food insecurity. And as in any city, certain ZIP codes […]
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Tips for Beginner Cannabis Users
What are common questions that new customers ask you? A lot of people say, “I haven’t smoked weed since the ’70s. What do you recommend?” And that’s a loaded question because cannabis now is different. Back in the day, you’d get some Mexican dirt weed or some Maui Wowie — it wasn’t great. If you’re […]
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New DIA Exhibition Celebrates Black Identity and Culture
Influenced by her parents’ stylish flair — her father’s love for Cadillacs and custom jewelry, her mother’s impeccable grooming — Tiff Massey, who at age 42 is the youngest artist to be featured in a Detroit Institute of Arts solo exhibition, is sculpting a new narrative of Black identity and culture through her larger-than-life art. […]
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L’Artiste de Mode: Meet One Local Fashion Artist Turned Author
Picture this: On your first day of college, you bump into a charming foreign exchange student from France during orientation — and it’s love at first sight. A relationship blossoms, and once he returns to his hometown in Dole, you find yourself traveling back and forth every summer to spend time with him, and vice […]
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Food and Drink Products Made in Michigan
Better Made Potato Chips Year Introduced: 1930 in Detroit Original Owners: Cross Moceri and Peter Cipriano Current CEO: Catherine Gusmano (Detroit) Sales Market: Distributed nationally Origin Story: Cross Moceri originally worked as a salesman for a Detroit-based potato chip company called Best Maid, which later became New Era. Moceri left and partnered with Peter Cipriano […]
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Meet the Owner of Detroit’s Periodicals Magazine Store
Print magazines may seem like yesterday’s news, but Aleiya Olu believes their time never passed. That’s why she opened Periodicals on Grand River Avenue in Detroit, a magazine store where her passions for marketing, fashion, magazines, and the arts intersect. “We want to drive home that magazines, print, and periodicals are a really important media,” […]
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A Look at One Birmingham Couple’s Pollinator Paradise
A beautiful green-and-gold steel sign in the front yard at Jeremy and Diana Caverly’s Birmingham home often stops passersby in their tracks. The marker signifies that the property is a National Wildlife Federation certified wildlife habitat. Winged visitors also draw the neighbors’ attention. “People stand near our yard all the time to watch the variety […]
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Surfing the Great Lakes
If you ask someone to imagine a surfer in the Great Lakes, most people, if they’re aware of any at all, might well think of Surfer Dan, aka Daniel Schetter. Schetter went viral four years ago, prompting Vice to publish a video of him venturing out into Lake Superior in the middle of a blizzard, […]
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Vino and Vivaldi
“No one tells you what’s in the glass. You have to look at the color. Where’s it from? What’s the terroir? What was the process of making it? When you have a glass of wine in front of you, you just sniff it and it tells you a lot about the people that made it […]
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In Conversation with Eli Green of Stumblebum Beer Co.
It only took one lecture to change Eli Green’s life trajectory. The Troy native had been living in New York for several years and working as an actor. He had long had an interest in home brewing beer and had tried his hand at a few different styles. Then a friend gave him an extra […]
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How to Make Alpino’s Piedmontese Ragu
Ingredients 10 ounces pancetta, diced into 1⁄2-inch cubes 5 ounces speck or coppa heels, diced into 1⁄2-inch cubes 1 pound mortadella, diced into 1⁄2-inch cubes 4 stalks celery, roughly chopped 5 medium carrots, roughly chopped 3 medium onions, roughly chopped 2 cloves minced garlic 1⁄2 cup extra-virgin olive oil 1 cup tomato paste 1 tablespoon […]
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The Way It Was — Roostertail Supper Club
1958 Built by Joseph Schoenith as a 50th birthday gift for his wife, Millie, the Roostertail supper club became one of Detroit’s most celebrated entertainment venues after opening in June 1958. Located at 100 Marquette Drive on the banks of the Detroit River across from Belle Isle and the Detroit Yacht Club, the exquisite midcentury-modern […]
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Social Districts in Metro Detroit
One silver lining that came from the pandemic is a thing called social districts, a concept in which a portion of a city’s downtown area allows open carry of alcohol from participating businesses in certain zones. These districts were created by municipalities when local bars and restaurants lost business due to lockdown restrictions. Basically, it […]
