(248) 399-5150 22950 Woodward Ave., Ferndale, MI 48220 www.theflytrapferndale.com If you want to catch flies, you use a fly trap. But if you want to catch a creative meal in Ferndale, you use The Fly Trap. Gavin McMillian and Kara and Sean McClanaghan own and operate this eclectic little diner, and from the crazy décor to the creative cuisine, these …
Mia & Grace
(231) 725-9500 1133 3rd St., Muskegon, MI 49441 www.miaandgrace.com Mia & Grace is a restaurant that’s really turning culinary heads in western Michigan. It’s owned and operated by Jeremy and Jamie Paquin (along with help from their little daughter Mia) and when it comes to food, I promise you won’t find anyone more passionate than these two. It’s a relatively …
Joe’s Hamburgers
(734) 285-0420 3041 Biddle Ave., Wyandotte, MI 48192 www.joeshamburgers.net Now here’s a culinary concoction that’s so uniquely American, they don’t even try to make it in other parts of the world. On the surface of the grill, it seems pretty simple, but if you really do it right, it’s an art form, and in Wyandotte, I think I found a …
Good Girls Go to Paris
(313) 664-0490 15 E. Kirby St., Detroit, MI 48202 www.goodgirlsgotopariscrepes.com Our first stop in Detroit was in Midtown at a place called Good Girls Go to Paris, and if you like to eat, you’re in for a real treat at this place. About four years ago, on a dream and a dollar, Torya Schoeniger opened the doors, and now Good …
Afternoon Delight
(734) 665-7513 251 E. Liberty St., Ann Arbor, MI 48104 www.afternoondelightcafe.com Since 1978, this place has been one of the biggest institutions in Ann Arbor, and it’s not even part of the university. It’s actually a restaurant called Afternoon Delight, and people have been passionate about it for generations. When we were there we even talked to a woman who …
Lagniappe Cajun Creole Eatery
(906) 226-8200 145 Jackson Cut Alley, Marquette, MI 49855 www.marquettecajun.com Let’s say you’re in Marquette and you get a sudden craving for some authentic Louisiana, Creole and Cajun cookin’. It’s 1,400 miles down to New Orleans, so that’s not an option. What do you do? Simple! You get yourself over to Lagniappe and get your voodoo on. Lagniappe is an …