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As descendants of a family blessed with artistic talent, Drs. Michael and Christina Busuito have carried on a family tradition of creativity that dates back several generations to the southern coast of Sicily. They approach their specialty, plastic surgery, as applied artistry.
Dr. Michael Busuito has been in practice for 35 years and is a Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery at the renowned Wayne State University School of Medicine. He has been an Hour Detroit Magazine Top Doc every year since 2009.
Dr. Christina Busuito practices all disciplines of plastic surgery and completed a fellowship in cosmetic surgery at the prestigious Beverly Hills Physicians in California. She is also a multi-year Hour Detroit Magazine Top Doc.
This father-daughter team, both board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, are proud Hour Detroit Magazine Top Doc honorees and look forward to continuing the family tradition of Top Doc excellence. They proudly represent the outstanding group practice of Somerset Plastic Surgery located in Troy, Michigan.
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How curating two exhibitions opening at Cranbrook Art Museum helped one of Detroit’s most prominent painters honor an art icon from the city’s past.
Merely being female can affect the level of medical care you get (or don’t get). Here’s a look at the disparities in women’s health — and what’s being done to fix them.
Our annual list of metro Detroit’s leading physicians, as voted on by their peers. Plus, nine of our Top Doctors answer our burning questions
SPORTS
A 22-year-old from Livonia is Wiffle ball’s star pitcher.
PROFILE
A reclusive Whitmore Lakebased author churns out hard-boiled novels with his trusty typewriter.
COMMUNITY
For years, single-familyzoned housing was king. But soon, Detroit’s suburbs may be getting denser.
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This Keego Harbor antiques store is a midcenturymodern lover’s fantasy.
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A Detroit designer who has quietly dressed some of the area’s most stylish residents takes on Milan.
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The interior of a 1961 Bloomfield Hills home gets a tastefully modern makeover.
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Graveyard movies, Model T birthplace tours, and more October activities.
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The creator of the Michigan Chillers books has kept kids awake for generations.
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This is the phenomenon of a patient waiting until the last moment to ask their doctor a question or provide them with important information about their health or well-being. There are several theories about why this happens, according to experts, including avoidance: The patient is often too embarrassed to talk about a delicate health question, especially if it’s face-to-face with the doctor.
Recently, I wondered if this phenomenon still existed and if it even went further: Are people afraid to ask doctors questions? I looked it up and found a study from 2022 that said about “half (51%) of Americans with a healthcare provider are too afraid to ask them about their health condition or symptoms, with more men than women dreading this interaction (57% vs. 45%).”
This thought process was all part of the preparations for deciding the questions we were going to ask this year’s Top Docs. Because when you have more than 1,000 doctors at your fingertips, you want to ask them about something that your readers care about. In addition to asking nine physicians’ advice on how to ease patients’ fear about asking questions, we also inquired about innovations in their field, what they’d like to tell us about their specialty, and symptoms to look out for regarding the conditions that they treat.
In addition to our Top Docs list and Q&As, we also have a feature that focuses on women’s health, shining a light on the disparities between women and men in the clinic, in trials, and in research funding. We also profile two female physicians who are making a difference in their fields and look at the clinical trials and studies related to women’s health that are taking place in metro Detroit.
I would like to thank everyone who attended the Women’s Health Luncheon presented by Michigan Medicine back in May, especially the physicians and patients who spoke about these issues on the panel and in videos. Also, a special thanks to Dr. Dee Fenner, who personally shepherded me around the preevent reception, introducing me to many amazing doctors, and event chair Nicole Eisenberg for inviting me to this impactful event that benefits the Women’s Health Innovation Fund. (I also appreciated special guest Kelly Ripa shushing the luncheon guests when they got too chatty during the presentation.)
Our feature profile in this issue centers on painter Mario Moore. Writer and WDET host Ryan Patrick Hooper tells us about not only the Detroiter’s work as an artist but his new job as the co-curator of two upcoming exhibitions at the Cranbrook Art Museum. The shows aim to celebrate the contemporary Black artists defining the city today and the groundbreaking artist who influenced them, whether they knew it or not. The story also involves the discovery of a mural that has been missing for years. If the exhibitions are half as intriguing as this tale, they’re sure to be the hit of the season.
This issue also delivers some October fun, including Midwestern haunts, a debut cookbook from chef Jon Kung, and an introduction to a local Wiffle ball sensation, plus fashion, food, film, and more.
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“As the details of Top Thrill 2 emerge, I’m sure enthusiasts and visitors alike will eagerly anticipate its opening. It’s always exciting to see how parks like Cedar Point continually strive to push the boundaries of what’s possible in the world of roller coasters.”
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Spooky season is almost here, and haunted houses across metro Detroit are gearing up for it in frightening ways. Get the details on the 2023 season at the area’s most terrifying attractions, including Erebus and Azra Chamber of Horrors, and on the ways to “enjoy” the spooky Eloise Asylum at hourdetroit.com/ hauntedhouses.
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WHEN YOU ARE trying to schedule a photo shoot with a doctor, you always need to anticipate a change in plans due to the doctor getting called away for emergency surgery or the birth of a baby. Try scheduling shoots with 11 doctors, which is what photographer Matt LaVere did for our Top Docs and “Healing Herstory” features. Miraculously, there was only one hiccup, and it wasn’t due to a medical issue. It was a bigger force: the weather. Matt had two shoots scheduled in Ann Arbor for Friday, Aug. 25, which ended up being the day after storms and a tornado tore through metro Detroit. His morning drive from Troy to Ann Arbor took him two hours instead of one. Then, when he finally arrived at his morning appointment, he learned it had to be rescheduled because of the storm. Instead of turning around, he waited five hours until his next appointment, with Dr. Kumari Adams (above), and drove out the following week for the postponed shoot at U-M. Thanks, Matt! We appreciate your dedication to getting the job done through rain, sleet, or tornado.
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“Though it has nothing to do with fall weather specifically, during the fall I love to salsa and bachata dance. I also enjoy eating salsa.” In addition to freelance writing for Hour Detroit, Sam Corey is a producer for Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson on 101.9 WDET. He has also worked for The Union newspaper in northern California. Before he became a professional writer, he was studying Vietnamese and teaching English in rural Vietnam.
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“My favorite fall activities are hiking at Bird Hills Nature Area [Ann Arbor], enjoying chilly nighttime fires, and hitting up the local cider mills for apples and donuts.” Lindsay Kalter is an independent journalist based in Ann Arbor who has written for The Washington Post, The Boston Globe Magazine, Salon, and Politico. Kalter is a recent graduate of the Knight-Wallace Fellowship program for journalists at the University of Michigan, where she studied corruption and abuse in behavioral health facilities for teenagers.
“Fall is the time that my outdoor season starts (and ends) in Michigan. The heat, storms, and swarms of insects all cease for a short time just before winter. Enjoying good food and even better company in this outdoor setting is brief, but unmatched the rest of the year.” Chuk Nowak is a Detroit-based commercial and editorial photographer. He creates portraiture, food photos, and culture-related images for advertising agencies, magazines, and corporate clients across the country and parts of the rest of the world — ranging from humorous, to serious, to delicious, to surreal.
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Since joining Brighton-based Major League Wiffle Ball in 2020, Knorp has
AT 5 FOOT 9 and 150 pounds, with a tuft of whiskers on his chin and shoulder-length hair beneath a hat pulled low over his forehead, Jimmy Knorp is the archetype for unlikely sports heroes. But these days, the 22-year-old from Livonia is America’s most famous Wiffle ball player — a household name among a subset of internetaddicted youth who share videos of his drop balls, long balls, and caught balls with the same fervor with which Ty Cobb used to spike opposing catchers.
Since joining Brighton-based Major League Wiffle Ball (or MLW) in 2020, Knorp (pronounced “Norp”) has become the headliner for a league that has roughly 1 million followers on its social media platforms and considers itself America’s most popular Wiffle ball league. Much of that popularity is due to Knorp — 2021 league MVP, its best pitcher, and a two-time league champion — who’s known for his impressive slew of highlight-reel plays that show off his unique combination of hustle, skill, and joy.
“Some days, I can’t believe this is happening to me, and it’s crazy that it’s all because of Wiffle ball,” says Knorp, who was once cut from his high school baseball team and worked part time at a Jimmy John’s sandwich shop in town before enrolling at Eastern Michigan University this fall, where he plans to major in sports management. Knorp’s now traveled the country to ply his trade as one of Wiffle ball’s greats: His Downtown Diamondbacks won MLW’s 2022 World Series at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium; he also struck out former National League MVP Jimmy Rollins on live television and has given Baseball Hall of Famer Pedro Martínez Wiffle-pitching advice.
Generations of kids have grown up with Wiffle ball in their backyards, parks, and streets. Played across the U.S. for the past 70 years, the game is a downsized version of baseball: a tiny diamond, no helmets or gloves, a plastic bat, and a plastic ball with slots on one side to make it easier to throw curveballs and other pitches. MLW’s rules allow just three fielders, and games run three innings.
In Detroit’s baseball vernacular, Knorp’s ability is a combination of Miguel Cabrera’s old-school power, Lou Whitaker’s glove, and Mark Fidrych in his rookie year, rolled into one supremely talented package. His skills are often compared to those of Shohei Ohtani, the Los Angeles Angels superstar who both hits and pitches at a Hall of Fame level. In 2021, Knorp hit a walk-off playoff home run that sent the Diamondbacks to MLW’s World Series. This season, Knorp fell one out short of pitching a perfect game in June and settled for a 10-0 win.
Knorp practices so often that he’s burned a dead spot in his parents’ lawn. A former bowler at Schoolcraft College — he helped lead his team to the 2021 National Junior College Athletic Association men’s bowling championships — Knorp estimates he threw nearly 2,000 pitches in his backyard before he got the feel for his drop
The headliner of America’s most popular Wiffle ball league, Livonia’s Jimmy Knorp has otherworldly skills and a high-energy, TikTok-friendly personality that’s earned him millions of fans
As general manager of the Diamondbacks (top that, Ohtani), Knorp has taken online classes on baseball player evaluation. He watches opponents with the attention of a professional scout and writes detailed reports that he passes to teammates. His friends joke about his fastidiousness but say it’s a major reason behind his success.
“Jimmy’s going to come at you 100 miles per hour, but it’s always going to be fun,” says Jonah Heath, Knorp’s best friend and Diamondbacks teammate. “He can do anything in the world, but Jimmy will always be the same hardworking, honest guy you want to hang out with at the end of the day.”
Knorp burned a dead spot practicing in his parents’ lawn. He threw about 2,000 pitches before perfecting his signature drop ball.
ball, a massively arcing 12-to-6 curve that became the wipeout pitch in his Wiffle arsenal. He’s now instantly recognizable for his windup: From a pitcher’s rubber on a mat of artificial turf, set 38 feet from home plate, Knorp often begins his windup looking like a hooked walleye out of Lake Erie. This is followed with a gyroscopic twisting of limbs and finishes with a lightning-quick break of white plastic ball.
Thanks to his skills and passionate, no-holdsbarred playing style, Knorp has an outsize presence on the league’s social media platforms. Victims of his plays call it getting “Knorped,” and fans flock to their computers and phones to watch his darting pitches, mammoth home runs, and diving defensive plays. A slow-motion video of Knorp diving, Superman-like, into third base is particularly popular.
“Jimmy has been a godsend for this league,” says Kyle Schultz, 24, who founded MLW on his parents’ front lawn in Brighton in 2009 and serves as the league’s commissioner. One of at least a half-dozen
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A team of researchers from Michigan State University looked at one such case: children in elementary classrooms.
competitive Wiffle ball leagues across the country, MLW has eight teams and plays league games in locations from Vermont to California. Games are uploaded onto the league’s YouTube channel every Friday from spring to fall and are usually played at The Meadows, a field in Brighton adjacent to the Huron River whose outfield walls are covered with sponsor banners. The league’s reach extends far beyond the field’s PVC-piped walls: As of this summer, MLW’s YouTube channel logged more than 54 million views.
Not surprisingly, being a pro Wiffle ball player is hardly a lucrative enterprise. MLW shares a cut of its jersey sales with players — Knorp’s is the league’s best-seller — “but it’s not going to make anyone rich anytime soon,” Knorp says. “Still, it’s not about that. I fell in love with this game, and it’s put me in this place where I can be myself and be a little bit of an example for other people. Like, look at me: You don’t have to be the biggest or the strongest to succeed. You can be competitive, but you can still do that while being positive and having a blast with your life.”
To examine how views of nature effect students, the researchers measured the amount of natural scenery first and second graders could see from their classroom windows. They found that children with greater exposure to nature, especially trees, exhibited fewer behavioral issues.
“Our findings suggest that it could be really beneficial for schools to consider what the views are from classroom windows,” says MSU professor Amber Pearson.
MOSS IS BOSS:
Moss could play an outsize role in mitigating climate change, according to research by ecologists from universities around the world, including the University of Michigan. This group has discovered evidence that mosses — despite their small size — can store enormous amounts of carbon in the soil beneath them. Indeed, in semiarid areas across the globe, moss stores up to 6.43 billion metric tons more carbon in the soil layer than bare soil does. Furthermore, the amount of
carbon stored by mosses globally is six times the annual carbon emissions caused by activities such as deforestation, urbanization, and mining. “These findings support the idea that we can use nature in a variety of ways to fight climate change,” says Peter Reich, a forest ecologist at U-M. “Mosses matter because they show that even tiny plants in harsh environments are capable of acquiring and storing carbon.”
“MLW encapsulates so much of Jimmy, and it highlights the best of him,” his sister Alex says.
“You see how much he loves to play. In some ways, it’s allowed him to show who he really is, to become more vulnerable.” Last year, Knorp, who has Type 1 diabetes, helped MLW promote SlamT1D, a nonprofit that advocates for those with the disease. “Most of us had no idea Jimmy was dealing with diabetes,” Schultz says. “But then he steps up and says, ‘I want to share my story.’ Now, we have kids who see that and say, ‘Jimmy Knorp is working through this, and so can I.’”
Fans regularly stop Knorp at Tigers games, at fairs, and at restaurants. This summer, he was eating with friends at a Red Robin when a boy stopped by the table with his mother. “The kid wanted a photo,” Heath remembers. “We made fun of Jimmy. Then, 30 seconds later, another kid came up to him.”
Knorp recently got a text from his former math teacher at Stevenson High School in Livonia. Her 11-year-old son was watching a YouTube video in which Knorp appeared. “It’s about time one of my students got famous,” she wrote.
Knorp laughs at the memory. “My teacher said she was proud of me,” he says. “I mean, how cool is that?”
Resistance of bacteria to antibiotics is a growing concern in the public health sphere, and scientists are continually looking for new ways to fight bacteria that can evade currently available antibiotics. A new discovery from U-M researchers may help. Using biochemistry, structural biology, and computational modeling, the researchers revealed precisely how the first step in generating proteins — a process called transcription occurs in a bacterial cell.
Bacterial transcription is regulated by RNA elements called riboswitches. They’re found almost exclusively in bacteria, which means they could be targeted by antibiotics to disrupt the creation of necessary proteins — without harming humans. “Now, we understand the whole process of riboswitch regulation and can use that knowledge to specifically target these critical parts of bacterial life, hopefully averting the coming crisis of multidrugresistant bacteria,” says U-M biochemist Nils Walter.
As he closes in on 100 novels, writer Loren Estleman remains proudly old-school
TO MAKE CONTACT with Loren Estleman, I had to do something I hadn’t done in years: write a letter, put a stamp on it, and send it snail mail.
Long ago, Estleman, the Whitmore Lake-based author of more than 90 books, rejected the shift to email, and he’s never once been online. He does have a computer, an “antediluvian” model pieced together from spare parts, on which he polishes his final manuscripts; his wife, the writer Deborah Morgan, forwards them to his publisher.
While the publishing industry has undergone seismic shifts during his nearly 50-year writing career, Estleman still drafts his manuscripts — detective novels, mysteries, and historical Westerns — on a 1960 Olympia manual typewriter. He uses a 1923 Underwood for correspondence (responding to letters from nosy local journalists who ask to come see his workspace, for instance).
Perhaps Estleman’s opting out of the digital age is for the best, since his books evoke the classic old-school, tough-guy novelists like Raymond Chandler, Zane Grey, and Ernest Hemingway. Estleman has been called “the Stravinsky of hard-boiled prose — he never hits a wrong note.” And while he’s not a household name, his books have garnered a cult following and dozens of awards, including the 1990 American Mystery Award for best crime novel from Mystery Scene magazine for Whiskey River, the first in his Detroit Crime series.
The Detroit News, which named him a 2023 Michiganian of the Year, likened him to a less-famous Elmore Leonard.
Estleman lives off the beaten path in a house packed with nostalgia and wonder, including more than 50 manual typewriters, 3,000 films on VHS and DVD, shelves upon shelves of old books, hidden baseboard drawers (that house his original manuscripts), a secret bookcase passageway, and a mind-blowing array of historical items. “Things that have been around for a while — 50, 100 years — they’ve proven their integrity, so I feel very comfortable having them around me.”
The house sits atop a spread of more than 100 acres, out of Wi-Fi range. It’s a landscape he knows well, having grown up across the road.
“My dad and mom had a subsistence farm. My dad trucked during the week, and during the weekend, they drove vegetables, and we had some animals. So I learned how to plant and hoe and all that. I hated hoeing. One thing I learned about hoeing is that you have to hoe backwards, so you can see how far you’ve come, because if you turn around to see how far you have to go, you’re going to just lose heart. Maybe writing’s the same way. I like to have those pages piled up next to me.”
Estleman first got the writing bug at age 15, while attending school in Dexter. His parents gave him a Smith Corona portable, “which I wore the heck out of,” Estleman says, noting he wrote his first short story at this time. “But that [manual] came in handy, because for a short period, I tried electric typewriters, and they just weren’t right for me. For one thing, you turn it on and it hums, and it’s like, ‘Come on, create something!’ Good old manual typewriters — they were just always ready when I was.”
Estleman studied art at Eastern Michigan University but eventually decided “to throw everything over into the writing, because I think I had been subconsciously going that direction anyway.” Journalism seemed like
the most practical starting point, so Estleman worked first as a police beat reporter for The Ypsilanti Press in the 1970s, while still a student. “I was a good writer, but I was a lousy reporter,” Estleman says of his early career.
Creating characters and concocting tales was a far better fit. In 1976, at age 23, he sold his first novel, The Oklahoma Punk (now titled Red Highway). He worked at his hometown paper, The Dexter Leader, until 1980, the year he published the first book to feature his most famous character, hard-boiled Detroit private investigator Amos Walker, who operates on the “dark side of the Motor City.” That same year, The High Rocks was a finalist for the National Book Award in the Westerns category. He began writing full time, churning out novels on his Olympia manual.
Many writers get pigeonholed into one genre, but Estleman shifts freely between them, calling the practice “literary crop rotation.” He even sometimes mashes them together in a single book (see Sherlock Holmes vs. Dracula). One of Estleman’s newest series follows the adventures of a film archivist named Valentino who ends up, through his work, piecing together old Hollywood mysteries. “I thought, ‘What a wonderful way to incorporate my love for old movies and the detective genre.’”
Now that he’s fast approaching the milestone of having published 100 books in his career, he can’t tell you where his most recently released book, an Amos Walker novel called City Walls, falls in the lineup, nor his next, a Valentino novel called Vamp “I try not to think about it. But I don’t see myself stopping. It’s too much fun.”
If you recall the J.L. Hudson Thanksgiving Day Parade, visiting the Children’s Zoo at Belle Isle, taking in a flick at downtown’s Madison Theatre, scarfing down a hot-fudge sundae at Sanders, rocking out at the Grande Ballroom, or cheering on the Red Wings at Olympia Stadium, The Way It Was, Part 2 will elicit warm memories of Detroit. This book’s vivid photos and evocative text will take you on a nostalgic journey into the city’s past.
OWNING A HOME has long been an integral component of the American dream, yet finding and affording one has become an increasing challenge. In fact, a recent survey by Bankrate found that while 74 percent of Americans think homeownership is part of that dream, many prospective homeowners say affordability problems (73 percent) and market conditions (54 percent) prevent them from achieving that goal.
While real estate sales data is plentiful, ordinances that regulate housing construction — zoning laws — are not the stuff of common conversation. Politicians don’t always discuss them, and they aren’t often front page news. But these codes matter: They determine the “what” and “where” of housing and business development, the former often zoned “residential” and the latter frequently zoned “commercial.”
In Michigan, many cities haven’t altered their zoning laws in decades, and the consequences abound: Fewer housing units have been constructed, and development projects have stalled. With fewer housing units around, renters and prospective homebuyers have felt the pinch.
Often uninterrogated (and in recent times ignored by Oakland County commissioners), metro Detroit’s zoning laws are now in the spotlight as suburban city council members and city planners alter them to spur development and increase local populations. The examples are numerous.
Royal Oak and Ferndale are revising their master plans, with the former opting to increase housing in its downtown and other areas, allowing developers to build more multifamily units. Southfield approved the building of duplexes on lots once zoned for single-family use and is converting a closed 6-acre school site into condos. And Hazel Park is allowing multifamily units in previously single-family-only-zoned neighborhoods, according to city leaders.
These cities have seen their populations decline or stagnate since the 1970s, in part because developers can’t earn enough on projects without densely packing housing. So, while each suburb has a different tactic, there’s a common thread weaving through their efforts: Suburban cities can’t develop by expanding their boundaries out, so they are building up and clustering together.
Their desire to create housing aligns with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s plan to “create or preserve 75,000 housing units across Michigan,” according to Michigan’s 2022 Statewide Housing
Plan — the first ever produced by the state. Her administration is responding to a pair of statewide problems: a housing shortage and skyrocketing housing costs.
Between 2010 and 2019, the number of rental units in Michigan declined by 40 percent and the number of homes for sale decreased by 42 percent — both of these figures outpacing the national average of 15 percent and 33 percent, respectively. The decreased supply tilts power in favor of home sellers and landlords, who have increased sale prices and rent at an inflated rate. In 2019, 48 percent of Michigan renters were rent-burdened, meaning they had to spend over 30 percent of their income on housing costs (the national figure for rentburdened individuals is about 41 percent). And all these housing units have dried up even as the population has declined.
Justine Ko is one of those rent-burdened people the governor wants to help. Ko, 24, grew up in Canton and rents a Ferndale home with her partner. The freelance flight instructor says the couple pay $1,700 a month on rent (excluding utilities) and were recently told by their landlord that rent will increase next year. They are now considering living elsewhere, but Ko says they would happily stay in Ferndale if they could rent a smaller unit for $1,000.
“It feels like for people our age, [housing] is kind of unattainable now,” Ko says.
The state has taken small steps to encourage development and density. In 2022, Michigan created the Missing Middle Housing Program, which is
named for the term coined by architect Daniel Parolek to refer to the lack of housing that falls in between detached single-family homes and high-rise apartment buildings. The program aims to increase the housing supply and rehab old properties through grant incentives to developers. The grant — $100 million from the American Rescue Plan Act — is being offered in two phases. The first phase ended in December 2022 and included over $9 million to create a projected 158 housing units
The program also encourages the building of accessible housing to meet the needs of older people and those with disabilities, writes Katie Bach, communications director for the Michigan State Housing Development Authority, in an Hour Detroit. To supplement the state’s actions, Bach suggests cities consider rezoning to increase their housing stock.
“Municipalities should be aware of their primary housing needs and consider re-zoning when it will help address their residents’ specific housing needs,” she writes.
That advice — namely, for cities to rezone to allow more multifamily housing — runs counter to dominant trends in zoning laws over the past halfcentury or more, which have favored restrictive, single-family-only districts. Such zoning laws helped birth a key element of the lifestyle many Americans desire most: the suburbs.
Consider the image of a detached home with a white picket fence, dog, and two-car garage. That picture is an R-1-zoned single-family home under many Michigan municipalities’ zoning systems, and it is deeply associated with the American dream. That’s why these homes are popular — 72 percent of Michigan’s housing stock comprises single-family homes.
But that aspiration to live in an idyllic neighborhood of detached homes, which has resulted in widespread single-family-only zoning, has created a “second crisis of housing scarcity,” according to the Niskanen Center think tank, by both constricting housing supply and preventing poorer Americans from entering particular neighborhoods. As M. Nolan Gray, author of the book Arbitrary Lines, writes, zoning laws helped “slow the growth of cities, segregate the United States based on race and class, and enforce an urban ideal of detached single-family housing.”
Restrictive zoning laws antagonize both liberal principles of equality and conservative principles of freedom, but single-family zoning is nonetheless found in both the more conservative suburbs of Nashville, Tennessee, and the more progressive ones of Madison, Wisconsin. But this model hasn’t been around forever.
Before the mid-20th century, people migrated to Michigan in droves, frequently living in
multifamily homes. These homes, according to a 2022 report from the Michigan Municipal League, “were located within walking distance from employers or the nearest streetcar.” The design created density, allowing duplexes, triplexes, and fourplexes to exist on one block.
But by the 1980s, many cities had implemented restrictive zoning laws, which increasingly burdened renters’ incomes and obstructed prospective small-budget homebuyers. That time period — the year 1980, to be exact — is the same moment multifamily units started going “missing,” dropping from about 25 percent of America’s housing share to about 8 percent in 2013.
Today, some Detroit suburbs are once again embracing multifamily units. In Hazel Park, this measure is densifying the city, which has become more popular with young professionals, according to Hazel Park City Manager Edward Klobucher, an official who decades ago struck down proposals in favor of creating multifamily zoning.
“As we evolve and continue to evolve, we see there’s a need for different types of housing — more so than just the standard single-family, detached, residential housing unit that we’ve seen as prevalent for the past 75 years,” Klobucher says.
Oak Park is also becoming a hot spot for young people after changing its zoning laws, says Oak Park Mayor Marian McClellan.
Much of Oak Park’s zoning is from the 1970s, but incremental changes have been made the last decade to increase density and create mixed-use development districts, says Oak Park Economic Development and Planning Director Kimberly Marrone, adding that the city’s zoning laws were rewritten in 2019 and 2021 and are updated every six months.
Those changes have brought new business: Dog & Pony Show Brewing and Unexpected Craft Brewing Co. now sit along a rezoned section of 11 Mile Road; a new apartment complex stands on a previously vacant school site; and Marrone says Oak Park hopes to build senior multifamily housing near the recreation center.
“We’re all about increasing density,” McClellan says.
Ann Arbor, too, is on a path toward “gentle densification,” says City Council member Lisa Disch, who voted to rezone areas near transit options and is pushing to relax single-family zoning laws to allow homeowners to build more housing units on their property.
Disch says she wants Ann Arbor zoning to inspire more choices, not restrict them. She imagines more coffee shops and bookstores on more blocks across the city.
“I would just like fun to be dispersed
throughout the city, and density helps that,” Disch says.
Zoning laws are changing only gradually, though, in part because, across the country and the state, some are actively trying to stop rezoning efforts.
In Royal Oak, City Manager Paul Brake says a small but “very vocal older population” of singlefamily homeowners is fearful of multifamily units near their homes.
“Don’t put multi-family [homes] in single-family neighborhoods” is a consistent public comment noted in a recent city Planning Commission report.
Andrea Carollo agrees with the sentiment. A Royal Oak homeowner since 2006, a real estate agent, and a member of Royal Oak’s anti-rezoning group, Protect Royal Oak, Carollo writes in an email to Hour Detroit that she became involved with the group in January when she heard about an upcoming conditional-rezoning project in her neighborhood on West Fourth Street.
She says pairing multifamily units with single-family homes not only obstructs “privacy, sunlight, and summer breezes,” but it also diminishes property values and threatens the American dream of “owning a home with a yard.”
“Without a doubt, changing zoning laws could cause weed/adult stores next to homes and parks, higher traffic on residential streets, difficult parking for existing Royal Oak residents and extreme stress on our already delicate utility infrastructure,” she writes.
to the fact that the state is bleeding residents year over year, leaving land and properties undeveloped. Urban planning expert Michael Manville suggested as much in a 2021 interview on WDET’s Detroit Today
“Detroit has many problems, but I don’t think a shortage of housing is one of them,” he said. “Detroit in general has struggled with losing its population — it has excess inventory.”
While this may be right, the most desirable places, the places with the least number of homes in need of repair and where the residents have, on average, higher household incomes — Detroit neighborhoods like Indian Village, and suburbs like Royal Oak and Ferndale — remain out of reach to many renters and small-budget homebuyers due to a limited housing supply driving up costs.
Hazel Park’s Klobucher sees changing zoning laws as a way to course-correct. He says that in the 1980s, he personally helped eliminate multifamily homes from neighborhoods while working on the city’s zoning appeals board. At the time, he says, the units caused friction because they did not fit neighborhood character or allow for adequate parking.
Today, it’s a different story, he says. Klobucher and James Finkley, Hazel Park’s planning and community development director, say they are densifying the suburb and reintroducing multifamily housing by tinkering with the city’s zoning laws.
In Keego Harbor, a curated paradise for lovers of midcentury modern furnishings and art takes the term ‘antiques store’ to a whole new level.
BY MEGAN ANDERLUH
FOR SEVERAL WEEKS this past summer, visitors to Le Shoppe Modern in Keego Harbor were greeted by a monumental painting by renowned pop artist Roy Lichtenstein.
The colorful, showstopping piece — hung over classic 20th-century furniture arranged in eyecatching vignettes — is just one of countless special objects sold by Le Shoppe over the years.
And it’s a fitting introduction to the 25,000-squarefoot showroom, which feels closer to a lovingly curated museum than your average antiques store.
Until earlier this year, Le Shoppe Modern was known as Le Shoppe Too — so named for the two businesses (consignment and estate sales) operating under its one roof. But as the company’s list of services grew, co-owners Julie Sundberg and Deborah Slobin decided it was time for a rebrand. The new name reflects the shop’s focus on rare, iconic objects from the midcentury modern era to the present.
What is now metro Detroit’s largest upscale home goods consignment store started in 2013 in a 3,000-square-foot storefront in Walled Lake, close
to Sundberg’s home. Before opening the shop, neither Slobin nor Sundberg had much retail experience, but Sundberg had always loved fixing up and reselling antique furniture, and she knew Slobin to be a great resale shopper in their circles.
“When I saw that the space was available, I called Deborah up and asked, ‘Hey, you maybe want to open a store?’” Sundberg says. “Neither one of us had a lot of extra money, but the beauty of consignment is that people bring things to you, so you don’t have to purchase a lot of inventory. We just got started and busted our butts.”
“We had a passion and were going to get through every obstacle,” Slobin says. “We knew within a year that we were going to need a bigger boat.”
The “bigger boat” was their Keego Harbor showroom, which they gradually took over floor by floor. Most recently, they added an additional 3,000-square-foot annex with gallery space and room to host special events.
The co-owners credit their success to the “three D’s” — determination, dedication, and discipline along with savvy business tactics, a passionate
team that feels like family, and the timelessness of great 20th-century furniture and art.
Sundberg and Slobin decided early on to pair consignment with estate sales: When a piece doesn’t sell at an estate sale, it can go to Le Shoppe for consignment. Quarterly auctions were the next addition, and the two women added Terri Stearn — founder of Detroit Fine Art Appraisals, and now co-owner of Le Shoppe Auction House — into the mix. “When I came here, they had really cool art, but it was more decorative,” Stearn says. “I had these clients who wanted to sell big names, like Warhol and John Singer Sargent.”
“It was a perfect marriage,” Slobin says. “We worked really well together, and we happened to like each other, too.” The growing staff’s enthusiasm for their work (and for one another) drew art consultant Trista Leigh Maltby and experienced eBay seller Harry Nouhan to Le Shoppe. With Maltby and Nouhan coordinating auctions and e-commerce, the shop now offers thousands of listings online, with descriptions and curation that rival a world-class museum’s.
Le Shoppe Modern draws a global clientele for its online auctions but is proudly based in metro Detroit. The unique pieces in the shop are a tribute to the wealth and power of the automotive industry. “Detroit is known as the hub for really
good midcentury modern,” Slobin says. “You walk into these houses, and you’re just blown away by the design, the art, the furniture.”
The staff at Le Shoppe are enthralled by the history of these special objects. While much of today’s mass-produced furniture lasts just three to five years, the pieces in the showroom have stood the test of time. And in 2023, amid concerns about the post-pandemic supply chain and the amount of waste put into the environment, the case for investing in high-quality resale pieces has never been stronger.
Though walking into a space filled with furniture made by iconic designers like Herman Miller and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe might seem intimidating, the team insists that there’s no special training necessary to appreciate great art. “I have absolutely no background or schooling in design,” Slobin says. “I just found a passion for learning the stories behind the designers.”
For anyone wondering where to begin when it comes to modern art and furniture, Maltby says, “The more you surround yourself with it, the more you read or go to museums or galleries or stores, the more you’ll learn to trust your gut.” Slobin agrees. “If you come into our store and never buy anything from us, that really isn’t important. What’s important to me is that you come in and you feel the joy and connection to us and the space.”
Beulah Cooley has quietly dressed some of Detroit’s most stylish women. Now, at 76, the couturier is showing the international fashion world what she’s got.
BY CAMBREY THOMAS
“THEY HAVE DINNER PARTIES to go to, social functions, opening nights, ballet, opera — they have a lot to do. They have to be dressed. They need new clothes,” quipped the late André Leon Talley in a 1998 Videofashion segment when asked about New York women. He could just as easily have been talking about Detroit women. Or even Detroit’s Kim Logan-Nowlin.
For therapist and talk show host LoganNowlin, there’s the Barristers’ Ball, the Detroit Auto Show, evenings on the Detroit Princess, engagements at the Manoogian Mansion, and roller-skating. “You see that Detroit style when you go roller-skating,” she says. “Detroiters love to dress.” Whatever her social calendar requires, Logan-Nowlin has over 300 pieces by local couturier Beulah Cooley to choose from — and room for more. She’ll get to see some of those future wardrobe additions in late September when she is among a group of stylish Detroit women flying into Milan to see Cooley’s most ambitious collection to date.
“I think it’s going to be another door opening that she didn’t see when she was a little girl,” says former model Janet Mosley of the 76-year-old Mississippi-born designer.
Mosely, who owns Leisure Lady Travel Agency
based in Westland, was picking up pieces from Cooley to wear on a Paris vacation when the designer shared that she’d always wanted to visit the City of Light. “Then let’s go to Paris,” Mosely replied. Mosely then invited a mutual friend and assembled a 2019 Paris and Milan trip complete with private tours of design museums and ateliers.
In Milan, the three friends were set to take a two-hour tour of an atelier belonging to an Italian craftswoman known for her couture-level fine detail work and her luxuriously woven fabrics coveted by fashion houses like Gucci and Versace. Once Cooley and the craftswoman began talking, the two hours melted into two days of swapping stories and talking shop.
As the group prepared to leave, the craftswoman invited Cooley to collaborate on a collection and present a joint show upon her return. When Hour Detroit spoke with Cooley, she was silent about the identity of the woman and her atelier due to clauses they both signed ahead of the collaboration, but she promised to reveal all on the runway in late September.
Growing up in Mississippi, a young Cooley saw her mother sew quilts with friends and dress her family (five girls and six boys) in handmade attire. Cooley was allowed to gather fabric scraps that
dropped to the floor to make doll dresses.
Later, as an adult, Cooley worked in New York’s garment industry before moving to Detroit in 1975 when her husband landed a job there. New to the city and still desiring a career in fashion, she sewed creative outfits for herself and attended events as her own walking calling card. Her early designs centered on denim crafted into peplum jackets and burlap suits lined with silk. People took notice and would ask where she shopped. “I would say, ‘I made it myself. You can have one, too.’ Then I would hand them a card,” she says.
Soft-spoken and incredibly humble, Cooley has few words when it comes to describing her nearly 40-year-long career. Instead, she focuses on the technical side of her craft — which sees her maintaining 12 professional sewing machines in her home studio — and the personal relationships she builds with each client. In thinking back on her past work, she asks, “Did I really do that?” — “that” being designing bold yet feminine looks for the likes of Patti LaBelle, U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, and countless Detroit women whom she declines to name, instead allowing herself to be their fashionable secret.
Logan-Nowlin was running for a seat on the Detroit City Council in 2009 when she spotted the designer in the parking lot of Detroit’s Friendship Baptist Church. “I noticed how beautifully she was dressed,” recalls Logan-Nowlin, who moved quickly to catch up with her. “I said, ‘I would love for you to design and sew for me during this election.’ And that’s how it began.”
Logan-Nowlin rarely shops retail anymore, preferring now to book fittings for gowns, kimonos, sportswear, and more. “I’ve had clothes from Oscar de la Renta, Valentino, and Louis Vuitton. I’ve got Chanel up to the roof, but it still doesn’t give you that personal touch,” says LoganNowlin, who so looks forward to fittings that she jokes that Cooley is her psychologist. “I’m sure when Chanel designed for her friends, it was personal. This is my Chanel.”
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ELISE AND STEVE Guidos had a change of heart regarding interior design preferences when they moved into their Bloomfield Hills home in 2019 with the intent to downsize.
“They used to love traditional design, but they now prefer a modern look,” says interior designer Staci A. Meyers, owner of SAM Interiors in Bloomfield Hills, who oversaw the renovation. “A lot of my clients are switching from what they had, preferring a whole different look.”
That modern, clean-lined look is a perfect fit for the 1961 home, designed by architect William Ku early in his career. (Born in Shanghai in 1922, Ku served as vice president and chief designer at Troybased Minoru Yamasaki and Associates, where he was named president after Yamasaki’s 1986 death.)
The heart of her clients’ 4,800-square-foot home (including four bedrooms and 3.5 baths) is
undoubtedly the great room. Wrapped in huge windows, it offers a fantastic view, especially in the fall, when the surrounding hardwoods turn to brilliant oranges and vibrant reds. The trees’ swirls of golds and yellows pop against and complement the rich cerulean and sapphire hues of the interior.
“Those fall colors look great with the blue furnishings,” says Meyers, who herself lives in a 1950s ranch-style home in Bloomfield filled with iconic midcentury modern furniture. Her favorite part of the Guidoses’ great room is its impressive relationship to the outdoors: “It’s that connection with nature and all that natural light.”
Homeowner Elise Guidos has always loved the color blue. “It reminds me of water, and I feel peaceful when I’m looking at water. I get a real calm from it.”
Here’s more on this house of blues’ prettiest room.
Through the looking glass: The original home design featured a lot of floorto-ceiling windows, but Meyers says the team decided to add even more so that anyone sitting at the game table could also see the nature that surrounds the home.
“We thought that extra light there would be appealing,” she says. For the windows and other aspects of the renovation, Meyers worked directly with Steve Guidos, who’s retired from commercial construction but served as the project manager.
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Game for fun: The marbletopped game table (from Zuo Modern), where family and friends often gather, is surrounded by chairs (from Universal Furniture) that were custom-designed by SAM Interiors and covered in a blue-and-cream cheetah print.
Filter finesse: There are no window treatments in this room, so Meyers recommended that an ultraviolet filter film be applied to the windows. “If you don’t have draperies or shades or a type of filter, over time, things like flooring, furniture, and artwork will fade.”
Fine flooring: The greatroom renovation features new hickory hardwood flooring in coffee, from Viking Hardwood Flooring.
Beam me up: “I love the architectural beams in the room, but they needed some TLC,” Meyers says. “We cleaned them up and made them a pure white to simplify them. I love that they go all the way through — they are the architectural bones of the house.”
Stoked for a cleanup: “We retained the existing stone of the fireplace but cleaned it and added new gas logs to freshen it up.” She also added lighting below the cantilevered hearth.
Chic art: Antonio Molinari, a fine artist and creative designer at Lincoln Motor Co., created the abstract art seen above. The artwork shown in the photo to the right is by Laurie Tennant Botanicals.
Blue hue: “The blue of the sofa is very specific to the client. It’s like a cobalt blue meets a touch of purple, a periwinkle,” Meyers says. “People hire me because I’m not afraid of color.” Adds Elise Guidos: “I not only wanted a blue couch, but I needed it to be big and super cozy for my large family. I love to entertain our extended family.” Meyers says the sofa, from CR Laine, is incredibly comfortable and quite a statement piece: “It feels like a really soft poodle.”
The neutral-toned armchair and ottoman, also from CR Laine, ground the blues in the space.
Poppin’: Meyers chose a white paint (SherwinWilliams’ Crushed Ice) for the walls. “It’s not a crisp bright white,” she says. “It has a soft shade to it and is a nice way to make things pop, like the
architectural details.”
Added touches: The occasional table and the coffee table near the sofa are from Stone International.
Hear ye, hear ye: The designer says it’s important to put down a rug (this one’s from Nourison Home) if you have a large wood floor because it helps soften the room’s acoustics and you can hear better. “Plus, a rug makes things soft, and it’s warm on your feet. The room is layered with comfort.”
All hands on deck: An outdoor deck with a stairway leading to the pool area beckons along one side of the great room. Most of the outdoor furniture is blue, too. The outdoor sofas and chairs are by Pavilion (a Miami-based company).
“People hire me because I’m not afraid of color.”
—STACI A. MEYERS
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How curating two exhibitions opening at Cranbrook Art Museum helped one of Detroit’s most prominent painters honor an art icon from the city’s past
that opens at the Cranbrook Art Museum unfolds like a modern mystery and highlights a budding star of the next generation of Detroit artists — but maybe all the great ones do.
Two exhibitions kicking off the Cranbrook Art Museum’s fall season aim to cement the reputations of the contemporary artists defining the city today and to showcase the groundbreaking artist whose influence on those very painters goes largely unappreciated, locally and beyond. Both shows, Skilled Labor: Black Realism in Detroit and LeRoy Foster: Solo Show, open on Oct. 28.
Skilled Labor is a straightforward and much-needed survey of Detroit’s technically masterful Black painters and drawers over the past decade. The show features 20 contemporary artists from multiple generations, including Jonathan Harris (whose 2021 painting
“Critical Race Theory” went viral), living icons Hubert Massey and Richard Lewis, and stalwarts of the scene such as Sydney G. James.
The exhibition also features two oil paintings by Mario Moore, the 36-year-old Detroit-born and -educated painter who co-curated the exhibit with Laura Mott, chief curator at the Cranbrook Art Museum.
During our interview, Moore sits in his small studio in Detroit’s Core City neighborhood, surrounded by works in progress and completed oil paintings on canvas. Each one presents technically masterful yet relaxed scenes that invite the viewer to gaze deeply at its subjects. There’s a sense that you know the figures in his work and can empathize with what they’re feeling.
As co-curator and painter, Moore is asking bigger questions about what Detroit’s art scene can accomplish
for itself.
“When you think about Black people and labor, it has this long, laborious, painful history about being underpaid, about enslaved labor,” Moore says. “How do we reimagine what that means for Black contemporary artists in Detroit specifically? It can’t just be about the mechanical aspect of the hand. It has to be about the mental capacity behind it, too.”
Moore has emerged as a star of the city’s art scene, drawing comparisons to artists like Kerry James Marshall and Barkley L. Hendricks. This year, the Detroit native was recognized as a Kresge Visual Arts fellow, which comes with a $25,000, no-strings-attached cash prize, and received the College for Creative Studies’ Distinguished Alumni Award.
It’s not the first local recognition of his work. In 2021, his solo show Enshrined: Presence + Preservation opened at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, exploring the social economics and layered reality of Black life in America.
Two of Moore’s paintings have been acquired by the Detroit Institute of Arts, a major milestone and point of pride for any local artist — and especially for Moore, whose parents met at the DIA and who had a job as an usher at the Detroit Film Theatre while he was attending CCS.
The DIA purchased “The Council” in 2022, two years after Moore returned to Detroit from the East Coast. He earned his MFA in painting from the Yale School of Art in 2013, was awarded the Hodder Fellowship at Princeton University, and established himself as an artist in New York City. “The Council”
depicts Moore seated at a table with three of his artist friends during the COVID-19 pandemic. At the new Cranbrook exhibit, it is displayed around the corner from a work by Moore’s favorite painter, Diego Rodríguez de Silva Velázquez.
The DIA’s other Moore acquisition, “Queen Mother Helen Moore,” is a portrait of the artist’s grandmother displaying framed photographs of her sons. It’s a nod to the generational wealth of talent that Moore hails from. His mother, Sabrina Nelson, an accomplished artist and educator, worked for years at CCS, where Moore studied illustration. (Nelson’s work is also featured in Skilled Labor.)
Like Moore, many of the artists featured in Skilled Labor were educated through Detroit schools and institutions. Moore believes that explains the city’s high concentration of technically skilled painters who have been drawn to realism, alongside an organic community of artists who share ideas, studio space, and support.
“There’s an exchange of ideas and also a technical prowess that’s passed down to other artists,” he says. “I always tell people that when I learned how to paint in oils from Richard Lewis, I had no idea what I was doing.”
Now, Moore has a sure sense of his purpose beyond the paint. He hopes Skilled Labor helps to
broadcast Detroit’s Black art scene to the rest of the world — and to make sure the powers that be are paying attention.
“The international art world has not really recognized Detroit artists,” Moore says. “Detroit has always been a place where you make your own way in the art world. It’s still that, but I think it’s time to focus on what’s really happening here and for it to go beyond that. For museums to start collecting Detroit artists, for writers to take note, and for some attention to be paid to a figure like LeRoy Foster.”
You could argue that groundbreaking Detroit figurative painter LeRoy Foster had to walk so artists in Moore’s generation could run. The idea of passing the torch to the next generation is alive and well in LeRoy Foster: Solo Show, which features more than 30 paintings by the man dubbed the “Black Michelangelo” for his depictions of Black faces and forms in his signature Renaissance-influenced paintings.
Born in Detroit in 1925, Foster drew from the masters of art history at a time when African American artists felt under pressure to represent the “Black experience” to primarily white art audiences. He was hailed as a creative genius by critics and peers in his time, firmly cemented in Detroit’s Black arts movement from the 1950s to the 1970s. Yet while Foster was lauded as the “dean of Black artists in Detroit” during his heyday, he died broke, blind, and in obscurity in 1993 after health complications from diabetes.
Local art organizations like the DIA have recently shown Foster’s work. Last year, the sprawling queer art showcase Mighty Real/Queer Detroit made Foster a focus of the monthlong exhibit, and the Hannan Center’s Ellen Kayrod Gallery presented The Soul of LeRoy Foster: An American Painter from Detroit spearheaded by curator Richard Reeves. Cranbrook’s Solo Show represents the most significant Foster exhibition ever assembled.
“There are so many stories that haven’t been told,” Moore says. “There are so many avenues for [realist painters] to explore with the human figure and, in particular, with the Black body that have just never been dealt with.”
Foster’s best-known work — “The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass” (1972), a mural depicting the abolitionist at several stages of his life — is still on display today, albeit tucked away at the tiny Douglass branch of the Detroit Public Library on Grand River.
“His compositions create several worlds within worlds within one picture, which is really, really
hard to do as an artist,” Moore says.
The complicated multitudes of Foster’s life and career came into focus for Moore and Mott, who worked in tandem on Solo Show and Skilled Labor As they debated who to include in Skilled Labor, Foster’s name kept resurrecting itself out of the archives of Detroit art history — a name kept alive by those old enough to remember, as a griot would keep a story alive through storytelling, but that is largely unknown by the younger artists of today.
Out of the prep work for Skilled Labor, a separate exhibition was born to honor the “Black Michelangelo,” creating a beautiful link between one of the city’s greatest forefathers of painting and the next generation carrying on Foster’s legacy,
“Renaissance City,” proudly hung at Cass Tech from 1982 to 2005, when the school moved buildings. (Foster painted it in 1978 for George Elementary School; after the school closed down due to budget constraints, the mural was moved to Cass Tech.)
The mural is modeled after Eugène Delacroix’s “Liberty Leading the People” (1830) in style and content, depicting Detroit rising from the ashes of the 1967 rebellion. Foster showcases Black men as godlike figures overlooking the city, with Detroit’s evolving skyline in the background, signaling a broader message of resilience, progress, and unity across racial lines. It’s a vibrant, breathtaking work that shows landmark buildings like the Fisher Building and the James Scott Memorial Fountain on Belle Isle painted with great detail.
During the more than 20 years that the mural was displayed at the school, it greeted several of the artists featured in Skilled Labor who graduated from Cass Tech, including Senghor Reid, Lewis, and Moore, who remembers viewing “Renaissance City”
Foster unapologetically celebrated the Black body. In ways, Moore is finding the same sense of purpose, escape, and pleasure in painting the human body that Foster found.
Consider Moore’s stunning “A Student’s Dream” (2017), which hangs in the Skilled Labor exhibit. It’s a self-portrait of sorts, referencing heavily the vanitas paintings of the 16th and 17th centuries that dealt with life, materialism, and the inevitability of death, often incorporating skulls, as Moore does here.
He’s laid out on a makeshift operating table, completely in focus and enshrined in light, while the “doctors” above him are covered in shadow.
“Everybody got really excited because [Foster] really deserves much more than what has been given to him,” says Moore, who adds with a bit of Detroit pride: “To be honest, [Foster] is a way better painter than Michelangelo. … his work is more majestic; it’s more grand. I think [a lot of younger painters] have learned from that. But he never really got any recognition on any kind of level, except from his local community.”
For co-curator Laura Mott, Foster had been a point of focus for a few years. Several of his works were in Cranbrook’s permanent collection, including a painting that was supposedly found in a closet in one of the houses on the institution’s sprawling Bloomfield Hills campus.
But putting Solo Show together — the flurry of research, phone calls, and interviews, sorting through collections — was like turning the pages of a slow-burning detective novel.
“It’s been the best kind of curatorial adventure,” says Mott, who, alongside Moore, has been conducting oral histories and searching the city for Foster’s works with help from Valerie Mercer, the DIA’s curator of African American art.
Foster sold hundreds of paintings during his lifetime, but many of them ended up in the possession of the Wright Museum, which provided several paintings for Solo Show, or in private collections, rarely if ever seen in public but buzzed about by those in the know in the local art scene.
“It’s interesting because a lot of the collectors are primarily generationally closer to LeRoy Foster,” Mott says. “It’s a lot of phone calls, a lot of word of mouth. It’s not something you can Google. He’s not in a lot of major museum collections or anything like that.”
Like the younger artists featured in Skilled Labor, Foster learned his craft at educational institutions in his own backyard, starting at Cass Technical High School. One of his oil canvas murals,
every day at school.
“At that time, I didn’t know who LeRoy Foster was, even though I grew up with my mom and was surrounded by the art community of Detroit,” Moore says. “But as I got older and my work started to circulate, a lot of people said my work reminded them of him. It’s kind of like a full circle type of thing.”
After Cass Tech moved in 2005, many believed the mural was destroyed or lost. Amazingly, Moore and Mott rediscovered it rolled up on top of a cabinet at the new Cass Tech location. It had remained in the old building until a group of art teachers moved it in 2011, shortly before the building was demolished.
Now, the massive, 15-by-9-foot oil canvas mural anchors Solo Show. For the occasion, “Renaissance City” is being restored by Becca Goodman of Goodman LaFon art conservation. (Goodman also created a detailed timeline of the mural’s history and context.) The city of Detroit’s Office of Arts, Culture and Entrepreneurship is picking up the nearly $10,000 estimated bill to bring it back to life.
After being displayed at Solo Show, which wraps on March 3 of next year, the mural will be reinstalled at Cass Tech, still one of the city’s leading art schools.
“That’s the most beautiful part of this story,” Mott says. “You’ll have a whole other generation of artists who will have a visual reminder of LeRoy Foster, in the same place where he was so influential to the artists that are in Skilled Labor.”
“It’s about the experimentation on Black bodies, which was happening in early America,” Moore says. “They would exhume bodies, grave-rob, and use Black people to conduct different types of experiments. I wanted to show what it was like on that table but also to be the only one that was lit.”
Moore tackles those larger ideas in that painting, but it’s deeply personal for him, too.
Shortly before creating the painting, Moore was diagnosed with a nonmalignant tumor on his brain that was affecting his speech. When he woke up from surgery, he feared he wouldn’t be able to draw or paint again. Friends brought a sketchbook to his bedside.
“I was so nervous because I wasn’t sure what was going to be affected, if it was something I’d be able to do,” he remembers. He eventually tried his hand by sketching his wife, Danielle, and the painting “A Student’s Dream” wasn’t too far behind.
Moore’s own experience as a painter sums up the goal of Skilled Labor — to celebrate the immense technical gifts of Detroit’s creative class but also the deeper stories within. And with a focus on Black realism, those stories are often seen first and foremost as a Black experience versus a broader human one, which Moore says each artist in the show approaches in their own way.
“Art history has a bearing on Black artists to have certain specifications — like whatever you make as a Black artist is going to have a racial context,” Moore says. “For me and my generation, we’re interested in all of that, but at the same time, there’s a certain kind of liberation I want in dealing with the figure. The human body allows me to liberate myself from any context, any bearings.”
“Foster, first and foremost, was interested in telling stories through the language of painting,” Moore says. “He had this technical prowess that allowed him to tell a story in the tension of an arm or a muscle.
“He’s mythology right now, but I want to make him real again.”
TO BE HONEST, [FOSTER] IS A WAY BETTER PAINTER THAN MICHELANGELO.By Lindsay Kalter
Merely being female can affect the level of medical care you get (or don’t get). Here’s a look at the disparities in women’s health — and what’s being done to fix them.
Biological writings from the late 19th century rest on the Darwinian theory that women are inferior to men physically and mentally — men were, after all, subjected to greater selective pressures through war, hunting, and competition for mates, or so the conventional wisdom went.
It’s no surprise that in the year 2023, sex and gender disparities in health care persist. While previous theories about inferiority have long since been debunked, their legacy lives on in modern-day inequity: unmet needs for maternal health, dismissal and undertreatment of women in the clinic, underrepresentation in trials, and lack of funding for diseases that affect more women than men.
Maternal death has been on the rise in the U.S. since 2018, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2021, the maternal mortality rate was 32.9 deaths per 100,000 live births, up from 23.8 in 2020 and 20.1 in 2019. The causes behind this rise are varied, according to Yale Medicine, and range from inequities in health care to women giving birth at older ages to an increase in chronic health conditions.
Additionally, in 2021, the maternal mortality rate for Black women was 69.9 deaths per 100,000 live births, compared with 26.6 for white women — a result of systemic racism, which leads Black mothers to have less access to health care and less financial help. They also must deal with more severe chronic stress and are often treated unfairly by medical professionals.
The same racial disparities can be seen locally. The rate of pregnancy-related maternal deaths between 2015 and 2019 in Detroit was 43.7 per 100,000 live births for Black women and zero for white women, according to state statistics. Among the pregnancy-related deaths, 52.9 percent were determined to be preventable.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has worked to improve those stats — in April 2022, she launched the Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies initiative, expanding postpartum Medicaid coverage from 60 days to 12 months. In January, as part of the initiative, Michigan became one of the first states to cover doula services. The recently passed 2024 state budget allocated $56.4 million for Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies.
Earlier this year, Whitmer named April 1117 Black Maternal Health Week in Michigan to acknowledge the prenatal and postpartum experiences of Black mothers in the state.
In 2020, Whitmer also signed an executive directive to charge the state’s Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs with developing rules that require implicit bias training for health professionals to address disparities in treatment.
“Black mothers in Michigan deserve to have access to quality affordable maternal and infant health care and a supportive, caring environment that leads to a healthy pregnancy,” Whitmer said in April. “Let’s keep working together to ensure Michiganders — no matter where they live or who they are — can have a healthy pregnancy.”
A wealth of research supports the troubling reality that women’s health complaints — in all areas, not just obstetrics — are too often minimized or dismissed by medical professionals.
Women in pain are more likely to receive sedatives than pain medication. They are half as likely as men to receive painkillers after a coronary bypass surgery. And pain isn’t just undertreated in specialist settings but in triage
as well: Men wait an average of 49 minutes before receiving pain medication for acute abdominal pain in the emergency department, while women wait an average of 65 minutes.
Other symptoms that women report are also often brushed aside. “Heart disease is the No. 1 killer in women, and sometimes the symptoms can be different — but even when women present with the same symptoms, they may not be taken seriously,” says Dr. Dee Fenner, chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Bates professor of diseases of women and children at the University of Michigan.
According to the 2022 KFF Women’s Health Survey, 29 percent of American women ages 1864 who have seen a health care provider in the past two years felt their doctor dismissed their concerns, compared with 21 percent of men.
Fifteen percent of women report that a provider did not believe they were telling the truth, 19 percent say their doctor made assumptions without asking, and 13 percent say that a provider suggested the patient was at fault for their health problem.
Some pregnant women have worse sleep experiences than others, and as explained in a Michigan cohort study published in the May 2023 issue of Women’s Health Reports, this isn’t necessarily random. This study, from researchers at the University of Michigan and Michigan State University, sought to determine what factors influence sleep health and why sleep problems affect groups of women differently.
When tracking the sleep patterns of 458 women, the researchers recorded factors such as age, marital status, smoking and alcohol habits, weight, education level, racial and ethnic background, and socioeconomic status. The goal was to see if these outside components contributed to pregnant women’s sleep health. The most prominent correlation researchers found had to do with age. Women in the oldest quartile of the study participants — age 34 or older — reportedly slept less during their pregnancy than the youngest women, under 26. Other aspects of sleep health, such as the time of the midpoint of sleep, had small correlations with other factors, but few had statistical significance. Those who experience poor sleep are more at risk for adverse effects later in their pregnancy and while giving birth. Studies like this illuminate subtle indicators that give insight into sleep health during pregnancy.
—Kate TownleyIn addition to being ignored and dismissed in the clinic, women and their health problems have also been historically pushed aside in clinical trials. In recent decades, researchers have worked to make clinical trials more representative to better assess sex differences in the effects of drugs and medical treatments. June 10 marked the 30-year anniversary of the National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act, which mandates the inclusion of women in federally funded research.
By 2014, about half of all participants in clinical trials funded by the NIH were women. In 2016, the NIH adopted a policy requiring that sex as a basic variable (called SABV) “be factored into research designs, analyses, and reporting in vertebrate animal and human studies. Strong justification from the scientific literature, preliminary data, or other relevant considerations must be provided for applications proposing to study only one sex.”
But a 2022 study that examined drug trials and more than 300,000 trial participants between 2016 and 2019 found inequities in three large areas: cardiovascular disease, psychiatric disorders, and cancer.
While 49 percent of people with cardiovascular disease are women, only 41.9 percent of participants in cardiovascular trials are female. Fifty-one percent of cancer patients are women, but only 41 percent of cancer trial patients are female. And most notably, 60 percent of people diagnosed with psychiatric disorders are women, but just 42 percent of participants in research for psychiatric drugs are female.
Women of color are especially
versions of men, with male genitalia “turn’d outside in.”
underrepresented in trials, in part because there is a well-earned distrust of the medical community among Black and brown women, says maternal and fetal medicine physician D’Angela Pitts, director of maternal health equity at Henry Ford Health. In just the last century, there has been forced sterilization of women of color, as well as the well-known case of Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman whose cervical cancer cells were harvested without her consent for decades of ongoing study.
“There are disparities in women’s health care, but I think it takes it a step further for women of color since there is history of distrust in the health care system,” Pitts says. “It’s led to difficulties in getting people to participate.”
At the core of the disparities is a glaring issue that reverberates throughout science and medicine: Researchers have found that in nearly three-quarters of the cases where a disease is most commonly found in one sex, a disproportionate amount of money goes to those diseases that affect more males than females, and the opposite for the diseases that affect more females than males.
In an analysis of cancer funding, using data from the U.S. National Cancer Institute from 2007 to 2017, researchers found that gynecological cancers receive less monetary support than others — out of 19 cancers, ovarian cancer ranks fifth for “lethality” (years of life lost per diagnosis) but receives significantly less NIH funding than other diseases, including prostate cancer. A similar comparison was found for cervical cancer.
Endometriosis — a chronic disease in which tissue similar to the lining of the uterus grows outside the uterus and can cause debilitating pain — affects roughly 10 percent of women and girls of reproductive age globally. Yet in 2022, the expected funding for endometriosis from the NIH, the largest source of biomedical research funding, was $16 million — only about 0.04 percent of the budget.
“There are conditions like endometriosis which are highly prevalent, benign conditions that aren’t associated necessarily with mortality but are absolutely associated with extreme amounts of morbidity and negatively impacting quality of life,” says Dr. Erica E. Marsh, professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Michigan Medical School and chief of reproductive endocrinology and infertility. “It’s frustrating as a researcher and a woman that these disparities in funding exist. But we keep advocating, we keep submitting, we keep publishing, and we partner with the most powerful voice out there, which is the voice of the patient, to keep these issues at the forefront.”
The same issues exist for other similar conditions. It is estimated that up to 77 percent
of women will at some point develop fibroids, noncancerous tumors that grow in the wall of the uterus that can lead to serious pain and a host of problems. In 2019, fibroid research received about $17 million in NIH funding — making it one of the bottom 50 of 292 funded conditions.
Black women are more prone to developing fibroids than any other racial or ethnic group.
“We’re taught periods are supposed to hurt,” Pitts says. “But [for] women with conditions like endometriosis or fibroids, it’s not just a painful period.”
The consequences of underfunding are farreaching. Not only does it mean less is known about conditions that affect women, but those areas in turn attract fewer aspiring scientists, Fenner says.
“When you have really bright, talented young investigators looking at a field they want to go into and study, they’re naturally going to want to go where the money is. Getting tenure at universities is related to how much funding you can get,” Fenner says. “It’s a system that feeds itself that prevents expansion of research in women’s health.”
Locally, there are some big NIH funding recipients for women’s health. The Michigan State University College of Human Medicine’s Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology is one of the most wellfunded research institutions. Among departments at 66 universities around the country, MSU’s OBGYN department ranked fourth in 2022, with $12,699,996 in grants from the NIH.
The implications of these disparities are vast. According to a report by the nonprofit Women’s Health Access Matters, women are 50 percent more likely than men to die in the year after a heart attack, and nonsmoking women are three times as likely to get lung cancer than nonsmoking men. Women account for 78 percent of the Americans who have an autoimmune disorder as well as 66 percent of all Alzehimer’s patients.
And the consequences extend even beyond health. It is estimated that if the NIH doubled its funding for three conditions that disproportionately affect women — Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, coronary artery disease, and rheumatoid arthritis — the country’s cost savings over 30 years would be $932 million, $1.9 billion, and $10.5 billion, respectively.
In the meantime, those who study women’s health are looking to other funding sources like philanthropic foundations and seed grants.
“Women’s health disparities are multipronged and come in many different shapes, forms, and sizes across many different areas,” Fenner says. “Many of us are fighting for [equity in funding], but it’ll be several decades, at best, before this changes.”
On a local level, health systems and philanthropists are working to bridge the existing gaps in health care.
Lipsa Sheth of Bloomfield Hills, for example, is helping to diversify representation in breast cancer research after a shocking diagnosis at age 36. She is now contributing funds to the work of University of Michigan physician-scientist Sofia D. Merajver, who is investigating potential genetic components to breast cancer among South Asian women — an area Sheth says is sorely understudied.
Like many Indian women diagnosed with breast cancer, Sheth is negative for the notorious BRCA gene mutations that lead to high risk for the disease.
“I’ve seen many Indian women who will say things like, ‘I’m BRCA negative, but my sister had breast cancer or mom had breast cancer,’” says Sheth, now 50, who has three daughters. “Scientists haven’t found a gene, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a gene.”
The University of Michigan Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospital offers funding through the Women’s Health Innovation Fund — supported by philanthropic donations — to help researchers launch women-centered projects and studies that may not receive funding through the NIH.
The hospital staff has also treated some complex women’s health issues, particularly related to childbirth.
Katy Conners of South Lyon was one of those cases. Born with a rare heart defect and facing a risky seventh pregnancy, Connors was diagnosed with stage 4 heart failure. After a long-term hospital stay and extensive collaboration between the OB-GYN and cardiac teams, she had a cesarian section at 26 weeks pregnant surrounded by about 30 medical professionals, followed by open-heart surgery six weeks later.
Conners went home after 188 days in the hospital.
“I was very lucky that I had a cardiology team and an OB team that was very advanced in knowing about my heart issue,” Conners says. “Had I not been at this specific hospital, I don’t think I would have gotten this level of care.”
For more information on the Women’s Health Innovation Fund, go to medicine.umich.edu/dept/ obgyn/giving/womens-health -innovation-fund.
—Lindsay Kaltercenter.
gain access to hormones and assists them with gender-affirming changes.
“We’ll be looking into the best ways to provide intervention, medication, and comprehensive preventive care practices,” Riddle-Jones says. “And we’re also looking at best practices to better engage trans women of color.”
It is a population that faces numerous systemic barriers to consistent and quality health care: stigma, transphobia, poverty, and racism, to name a few. According to a 2020 survey from the Center for American Progress, 40 percent of transgender adults report experiencing mistreatment or discrimination with a health provider. More than half of transgender respondents, including 60 percent of respondents of color, said they
DDr. Latonya Riddle-Jones, a physician at the Detroit Medical Center and Karmanos Cancer Institute, forged her path to medicine at a tender age.
At just 7 years old, she witnessed the impact of chronic illness on her younger brother, who had severe asthma. During his stay at the University of Michigan’s C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, RiddleJones befriended Sarah, a 5-year-old girl who had cancer. They were fast friends and playmates — until one day, Sarah was gone.
“I remember getting on the elevator for my brother’s outpatient appointment and saw Sarah’s mom. Sarah had passed away,” Riddle-Jones says. “That’s when I realized I wanted to go into pediatric medicine. It was a very defining moment, and I will never forget it.”
These early experiences continued to shape her career goals. Growing up in Inkster and eventually Southfield, she attended high school at the prestigious Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School in Bloomfield Hills on scholarship. “Seeing the disparities between my home neighborhood and the students at my school motivated me to push
for what I’m doing now,” she says.
In addition to being on staff at the two aforementioned hospitals, she works as the medical director at Corktown Health Center, southeast Michigan’s largest LGBTQ+-focused primary care center; is a representative on the diversity and inclusion committee for the Department of Internal Medicine at Wayne State University; and serves as an advisor for FitKids 360, an eight-week childhood obesity intervention program based in Detroit.
In January, Riddle-Jones will be leading Corktown Health Center on a mission to provide better health care for transgender women. With a five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health, researchers at the University of Michigan and Columbia University in New York will work with community health centers, including Corktown, to help prevent HIV and AIDS among transgender women of color in the Detroit and New York City areas. Researchers and clinicians will partner with the Trans Sistas of Color Project Detroit, an organization that helps local transgender women of color
postponed or completely avoided a doctor visit because they could not afford it.
Riddle-Jones has a way with patients that empowers them, and she connects them to services that will help them feel valued, says Teresa Roscoe, chief operating officer of Corktown Health Center.
“She looks at people as experts in their own bodies,” says Roscoe, who met Riddle-Jones in 2017 when Riddle-Jones became the clinic’s first medical director. “She has a very lovely manner about her to help people really engage and broaden their perspectives.”
Riddle-Jones graduated from Michigan State University with a degree in chemical engineering she loved calculus, and her dad was “big on having a backup plan,” she says, though she ultimately didn’t need one.
As a student and resident juggling dual certification in internal medicine and pediatrics with motherhood (she has two children, ages 14 and 11), Riddle-Jones “didn’t see limits,” says Eric Ayers, associate professor of internal medicine and pediatrics at the Wayne State University School of Medicine.
Ayers was the program director for internal medicine and pediatrics residency training and the director of the university’s Black Medical Association. They connected over their shared interests but also over shared experiences as underrepresented minorities in medical school.
Ayers calls her a “shero, queen, and a Wayne State Warrior.”
“She’s been able to stay focused on those things that are near and dear to her heart, and she’s always been an advocate of women’s health,” Ayers says. “She has shown that with belief and motivation, you can achieve and do a lot of things.”
Two metro Detroit doctors are at the forefront of research for two types of cancer that affect women
WWhat cancer patients want, besides a cure, is hope for a cure. Clinical trials — the process by which doctors and scientists test new and experimental treatments — search for new ways to combat disease, giving patients who have exhausted other treatments a crucial plan
B. Here is a look at two Detroit-area doctors specializing in women’s health who are doing vital work in the field of hope.
Dr. Ira Winer, a gynecologic oncologist at the Karmanos Cancer Institute, is the principal investigator for multiple studies on cancers of the female reproductive system. For ovarian cancer, Winer is researching how to fight forms that are resistant to traditional chemotherapy.
Platinum-based chemo is standard for ovarian cancer, but up to 30 percent of ovarian cancer patients have resistance to this treatment. “Once [the cancer] has developed that resistance,” Winer says, “the patients don’t do as well.”
Winer is leading multiple clinical trials that give ovarian cancer patients with platinum chemo resistance another option. One study combines different immunotherapies that boost a patient’s immune system response. Researchers make minute adjustments to treatments based on how the participant responds, combining an immunotherapy drug that already works with an experimental drug. The results have been so promising that the Food and Drug Administration granted a “fast track” designation to the treatment, expediting the approval process for mainstream use.
Dr. Joshua Dilworth, a radiation oncologist affiliated with Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital in Royal Oak, is the principal investigator on the TAILOR RT trial for breast cancer, the second most common cancer in women after skin cancer.
The Phase 3 trial (the stage where a new treatment is tested against standard treatments) is being conducted at medical institutions across the U.S. and Canada, with the hope of producing more effective treatments for women with ERpositive and HER2-negative breast cancer.
The trial has two goals. The first is to use tumor biology to guide treatment recommendations. In the past, tumor size and the number of cancer-affected lymph nodes determined whether or not radiation therapy to the chest area would be beneficial. But since all tumors are different, this trial tailors treatments based on a person’s individual genes.
“Cancer treatment is never one-size-fits-all,” Dilworth says. “You can have two patients, each
with the same sized tumor and the same number of affected lymph nodes, … but each with very different risks of a cancer recurrence.”
The other goal of the study addresses how to avoid overtreating patients; reducing the intensity or duration of treatment (or even eliminating certain treatments entirely) to minimize side effects is known medically as “de-escalation.” Radiation therapy targets and kills cancer cells, reducing the likelihood of a recurrence, but it has serious side effects. Yet radiation therapy might not make a significant difference for patients who have a biologically low-risk disease. If the patients in the trial who don’t receive radiation end up just as healthy as those who do, it doesn’t make sense for others in the same boat to continue with radiation therapy.
“We need to balance the risk of side effects with the benefit of the treatment,” Dilworth says. Decreasing the amount of treatment — and therefore those side effects — can improve a patient’s quality of life.
Doctors, hospitals, and medical schools are always recruiting subjects for clinical trials. Oncologists will often recommend a trial to eligible patients. Find a list of trials at clinicaltrials.gov. For the two institutions mentioned, visit their clinical trial search pages: beaumont.org/services/research/clinical-trials/ clinical-trials-search and karmanos.org/karmanos/ find-a-karmanos-clinical-trial
In order to slow the process of metastasis — the spread of cancer to other organs in the body — it is first crucial to understand why the cancer is spreading. Previously, it hadn’t been understood what drives the spread of ovarian cancer to other parts of the body. That is, until a March 2023 study conducted by researchers at Wayne State University’s C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development discovered that the genetic protein MNRR1 is a driving force behind the spread. MNRR1 is an activator protein, meaning that it serves as a metaphorical on/off switch for certain genes. When it comes time for ovarian cancer to spread, MNRR1 turns the switch “on” and allows the cancer to metastasize, as the study showed. Understanding the root of the problem helps provide a jumping-off point for treatment of ovarian cancer in the future. Knowing what protein encourages metastasis allows scientists to start developing treatment that limits MNRR1 expression, a type of treatment that has already proved effective on mice. This discovery is a great step forward, giving researchers a clearer direction for future ovarian cancer studies and treatments.
—Kate TownleyWith a mission to “break the barriers of child care, transportation, and all the difficulties of getting a brand-new mom to the clinic,” Dr. Ryhm Radjef, a clinical and noninvasive cardiologist, launched Henry Ford’s Heart Healthy Moms clinic earlier this year.
IIn 2017, Dr. Ryhm Radjef was immersed in the rigors of a cardiology residency at Henry Ford Health when her sister found herself facing a daunting diagnosis: preeclampsia, a grave and sometimes life-threatening condition of elevated blood pressure during pregnancy.
Radjef felt helpless. Her sister had a condition so closely linked to heart health, yet the cardiologist-in-training knew very little about it.
“As a cardiologist, you don’t actually get any special training dealing with anything pregnancy related,” says Radjef, a clinical and noninvasive cardiologist and the director of Henry Ford’s Women’s Heart and Cardio-Obstetrics Program. “You deal with patients all the time, but this is your family member who is crying, asking, ‘What did I do wrong? Why is this happening?’”
Her sister’s ordeal, which led to a premature cesarean section and an extended stay in the neonatal intensive care unit for the baby, compelled Radjef, a mother of three herself, to reflect on the importance of postpartum blood pressure monitoring.
This personal revelation coincided with a national focus on the relationship between heart disease and pregnancy, revealing a difficult truth: Heart-related complications were the leading cause of maternal mortality in the United States.
So, during the pandemic, Radjef started doing something seldom done in postpartum care: virtual blood pressure monitoring in
patients who had recently given birth. In 2023, Radjef took her idea to the next level, launching Henry Ford’s Heart Healthy Moms clinic.
Any patient who experiences blood pressure disorders during pregnancy at Henry Ford is offered enrollment into the program, which allows new mothers to see a nurse virtually every week for four weeks, then every other week until they reach 12 weeks postpartum. The goal is to catch hypertensive issues early so they can be treated.
Cardiovascular conditions cause 33 percent of pregnancy-related deaths, and Black women are about three times more susceptible to pregnancy-related deaths than white women, according to the CDC. “That number keeps going up,” Radjef says.
The profound physiological toll of gestation and delivery on the body requires the heart to work much harder than usual.
From inception, a symphony of changes occurs within the body: Blood volume increases as early as the first few weeks of pregnancy, and most experience a 4045 percent total increase in blood volume, according to the Cleveland Clinic. Heart rate can increase by 10 to 20 beats per minute and rises steadily until childbirth.
Cardiac output — or the amount of blood your heart pumps each minute — may increase by as much as 50 percent by 28 to
Time in the womb is crucial for a baby’s development, so babies born extremely premature face many risks. Various strategies have been employed to limit these risks, including a form of artificial placenta tested in an April 2023 study. Created by surgeons and researchers associated with the University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, this new placenta substitute is an improvement over past attempts. A major obstacle faced in previous trials was that the use of an artificial placenta increased the risk for internal bleeding within the infant’s skull. Researchers were able to offset this danger by applying a new, different kind of coating that releases nitric oxide. This in turn helps to prevent blood from clotting. Thanks to this crucial adjustment, the artificial placenta tested was able to support prematurely born lambs for up to a week without the major bleeding or clotting seen before.
Based on these results, similar methods can be used to create an artificial placenta that is safer and limits major risks, such as internal bleeding. This brings us one step closer to the ultimate goal in the treatment of extremely premature babies: to increase their survival rate.
—Kate Townley34 weeks of pregnancy, and even more for those pregnant with twins. Signs of heart dysfunction are tricky to pinpoint because many overlap with pregnancy symptoms: fatigue, dizziness, shortness of breath, and heart palpitations.
Those who experience preeclampsia are twice as likely to develop heart disease over their lifetime, according to a 2017 study in the journal Circulation Patients with no history of hypertension can develop high blood pressure for up to a year after giving birth, researchers have found.
“There’s really a lack of [knowledge of] how obstetric-related conditions can affect the woman’s heart,” Radjef says. “You realize we don’t know enough about what it means now and what it means later for our health.”
In the years following Radjef’s initial interest in cardio-obstetrics, she began reaching out to leaders in the field to help lay the foundation for what is now the Heart Healthy Moms clinic.
One of those leaders was Dr. Melinda Baughman Davis, clinical associate professor at the University of Michigan and co-director of the university’s Cardio-Obstetrics Program.
“[Radjef] emailed me in January 2021, and her passion for the field really struck me,” Davis says. “The intersection of the two fields is important for managing this growing patient population. It requires a special expertise to take care of these high-risk patients.”
Radjef, who was born and raised in Algeria and attended medical school there, has just that expertise, says Dr. Bob Rabbani, program director for the Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship at Henry Ford Health, who served as Radjef’s attending physician during her residency. “My first impression of her was she was brilliant,” Rabbani says.
Cardio-obstetrics is becoming its own distinct field within the practice of cardiology, and Rabbani thinks Radjef is “perfectly suited” to be a leader in it. “It’s merging her very distinct clinical and academic expertise in the field of cardiology with her passion for women’s health,” he says.
Radjef slowly began developing her vision to create a program that would help patients with adverse pregnancy outcomes — particularly patients with barriers to health care. She secured a grant of $100,000 from the Michigan Health Endowment Fund for the Heart Healthy Moms clinic.
“We decided to break the barriers of child care, transportation, and all the difficulties of
The way a person’s body interprets their genes can be impacted and changed by their environment or behavior — the study of which is called epigenetics. For a pregnant mother, those epigenetically altered genes can get passed down from her to the baby. This carries some risks, in that certain epigenetically altered gene pathways can cause heart defects in the fetus. In order to identify this problem faster, researchers can analyze DNA in a pregnant woman’s blood. This helps them examine the fetus’s development and detect genetic issues before the baby is born.
In a 2022 study, researchers at Oakland University’s William Beaumont School of Medicine successfully used artificial intelligence to do just that. When given the proper instructions, the AI was able to identify gene pathways changed by epigenetics in the DNA of a pregnant woman’s blood. This allowed them to detect small indicators of heart defects in the fetuses. Since the method requires simply taking blood samples from the mother, it isn’t invasive and therefore has fewer risks to the mother and baby.
From here, researchers can use the data to create more targeted therapies for and strategies for prevention of congenital heart defects.
—Kate Townleygetting a brand-new mom to the clinic,” she says.
Admission to the clinic happens immediately after giving birth, when at-risk patients are identified by their OB-GYNs. They are supplied with a Bluetooth-enabled blood pressure cuff, which is connected to a portal that allows for communication between patient and doctor.
Push notifications are sent to patients when it’s time to take their blood pressure, and the results go straight from the device to their electronic medical records. In addition to nurses visiting routinely, there’s one comprehensive cardiac assessment at one month postpartum with Radjef.
Virtual blood pressure monitoring has been proved to decrease the likelihood of postpartum complications, including heart attacks, strokes, a blood-clotting condition called disseminated intravascular coagulation, eclampsia, and cardiomyopathy.
“We hope that we will increase awareness of risk factors, help our patients maintain healthy blood pressure after pregnancy, and recognize heart disease early,” Radjef says. “Heart disease and death in pregnant and postpartum women is not talked about enough, and that needs to change.”
*Aharonov, Julia D.O.
Bulat, Elizabeth M.D. Henry Ford Health
Fox, Michael D.O. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Gammons, Timothy D.O.
Hopper, John M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
Saad, Abdulhassan M.D.
Aljassem, Annas M.D. Corewell Health
Weiner, Mark M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
Alton, Karen M.D. Ascension Michigan
Catrambone, Renee M.D. Ascension Michigan
*Forman, Seth M.D. Corewell Health, Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Marshall, Sharon M.D.
Benjamins, Laura M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Taylor, Jaime D.O. Corewell Health
Bahrainwala, Abdul M.D. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center, Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Cotronei, Cristina M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Trinity Health Michigan
Doshi, Devang M.D. Corewell Health
Kado, Rachel M.D. Corewell Health
Leo, Harvey M.D. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Marks, Amy D.O. Corewell Health
Nageotte, Christian M.D. Henry Ford Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Institute, McLaren Health Care
Ruff, Stacey D.O. Corewell Health
Abboud, Josieanne M.D.
*Arbit, Philip M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
Asbahi, Moumen M.D. Corewell Health
Bernard, Michael M.D.
Chhina, Anoop M.D. Henry Ford Health
Fayne, Randy D.O. Henry Ford Health
Galusca, Dragos M.D. Henry Ford Health
Ghanem, John M.D.
Ginnebaugh, Robert M.D. Henry Ford Health
Guruswamy, Jayakar M.D. Henry Ford Health
Heskett, Luke M.D. Henry Ford Health
Lewis, Michael M.D. Henry Ford Health
Magidenko, Roman M.D. Corewell Health
What would you like to tell people about your specialty?
There are approximately 68,000 cases of mouth and throat cancers diagnosed annually and 43,000 cases of thyroid cancers each year. Mouth and throat cancers have been linked to smoking, drinking, and the human papillomavirus (HPV).
Thyroid cancers typically occur spontaneously and are uncommonly linked to genetics and radiation exposure.
Regarding conditions that you treat, what are some symptoms that people should look out for?
Symptoms of head and neck cancers may present as a lump in the neck, pain in the throat, difficulty swallowing, and sores in the mouth or throat. If these symptoms persist for more than a week, patients should see their primary doctor or a specialist.
Pansare, Milind M.D.
Poowuttikul, Pavadee M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Savliwala, Mohammedi M.D. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Secord, Elizabeth M.D.
*Stryk, Steven M.D. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Abraham, Tina D.O. Corewell Health, McLaren Health Care
Alkhalil, Michel M.D. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Bahrainwala, Abdul M.D. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center, Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Bathija, Malathi M.D. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center
Cheema, Gagandeep M.D. Corewell Health
Daher, Roula M.D. Corewell Health
Dass, Kathleen M.D. Corewell Health
Kado, Rachel M.D. Corewell Health
Kasmikha, Nena M.D. Corewell Health
Lauter, Carl M.D. Corewell Health
Nageotte, Christian M.D. Henry Ford Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Patel, Bhavin M.D. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center, Henry Ford Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Patel, Pulin D.O. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center, McLaren Health Care
Salazar, R. (Reina) M.D. Corewell Health
*Stryk, Steven M.D. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Tawila, Mohamad M.D. Corewell Health
Zoratti, Edward M.D. Henry Ford Health
Muckey, Brian M.D. Corewell Health
*Novikova, Marina D.O. Henry Ford Health
Pai, Amita M.D. Corewell Health
Paulson, Henry M.D. University of Michigan Health
Neff, Kevin M.D.
Salter, Matthew D.O. Corewell Health
Shalhoub, Alexander D.O. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center
Silvasi, Daniel M.D. Corewell Health
Szymanski, Trevor M.D. Henry Ford Health
Tadros, Raouf D.O. Detroit Medical Center
Yeldo, Nicholas M.D. Henry Ford Health
Aslani, Kaveh M.D. Corewell Health
Choromanski, Dominik M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Durgham, Nasser M.D.
Han, Richard M.D.
Malik, Asif M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Henry Ford Health
Muhammad, Rania M.D. Henry Ford Health
*Snell, Jamey M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Stricker, Lori M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Zestos, Maria M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Bacal, Daniel M.D. Corewell Health
Carlin, Arthur M.D. Henry Ford Health
Davies, Eric M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
*Genaw, Jeffrey M.D. Henry Ford Health
Hawasli, Abdelkader M.D. Ascension Michigan
Jonker, Mark M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
Katz, Gary D.O. Ascension Michigan
Krause, Kevin M.D. Corewell Health
LaFayette, Nathan M.D. Corewell Health
Laker, Scott M.D. Ascension Michigan, Corewell Health
Mavashev, Edward M.D. Corewell Health
Patel, Puraj D.O. Henry Ford Health
Sousa, Nicholas D.O. Ascension Michigan
Ziegler, Kathryn M.D. Corewell Health
Aburabia, Majd M.D. Corewell Health
Benitez, Pamela M.D. Corewell Health
Bensenhaver, Jessica M.D. Henry Ford Health
Bland, Keiva M.D.
Breslin, Tara M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
Choi, Lydia M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center
Costellic, Corinne D.O. Corewell Health
Gold, Linsey D.O. Corewell Health, Karmanos Cancer Center, McLaren Health Care
Alnajjar, Raed M.D. Henry Ford Health
Apostolou, Dimitrios M.D. Henry Ford Health
*Azoury, Fouad M.D.
Batra, Sanjay M.D. Ascension Michigan, McLaren Health Care
Lee, Michael M.D. Ascension Michigan
Pruitt, Andrew M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
Health MichiganWhat innovations in your field are you most excited about?
I’m excited to see the updates and innovation that will come in robotic thoracic surgery, which is a passion of mine. I’m also excited to see the incorporation of radiology and artificial intelligence. A large portion of my practice is treating patients diagnosed with lung cancer, which is the No. 1 cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. Improvements in methods of diagnosing lung cancer early allow me to treat patients sooner, and patients with early-stage cancers have improved outcomes.
Regarding conditions that you treat, what are some symptoms that people should look out for?
I care for such a variety of diseases/disorders of the chest, but in general, I encourage people to see a doctor if they experience any of these symptoms: Esophagus/mediastinum: difficulty swallowing, chest or abdominal pain with eating, feeling full early in a meal, nausea, vomiting, and/or reflux/heartburn.
Lungs/pleura: shortness of breath, cough, wheezing, chest pain with breathing, and anyone with a history of heavy smoking.
Chest wall: chest wall deformities or lumps.
*Dekhne, Nayana M.D. Corewell Health
Dubay, Linda M.D. Ascension Michigan
Falk, Jeffrey M.D. Ascension Michigan
Brown, Eric M.D. Corewell Health, Karmanos Cancer Center
Johnson, Pamela M.D. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center
Kestenberg, William M.D. Corewell Health, Henry Ford Health
Kimball, Beth M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
Kiran, Sayee M.D. Corewell Health
Kirby, Amy M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
Kulick, Jennifer M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
Kuwajerwala, Nafisa M.D. Ascension Michigan, Corewell Health
Petersen, Lindsay M.D. Henry Ford Health
Rizk, Natalie M.D. Ascension Michigan
Cullen, Marc M.D. Ascension Michigan
Shanti, Christina M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit Medical Center
*White, Michael M.D. Detroit Medical Center
Schwartz, Charles M.D. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Vivacqua, Alessandro M.D. Corewell Health
*Al-Ahmadi, Mamdouh M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Ohye, Richard M.D. Trinity Health Michigan, University of Michigan Health
Romano, Jennifer M.D. Trinity Health Michigan, University of Michigan Health
Sassalos, Peter M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Sood, Vikram M.D. Trinity Health Michigan, University of Michigan Health
Abdul-Nour, Khaled M.D. Henry Ford Health
Alexander, Patrick M.D. Ascension Michigan
Feldman, Dustin D.O. Corewell Health
Alraies, Chadi M.D. Detroit Medical Center
Attallah, Antonious M.D. Ascension Michigan
Berman, Aaron M.D. Corewell Health
Bowers, Terry M.D. Corewell Health
Dass, Clarissa D.O. Corewell Health
David, Shukri M.D. Ascension Michigan
Elder, Mahir M.D. Corewell Health
*Gowman, David D.O. Corewell Health
Gundlapalli, Sujana M.D. Corewell Health
Halabi, Abdul M.D. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health Michigan
Jiddou-Patros, Monica M.D. Corewell Health
Daher, Edouard M.D. Ascension Michigan, Corewell Health
Kado, Herman M.D. Corewell Health
Kaki, Amir M.D. Ascension Michigan, Corewell Health
LaLonde, Thomas M.D. Ascension Michigan, Corewell Health
Lingam, Natesh M.D.
Modi, Shalini M.D. Henry Ford Health
Mohamad, Tamam M.D. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center
Nona, Paul M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
Rabbani, Bobak M.D.
Russell, Cori M.D. Henry Ford Health
Sobh, Mohamad D.O. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center
Timmis, Steven M.D. Corewell Health
Trivax, Justin M.D. Corewell Health
Tucciarone, Michael M.D. Corewell Health
Villablanca Spinetto, Pedro M.D. Henry Ford Health
Zacharias, Sibin M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
Zarghami, Jamal M.D. Ascension Michigan
Al-Anani, Shada M.D.
Ascension Michigan
*Anne, Premchand M.D.
Ascension Michigan
Paul J. Chittick, M.D. Infectious Diseases Corewell Health*Covi, Stuart M.D. Ascension Michigan
Cutler, Nancy M.D. Trinity Health Michigan, University of Michigan Health
Gonzalez Rangel, Ismael M.D. Corewell Health
Sanil, Yamuna M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Corewell Health, Henry Ford Health
Sehgal, Swati M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Corewell Health, Henry Ford Health
Turner, Daniel M.D. Trinity Health Michigan, University of Michigan Health
Ball, Allison M.D. Corewell Health
*DeGraw, Marcus M.D. Ascension Michigan
Nazer, Dena M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Norat, Bradley M.D.
Adeyemo, Adewunmi M.D. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health Michigan
Alame, Amer M.D. Ascension Michigan, Corewell Health
Asai, Megumi M.D. Henry Ford Health
Bark, Kenneth M.D. Corewell Health
Bauman, John M.D. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Cleary, Robert M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
*Damadi, Amir M.D. Ascension Michigan
Drelichman, Ernesto M.D. Ascension Michigan
Eggenberger, John M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
Gerken, Jeffrey D.O. Corewell Health
Hain, Jon M.D. Corewell Health
McClure, Amanda M.D. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Nalamati, Surya M.D. Henry Ford Health
Peeples, Claire M.D. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Rebock, Michael D.O. Corewell Health
Reickert, Craig M.D. Sacksner, Jordy M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
Shanker, Beth-Ann M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
Shellnut, Jason M.D. Corewell Health
Turfah, Fuad M.D. Corewell Health
Wasvary, Harry M.D. Corewell Health
Webb, Shawn M.D. Henry Ford Health
Ziegler, Matthew M.D. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Allen, Samuel D.O. Corewell Health
Curran, Christine M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
Gardner-Gray, Jayna M.D. Henry Ford Health
Hurst, Gina M.D.
Miles, Steven M.D. Ascension Michigan
*Pasley, Amelia D.O. Corewell Health
Pflaum-Carlson, Jacqueline M.D. Henry Ford Health
Soubani, Ayman M.D. Karmanos Cancer Center
Tatem, Geneva M.D. Henry Ford Health
Trunsky, Matthew M.D. Corewell Health
Uduman, Junior M.D. Henry Ford Health
Ventimiglia, William M.D. Ascension Michigan, Corewell Health
Ahmed, Tageldin M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Bauerfeld, Christian M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
*Clark, Jeffrey M.D. Ascension Michigan, Detroit Medical Center
El-Wiher, Nidal M.D. Corewell Health
Gebara, Bassam M.D. Corewell Health
Khandhar, Paras M.D. Corewell Health
Mata, Angela M.D. Ascension Michigan
Sarnaik, Ajit M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
What do you have to say to people who are afraid to ask their doctor questions? You shouldn’t ever feel like you can’t ask a doctor questions — it’s part of our job to answer them in a way that you understand, so keep asking them until you do. You may not like the answer, or you may not agree with it, and that’s OK, too. Your minimum expectation of me as a physician should be that I can explain what I recommend to you and why I recommend it so that it makes sense to you.
What innovations in your field are you most excited about?
Molecular diagnostics and other rapid tests will revolutionize our specialty. Instead of needing two to three days to determine what a patient has and what anti-infectives are best for them, we’ll need two to three hours. This will obviously benefit individual patients but also impact things like antibiotic resistance globally and costs of health care.
Tilford, Bradley M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Witkowski, Alina M.D. Ascension Michigan
Abrou, A. M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health Michigan
Altman, David M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health Michigan
Atanasovski, Mariana M.D. Ascension Michigan, McLaren Health Care
Balle, David M.D. Corewell Health
Berry, Ali M.D. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Borkin, Michael M.D. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center
Byrd, David M.D. Corewell Health
Caretti, Katherine M.D. Ascension Michigan, Corewell Health
Cetner, Leonard M.D. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center
Daveluy, Steven M.D. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center
Desai, Snehal M.D. Corewell Health
Diggs, Shauna M.D. Corewell Health
Dorman, Michael M.D. Corewell Health
Ernst, Alexander M.D. Corewell Health
Fivenson, David M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
Gottam, Chethana M.D.
Hamzavi, Iltefat M.D. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health Michigan
Kado, Jessica M.D. Corewell Health
Kakar, Rohit M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
Karimipour, Darius M.D. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Henry Ford Health
Kerr, Holly M.D. Henry Ford Health
Kerwin, Leonard M.D. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center
Kohen, Laurie M.D. Henry Ford Health
Legacy, Michelle D.O. Corewell Health
Lim, Henry M.D. Henry Ford Health
Merkle, Suzanne M.D. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center
Mohammadi, Tarana M.D. Corewell Health
Moiin, Ali M.D. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health Michigan
Ozog, David M.D. Henry Ford Health
Rambhatla, Pranita M.D.
Remishofsky, Christopher M.D. Corewell Health, Henry Ford Health
Singer, Craig M.D. Corewell Health
*Singer, Robert M.D. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center
Sklar, Lindsay M.D. Corewell Health
Watnick, Kay M.D. Corewell Health
–Pediatric Jahnke, Marla M.D.
Children’s Hospital of Michigan
*Shwayder, Tor M.D.
Zarbo, Allison M.D. Henry Ford Health
*Felt, Barbara M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan, University of Michigan Health
Hines, Stefani M.D. Corewell Health
Al-Katib, Sayf M.D. Corewell Health
Doshi, Shashin M.D. Corewell Health
Griffith, Brent M.D.
What innovations in your field are you most excited about?
I have a particular passion for reversal of Type 2 diabetes with weight loss. I am excited about the use of newer agents to help improve weight management and get my patients off insulin. I am also excited for the growing technology in the field of diabetes. Continuous glucose monitors and insulin pumps continue to reinvent diabetes management to make living with this condition easier to manage.
Regarding conditions that you treat, what are some symptoms that people should look out for?
Endocrinology is a broad field with so many conditions. The most common condition we treat is diabetes, which often goes unrecognized. Some common signs to watch out for include unexplained weight loss, frequent urination, and increased thirst.
What do you have to say to people who are afraid to ask their doctor questions?
Don’t hesitate to ask questions — it is your right to understand your health status and treatment options. Share your concerns with a support system — start with small steps and gradually embrace a proactive approach to health care. Taking ownership of your wellbeing leads to a healthier and happier life.
Jain, Nitin M.D. Ascension Michigan, Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center
Kado, Karl M.D.
Myers, Daniel M.D. Henry Ford Health
Nandalur, Kiran M.D. Corewell Health
Osher, Matthew M.D. Ascension Michigan
Robinette, Natasha M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center
Scher, Courtney D.O. Henry Ford Health
*Trivax, Cory M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
Van Holsbeeck, Marnix M.D. Henry Ford Health
Benjamin, Lee M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
Levasseur, Kelly D.O. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
*Sills, Robert D.O. Stankovic, Curt M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Adams, Lauren M.D. Corewell Health
Donaldson, David D.O. Corewell Health
Folt, Jason M.D. Henry Ford Health
Gardner-Gray, Jayna M.D. Henry Ford Health
Goyal, Nikhil M.D. Henry Ford Health
Goymerac, Nathan M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
*Gumma, Jason D.O. Trinity Health Michigan
Guyer, Christopher M.D. Henry Ford Health
Hurst, Gina M.D.
Hutchinson, Christopher M.D. Corewell Health
Ibrahim, John-Mina M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
Jaskulka, Bradley M.D. Henry Ford Health
Khalil, Michael M.D. Detroit Medical Center
LaLonde, Daniel M.D.
Ascension Michigan
Lewandowski, Christopher M.D. Henry Ford Health
McGillicuddy, Daniel M.D.
Trinity Health Michigan
Mendiratta, Varsha M.D. Henry Ford Health
Menoch, Margaret M.D. Corewell Health
Mohon, Sean D.O.
Trinity Health Michigan
Nixon, Barbara D.O.
Rocco, Vito M.D. Corewell Health
Shamoon, Zafar D.O. Corewell Health
Takla, Robert M.D. Ascension Michigan
Vieder, Sanford D.O. Corewell Health
*Vohra, Taher M.D. Henry Ford Health
Volz, Kathryn M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
*Czako, Peter M.D. Corewell Health
Gauger, Paul M.D.
Trinity Health Michigan, University of Michigan Health
Hughes, David M.D. Trinity Health Michigan, University of Michigan Health
Kimball, Beth M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
Nagar, Sapna M.D. Corewell Health
Shah, Rupen M.D. Henry Ford Health
Adhikari, Amita M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Buggs-Saxton, Colleen M.D.
*Degnan, Bernard M.D. Ascension Michigan, Corewell Health
Dekelbab, M. M.D. Corewell Health
Gerrits, Peter M.D. Corewell Health
Gowda, Shashikala M.D.
Surhigh, Julie M.D. Corewell Health
Taha, Doris M.D.
Thomas, Inas M.D. University of Michigan Health
Alzohaili, Opada M.D. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center
Athimulam, Shobana M.D. Henry Ford Health
*Berris, Karen M.D. Corewell Health
Bhan, Arti M.D. Henry Ford Health
Bijlani, Smita M.D. Corewell Health
Blank, Howard M.D. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Brennan, Michael D.O. Corewell Health
Dawood-Farah, Farah M.D. Corewell Health, Henry Ford Health
Edelson, Gary M.D. Corewell Health
Honasoge, Mahalakshmi M.D.
Kurian, Regina M.D. Ascension Michigan
Lahiri, Sharon M.D. Henry Ford Health
Langer, Eric D.O. Corewell Health, McLaren Health Care
Lawrence, Lima M.D. Corewell Health
Levy, Shiri M.D. Henry Ford Health
Mendelsohn, Lawrence M.D. Corewell Health
Rao, Sudhaker M.D. Henry Ford Health
Repp, Anita M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
Saleh, Mohammad M.D. Corewell Health
Samantray, Julie M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center
Sanfield, Jeffrey M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
Schmeltz, Lowell M.D. Corewell Health
Shill, Jessica M.D.
Simon, Rebecca D.O. Henry Ford Health
Verma, Ashish M.D. Corewell Health, Henry Ford Health
Agrest, Kevin D.O. Corewell Health
Benderoff, Bruce D.O. Ascension Michigan, Corewell Health
Bryce, Richard D.O. Henry Ford Health
Costandi, Mariam M.D. Henry Ford Health
Eldirani, Mike M.D. Corewell Health
Getzinger, Jef M.D. Ascension Michigan, Corewell Health
Gjurashaj, Nik M.D. Henry Ford Health
Gumma, Rhonda D.O. Trinity Health Michigan
Hanna, Jennifer D.O. Ascension Michigan, Trinity Health Michigan
Hirsch, Ronald D.O. Ascension Michigan, Corewell Health
Ibrahim, Dina M.D. Henry Ford Health
*Jackson, Paul D.O. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Karmo, Brandon D.O. Ascension Michigan, Corewell Health
Kellman, Adam D.O. Corewell Health
Khaneja-Sharrow, Rita D.O. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center
Lee, Rachel M.D. Nasrallah, Ali M.D. Corewell Health
Provizer, Jeffrey D.O. Henry Ford Health
Richter, Mark M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
*Rosenfeld, Sherri D.O. Corewell Health
Sanghvi, Kirti M.D. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Sanghvi, Prakash M.D. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Skye, Eric M.D. Trinity Health Michigan, University of Michigan Health
Vavro, Erin M.D. Ascension Michigan
Yalldo, Bashar M.D. Ascension Michigan
Zayid, Alexander M.D. Ascension Michigan
Alsheik, Eva M.D. Henry Ford Health
Aneese, Andrew M.D. Corewell Health
Arman, Mohammed M.D. Corewell Health
Azrak, M. M.D. Corewell Health
Barawi, Mohammed M.D. Ascension Michigan
Bhan, Amit M.D. Henry Ford Health
Brown, Kimberly M.D. Henry Ford Health
Cannon, Michael M.D. Corewell Health
Gamarra, Roberto M.D. Ascension Michigan, Henry Ford Health
Ghaith, Gehad M.D. Corewell Health
Gunaratnam, Naresh M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
Jamil, Laith M.D. Corewell Health
Jarbou, Reem D.O. Corewell Health
Kutait, Anas M.D.
Piper, Marc M.D. Ascension Michigan, Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health Michigan
Piraka, Cyrus M.D. Henry Ford Health
Pompa, Robert M.D. Henry Ford Health
*Raphael, Michael D.O. Ascension Michigan, Henry Ford Health
Salgia, Reena M.D. Henry Ford Health
Singla, Sumit M.D. Henry Ford Health
Sorser, Serge M.D. Ascension Michigan
Stoler, Robert M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
Takriti, Mones M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
Tommolino, Emily M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
Warren, Bradley D.O. Ascension Michigan, Detroit Medical Center
Zuchelli, Tobias M.D. Henry Ford Health
Cares, Kristen M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
*El-Baba, Mohammad M.D.
Fatima, Ayesha M.D. Corewell Health
Gebara, Souheil M.D. Corewell Health
Kumar, Sanjay M.D. Ascension Michigan
Lulgjuraj, Tony M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Lyons, Hernando M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Mitsuya, Jennifer D.O. Corewell Health
Zoubi, Najeeb M.D.
Albaran, Renato M.D. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health Michigan
Blyden, Dionne M.D. Henry Ford Health
Edelman, David M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
Falvo, Anthony D.O. Henry Ford Health
Franco, Marianne M.D. Henry Ford Health
*Gerken, Jeffrey D.O. Corewell Health
Gupta, Arielle M.D. Henry Ford Health
Iacco, Anthony M.D. Corewell Health
Jacobs, Michael M.D. Ascension Michigan, Trinity Health Michigan
Kolbe, Nina D.O. Corewell Health, Henry Ford Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Laker, Scott M.D. Ascension Michigan, Corewell Health
McIntosh, Bruce M.D. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Meguid, Ahmed M.D. Ascension Michigan
Orfanou, Paraskevi M.D. Ascension Michigan
Pasley, Amelia D.O. Corewell Health
Raofi, Vandad M.D. Corewell Health
Rebock, Michael D.O. Corewell Health
Robbins, James M.D. Corewell Health
Sacksner, Jordy M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
Shah, Rupen M.D. Henry Ford Health
Siegel, David D.O. Ascension Michigan
Turfah, Fuad M.D. Corewell Health
Henry Ford Health
Villalba, Mario M.D. Corewell Health
Webber, John M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health Michigan
Woodward, Ann M.D. Henry Ford Health
Jay, Allison M.D. Ascension Michigan
Roberson, Jacquelyn M.D.
*Zakalik, Dana M.D. Corewell Health
Flore, Leigh M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
What innovations in your field are you most excited about?
I’m excited about making brain- and spine-tumor surgery more effective, even safer, and more accessible for those who need it. For instance, fluorescence-guided tumor removal, brain surgery while awake, doing radiation for patients after taking out their tumors while still in surgery, and using lasers to treat formerly inoperable tumors, to name a few
Regarding conditions that you treat, what are some symptoms that people should look out for?
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*Misra, Vinod M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Quinonez, Shane M.D. University of Michigan Health
Stockton, David M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Beg, Mirza M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Henry Ford Health
Deol, Bibban Bant M.D.
*Feldman, Barry M.D. Corewell Health
Garg, Manisha M.D. Ascension Michigan
Jayakar, Shaun M.D. Detroit Medical Center
Meyers, Jeffery M.D. Corewell Health, Henry Ford Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Muckey, Brian M.D. Corewell Health
Pai, Amita M.D. Corewell Health
Abood, Joelle M.D. Henry Ford Health
Speier Schafer, Carrie D.O. Corewell Health
Arsanious, Samah M.D. Henry Ford Health
Asaad, Radwan M.D. Detroit Medical Center
Bark, Soyoun M.D. Corewell Health
Bartholomew, Frederick M.D. Corewell Health
Brysk, Judith M.D. Ascension Michigan, Corewell Health
Charfoos, Deborah M.D. Corewell Health
Fisher, Jay M.D. Corewell Health
Hopkins, Staci M.D. Corewell Health
I treat brain and spine tumors. Look for any significant or progressive departure from your normal capabilities — for example, extreme fatigue, headache, [or] trouble with speech, walking, or vision.
Al-Wahab, Zaid M.D. Corewell Health
Buekers, Thomas M.D. Ascension Michigan, Henry Ford Health
*Gadzinski, Jill M.D. Corewell Health
Hicks, Michael M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health Michigan
Hijaz, Miriana M.D. Henry Ford Health
McCool, Kevin M.D. Corewell Health
Morris, Robert M.D. Ascension Michigan, Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center
Munkarah, Adnan M.D. Henry Ford Health
Paridon, Alexander M.D. Henry Ford Health
Rosen, Barry M.D. Corewell Health, Henry Ford Health
Wallbillich, John M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center, McLaren Health Care
Winer, Ira M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center
Joshi, Chandrika M.D. Ascension Michigan
Love, Joseph M.D. Corewell Health
McBride, James M.D. Corewell Health
Morgan, Sandra M.D. Corewell Health
*Newman, Alan M.D.
Page, Jill M.D. Corewell Health
Peng, Jennifer M.D. Corewell Health
Pittenger, Eleni M.D. Corewell Health
Simmerman, Neil M.D. Henry Ford Health
Swain, Monique M.D. Henry Ford Health
Tumaneng, Daphne D.O. Ascension Michigan
Vilkins, Annmarie D.O. Henry Ford Health
Wallace, Elise M.D. Corewell Health
Zekman, Esther D.O. Corewell Health
Arora, Avery M.D. Ascension Michigan, Detroit Medical Center
Babushkina, Anna M.D. Ascension Michigan, Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Bartkiw, Mykola D.O. Trinity Health Michigan
Bohm, Kyle M.D. Ascension Michigan, Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Bush, Ara M.D. Corewell Health
Ciullo, Jeremy M.D. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center
Cleland, Kirk M.D.
Ascension Michigan, Corewell Health, Henry Ford Health
Colen, Alexander D.O. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
DeSilva, Stephen M.D. Henry Ford Health
Dietz, James M.D. Ascension Michigan, Corewell Health
Endress, Christina M.D. Corewell Health
*Gorski, John M.D. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center
Guiboux, Jean-Paul M.D. Ascension Michigan
Haass, E. D.O. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Hankin, Fred M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
King, Elizabeth M.D. Henry Ford Health
Placzek, Jeffrey M.D. Ascension Michigan
Quinn, Michael M.D. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Rohde, Rachel M.D. Corewell Health
Samona, Jason D.O. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health Michigan
Day, Charles M.D. Henry Ford Health
Singer, Richard M.D. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Sobol, Gregory M.D. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Wiater, Brett M.D. Corewell Health
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*Lochner, Heather M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Balaraman, Savitha M.D. Corewell Health
Chisti, Mohammad M.D. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Cotant, Matthew M.D. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Dabak, Vrushali M.D. Henry Ford Health
Donthireddy, Vijayalakshmi M.D.
Henry Ford Health
Forman, Adam M.D. Ascension Michigan
Jaiyesimi, Ishmael D.O. Corewell Health
Kafri, Zyad M.D. Ascension Michigan, Trinity Health Michigan
*Kuriakose, Philip M.D. Henry Ford Health
Margolis, Harold D.O. Corewell Health
Margolis, Jeffrey M.D. Corewell Health
Musa, Faisal M.D. Corewell Health
Nadeau, Laura M.D. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Vakhariya, Cynthia D.O. Ascension Michigan
Zekman, Richard D.O. Corewell Health
Zonder, Jeffrey M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center
Berman, Brian M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
*Chitlur, Meera M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Gowans, L. M.D. Corewell Health
Rajpurkar, Madhvi M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Taub, Jeffrey M.D.
Akhtar, Adil M.D. Corewell Health
Austin, Meredith D.O. Trinity Health Michigan
Chasteen, Kristen M.D. Henry Ford Health
Chmielewski, Angela M.D. Henry Ford Health
Clary-Lantis, L. D.O. Trinity Health Michigan
Crader, Christine M.D. Ascension Michigan
Grech, Anthony M.D. Henry Ford Health
Hafeez, Abdulla M.D. Corewell Health
*Katzman, Steven D.O. Corewell Health
Lewandowski, Jeanne M.D. Ascension Michigan, Corewell Health
Newman, Elisheva M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center
Schenk, Meghann M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center
Schwartzenfeld, David D.O. Corewell Health, Henry Ford Health
Stellini, Michael M.D. Karmanos Cancer Center
Tremonti, Nadia M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit Medical Center
Batke, Jason M.D. Corewell Health
Cykiert, Andrew D.O. Corewell Health
Engelhardt, Amy D.O. Henry Ford Health
George, Matthew M.D. Henry Ford Health
Mulpuri, Raghu M.D. Ascension Michigan
Richard N. Berri, M.D. Surgical Oncology Ascension MichiganWhat would you like to tell people about your specialty?
Our practice has a special focus on treating patients with stage 4 cancer, or cancer that has metastasized from the original site. These cancers historically were felt to be untreatable or carry a dismal prognosis. However, that has changed; we routinely now remove cancers that have spread. For example, cancer of the colon that has spread to the liver, lung, or peritoneal cavity can be removed with advanced surgical resection and, in some cases, delivering heated chemotherapy — [called] HIPEC directly into the abdomen to destroy cancer cells directly. These patients who were once thought to have an average survival of six months are now, in many cases, living beyond five years with the right combination of surgical and medical therapy.
Regarding conditions that you treat, what are some symptoms that people should look out for?
Any persistent change in your normal daily functioning should prompt evaluation by a medical provider. This would include unintentional weight loss, persistent diarrhea or constipation not responsive to over-the-counter treatments, unexplained nausea and vomiting, blood in stool, jaundice, or persistent abdominal pain. [These] are all reasons to seek further evaluation.
*Rossi, Benjamin D.O. Corewell Health
Thammineni, Dheeraj M.D. Henry Ford Health, McLaren Health Care
Wilkie, Ann M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
Abreu Lanfranco, Odaliz M.D. Henry Ford Health
Chandrasekar, Pranatharthi M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center
*Chen, Anne M.D. Henry Ford Health
Chittick, Paul M.D. Corewell Health
Daas, Hanady M.D.
Surgery—Pediatric University of Michigan Health
Drelichman, Vilma M.D. Ascension Michigan, Corewell Health
Fishbain, Joel M.D. Corewell Health
Gilpin, Nicholas D.O. Corewell Health
Gordon, James M.D. Corewell Health
Hanna, Michel M.D. Corewell Health, Henry Ford Health
Herc, Erica M.D. Henry Ford Health
Jiddou-Yaldoo, Renee M.D. Corewell Health
Johnson, Leonard M.D. Ascension Michigan
Kalyan, Shamla M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
Lauter, Carl M.D. Corewell Health
Little, Tania D.O. Ascension Michigan, Corewell Health
Malani, Anurag M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
Ramesh, Mayur M.D. Henry Ford Health
Saravolatz, Louis M.D. Ascension Michigan
Sharma, Mamta M.D. Ascension Michigan
Zervos, Marcus M.D. Henry Ford Health
Abdulnour-Farjo, Rand M.D. Ascension Michigan
*Abu-Khdeir, Maha M.D. Corewell Health, Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Ang, Jocelyn M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Asmar, Basim M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Freij, Bishara M.D.
Krasan, Graham M.D. Corewell Health
Thirumoorthi, Muthayipalayam M.D. Ascension Michigan, Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Most of my patients are now diagnosed in utero with ultrasound or shortly after birth with pulse oximetry screening for newborns. It is important to know that any family history of an inborn heart defect places you at increased risk of having a child with a heart defect. This piece of information can be helpful for clinicians to have a heightened concern for a possible congenital heart defect, which may direct more specific imaging during a pregnancy or early in a child’s life. Any heart murmur in a child warrants an evaluation by a pediatric cardiologist.
Rubin, Joshua M.D. Ascension Michigan, Trinity Health Michigan
Schwartz, Scott M.D. Henry Ford Health
Vartanian, S. M.D.
*Zaki, Mina M.D. Corewell Health
Doyle, Michael M.D. Corewell Health
*Gowman, David D.O. Corewell Health
Al Sibae, Mohamad M.D. Corewell Health
*Brown, Kimberly M.D. Henry Ford Health
Gordon, Stuart M.D. Henry Ford Health
Jafri, Syed-Mohammed M.D. Henry Ford Health
Moonka, Dilip M.D. Henry Ford Health
do you have to say to people who are afraid to ask their doctor questions?
There are no bad or silly questions. If it is weighing on someone’s mind, it is an important question to address. Your health and that of your family is the most precious commodity that we all have. Your best chance at preserving that commodity is to have a strong alliance with your care providers.
Abreu Lanfranco, Odaliz M.D. Henry Ford Health
Baker-Genaw, Kimberly M.D. Henry Ford Health
Borowski, Deborah D.O. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center
Bragman, James D.O. Corewell Health
Feldman, Barry M.D. Corewell Health
Garg, Manisha M.D. Ascension Michigan
Grewal, Rajinder M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
Haftka-George, Alexis M.D. Henry Ford Health
Heidemann, Danielle M.D. Henry Ford Health
Jain, Alka M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Henry Ford Health
Jonnalagadda, Samuel M.D.
Kabbani, Dana M.D. Detroit Medical Center
*Katzman, Steven D.O. Corewell Health
MaddensJr., Michael M.D. Corewell Health, Henry Ford Health
Margolis, Michael M.D. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Panush, Daniel M.D. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center, Henry Ford Health
Sabin, Bradley M.D. Corewell Health
Scher, Eric M.D. Henry Ford Health
Trivax, Geoffrey M.D. Henry Ford Health
Critchfield, Jeffrey M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center
Feldman, Jeremy M.D.
Handel, Jeremy M.D. Corewell Health
Jain, Nitin M.D. Ascension Michigan, Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center
Kakos, Roger M.D. Detroit Medical Center
Lincoln, Denis M.D.
Marciano Agostinelli, Paolo M.D. Corewell Health
Marin, Horia M.D. Henry Ford Health
Miller, Jeffrey M.D.
Osher, Matthew M.D.
Ascension Michigan
Nadeau, Brian M.D. Corewell Health
Salgia, Reena M.D. Henry Ford Health
Singh, Ashina M.D. Henry Ford Health
Venkat, Deepak M.D. Henry Ford Health
Zoubi, Najeeb M.D.
Adams, John M.D. Ascension Michigan
Judge, Lisa M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
Natarajan, Girija M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
*Pappas, Athina M.D. Ascension Michigan
Patel, Deepak M.D. Ascension Michigan
Vartanian, Rebecca M.D. University of Michigan Health
*Abuhmaid, Fadi M.D. Corewell Health
Al-Ejel, Fawaz M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health Michigan
Clyne, Stephen D.O. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Faber, Mark M.D. Henry Ford Health
Novak, James M.D. Henry Ford Health
Ramamurthi, Kalyana M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
Rankin, Steven M.D. Corewell Health
Reddy, Snigdha M.D.
Rehman, Iram M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
Soman, Sandeep M.D. Henry Ford Health
Topf, Joel M.D. Corewell Health
Webster, Christopher D.O. Ascension Michigan, Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Baracco Maggi, Rossana M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Blatt, Neal M.D. Corewell Health
Jain, Amrish M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Kapur, Gaurav M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
*Lombel, Rebecca M.D. Ascension Michigan, University of Michigan Health
Mattoo, Tej M.D.
Valentini, Rudolph M.D.
Arcila-Londono, Ximena M.D. Henry Ford Health
Basha, Maysaa M.D.
Boudouris, William D.O. Corewell Health
Emmer, Anthony D.O. Corewell Health
Fellows, Jonathan D.O. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center
Jamwal, Neena M.D. Henry Ford Health
Jolly, Surindar M.D. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Rossi, Andrea D.O. Corewell Health
*Singer, Daniel D.O. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center
Steijlen, Kara M.D. Henry Ford Health
Trosch, Richard M.D. Henry Ford Health
Turner, Isaac M.D. Young, Esther D.O. Corewell Health
Zaki, Monica D.O. Corewell Health
Zaman, Iram D.O. Henry Ford Health
Regarding conditions that you treat, what are some symptoms that people should look out for?
Chronic cough can serve as a potential manifestation of allergy and asthma. Additionally, in young children, experiencing breathing challenges following a respiratory tract infection can also indicate an underlying asthma condition. In older children, exercise intolerance or the inability to keep up with peers may become noticeable.
What is something you’d like to tell people about your specialty?
Individuals experiencing frequent infections or those with a family history of immunodeficiency may have inborn errors of immunity, previously referred to as primary immunodeficiency disorders. While more prevalent in children, these conditions can also manifest in young adults. Inborn errors of immunity, also referred to as primary immunodeficiencies, are a group of rare genetic disorders that result in defects or abnormalities in the immune system. These genetic mutations can affect various components of the immune system and lead to different clinical presentations. Some individuals with these disorders may experience recurrent, severe, or unusual infections, while others may develop autoimmune diseases or inflammatory conditions due to dysregulated immune responses. The severity and spectrum of symptoms can vary widely depending on the specific genetic mutation and the component of the immune system that is affected. Treatments may include administration of immunoglobulins (antibodies), targeted therapies, bone marrow transplantation, and supportive care to manage infections and associated complications.
Allarakhia, Iqbal M.D. Ascension Michigan
Arndt, Daniel M.D. Corewell Health
Constantinou, Jules M.D. Henry Ford Health
Leber, Steven M.D. University of Michigan Health
Leleszi, Elizabeth M.D. Corewell Health
Luat, Aimee M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Ruprecht, Beata D.O. Ascension Michigan
Chamiraju, Partha M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center, Trinity Health Michigan
Dashnaw, Matthew M.D. Corewell Health
Fahim, Daniel M.D. Corewell Health, Karmanos Cancer Center, McLaren Health Care
Guthikonda, Murali M.D. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center, Trinity Health Michigan
Jacob, Jeffrey M.D. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center
Junn, Fredrick M.D. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Kalkanis, Steven M.D. Henry Ford Health
Kelkar, Prashant D.O. Ascension Michigan, Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Kole, Max M.D. Henry Ford Health
Lee, Ian M.D. Henry Ford Health
Malik, Ghaus M.D. Henry Ford Health
Mehra, Ratnesh D.O. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center, Henry Ford Health, Trinity Health Michigan
*Pannu, Tejpaul M.D. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Perez-Cruet, Miguelangelo M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Richards, Boyd D.O. Ascension Michigan, Corewell Health, Henry Ford Health
Robin, Adam M.D. Henry Ford Health
Rock, Jack M.D. Henry Ford Health
*Sivaswamy, Lalitha M.D.
Abdulhak, Muwaffak M.D. Henry Ford Health
Air, Ellen M.D. Henry Ford Health
Schwalb, Jason M.D. Henry Ford Health
Setty, Pradeep D.O. Corewell Health
Soo, Teck M.D. Ascension Michigan
Staudt, Michael M.D. Corewell Health
Arko IV, Leopold M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Corewell Health
Cools, Michael M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Corewell Health
Garton, Hugh M.D. University of Michigan Health
*Marupudi, Neena M.D. University of Michigan Health
Arsanious, Samah M.D. Henry Ford Health
Speier Schafer, Carrie D.O. Corewell Health
Bark, Soyoun M.D. Corewell Health
Bartholomew, Frederick M.D. Corewell Health
*Brickman, Neil M.D. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center
Fisher, Jay M.D. Corewell Health
Grahovac, Marija M.D. Corewell Health
Katz, Lon M.D. Detroit Medical Center
Kennedy, Melissa M.D. Corewell Health
Lingam, Deepthi M.D. Corewell Health
Newman, Alan M.D.
Peng, Jennifer M.D. Corewell Health
Shaman, Majid M.D. Henry Ford Health
Simmerman, Neil M.D. Henry Ford Health
Swain, Monique M.D. Henry Ford Health
*Kezlarian, Kim M.D. Henry Ford Health
*Metropoulos, George M.D. Henry Ford Health
*Metropoulos, Peter D.O.
Ali, Haythem M.D. Henry Ford Health
Balaraman, Savitha M.D. Corewell Health
Beekman, Kathleen M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
Chisti, Mohammad M.D. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Cotant, Matthew M.D. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Forman, Adam M.D. Ascension Michigan
Gadgeel, Shirish M.D. Henry Ford Health
Garg, Sandeep M.D. Henry Ford Health, Trinity Health Michigan
*Gordon, Craig D.O. Corewell Health
Heath, Elisabeth M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center
Jaiyesimi, Ishmael D.O. Corewell Health
Kafri, Zyad M.D. Ascension Michigan, Trinity Health Michigan
Loutfi, Randa M.D. Henry Ford Health
Margolis, Jeffrey M.D. Corewell Health
Musa, Faisal M.D. Corewell Health
Nadeau, Laura M.D. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Zekman, Richard D.O. Corewell Health
Bell, Danielle M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Bhambhani, Kanta M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Chu, Roland M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Henry, Meret M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Martin, Alissa M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Savasan, Sureyya M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
*Taub, Jeffrey M.D.
Toll, Stephanie D.O.
Amirikia, Arezo M.D. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Bergman, Ronald M.D. Corewell Health
Black, Evan M.D. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center
Clune, Michael M.D. Ascension Michigan, Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center
Dhaliwal, Andy M.D. Ascension Michigan, Trinity Health Michigan
Fahim, Abigail M.D. University of Michigan Health
*Farjo, Ayad M.D. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Gappy, Shawn M.D.
Ascension Michigan, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center, Henry Ford Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Gladstone, Geoffrey M.D. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Goldman, David M.D. Henry Ford Health
Goyal, Anju M.D. Detroit Medical Center
Grant, Joshua M.D. Corewell Health
Holm, Holly M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
Imami, Nauman M.D. Henry Ford Health
Juzych, Mark M.D. Ascension Michigan, Detroit Medical Center
Kizy, Bianca M.D. Corewell Health, Henry Ford Health
Lupovitch, Jeffrey M.D. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Murad-Kejbou, Sally D.O. Corewell Health
Page, Timothy M.D. Corewell Health
Patel, Anu M.D. Detroit Medical Center
Rolain, Mark M.D. Corewell Health, Henry Ford Health
Salter, Amanda M.D. Corewell Health
Schehlein, Emily M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
Shanbom, Steven M.D. Corewell Health
Siegel, Michael M.D. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center
Tewari, Asheesh M.D. Corewell Health, Henry Ford Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Vemuri, Swapna M.D. Henry Ford Health
Bohra, Lisa M.D. Corewell Health
Dennehy, Patrick M.D. Henry Ford Health
Gappy, Christopher M.D. University of Michigan Health
Gappy, Shawn M.D. Ascension Michigan, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center, Henry Ford Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Gianfermi, Elena M.D. Corewell Health
Rao, Rajesh M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Corewell Health, Henry Ford Health, Trinity Health Michigan
*Roarty, John M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Corewell Health
Rotberg, Leemor M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Corewell Health
Ramirez-Neyra, Carlos M.D. Ascension Michigan
*Barbetta, Benjamin M.D. Henry Ford Health
*Abouljoud, Marwan M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Henry Ford Health
Bedi, Damanpreet M.D. Corewell Health
Cohn, Steven M.D. Corewell Health
Kim, Dean M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Henry Ford Health
Yohanathan, Lavanya M.D. Corewell Health
Yoshida, Atsushi M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Henry Ford Health
Banka, Trevor M.D. Henry Ford Health
Caid, Matthew D.O. Detroit Medical Center, Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Charters, Michael M.D. Henry Ford Health
Cooke, Christopher M.D. Detroit Medical Center
Darwiche, Hussein M.D.
Milia, Marc M.D. Corewell Health
Davis, Jason M.D. Henry Ford Health
Dekker, Robert M.D. Ascension Michigan
Doig, Timothy D.O. Corewell Health
Drouillard, Paul D.O. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
El-Yussif, Eddie D.O. Henry Ford Health
Farjo, Laith M.D. Ascension Michigan, Trinity Health Michigan
Frisch, Nicholas M.D. Ascension Michigan
Frush, Todd M.D. Ascension Michigan, Detroit Medical Center
Greene, Perry M.D. Corewell Health
Guthrie, Stuart M.D. Henry Ford Health
Hakeos, William M.D. Henry Ford Health
Hill, Derek D.O. Ascension Michigan, Henry Ford Health
Hoegler, Joseph M.D.
Knesek, David D.O. Ascension Michigan, Detroit Medical Center
Kohen, Robert M.D. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Kornblum, Martin M.D. Ascension Michigan, Trinity Health Michigan
Marshall, Nathan M.D. Ascension Michigan
Mendelson, David M.D. Ascension Michigan, Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Mihalich, Robert M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
Mott, Michael M.D. Henry Ford Health
Moutzouros, Vasilios M.D. Henry Ford Health
Nasr, Kerellos M.D. Detroit Medical Center
North, Trevor M.D. Henry Ford Health
*Prieskorn, David D.O. Corewell Health
Saad, Hussein M.D. Corewell Health
Singer, Richard M.D. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Bazzi, Ahmed D.O. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Settecerri, Jeffrey M.D. Corewell Health, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Henry Ford Health
Slotkin, Steven M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Yassir, Walid M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
*Zaltz, Ira M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Corewell Health, Henry Ford Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Bojrab, Dennis M.D. Ascension Michigan, Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center
Carron, Michael M.D. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center, McLaren Health Care
Chang, Steven M.D. Henry Ford Health
Craig, John M.D. Henry Ford Health
Farrugia, Matthew D.O. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Folbe, Adam M.D. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center
Gardner, Glendon M.D. Henry Ford Health
Ghanem, Tamer M.D. Henry Ford Health
Hoff, Paul M.D. Trinity Health Michigan, University of Michigan Health
Hotaling, Jeffrey M.D. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center, McLaren Health Care
Jones, Lamont M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Henry Ford Health
Kewson, Danny M.D. Corewell Health
Ko, Alvin M.D. Henry Ford Health
*Korkigian, Shant D.O. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Kubek, Douglas D.O. Ascension Michigan, Corewell Health
Mayerhoff, Ross M.D. Henry Ford Health
Metz, Christopher D.O. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Raza, Syed M.D. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center
Reddy, Pavan M.D.
Rubin, Adam M.D. Corewell Health
Seel, David D.O. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Singer, Michael M.D. Henry Ford Health
Stachler, Robert M.D. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center
Standring, Robert M.D. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Stern, Noah D.O. Detroit Medical Center
Succar, Eric M.D. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Toma, Mark M.D. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Toma, Roger M.D. Corewell Health
Varjabedian, Gregory D.O. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Yaremchuk, Kathleen M.D. Henry Ford Health
Yerman, Howard M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Yoo, George M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center, McLaren Health Care
Darrat, Ilaaf M.D. Henry Ford Health
*Gonik, Nathan M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Haupert, Michael D.O. Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Corewell Health
Helwig, Cecilia M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
O’Niel, Mallory M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Siegel, Bianca M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Thottam, Prasad D.O. Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Corewell Health
Aljassem, Annas M.D. Corewell Health
Bill, Christopher M.D. Ascension Michigan, Corewell Health
Freydl, Karl D.O. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Detroit
Medical CenterGeorge, Wisam D.O. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Glisky, Natalia M.D.
Lee, Kevin M.D. Detroit Medical Center
Marshall, John M.D.
Mounayer, Mark M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
Peter, Jason D.O.
Sibai, Nabil M.D.
*Tong, Henry M.D.
Vakhariya, Rakesh D.O.
Wittenberg, Marc M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
Allo, Ghassan M.D. Henry Ford Health
Chitale, Dhananjay M.D. Henry Ford Health
*Green, Alex M.D.
Hafez Khayyata, Said M.D. Corewell Health
Keller, Christian M.D. Henry Ford Health
Mehra, Rohit M.B.B.S. University of Michigan Health
Abu-Khdeir, Maha M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Corewell Health
Faber, Michelle M.D. Henry Ford Health
*Forman, Seth M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Corewell Health
Kroll, David M.D. Ascension Michigan
Metz, Jacqueline D.O. Henry Ford Health
Mirza, Shakeela M.D. Ascension Michigan
Naughton, Giuseppina D.O. Ascension Michigan
Smitherman, Lynn M.D.
Goyert, Gregory M.D. Henry Ford Health
Pappas, Athina M.D. Ascension Michigan
Shaman, Majid M.D. Henry Ford Health
*Vengalil, Shyla M.D.
Ascension Michigan
Achtman, Shawn D.O. Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health Michigan
*Arbit, Steven M.D. Detroit Medical Center
Bazzi, Moussa M.D. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center
Regarding conditions that you treat, what are some symptoms that people should look out for?
Pain. Pain that is either sharp and debilitating or chronic and non-relenting is a sign that something is wrong. It could mean a broken bone, torn meniscus [or] rotator cuff; it could also mean arthritis. It should be evaluated by a board-certified orthopedic surgeon sports medicine specialist. Other symptoms that shouldn’t be ignored are weakness, decreased range of motion, and numbness.
What innovations in your field are you most excited about?
Biologics. We are continually improving our research with biological augments to our treatments, including, but not limited to, stem cells, platelet-rich plasma, amnion matrix, etc. By improving the healing environment inside of the body, we often either improve our surgical outcomes or, in some cases, improve a patient’s symptoms without surgery.
Bill, Christopher M.D. Ascension Michigan, Corewell Health
Carrier, Jonathan D.O. Henry Ford Health
Ettefagh, Leila M.D.
Gumma, Peter M.D. Detroit Medical Center
Hysni, Craig M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health Michigan
Kovan, Eric D.O. Corewell Health, Henry Ford Health
McElroy, David M.D. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center, Henry Ford Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Riutta, Justin M.D. Corewell Health
Yu, Karine D.O.
Zacharias, Ritu M.D. Henry Ford Health
Ali, M. M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
Atisha, Dunya M.D. Henry Ford Health
Black, Evan M.D. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center
Boyd, Charles M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
Busuito, Christina M.D. Ascension Michigan, Corewell Health
Busuito, Michael M.D. Ascension Michigan, Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center
Chaiyasate, Kongkrit M.D. Corewell Health
Compton, Andrew M.D. Corewell Health
Darian, Vigen M.D. Henry Ford Health
Elswick, Sarah M.D. Corewell Health, McLaren Health Care
Evangelista, Maristella M.D. Henry Ford Health
Gowda, Mune M.D. Corewell Health
Hajjar, Raymond D.O. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center
Janetzke, Ellen M.D. Corewell Health
Kasten, Steven M.D. Trinity Health Michigan, University of Michigan Health
Khan, Shaher M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health Michigan
Lofman, Andrew M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health Michigan
Lumley, Christopher D.O. Corewell Health
Moquin, Kenneth M.D. Henry Ford Health
Nossoni, Farid D.O. Trinity Health Michigan
Puri, Pravin M.D. Corewell Health
Reisin, Elan M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Henry Ford Health
Rodriguez, Daniela M.D. Corewell Health, Henry Ford Health
Rozzelle, Arlene M.D. Detroit Medical Center
*Sayal, Navdeep D.O. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Siddiqui, Aamir M.D. Sosa, Julio M.D. Corewell Health
Stefani, William M.D. Corewell Health
Tanzman, Barak D.O. Detroit Medical Center
Tepper, Donna M.D. Corewell Health, Henry Ford Health
Williams, Jeffrey M.D. Corewell Health
*Lee, Alison M.D.
Metropoulos, George M.D. Henry Ford Health
Metropoulos, Peter D.O.
Akinyemi, Esther M.D. Henry Ford Health
Espiritu, Doree Ann M.D. Henry Ford Health
*Kakar, Davinder M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
MacLean, Lisa M.D. Henry Ford Health
Mekhael, Hany M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Morreale, Mary M.D. Karmanos Cancer Center
Sivananthan, Mauran D.O. Henry Ford Health
Zamaria, Abdallah M.D.
Kestin, Larry M.D. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Kress, Marie-Adele M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
Lee, Kuei M.D. Corewell Health
Levin, Kenneth M.D. Henry Ford Health
Martinez, Alvaro M.D. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Miller, Kay M.D. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
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Kakar, Davinder M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
LaCasse, Matthew D.O. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Malas, Nasuh M.D. University of Michigan Health
Mekhael, Hany M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
*Mitchell, Shanti M.D. Henry Ford Health
*Weingarden, Brooke D.O.
Antonucci, J. M.D. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Boike, Thomas M.D. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Chen, Peter M.D. Corewell Health
Chuba, Paul M.D. Ascension Michigan, Corewell Health
Dominello, Michael D.O. Karmanos Cancer Center
Ezz, Ahmed M.D. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Ghilezan, Michael M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
Hart, Kimberly M.D. Detroit Medical Center
Jawad, Maha M.D. Corewell Health
Jolly, Shruti M.D. University of Michigan Health
Gago, Laura M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
*Hammoud, Ahmad M.D. Corewell Health
Kowalczyk, Carole M.D. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center
Mersol-Barg, Michael M.D. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health Michigan
Miller, Bradley M.D. Corewell Health
Starostanko, Andrea M.D. Corewell Health
Wolf, Lynda M.D. Corewell Health
Movsas, Benjamin M.D. Henry Ford Health
*Nandalur, Sirisha M.D. Corewell Health
Shah, Mira M.D. Henry Ford Health
Siddiqui, Farzan M.D. Henry Ford Health
Siddiqui, M. Salim M.D. Henry Ford Health
Vicini, Frank M.D. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Walker, Eleanor M.D. Henry Ford Health
Griffith, Brent M.D.
Mandava, Sabala M.D. Henry Ford Health
Nandalur, Kiran M.D. Corewell Health
Scher, Courtney D.O. Henry Ford Health
*Trivax, Cory M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
Yusaf, Nadia M.D.
*Altinok, Deniz M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Gibson, Donald M.D. Corewell Health
Saleem, Sheena M.D.
Budrys, Nicole M.D. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center
Allen, Samuel D.O. Corewell Health
Awdish, Rana M.D. Henry Ford Health
Dalal, Bhavinkumar M.D. Corewell Health
*Deebajah, Ihab M.D. Corewell Health
Dogra, Sanjay M.D. Corewell Health
Millman, Bruce D.O. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center
Mina, Nader M.D. Corewell Health
Tatem, Geneva M.D. Henry Ford Health
Trunsky, Matthew M.D. Corewell Health
*Abdulhamid, Ibrahim M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Srivastava, Ruma M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Alkhatib, Ayad M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Henry Ford Health
Bateman, Judith M.D. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center
*Bishnoi-Singh, Amita M.D. Henry Ford Health
Brystowski, Henry M.D. Corewell Health
Henein, Violette M.D. Henry Ford Health
Kado, Ruba M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
Meysami, Alireza M.D. Henry Ford Health
Qazi, Parveen M.D. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center
Qazi, Sabrina D.O. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center
Skender, Joseph M.D. Corewell Health
Adams, Matthew M.D.
*Fathalla, Basil M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Alkhalil, Michel M.D. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
*Bazan, Luisa M.D. Henry Ford Health
Deebajah, Ihab M.D. Corewell Health
Dogra, Sanjay M.D. Corewell Health
Laffer, Michael D.O.
Mina, Nader M.D. Corewell Health
Rowens, Bradley M.D. Ascension Michigan
Skiba, Virginia M.D. Henry Ford Health
Dekker, Timothy M.D. Ascension Michigan
Dutcheshen, Nicholas M.D. Corewell Health
*Ellenberg, Michael M.D. Corewell Health
Kakos, Brandon M.D. Detroit Medical Center
Kolowich, Patricia M.D. Henry Ford Health
Marshall, Nathan M.D. Ascension Michigan
Mendelson, David M.D. Ascension Michigan, Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Moeller, James M.D. Henry Ford Health
Moore, Nicholas M.D. Ascension Michigan, Detroit Medical Center
Moutzouros, Vasilios M.D. Henry Ford Health
Prieskorn, David D.O. Corewell Health
Shehab, Ramsey M.D. Henry Ford Health
Akay, Begum M.D. Corewell Health
Brahmamdam, Pavan M.D. Corewell Health
Cullen, Marc M.D. Ascension Michigan
Donoghue, Lydia M.D.
Klein, Justin M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
*Langenburg, Scott M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Novotny, Nathan M.D. Corewell Health
Shanti, Christina M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit Medical Center
Stallion, Anthony M.D. Corewell Health
Berri, Richard M.D. Ascension Michigan
Keidan, Richard M.D. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Kim, Steve M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center
*Kwon, David M.D. Henry Ford Health
Raofi, Vandad M.D. Corewell Health
Shah, Rupen M.D. Henry Ford Health
Weaver, Donald M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center
Yohanathan, Lavanya M.D. Corewell Health
Adams, Kumari M.D. Trinity Health Michigan
Baciewicz Jr., Frank M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center, Trinity Health Michigan
Coello, Michael M.D. Corewell Health
*Fertel, David D.O. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center
Hammoud, Zane M.D. Ascension Michigan
Hilu, John M.D. Corewell Health
Nemeh, Hassan M.D. Henry Ford Health
Okereke, Ikenna M.D. Henry Ford Health
Popoff, Andrew M.D. Henry Ford Health
Tanaka, Daizo M.D. Henry Ford Health
Atiemo, Humphrey M.D. Henry Ford Health
Cher, Michael M.D. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Center, Trinity Health Michigan
Dabaja, Ali M.D. Henry Ford Health
Gadzinski, Adam M.D. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Lim, Kenneth D.O. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health Michigan
O’Connor, Jeffrey M.D. Ascension Michigan
Oldford, Gregory M.D. Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health Michigan
Peabody, James M.D. Henry Ford Health
Rogers, Craig M.D.
Rosenberg, Bradley M.D. Corewell Health, McLaren Health Care
*Schock, Jeffrey D.O. Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Sobol, Jennifer D.O. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health Michigan
Lakshmanan, Yegappan M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan
*Liss, Zachary M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Corewell Health, Trinity Health Michigan
Preece, Janae M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Henry Ford Health
Schober, Megan M.D. Corewell Health
Suson, Kristina M.D. Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Henry Ford Health
*Fertel, David D.O. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center
Haouilou, Jimmy M.D. Ascension Michigan, Corewell Health
Iljas, John D.O. Corewell Health, Detroit Medical Center, Trinity Health Michigan
Kabbani, Loay M.D. Henry Ford Health
Long, Graham M.D. Corewell Health
Nypaver, Timothy M.D. Henry Ford Health
Oppat, William M.D. Ascension Michigan, Detroit Medical Center
Pensler, Elizabeth D.O. Ascension Michigan, Corewell Health, Henry Ford Health
Rimar, Steven M.D. Corewell Health
Rits, Yevgeniy M.D. Detroit Medical Center
Rizk, Youssef D.O. Corewell Health
Shepard, Alexander M.D. Henry Ford Health
Weaver, Mitchell M.D. Henry Ford Health ,
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Brighton Center for Recovery 810-227-1211
Macomb-Oakland Hospital, Madison Heights; 248-967-7000
Macomb-Oakland Hospital, Warren; 586-573-5000
Providence Hospital, Novi; 248-465-4100
Providence Hospital, Southfield; 248-849-3000
Providence Rochester Hospital 248-652-5000
St. John Hospital, Detroit; 313-343-4000
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Beaumont Hospital, Dearborn; 313-593-7000
Beaumont Hospital, Farmington Hills; 947-521-8000
Beaumont Hospital, Grosse Pointe; 313-473-1000
Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak; 248-898-5000
Beaumont Hospital, Taylor; 313-295-5000
Beaumont Hospital, Trenton; 734-671-3800
Beaumont Hospital, Troy; 248-964-5000
Beaumont Hospital, Wayne; 734-467-4000
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Call Center, 888-362-2500
Children’s Hospital of Michigan Detroit; 313-745-5437
Children’s Hospital of Michigan Troy; 248-524-7180
Detroit Receiving Hospital, Detroit; 313-745-3000
Harper University Hospital, Detroit; 313-745-8040
Heart Hospital, Detroit; 888-362-2500
Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital Commerce Township; 248-937-3300
Hutzel Women’s Hospital, Detroit; 313-745-8040
Rehabilitation Institute, Detroit; 313-745-1203
Sinai-Grace Hospital, Detroit; 313-966-3300
henryford.org
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit; 313-916-2600
Henry Ford Kingswood Hospital Ferndale; 248-398-3200
Henry Ford Macomb Hospital 586-263-2300
Henry Ford Maplegrove Center West Bloomfield Township; 248-661-6100
Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital, 248-325-1000
Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital Wyandotte; 734-246-6000
mclaren.org
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit; 800-527-6266; karmanos.org
McLaren Macomb Hospital, Mount Clemens; 586-493-8000
McLaren Oakland Hospital, Pontiac; 248-338-5000
trinityhealthmichigan.org
Chelsea Hospital, 734-593-6000
Trinity Health Ann Arbor Hospital
Ypsilanti; 734-712-3456
Trinity Health Livingston Hospital Howell; 517-545-6000
Trinity Health Livonia Hospital Livonia; 734-655-4800
Trinity Health Oakland Hospital Pontiac; 248-858-3000
uofmhealth.org
C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Ann Arbor; 877-475-6688 University Hospital, Ann Arbor; 734-936-4000
Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospital Ann Arbor; 734-763-6295
Garden City Hospital, Garden City; 734-458-3300; gch.org
John D. Dingell VA Medical Center Detroit; 313-576-1000; detroit.va.gov
Lieutenant Colonel Charles S. Kettles VA Medical Center, Ann Arbor; 734-769-7100; va.gov/ ann-arbor-health-care
Pontiac General, Pontiac; 248-857-7200; pontiacgeneral.com
Surgeons Choice Medical Center
Southfield; 248-423-5100. Warren; 586-751-9800. Dearborn; 313-359-9540. surgeonschoice.com
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Hematology Oncology Consultants; a Division of Michigan Healthcare Professionals, PC
Founded in 1986, Hematology Oncology Consultants takes great pride in delivering individualized and have received multiple Hour Detroit Top Doc awards.
Each member of the team at Hematology Oncology Consultants is passionate about their belief that each patient should be treated in a caring and professional manner, with the utmost dignity, during their journey.
Royal Oak Office 3577 W. 13 Mile Rd., Ste. 103 Royal Oak, MI 48073 248-288-4500
Troy Office 4550 Investment Dr., Ste. B120 Troy, MI 48098 248-267-6569
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Clarkston Office 6770 Dixie Hwy., Ste. 106-A Clarkston, MI 48346 248-922-9175
This team of podiatric foot and ankle surgeons have the key to an active healthy lifestyle. These doctors truly embrace the “team” concept, making sure their patients get the best and most gentle care.
• The latest surgical techniques and proceduresto correct bunion deformities, including the “KISSloc” procedure, the Swiss/Sklar Bunionectomy technique, MiniBunion & Lapiplasty Bunionectomy.
• Small-incision or arthroscopic procedures to treat ankle and foot pain.
• Advanced method to resolve heel pain by improving foot function and performance with precision custom orthotic therapy.
• Principal investigators in six important diabetic ulcer research studies.
• Experts in trauma/fracture care, flat-foot reconstruction, diabetic foot care and limb salvage.
• PRP (platelet rich plasma) to help resolve chronic tendon problems and “shock wave” to relieve heel pain.
• Providing first-of-its-kind advanced “Lunula” laser technology to treat thick, unattractive toenails. Lunula is the only FDA cleared laser for non-thermal treatment of fungal nails.
• Amniotic Injections to relieve joint and tendon pain.
Patient Centered Healthcare, a collaboration with the area’s most exceptional primary care physicians and specialists. Affiliated with most area hospitals.
• Providing the most advanced Class IV Laser Treatment to relieve foot and ankle pain.
We view the relationship that we have with our patients as a sacred trust. We work hard everyday to deserve that trust. Multi-year Designee
Independent Physicians....................................93
Michigan Center for and Women’s Health ................94
Michigan Institute of Neurological Disorders..............95
Michigan Knee Institute.........96
Beacon Skin Surgeries...........97
Consultants in Ophthalmic & Facial Plastic Surgery, PC.......98
Corewell Health’s Beaumont General and Bariatric ...99
CosmedicDerm....................100
Dr. Ellen Janetzke...................101
Miller Vein...............................102
Oakland Macomb Obstetrics & Gynecology..................................103
Pensler Vein and Vascular Institute / Elizabeth Face + ......104
Andrew Compton, MD | L’Atelier Med ..................................105
Synergy/Mendelson Kornblum Orthopedics & Spine Specialists.......................................106
Michigan Cosmetic ..............................107
Oakland Medical Group....................................108
Dr. Pravin Puri..........................................................109
Frisch Ortho..................................................................110
Hand Associates - Michigan Specialists......110
Michigan Eye and Contact Lens................................................111
Progressive Health............................................................................111
Disclaimer; The doctors in this feature were selected by Professional Research Services (PRS), which conducted an online peer-review survey of area physicians in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Washtenaw, and Livingston counties. Physicians were asked to nominate fellow physicians they deemed the best in their field of practice. Many votes were cast honoring excellence in all fields of medicine. The featured doctors were screened and selected through the verification of licensing and review of any infractions through applicable boards, agencies, and rating services. Physician information listed in this feature was provided by PRS and confirmed by health systems and the nominated physicians. For additional information, visit prscom.com. Hour Detroit was not involved in the screening or selection process.
Independent Emergency Physicians (IEP) was formed more than two decades ago on the belief that happy, satisfied providers make for happy, satisfied patients.
“We are the largest local physician-owned provider of acute care medicine in metro Detroit,” says David Hall, MD, FACEP and President & CEO of IEP. “Our core purpose is to take care of the patient by taking care of the provider.”
IEP’s success is a direct result of their culture of ownership. Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Top 5 Best Places to Work, IEP providers touch more than 400,000 patient lives annually at Ascension, Henry Ford, and Trinity Health hospitals, and have an amazing 97% physician retention.
“We know a visit to the hospital can be scary and confusing for patients,” says Hall. “Our providers work as one expert care team of Emergency, Observation & Hospital Medicine providers, so patients experience seamless, coordinated care.”
And with IEP’s eight Urgent Care clinics in Bloomfield Hills, Grosse Pointe, Clinton Township, Brighton, Jackson, Southfield, Novi, and Ferndale, IEP providers now see patients outside of the hospital setting.
IEP’s local roots and physician ownership means that their business is improving the health of their community. “We’ve been privileged to serve our community for 26 years by living by our values and thinking big with our vision,” says Hall. “We are driven to make an even bigger impact on the future of healthcare by providing clinical and operational leadership to our hospital partners and high-quality compassionate care to our patients.” ■
MICHIGAN CENTERFOR FERTILITY & WOMEN’S HEALTH (MCFWH) was founded in 2002 by Dr. Carole Kowalczyk, with a mission to help couples achieve their dreams in a caring, family like environment. Dr. Nicole Budrys joined the practice in 2018. Dr. Kowalczyk and Dr. Budrys are board certified reproductive endocrinologists and highly respected fertility doctors, earning the Top Doc designation again in 2023.
Dr. Kowalczyk and Budrys believe in a whole person approach to treating infertility, including mind and body care, family planning, and financial and religious considerations. At Michigan Center, we realize that there is no “one size fits all.” Each couple has an individualized treatment plan created just for them.
“At our practice, we take into account every aspect of the patient’s fertility journey,” says Dr. Kowalczyk. “Going beyond test results and what’s on paper, we assess other factors important in our patients’ lives.”
Dr. Budrys adds, “We focus on a healthier whole, because the healthier a patient is, the better they will respond to fertility treatment.”
Drs. Kowalczyk and Budrys are both very personable and have complementary styles, taking time to hear their patients’ concerns. “Everyone is unique, so everyone has a plan created with them and for them specifically,” says Dr. Kowalczyk.
What you see is what you get with Drs. Kowalczyk and Budrys. ey understand that infertility is stressful, and they work to alleviate that pressure through a combination of traditional medicine and corresponding treatments, such as stress counseling, therapeutic massage, laser acupuncture, and other healing services. “We do everything we can to support our patients throughout the process,” Dr. Kowalczyk. “Our offices are calm and comforting, and our fertility doctors and staff are experts at guiding people through their many questions and concerns.”
“Dr. Kowalczyk and I are very open to advancements in the field, and we’ve been able to explore some really amazing new treatments together,” says Dr. Budrys. “ is has translated into great results for our patients.”
Together with their medical team, Drs. Kowalczyk and Budrys are passionate about providing state-of-theart care in a warm and welcoming setting, where they make family dreams come true. ■
Carole L. Kowalczyk, M.D.
Nicole Budrys, M.D.
4700 irteen Mile Rd.
Warren, MI 48092
586-576-0431
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Left to Right: Dr. Nicole Budrys and Dr. Carole Kowalczyk.The Michigan Institute for Neurological Disorders is among Michigan’s leading providers of neurological care for the full range of disorders of the brain, spine, and nervous system. It provides cutting-edge diagnosis, treatment, management, and research when it comes to neurological disorders. Patients receive individualized care to help improve their outcomes and quality of life.
Founded in 1969, MIND has become one of the largest and most comprehensive private neurological practices in Michigan. While times and technologies have changed in the past 50 years, the Michigan Institute for Neurological Disorders hasn’t compromised its core set of values, which focus on providing first-rate care.
The MIND team of nearly 40 providers, who are experts in their field, o ers compassionate, complete care for neurological disorders. On-site diagnostics include two wide-bore MRIs calibrated through the latest technology to produce high-quality images with shorter scan times, electrodiagnostics (EEG, EMG, OCT), as well as infusion and pain management
services. Specialists treat multiple sclerosis, headaches/facial pain, strokes, Alzheimer’s disease/ memory disorders, Parkinson’s disease/movement disorders, muscular dystrophies, and epilepsy, along with other neurological conditions.
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society has recognized MIND’s Multiple Sclerosis Center as a Center for Comprehensive MS Care. It’s one of the largest private MS centers in the country, caring for more than 4,500 patients per year. The MS Center was developed to provide diagnostic, therapeutic, and supportive services to multiple sclerosis patients and their families.
To help address one of the most common disorders of the central nervous system, MIND established its Headache, Migraine, & Facial Pain Center, which helps identify and treat frequent headache and facial pain that often results in the loss of productivity, disability, and poor quality of life.
The Michigan Institute of Neurological Disorders provides care closer to home for patients, making expert treatment easier and more accessible without
the need to visit a hospital. Beyond regular hours, evening and Saturday appointments are available. MIND’s full-service headquarters is in Farmington Hills, and there are also o ces in Roseville and Dearborn Heights. ■
Michigan Institute for Neurological Disorders
28595 Orchard Lake Road, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, MI 48334 248-553-0010
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Dr. Jeffrey H. DeClaire, a boarD-CertifieD, fellowship-trained orthopedic knee specialist, is spearheading a revolution in patient mobility and quality of life. At the Michigan Knee Institute, he leads a dedicated team committed to cutting-edge technology, advanced procedures, and performing a remarkable 1,000 knee surgeries annually. With a career spanning over 25 years, Dr. DeClaire is an international luminary, propelling outpatient partial and total knee replacement surgery into new dimensions.
At the heart of his expertise lies the groundbreaking Elite Knee procedure. This fusion of computergenerated imaging, robotic precision, and decades of surgical insight yields unmatched results in knee replacement. Dr. DeClaire ensures optimal implant positioning and balanced knee replacements through meticulous robotic assessment and a ligament tensioning device.
The Elite Knee’s impact is profound; patients report they experience fewer malalignment, instability, stiffness, and pain issues compared to traditional methods. Dr. DeClaire’s pioneering spirit thrives through global collaborations with orthopedic peers, driving innovation in partial and total knee replacements. His influence extends to surgical techniques and implant designs.
Ever-ambitious and forward-thinking, Dr. DeClaire maintains his vanguard status through international collaborations with orthopedic peers, collectively devising innovative techniques and procedures for partial and total knee replacement surgeries. His role in the evolution of surgical techniques, and the development and design of knee implants, has propelled the field of orthopedic knee surgery into new frontiers.
In the heart of this innovation hub is the Michigan Knee Institute — a facility that offers an array of treatments including minimally invasive partial- and total knee replacements, robotic knee surgeries, outpatient knee replacements, cartilage restoration, and arthroscopy. With these advanced interventions, patients are empowered to reclaim their mobility and embrace active lives. Dr. DeClaire’s legacy is a testament to his unyielding commitment to advancing medical boundaries, reshaping the landscape of orthopedic knee care, and uplifting countless lives. ■
FIRSTIMPRESSIONS AMOMENTTOMAKE, BUTTHEYLAST a lifetime.
We all make them. We’re all on the receiving end of them, too. Let’s face it, our appearance matters and presenting the best version of ourselves is essential in life. We eat right, liberally apply sunscreen, drink plenty of water and hydrate our skin. Still, even the best efforts may come up short. Indeed, we need to turn to an expert.
Dr. A. Edward Abrou, founder and chief medical officer of Beacon Skin & Surgeries, knows much about first impressions. Patients turn to him — trust in him — for exceptional treatment of any skin problem. ese include laser resurfacing to reduce the appearance of acne scarring and micro-needling to maximize skin tightening, among other cosmetic procedures, to a slate of surgical dermatology services including Mohs surgery to remove cancerous tumors with exacting precision.
Dr. Abrou is a fellowship-trained Mohs micrographic surgeon from Tufts-New England Medical Center and performed his internship and residency at Henry Ford Hospital. He earned his medical degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine. Dr. Abrou is certified with the American Board of Dermatology, and holds privileges at Corewell Health and Henry Ford Health, among others. He’s also dermatology chair at Beaumont Hospital, Troy.
“We get to know the entirety of our patients’ lives, we listen, we understand their needs. Our treatment plans and our patients’ healthy skin reflect our singular approach,” Dr. Abrou says.
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The doctors at the prestigious Consultants in Ophthalmic & Facial Plastic Surgery don’t begin an initial consultation by scheduling a date for surgery. They begin by listening to what the patient wants to accomplish, and then figuring out the best, most e ective, and most a ordable way to get there.
Their patients not only love the results, but appreciate the process.
“Not only did I know that I was in the very best medical hands, but I felt well cared for from beginning to end, and that makes all the di erence,” says a patient from Livonia.
Adds a patient from Shelby Township: “Everyone was friendly, polite, and professional. Every step was explained, all my questions were answered completely, and I was made very comfortable. The facility was just the right size, and it was very clean and well-organized. Dr. Black is very personable and extremely skilled.”
The mission at Consultants in Ophthalmic & Facial Plastic Surgery is simple: to deliver excellence in clinical care and customer service.
Highly respected physicians Dr. Frank A. Nesi, Dr. Geo rey J. Gladstone, Dr. Evan H. Black, Dr. Francesca Nesi-Elo , Dr. Dianne M. Schlachter, and Dr. Robert A. Beaulieu practice throughout southeast Michigan and Flint, and hold a liations with only the top accredited hospitals.
As experts in the field of eye plastic surgery, the doctors at Consultants in Ophthalmic & Facial Plastic
Surgery take skill and training to a whole new level. Their unwavering dedication is evident in their multitude of professional a liations, certifications, leadership and faculty appointments, strong association with accredited facilities, professorships, and the numerous textbooks they’ve authored.
Each physician has received awards and recognition for their deep commitment to continuously improving the field of ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery. They’re frequent lecturers both nationally and internationally. Additionally, they’ve authored numerous articles on surgical techniques, as well as textbooks and textbook chapters that set the standard for their field.
Procedures and services o ered by Consultants in Ophthalmic & Facial Plastic Surgery include:
Cosmetic Procedures: As time passes, our skin shows the natural, inevitable signs of aging — wrinkles and sagging. Cosmetic eyelid and forehead procedures will smooth lines and wrinkles, remove lower eyelid bags, tighten sagging skin, and lift drooping eyelids and brows so you can look as young and rejuvenated as you feel. These procedures include forehead lift/brow lift; blepharoplasty, or upper eyelid surgery; and lower eyelid blepharoplasty.
Reconstructive Surgery: This is performed to improve the function or appearance of a face that’s abnormal because of congenital deformities (birth defects) or developmental deformities (i.e. damaged from injury, infection, disease, surgery, etc.).
Reconstructive surgery options include droopy upper eyelids (ptosis repair); thyroid eye disease (Grave’s ophthalmopathy); eyelid malposition, entropion and ectropion; eyelid reconstruction; eyelid lesions and skin cancer; orbital tumors and fractures; and blocked tear ducts.
Nonsurgical Rejuvenation: When you smile, laugh, frown, or look puzzled, you contract the muscles of your face. Over time, these contractions produce permanent furrows and deep wrinkles in the skin, especially around the eyes and mouth, between the eyebrows, and on the forehead. Options to fix these issues include skin tightening with fractional CO2 laser and Botox and fillers treatments.
Consultants in Ophthalmic & Facial Plastic Surgery has multiple locations around metro Detroit including Southfield, Livonia, Troy, Novi, and Southgate. They also have locations in Flint. ■
Consultants in Ophthalmic & Facial Plastic Surgery, PC 29201 Telegraph Road, Suite 324 Southfield, MI 48034
800-245-8075
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multiyear Hour Detroit Top Docs, Beaumont General and Bariatric Surgery’s practices provide patients with the most advanced surgical solutions and comprehensive care, including minimally invasive general, robotic and bariatric surgery.
With offices in Dearborn in Canton, the practices are staffed by a team that’s committed to providing the best possible treatments to meet all their patients’ surgical needs.
ey have expertise in advanced minimally invasive general surgery including hernia, anti-reflux, bowel, cancer, soft tissue, and endoscopy. ey also specialize in weight loss procedures such as gastric sleeve, gastric bypass and revisional bariatric surgery.
e doctors, all certified by the American Board of Surgery, are fellowship-trained and active members in the American College of Surgeons, American Society of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgeons and Society of American Gastroenterology and Endoscopic Surgeons.
Dr. Daniel Bacal has been in practice for 21 years and
serves as the surgical and bariatric director for Corewell Health’s, Beaumont Hospital, Dearborn. He has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals and has made presentations to national medical conferences. Dr. Edward Mavashev is the bariatric director and chief of surgery at Corewell Health’s, Beaumont Hospital, Wayne. He has been in practice for more than 14 years and has presented at multiple local and national medical conferences. Dr. Nathan LaFayette has practiced for over six years and continues to publish articles in peer-reviewed journals, as well as writing chapters for a variety of surgical textbooks.
e three physicians are among the early adopters of the da Vinci robotic-assisted platform in general surgery and have served as proctors in robotic surgery. Patients interested in bariatric surgery are encouraged to attend a free weekly seminar or call the bariatric office at 734-7381900. Patients who are interested in discussing minimally invasive approaches to their general surgical needs can call 313-982-5288 for more information. ■
Beaumont Bariatric Surgery
6300 North Haggerty Road, Suite 100
Canton, MI 48187
Beaumont General and Bariatric Surgery
18181 Oakwood Blvd., Suite 311
Dearborn, MI 48124
2050 Haggerty Road, Suite 200
Canton, MI 48187
beaumont.org/gbsd
From Left to Right: Dr. Bacal, Dr. Mavashev, And Dr. LaFayette.
Dr. Shauna Ryder Diggs, of Cosmedic Dermatology: Shauna Ryder Diggs, M.D., PC, practices general, cosmetic, and laser dermatology. She specializes in using the latest advancements in dermatology for skin rejuvenation and has created CosmedicDerm Professional Skin Care, which offers products for sensitive, acne-prone, and photodamaged skin.
Dr. Diggs is a graduate of the University of Michigan Inteflex Program, and completed an internal medicine internship at the U-M Medical Center in Ann Arbor. Her specialty training took place in the University of Michigan’s dermatology residency program. She developed expertise in autoimmune, infectious, benign, and malignant dermatoses. Dr. Diggs is a board-certified dermatologist of the American Board of Dermatology, a fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology and the American Society of Dermatologic Surgeons, and a member of the Michigan Dermatological Society. She has been a lecturer at the University of Michigan Medical School and Dental School.
Prior to opening Cosmedic Dermatology in Grosse Pointe, Dr. Diggs practiced in the Oakland Aesthetic Dermatology group in Farmington Hills. She then served as the medical director of the Laser Treatment Center of the Detroit Medical Center’s Sinai-Grace Hospital, specializing in cosmetic and laser dermatology. She uses lasers for hair removal, facial and leg vein therapy, tattoo removal, birthmark removal, and skin rejuvenation. For skin rejuvenation, she also utilizes neuromodulators, filler injections, and topical anti-photoaging treatments. In addition to procedural dermatology, Dr. Diggs lectures on the use of advanced topical therapies for dermatoses. She is on the staff of St. John Medical Center, Sinai-Grace Hospital, and Beaumont-Grosse Pointe Hospital.
Dr. Diggs is personally and professionally involved in her community. She is Chair of the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation, Chair Emeritus of the Association of Governing Boards of Colleges and Universities, and Regent Emeritus of the University of Michigan. Dr. Diggs has also served on the boards of the Michigan Opera Theatre, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Detroit Zoological Society, Forgotten Harvest, and Belle Isle Conservancy. She was married to the late Douglass J. Diggs and has two daughters. ■
Shauna Ryder Diggs, M.D., P.C. 17000 Kercheval Ave., Suite 215
The village of Grosse Pointe, MI 48230 313-882-5777
drshaunadiggs.com
DR. ELLEN JANETZKE, FOUNDEROF DR. ELLEN PLASTIC and Reconstructive Surgery in Bloomfield Hills, has been shaping confidence and changing lives for over two decades and has committed herself to patient education, safety, and service.
One of Dr. Ellen’s recent patients said: “ e entire experience was overall incredibly positive for me. I was immediately pleased with the results after waking up and have never been happier.” Another one said: “From the moment I initiated contact with the receptionist through my last visit, I received the utmost care and respect. I was able to continue my old life with a new attitude and the experience has made a positive impact on my life! I am forever grateful!”
Dr. Ellen’s ability to understand, anticipate and fulfill patient expectations, honestly and realistically, has gained her a reputation as both a gifted surgeon and a caring doctor. She studied as an undergrad at the University of Michigan and graduated with a medical degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine in 1994. Dr. Ellen operates out of UnaSource Surgical Center, LaBelle Surgical Center, and Corewell Health Beaumont Troy Hospital.
Her practice offers a wide range of services for men and women, including tummy tucks, breast reduction, breast augmentation, breast lifts, gynecomastia, liposuction, arm lifts, thigh lifts, and back lifts for body contouring in addition to face, eyelid and neck lift procedures. Dr. Ellen is proud to offer Ellacor, an innovative, scar-less procedure for reducing excess skin and wrinkles and LipoAI which uses advanced AI technology for laser-assisted liposuction. Her MedSpa services include a variety of skin care solutions such as lasers, medical-grade skin care products, and injectables. ■
Dr. Ellen Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
60 West Big Beaver Road, Suite 100 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304
(248) 220-6760
drellen.com
Miller Vein’s founder and owner, Je rey H. Miller, M.D., has always dreamed of changing and creating a better model for healthcare. “I believe this starts with humble service which means treating patients and employees like friends and family,” he says. It also includes putting together a “dream team” of physicians and care providers and is one of the reasons why Miller Vein physicians are among Hour Detroit’s “Top Doc” honorees.
“Since this is a Top Doc issue, I need to brag about our docs,” says Dr. Miller. “They are simply the best! These physicians are dedicated to vein health and patient care and their patients love them.” What also separates Miller Vein from other clinics is their philosophy of putting patients over profit. “This means we tell patients when they don’t require medical treatment. It’s shocking to me that a doctor would perform non-indicated procedures to make extra money, yet it happens – a lot,” he says. “Too often we see patients come from competitors where they’ve been told they need
dozens of unnecessary medical procedures. We’re doing everything in our power to educate the public, our patients, and referring doctors to help eradicate the performance of needless procedures.”
Miller Vein has made the Crain’s Detroit Best Places to Work in Michigan and Detroit Free Press Top Workplaces lists multiple times. “It’s simple — happy employees make happy patients,” Dr. Miller says. “The minute you walk into a Miller Vein facility you notice the difference.
“From the front desk to our medical assistants, nurses, vascular sonographers, and the back office, we have a special group of people working here. I think that’s because we’re a company based on values. Everyone loves their job and it shows.”
Miller Vein has cared for over 20,000 patients, they accept more than 700 insurance plans and over 1,500 physicians trust the practice with their patients. This year, the Detroit Free Press honored Miller Vein with six Best of the Best Detroit Awards including Best Vascular/Vein
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Clinic, for the second straight year, and Best Medical Spa for their VeinErase® method of spider vein treatment.
WITH 20 BOARD-CERTIFIEDPHYSICIANS and 10 certified nurse midwives on staff, Oakland Macomb Obstetrics & Gynecology, P.C., is the largest physician-owned practice in Michigan and provides a full spectrum of women’s preventive health care and treatment services.
Oakland Macomb OB/GYN provides comprehensive healthcare for women from adolescence to motherhood and beyond with locations based in Rochester Hills, Troy and Lenox. Services include routine obstetrics, family planning, annual gynecologic exams, and contraception. ey treat a wide variety of gynecologic conditions, including fibroids, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), endometriosis, infertility and much more. e providers are most proud to offer personalized care to each individual, creating an environment that is genuine and comforting.
e Oakland Macomb Center for Breast Health holds the distinction of being a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology. Designed to give you a spa-like feel, the facility holds innovative, state-of-the-art technology for a range of services. It offers a full-service breast center experience with screening and diagnostic mammograms, automated breast ultrasounds, biopsies, and breast cancer survivorship. Additional services include, sexual health counseling, menopause management, pelvic floor physical therapy and bone density.
Oakland Macomb OBGYN was founded in 1998 and soon would outgrow the space across from Yates Cider Mill into the current 3 locations. A large part of our success is due to the close relationship we hold with Corewell Health Beaumont Troy Hospital. Most recently being awarded the only hospital to achieve Becker’s five ribbon status in the maternity unit out of the 22-Corewell Hospital system and only one of two hospitals in the entire state of Michigan. Our close relationship has also enabled us to pioneer innovative therapies, such as robotic surgeries.
We encourage you to check out our website, learn more about our providers and their specialties to choose who would be your best fit. Call to schedule an appointment with us today! ■
Oakland Macomb Obstetrics & Gynecology, P.C.
ree locations: Rochester Hills, Troy & Lenox 248-997-5805
oaklandmacombobgyn.com
From left to right; Dr. Soyoun Bark, Dr. Elise Wallace, Dr. Staci Hopkins, Dr. James McBride, Dr. Melissa Kennedy, Dr. Jennifer Peng, Dr. Joseph Love, Dr. Sandra Morgan. Not pictured; Dr. Jill Page, Dr. Eleni Pittenger.
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Dr. Derek Hill and Dr. Elizabeth Pensler have a combined 25 years of experience treating all pain, swelling, and injuries of the lower extremities. This unique husband/wife surgeon duo efficiently manages all problems from the pelvis down. Both are fellowshiptrained and board-certified in their specialties — Dr. Pensler in vein and vascular surgery, and Dr. Hill in orthopedic surgery/hip and knee joint disease.
These two perennial Hour Detroit Top Docs specialize in solving problems for people who don’t know where to turn for their lower extremity concerns. Patients love visiting Dr. Hill and Dr. Pensler in their new, spacious, state-of-the-art Ferndale location. Their unique, combined approach allows them to work together to improve the lives of patients in ways that other practices and doctors have been unable to achieve.
Dr. Hill is an orthopedic surgeon who is fellowshiptrained in the hip and knee, and also treats a wide array of sports and trauma injuries. He’s a clinical associate professor of surgery at Michigan State University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine. Board-certified by
the American Osteopathic Board of Orthopedic Surgeons, Dr. Hill is also an author, lecturer, and researcher, and is actively involved in creating the treatments of tomorrow.
Dr. Pensler is a double-board-certified surgeon in general and vascular surgery, and she’s a recognized leader in providing first-rate patient care and satisfaction. She has mastered the latest in minimallyinvasive, endovascular procedures that offer less pain, lower risk, and a faster return to normal daily life for her patients. She treats a broad variety of vascular problems, with special attention to leg swelling and venous disorders. She also has become well-known for treating women with unexplained pelvic pain.
Their beautiful new office building, Ferndale Medical Center, is also home to other medical practices, including Dr. Hill’s AZ Solutions (a pharmaceutical research lab) and Dr. Pensler’s Elizabeth Face + Body Med Spa (a full-service medical spa). In addition, you can find Team Rehabilitation and Wright & Filippis there as well.
If you’re looking for a caring, comprehensive, and effective approach to your pelvis, hip, knee, or leg pain, call 248-268-4299 today. ■
Dr. Compton brings the Vertical Vector Facelift to Michigan.
Dr. Compton is a double board certified, facial plastic surgeon well known throughout Michigan for his artistic eye and attention to detail. With a quick review of his surgical results and his artwork on www.AndrewComptonMD.com, you can see why his catchphrase is “Hands of a Surgeon, Eye of an Artist.”
Dr. Compton is thrilled to bring the facelift techniques pioneered and perfected by Dr. Andrew Jacono to the metro Detroit area. Dr. Jacono is a world-renowned facelift surgeon, and for good reason. His breath-taking results have drawn the world’s most elite clientele and celebrities. Dr. Compton has been trained by Dr. Jacono in all the details of these facial rejuvenation techniques and he can’t wait to share them with you.
The vertical vector facelift is a comprehensive rejuvenation surgery that treats age related changes down to the foundations of the face and neck. The key di erence from a traditional facelift is that this procedure gently releases then repositions the tissues of the cheek, jowl, and nasolabial fold into a more youthful, vertical position. To accomplish this movement without tension, the facial ligaments (supporting structures) are mobilized. This creates a soft, natural outcome without that windblown, overfilled, or operated look.
The vertical vector facelift includes jawline contouring, a deep neck lift and a temporal browlift to provide comprehensive facial rejuvenation. The deep neck lift removes fat, defines the jawline, and refines the silhouette to ensure the double chin is gone for good. The temporal browlift gently elevates the outer brow to open the eye without giving you that permanently surprised look. Additional procedures can also be paired with the vertical vector facelift to complement the results: including buccal fat removal, chin implant, lip lift, nanofat stem cell therapy, laser treatments, chemical peel, fat transfer and eyelid surgery. We are proud to o er our ‘Chrysalis package’ which allows a combination of facial surgeries into one inclusive fee: providing a complete transformation at significant savings.
Come meet Dr. Compton and hear more about how the vertical vector technique could help you look as young as you feel. ■
A graduate of University of Michiganand Michigan State University, Dr. Brian Fiani, DO, FACOS, brings his world-renowned expertise and skills to the highly-respected Mendelson Kornblum Orthopedics & Spine Specialists, the premier synergistic healthcare partners of patients, physicians, and communities across the Midwest. The Board-Certified Neurosurgeon returned to his native Michigan after completing spine surgery fellowship training in minimally-invasive and complex spinal surgery at Weill Cornell Medical Center, ranked by Newsweek as the No. 1 hospital for neurosurgery in the world. Dr. Fiani specializes in minimally invasive spinal surgery, making it possible to help patients by alleviating back pain and quickly returning to their active lives.
“Michigan represents my home and family, and I’m eager to serve the hardworking people here.” said Dr.
Fiani, who uses state-of-the-art robotic guidance and Neuronavigation technologies in the operating room. “I believe technology and innovation are important to improving patient care.”
Dr. Fiani has written more than 120 peerreviewed publications, authored a leading textbook, and holds several medical-technology patents. He has been the invited speaker at many national and regional conferences for neurosurgery and serves on leadership committees for several international spine organizations.
Founded in 1963 by Dr. Herbert Mendelson, Mendelson Kornblum Orthopedic & Spine Specialists is one of southeast Michigan’s top resources for comprehensive musculoskeletal care. Treating patients as whole people and understanding their journey to wellness is a mission that is at its core. Schedule your consultation at mendelsonortho.com or call 877-BAD-BACK. ■
Mendelson Kornblum Orthopedic & Spine Specialists
36622 Five Mile Road, Suite 101 Livonia, MI 48154
734-542-0200
11900 East 12 Mile Road, Suite 110 Warren, MI 48093
586-261-1960
mendelsonortho.com
Dr MariaM awaDa is honoreD to be noMinateD by her peers as 2023 and 2021 Top Plastic Surgeon by US Newsweek & World Report and by 2023 Best In Michigan. She is nationally acclaimed as a leading expert in “Modern Mommy Makeovers” “Advanced Breast Augmentation”, and “Rapid Outpatient Recovery”. With over two decades of experience, Dr Awada has seamlessly combined advanced surgical techniques, with modern pain medicines, and perioperative safety technologies.
Celebrated for her meticulous artistry and innovative personalized approaches, she has transformed thousands of patients. Her consistent results, profound impact on patient lives, and contributions to patient safety and education has solidified her legacy in cosmetic surgery. Her aesthetic mastery extends to an array of cosmetic procedures which patients may address in a single makeover.
Younger patients seek her out for rhinoplasty and her world renown breast enhancements. Older patients turn to her for limited incision and minimally invasive same day outpatient cosmetic eyelid surgery, neck lifts, and facelifts. Whether face, nose, breast, or body combinations, she delivers elegant, natural transformations. She doesn’t just reshape faces and bodies, she reshapes lives, redefining beauty and motherhood standards.
Dr. Awada has become synonymous with excellence in outpatient care and outcomes. As a pioneer she and her team with over 120 years cosmetic surgery experience have successfully revolutionized outpatient cosmetic surgery. Her triumph has been rapid recovery protocols and procedures which is a game changer facilitating postoperative healing experience. Through a blend of advanced surgical techniques, modern pain medicines, and personalized postoperative safety technology, she ensures her patients a swift return to daily activities. As cosmetic surgery continues to evolve, she stands at the forefront, redefining what’s possible and setting the bar incredibly high for her peers. ■
JEFFREY MARGOLIS, M.D., BOARD-CERTIFIEDIN medical oncology and part of Oakland Medical Group/ Michigan Healthcare Professionals Clinical Hematology & Medical Oncology, is at the forefront of cancer research and treatment.
Telling someone they have cancer is never easy, but what helps ease the pain and relieve some of the shock and anxiety is when the diagnosis is accompanied with answers, solutions, and a positive outlook. Dr. Margolis has had to give plenty of patients difficult news during his 24 years in medicine, but he says that what’s changed over time is the increase in positive solutions that are now included with the diagnosis.
“In the past we would be trying to get people more time, but now we’re focused on meaningful cures that allow people to get back to living and doing what they want to do,” he says. “What we’re doing now is targeting what’s best for the patient, what type of treatment they can tolerate, and what side effects they can manage — and then coming up with a treatment that best fits their profile and their goals. We identify very specific types of cancers. ese types of cancers have their own specific treatments, and it’s making a huge difference.
“One of the things we’re doing today is more personalized medicine,” Dr. Margolis continues. “We’re doing special genetic molecular testing on everybody’s tumor. We used to just say you have lung cancer, but now we find out what driver mutations there are and we target things to that mutation. Treatments are no longer generic; they’re tumor-specific.”
Another example of whole-patient care is offering Cold Caps/Scalp Cooling Systems at infusion centers located throughout metro Detroit. And when fertility preservation is the goal of a patient, options are discussed.
Michigan Healthcare Professionals is the largest private practice in Michigan and focuses on multiple specialties including medical oncology, surgical oncology, and radiation oncology.
e Royal Oak office recently moved to a new suite in the Rose Cancer Center in Royal Oak. e state-of-theart suite is patient-focused and has a larger capacity to better serve community members. ■
Oakland Medical Group/Michigan Healthcare Professionals
Je rey Margolis, M.D. Hematology, Oncology
Rose Cancer Center
3577 W. 13 Mile Road, Suite 310
Royal Oak, MI 48073
30000 Northwestern Highway, Suite 150 Farmington Hills, MI 48334
248-851-3300
mhpdoctor.com
JEFFREY MARGOLIS, M.D., BOARD-CERTIFIEDIN
Raised in the Detroit area and a graduate of the University of Michigan Medical School, Pravin Puri is a double board-certified plastic, reconstructive, and cosmetic surgeon, and an assistant professor at the Oakland University School of Medicine.
medical oncology and part of Oakland Medical Group/ Michigan Healthcare Professionals Clinical Hematology & Medical Oncology, is at the forefront of cancer research and treatment.
During his general surgery residency, Dr. Puri realized his interest in the creative and restorative process of reconstruction, and became certified by both the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Plastic Surgery. He limits his current practice to plastic, reconstructive, and cosmetic surgery.
Telling someone they have cancer is never easy, but what helps ease the pain and relieve some of the shock and anxiety is when the diagnosis is accompanied with answers, solutions, and a positive outlook. Dr. Margolis has had to give plenty of patients difficult news during his 24 years in medicine, but he says that what’s changed over time is the increase in positive solutions that are now included with the diagnosis.
In private practice for more than 24 years, Dr. Puri is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. He has been voted as an Hour Detroit Top Doc in 7 out of the past 9 years including this year.
“In the past we would be trying to get people more time, but now we’re focused on meaningful cures that allow people to get back to living and doing what they want to do,” he says. “What we’re doing now is targeting what’s best for the patient, what type of treatment they can tolerate, and what side effects they can manage — and then coming up with a treatment that best fits their profile and their goals. We identify very specific types of cancers. ese types of cancers have their own specific treatments, and it’s making a huge difference.
Dr. Puri performs minor procedures in the o ce and major ones at his a liate hospitals, including Beaumont and Ascension. He performs breast surgery including augmentation, reduction, lift, post-mastectomy reconstruction, and male breast reduction. He does body-contouring including abdominoplasty, liposuction, and excision of redundant skin after weight loss, as well as facial surgery procedures
“One of the things we’re doing today is more personalized medicine,” Dr. Margolis continues. “We’re doing special genetic molecular testing on everybody’s tumor. We used to just say you have lung cancer, but now we find out what driver mutations there are and we
such as blepharoplasties, otoplasty, and face-lifts. He also performs nonsurgical procedures such as Botox and dermal fillers. ■
Plastic, Reconstructive and Cosmetic Surgery
1080 Kirts Blvd., Suite 700 Troy, MI 48084 248-362-2300 eplasticsurgeon.net
JEFFREY MARGOLIS, M.D., BOARD-CERTIFIEDIN
DR. NICHOLAS B. FRISCH focuses on minimally invasive surgery, as well as complex primary and revision hip and knee replacement. He has earned the distinction of Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and has been selected multiple years as a Top Doc in metro Detroit by Hour Detroit and DBusiness.
medical oncology and part of Oakland Medical Group/ Michigan Healthcare Professionals Clinical Hematology & Medical Oncology, is at the forefront of cancer research and treatment.
Telling someone they have cancer is never easy, but what helps ease the pain and relieve some of the shock and anxiety is when the diagnosis is accompanied with answers, solutions, and a positive outlook. Dr. Margolis has had to give plenty of patients difficult news during his 24 years in medicine, but he says that what’s changed over time is the increase in positive solutions that are now included with the diagnosis.
Dr. Frisch utilizes robotic technology and was the 1st surgeon in Michigan to use the newest smart knee implant. He has an exceptionally talented team and believes in creating a personalized patient experience that focuses on service and quality. Dr. Frisch’s team approach and emphasis on advanced pain management pathways support rapid recovery, often allowing patients to go home the same day as surgery and providing a faster return to their normal activities. ■
Nicholas B. Frisch, MD|MBA“In the past we would be trying to get people more time, but now we’re focused on meaningful cures that allow people to get back to living and doing what they want to do,” he says. “What we’re doing now is targeting what’s best for the patient, what type of treatment they can tolerate, and what side effects they can manage — and then coming up with a treatment that best fits their profile and their goals. We identify very specific types of cancers. ese types of cancers have their own specific treatments, and it’s making a huge difference.
Ascension Providence Rochester Hospital
1135 W. University Dr., Ste. 450, Rochester, MI 48307 248-650-2400 frischortho.com
“One of the things we’re doing today is more personalized medicine,” Dr. Margolis continues. “We’re doing special genetic molecular testing on everybody’s tumor. We used to just say you have lung cancer, but now we find out what driver mutations there are and we target things to that mutation. Treatments are no longer generic; they’re tumor-specific.”
Another example of whole-patient care is offering Cold Caps/Scalp Cooling Systems at infusion centers located throughout metro Detroit. And when fertility preservation is the goal of a patient, options are discussed. Michigan Healthcare Professionals is the largest private practice in Michigan and focuses specialties including medical oncology, surgical oncology, and radiation oncology.
DR. ALEXANDER J. COLEN is an orthopedic surgeon who specializes in the pathology of the hand and wrist. He is committed to providing high-quality care to each individual in his practice, and believes a multidisciplinary approach is important for successful healing.
e Royal Oak office recently moved to a new suite in the Rose Cancer Center in Royal Oak. art suite is patient-focused and has a larger capacity to better serve community members. ■
Dr. Colen utilizes modern technological advancements for minimally invasive endoscopic carpal tunnel releases. He is associated with Beaumont Health, Trinity Health, and Ascension hospitals, and has offices in both Livonia and Warren. ■
Healthcare Professionals
Je rey Margolis, Hematology, Oncology
Rose Cancer Center
3577 W. 13 Mile Road, Suite 310
Hand Surgery Associates - Michigan Surgery Specialists
Royal Oak, MI 48073
30000 Northwestern Highway, Suite 150 Farmington Hills, MI 48334
37650 Professional Center Drive, Suite 105A, Livonia, MI 48154 734-943-3838
248-851-3300
11012 irteen Mile Road, Suite 112, Warren, MI 48093 586-573-6880
mhpdoctor.com
JEFFREY MARGOLIS, M.D., BOARD-CERTIFIEDIN
medical oncology and part of Oakland Medical Group/ Michigan Healthcare Professionals Clinical Hematology & Medical Oncology, is at the forefront of cancer research and treatment.
Telling someone they have cancer is never easy, but what helps ease the pain and relieve some of the shock and anxiety is when the diagnosis is accompanied with answers, solutions, and a positive outlook. Dr. Margolis has had to give plenty of patients difficult news during his 24 years in medicine, but he says that what’s changed over time is the increase in positive solutions that are now included with the diagnosis.
DR. TIFFANY ZAIR-YALDA, who graduated from the Illinois College of Optometry in 2010, is the only provider in Michigan certified and licensed to fit specialty lenses using EyePrint Prosthetics. anks to extensive training in medically necessary contact lenses, she’s able to fit infants, toddlers, and adults. She also utilizes cutting-technology to fit orthokeratology lenses, which help reduce the rate of myopia and sight-threatening ocular disease in children and adults.
Dr. Zair-Yalda provides comprehensive eye exams and diabetic eye exams, and diagnoses and treats glaucoma and dry eye. Her office is equipped with the newest technology for dry eye, including IPL and tear care for more advanced dry eye patients. She and her team take pride in customizing treatment plans based on patients’ specific ocular needs and concerns. ■
“In the past we would be trying to get people more time, but now we’re focused on meaningful cures that allow people to get back to living and doing what they want to do,” he says. “What we’re doing now is targeting what’s best for the patient, what type of treatment they can tolerate, and what side effects they can manage — and then coming up with a treatment that best fits their profile and their goals. We identify very specific types of cancers. ese types of cancers have their own specific treatments, and it’s making a huge difference.
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“One of the things we’re doing today is more personalized medicine,” Dr. Margolis continues. “We’re doing special genetic molecular testing on everybody’s tumor. We used to just say you have lung cancer, but now we find out what driver mutations there are and we target things to that mutation. Treatments are no longer generic; they’re tumor-specific.”
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e Royal Oak office recently moved to a new suite in the Rose Cancer Center in Royal Oak. e state-of-theart suite is patient-focused and has a larger capacity to better serve community members. ■
Named an Hour Detroit Top Doc 15 times, Dr. Katzman spends a lot of time training the next generation of doctors. He was recently honored by the American College of Osteopathic Internists as the Internist of the Year. He’s active in multiple clinical trials, is a clinical associate professor at Michigan State University, and previously served on the board of the American Diabetes Association of Michigan.
Dr. Katzman is on staff at Beaumont Hospital and is the National Medical Director of Heart to Heart Hospice. His associates are Drs. Korkigian, Haroutunian, Rudy, and Drobot. Dr. Katzman was also Michigan’s Principal Investigator for the Pfizer Covid 19 Vaccine, Paxlovid and RSV Trial. ■
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Nemeth & Katranji Periodontics recognizes theconnectionbetweenoralhealthandoverall health,aimingto improve andmaintainboth. Through extensive training, advanced technology, and sedation dentistry, Dr. Joseph Nemeth and Dr. AmarKatranjiprioritizetheirpatients’overall health and well-being.
“We help our patients achieve a healthy mouth andhealthierbodyusingstate-of-the-art periodontaltreatments,” Dr. Nemethsays. “Our entire sta is dedicated to maximizing the health of our patients through individualized treatments and personalized care.”
Dr. Nemeth was the first periodontist in Michigan to treat gum disease using LANAP laser technology, a minimally invasive, highly successful alternative toconventionalsurgerythatresultsingum regeneration, bone growth, and gum reattachment. To treat gum recession, Dr. Nemeth utilizes the Pinhole Technique, producing far more comfortable and greater outcomes than traditional grafting. For “gummysmiles”anddiscoloredgums, Nemeth & Katranji Periodontics o ers first-class cosmetic procedures. Their less-invasive treatment optionsincludecrown-lengthening,lip repositioning, and gum depigmentation.
Dr. Amar Katranji specializes in dental implants, advanced bone grafting, and full-arch restoration. Heusesadvancedsurgicaltechniquesand technology to help his patients achieve the best possible oral health. As a highly skilled implant surgeon, Dr. Katranji has earned a reputation as oneofthearea’sleadingexpertsinhandling complex dental implant cases.
Dr. Nemeth and Dr. Katranji are dedicated to helping patients enjoy long-term success in their dentalcomfort,appearance,andfunction.Visit drnemeth.com for a complete list of services or to schedule an appointment. ■
Dr. Amanda M. Sheehan feels a sense of pride and satisfaction when one of her patients walks out thedoorofOaklandFamilyDentalwithalifechanging smile. “I’m proud to help patients regain their confidence,” she says.
SinceopeningOaklandFamilyDentalin Waterford in 2016, she’s made it her mission to treat patients with care and compassion from the moment they walk in the door until they flash their new, confident smile. Oakland Family Dental o ers a full slate of services: general dentistry, cosmetic dentistry,orthodontics,sleepdentistry,sedation dentistry, and dental implants.
Dr. Sheehan is known for her dedication to education;shegraduatedsummacumlaudefrom FranklinPierceCollege,receivedherdoctorate from SUNY at Bu alo, and received her certificate in dental oncology from the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in 2012. She’s the recipient of a Diplomate in the International Congress of Oral Implantologists, the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine, and the American Board of Oral Implantology. She’s also among the few dentists in North America who have achieved a Mastership in the Academy of General Dentistry, and she holds the title of Faculty Director at the Resnik Implant Institute, where she mentors colleagues on implant surgery and prosthetics. Most recently, she became the first female dentist in Michigan to obtain board certification in implants. By continuously proving her dedication to her field and her patients, Dr. Sheehan has established herself as one of Michigan’s premier dental providers. ■
Dr. Dolores Baran is a well respected dentist –and for goodreason.Whilehereducational credentials and professional accomplishments are quite remarkable, it’s the care she o ers and the results she achieves that make her stand out.
Dr. Baran, a graduate of the University of Michigan School of Dentistry, is a highly skilled dentist who has earned recognition and accolades throughout her career. She is also a kind, warm and caring person whom many of her patients call a friend.
In addition, she has also been active with charities over the years and has brought life-changing smiles to women who were victims of Hurricane Katrina, and to those seeking shelter and support through Lighthouse in the wake of domestic abuse and displacement. She continues to be involved with the Judson Center of Royal Oak, helping children with special needs.
Dr. Baran and her entire team provide state-of the-art cosmetic and general dental services to give patients a healthy, dazzling smile. “When treatment is diagnosed, not only is the function in mind important, but the cosmetic aspect as well to make sure it all looks great,” she says. “Our dentists and team utilize advanced technology, including sameday crowns and fully customized care to provide a comfortable experience with high-quality results. We also see emergencies on the same day and, if possible, do treatment on the same day.” Everyone’s time is valuable, and we try to make the most of it.
Dr. Baranalsotreatspatientswithmigraine headaches using Botox. Many who do not get relief or don’t want to use medications have been getting great resultswiththeseinjections. Royal Oak Smiles o ers a full line of services, including Invisalign (invisible braces) restorative work, tooth gems, implants, wisdom teeth, sleep apnea, and sedation in many cases. ■
From the warm and inviting reception area, to the gracious smiles from the welcoming staff, to the experienced, passionate and caring Dr Natasha Yest (formerly Atlevski-Gates), Gentle Family Dentistry of South Lyon provides a high standard of patient care that sets the office apart.
Dr. Yest has been practicing dentistry in Southeast Michigan for 19 years and has created strong relationships with patients and staff along the way. She has owned Gentle Family Dentistry in South Lyon for five years and has created an office, staff and experience that is truly unique and special.
“I have long had a vision of what a dental office should be and how patients should be cared for and what a deeply devoted team looks like,” says Dr. Yest. “I am dedicated to my staff and I want them to feel dedicated to our team and our patients. I want us all to feel joy and gratification in what we do.”
Dr. Yest also values and invests in state of the art equipment and using the latest and greatest procedures. Gentle Family Dentistry of South Lyon specializes in improving smiles through many services including general dentistry, teeth whitening, crowns and bridges, preventive care, pediatric care, Invisalign and more.
Dr Yest’s passion for the community that she lives and works in goes beyond the office doors. She sponsors local events, donates to local schools and participates in local parades in an effort to help support her community. ■
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The Big Smile Orthodontics has been transforming smiles for decades by providing personal and customized treatment. “We work hard to provide the highest-quality orthodontic care possible, and we treat each patient with compassion and respect while delivering the best treatment and experience around,” says Dr. Nicole M. Jane, D.D.S., M.S.
Dr. Jane and the team at The Big Smile have been “wowing” patients since the family-owned practice opened in 1961, and many team members have been with the practice for more than 20 years. Dr. Jane enjoys witnessing the joy patients experience when they see their post-braces smile for the first time, and says patients should expect to be treated like family.
Call 248-471-1555 to begin your orthodontic treatment now. You deserve it, and you’re worth it!. ■
Dr. Archana Dhawan, a seasoned orthodontist with over two decades of experience, has consistently demonstrated her expertise and commitment to her patients. Her practice, Oakland Orthodontics, stands as a cutting-edge establishment, renowned for using advanced technologies like CBCT and iTero scans.
Dr. Dhawan believes in the integral role of communication, and prioritizes building relationships with the families she serves. Her ultimate goal is to help her patients achieve the aesthetic smiles they’ve always dreamed of. ■
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aesthetics of your smile, schedule a free consultation with Dr. Mary Sue Stonisch, aka the smile artist. She can provide various options for you.
OCTOBER
Detroit Public Theatre’s new location on Third Avenue in Cass Corridor is where you can see Jennifer Maisel’s award-winning Eight Nights Catch Corpse Bride and Friday the 13th at the historic Redford Cemetery on Oct. 14 for the annual Movie in the Cemetery fundraiser.
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ative vision, this play will mark a memorable return to the stage for the company, which will continue its season through the spring of 2024 with two additional productions (Blues for an Alabama Sky and Clyde’s). For tickets, visit detroit publictheatre.org.
HALLOWEEN Spooky must-sees
donuts and cider (for the adults, spiked cider). This event happens over 16 nights, with all of them sure to sell out, so get tickets early. On the other side of the spooky spectrum is an event that sounds like the beginning of a Goosebumpsbook. It’s the seventh annual Movie in the Cemetery fundraiser at the historic Redford Cemetery (Oct. 14). This year’s films are Corpse Bride, at 7:30 p.m., and Friday the 13th, at 10:15 p.m. Guests will enter through the main gate (which is only open on this day) and proceed down a candlelit path to the viewing area. Proceeds go toward preserving Redford Township’s history.
For Hallowe’en in Greenfield Village, go to thehenryford.org. Find Movie in the Cemetery information on Eventbrite.
MUSEUMS
rolled off the line here with free Model T rides, plus food and music that works for the whole family. If you’re a fan of the Henry Ford Museum, you’ll adore the smallyet-mighty Ford Piquette Avenue Plant. Visit fordpiquetteplant.org for more information.
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SEPT. 30-OCT. 28
ART
FRIDAYS, SATURDAYS, AND SUNDAYS THROUGH OCTOBER RECREATION
Impressions: The Palette and Brush Club: View fine-art paintings from members of the Palette and Brush Club, a group of southeastern Michigan artists, at this monthlong installment at the Northville Art House. In addition to its twice-yearly exhibitions, the club holds monthly artwork juries, online studio sessions, and friendly critique discussions. It also supports scholarship funds for promising young artists in metro Detroit. The exhibition will kick o with a reception on Sept. 30 at 1 p.m. No cost. Northville Art House, Northville; northvillearthouse.org
OCT. 1
MUSIC
Måneskin: This Italian poprock four-piece launched to international fame after winning the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest for its guitar-laden track “Zitti e Buoni.” Since then, the band has sold millions of records, accumulated billions of streams, and even garnered a nomination for best new artist at the 2023 Grammy Awards. The band will play tracks from
its latest album, Rush!, when it makes a stop at the Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre this month. $35+. Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre, Sterling Heights; 313presents.com
OCT. 4
MUSIC
Playboi Carti: The Georgiabased rapper first broke through in 2017 with his singles “Magnolia” and “Wokeuplikethis.” Known for eschewing typical lyrical structure in favor of flow and atmosphere, Carti delivers a sound characterized by frenetic energy and high-pitched vocals with unclear pronunciations. Carti will receive support from his Opium label signees Homixide Gang, Ken Carson, and Destroy Lonely on the inter-
MUSIC
A bounty of live shows to fill out autumn in Detroit
If you’re like me, as you’ve gotten older you’ve gotten pickier about what bands you’ll go see live. This October, however, I’ll be tying up comfortable
national Antagonist tour this fall. $44+. Little Caesars Arena, Detroit; 313presents.com
OCT. 5
MUSIC
John Raymond and S. Carey: After meeting at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire nearly 20 years ago, musicians John Raymond and S. Carey took different career paths: Carey went on to collaborate with some of folk’s biggest figures, including Bon Iver, Su an Stevens, and Low, while Raymond blossomed into a Grammy Awardnominated jazz composer and trumpeter. The pair reunited in 2019 to record their new collaboration, Shadowlands a genre-defying album that combines Raymond’s penchant
Highlighting a piece of history you’ve likely forgotten
gins and Timothy Christian Riley for the first time in 25 years, treating audiences to live renditions of classic R&B hits like “Feels Good,” “Anniversary,” and “It Never Rains (in Southern California).” Fans will also hear selections from Saadiq’s solo albums as well as new, yet-tobe-released songs. $55+. Fox Theatre, Detroit; 313presents. com
OCT. 15
MUSIC
will feature comedians Corey Holcomb, Lil Duval, Bruce Bruce, Tony Rock, Blaq Ron, and Bubba Dub. $69+. Fox Theatre, Detroit; 313presents.com
OCT. 21-22
DANCE
Dance Theatre of Harlem:
shoes and soaking up the scene because there’s an absolutely stacked schedule ahead. Let’s start with Little Dragon (Oct. 8 at Saint Andrew’s Hall), the Swedish electro-pop band that released one of their best albums this year with Slugs of Love. Altcountry stalwarts Band of Horses (Oct. 11 at Royal Oak Music Theatre) haven’t branched out much since their dynamic 2006 debut, Everything All the Time (which features the hit song “The Funeral”), but their live show is when they are at their absolute authentic
best. A pair of shows at El Club caught my ear, too, as Chicago punk/new-wave trio Dehd returns (Oct. 18) and Cameroonian American singersongwriter Vagabon takes the stage (Oct. 21). And if you’re wondering if 1960s British legacy band The Zombies can still bring it live, rest assured that they absolutely can and will when they return to the Royal Oak Music Theatre on Oct. 18. It should be noted that all of
these venues have never sounded better. The massive corporate live music promoters booking them (Live Nation Entertainment and AEG) continue to pump money into these music halls to improve facilities and sound as part of the never-ending battle to get our increasingly hard-earned disposable income.
Ryan Patrick Hooper is the host of CultureShift on 101.9 WDET, Detroit’s NPR station (weekdays from noon to 2 p.m.).
for improvisation with Carey’s warm, atmospheric sound. Hear the stunning tracks live when the pair stop at The Ark for an intimate performance this month. $25. The Ark, Ann Arbor; theark.org
OCT. 11
MUSIC
Band of Horses: Formed in 2004 by singer-songwriter Ben Bridwell, this Seattle-based indie rock mainstay is best known for its 2010 album Infinite Arms, which garnered the band a Grammy Award nomination for best alternative album. Fans can expect to hear tracks from the group’s latest release, 2021’s Things Are Great along with beloved back-catalog songs like “The Funeral” and
“No One’s Gonna Love You.”
$39+. Royal Oak Music Theatre, Royal Oak; royaloakmusictheatre.com
OCT. 12
COMEDY
Jimmy Carr: Known for his searing deadpan one-liners that often hit nerves, BritishIrish comedian and actor Jimmy Carr first began his career in the late ’90s as the host of several popular U.K. television shows, including 8 Out of 10 Cats and The Big Fat Quiz of the Year. Since then, he’s appeared on numerous Comedy Central shows and has released three Netflix stand-up specials. His most recent, 2021’s His Dark Material, was
simultaneously lauded and lambasted for its controversial topics. $48+. The Fillmore, Detroit; livenation.com
OCT. 13
MUSIC
Eagles: One of rock’s biggest acts says farewell to its more than 50-year career as the Don Henley-led five-piece heads out on its last-ever headlining tour. Touting six Grammy Awards, 200 million records sold, and five No. 1 singles, the Eagles
are commonly regarded as one of the best and most enduring American rock bands of all time. Enjoy a smattering of hits from the band’s rich body of work, including “Hotel California,” “Heartache Tonight,” and “One of These Nights,” when the band stops at Little Caesars Arena with support from jazz-rock legends Steely Dan. $350+. Little Caesars Arena, Detroit; 313presents.com
OCT. 13
MUSIC
Raphael Saadiq: This R&B singer, songwriter, and multiinstrumentalist rose to fame as one-third of the multiplatinumselling group Tony! Toni! Toné! On this tour, Saadiq will reunite with bandmates D’Wayne Wig-
Nick Cave: Known for his distinctive baritone voice and a lyrical fixation on death and love, Australian singer-songwriter Nick Cave continues to pump out emotionally charged music at the age of 65, both as a solo performer and as front man of his band, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. His most recent release, 2021’s Carnage, is a collaboration with composer and Bad Seeds bandmate Warren Ellis. $89+. Masonic Cathedral Theatre, Detroit; axs.com
OCT. 19
COMEDY
Russell Howard: Widely known in the U.K. for his BBC show Russell Howard’s Good News and his Sky Max series
The Russell Howard Hour, this English comedian, actor, and presenter was named as one of the world’s top comedians by The Sunday Times. Howard blends biting political commentary with observational comedy, citing comedic greats such as Lee Evans and Richard Pryor as his greatest influences. $39+. Saint Andrew’s Hall, Detroit; livenation.com
OCT. 20
THEATER
Disney Junior Live on Tour: Costume Palooza: Join Mickey, Minnie, and all their Disney friends for a costume party at this new interactive stage show. Featuring singing, dancing, 3D e ects, and jaw-dropping acrobatics from world-renowned acrobatic director John Brady, the production highlights characters from Marvel’s Spidey and His Amazing Friends along with other beloved Disney Junior shows. Costumes are encouraged. $20+. Fox Theatre, Detroit; 313presents.com
OCT. 21
COMEDY
All-Star Comedy Festival: Presented by radio station 97.9 WJLB, this year’s edition of this annual Sweetest Day tradition
After making history as the first African American principal dancer of New York City Ballet, Arthur Mitchell went on to found this classical ballet company and school in the borough in which he came of age. Fifty-four years later, Dance Theatre of Harlem is an internationally acclaimed dance institution, having performed in 44 states and 40 countries on six continents. The Detroit premiere of Robert Garland’s Return is part of the program.
In addition to being a renowned choreographer, Garland was recently named the company’s new artistic director, only the second in its history. Cost TBA. Detroit Opera House, Detroit; detroitopera.org
OCT. 25
MUSIC
Lil Uzi Vert: This Philadelphiaborn rapper, singer, and songwriter first received mainstream attention with the release of their debut single, “Money Longer,” in 2016. Vert will tour in support of their new album, Pink Tape which blends elements of hiphop, punk, metal, and rap and features the single “Just Wanna Rock.” $93+. Fox Theatre, Detroit; 313presents.com
OCT. 28-29
ART
A2 Artoberfest: View works by 100 jury-selected artists at this outdoor fair on Ann Street and North Fourth Avenue in downtown Ann Arbor. Guests can browse jewelry, paintings, ceramics, fiber art, and more while enjoying live entertainment and a selection of food and beverage vendors. A children’s activity area o ers kids a chance to paint and decorate their own succulent pot. No cost. Downtown Ann Arbor; theguild.org
BECAUSE A FRIEND across the hall my freshman year (’89-90) was both a film studies major and a member of the University of Michigan’s hallowed Cinema Guild, I saw a lot of cultish, foreign, and off-the-beaten-path movies on campus.
And classic flicks at the lavish Michigan Theater.
And newer offerings at the State, the nowdefunct Ann Arbor 1 & 2 (where I relished ordering an Afternoon Delight muffin), and Tree Town’s far-flung multiplexes.
So although the VHS revolution was underway and campus film groups were on the downslide, I may nonetheless be among the ideal readers for Frank Uhle’s book, Cinema Ann Arbor: How Campus Rebels Forged a Singular Film Culture, published earlier this year and a recent recipient of a Michigan State History Award from the Historical Society of Michigan.
The book traces film’s first forays into U-M’s campus life; its heyday, by way of ludicrously active (read: seven nights per week of programming) student film societies; the consequent rise of the Ann Arbor Film Festival, local filmmaker culture, and U-M’s (late to the party) film department and archive; and finally, the painfully slow demise of campus film groups.
If this sounds a little inside baseball to you, well, you’re not wrong. But for those who enjoy the occasional trip down a very specific rabbit hole, this exhaustively researched and thoughtfully structured exploration of Ann Arbor film culture will likely satisfy.
As Uhle explains in his introduction, the seed for his book was planted while he was researching a small project that would be part of U-M’s big bicentennial celebration in 2017: “I began finding interesting documents from the film societies themselves, … but when I opened a folder of yellowed clippings marked ‘Moving Pictures,’ I was genuinely shocked to discover that their history stretched back further than I ever imagined. The collected newspaper articles, ads, and bits of ephemera were from a group called Art Cinema League, which had been launched in 1932.”
Yes, in a time when film wasn’t yet considered a serious art form, a female U-M graduate (1922), Amy Loomis, was charged with planning events for the performance space at the Michigan League (i.e., Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre) and decided to start showing art films. This led to the
Local historian Frank Uhle takes a deep dive into the rise and sort-of fall of U-M’s film societies
BY JENN MCKEEThe whole affair ultimately ended with a whimper, and the door to porn-ish films occasionally being screened on campus was thus nudged open.
Meanwhile, at around this time, Andy Warhol and The Velvet Underground returned to Ann Arbor for a second performance (following one at the film festival two years earlier), and just a bit further down the road, big-name filmmakers like Frank Capra, Jean Luc-Godard, Robert Altman, and Samuel Fuller visited U-M’s campus.
But Cinema Ann Arbor also covers squabbles among film presenters; occasional grift; how politics and music intersected with the local film culture; the impact of local commercial theaters as they adapted to the changing times; and the videocassette as a nail in the film groups’ collective coffin.
That Uhle covers so much ground in depth, in a way that keeps the material clear, is an achievement in itself.
My one quibble with Cinema Ann Arbor is that it ends with the sad, wistful demise of student film groups in the mid-aughts.
While this might feel like a natural end point given much of the book’s focus, it was hardly the end of Ann Arbor’s fervent film culture. Indeed, in 2007, the Ann Arbor Film Festival went head-to-head with a Michigan politician who argued that state funding should be blocked for three years because the fest showed “pornography” (sound familiar?).
formation of Art Cinema League, which would later become Cinema Guild.
Though Cinema Guild (and other student film groups that launched later) flourished on campus, particularly in the ’60s and ’70s, it also sometimes courted local controversy. In 1967, for instance, the group’s attempt to screen a 43-minute experimental film called Flaming Creatures resulted in a police showdown, a 100-person march and sit-in, and three students and their adviser being charged with showing an “obscene, lewd, filthy, and indecent motion picture.”
The Michigan Theater’s leadership, over the years, cultivated such a strong relationship with the Sundance Film Festival that longtime Michigan Theater Foundation CEO (and U-M grad) Russ Collins founded and led a national conference in partnership with Sundance called Art House Convergence. And the art deco State Theatre, purchased by the Michigan Theater in 2014 (and originally built in 1942), was fully renovated and reopened for business in December 2017.
While these institutions may not have direct ties with the campus film societies that once made Ann Arbor a film lover’s dream, I’d nonetheless argue that their continued survival and longevity owe no small debt to the communal excitement those groups once planted and then nurtured into future generations.
I mean, it’s probably not merely a coincidence that Ann Arbor is still, to this day, one of my favorite places to see a movie.
Get into the spirit of spooky season with a visit to one of these (allegedly) haunted locations in the Midwest
BY CHRISTINA CLARKWITH A RICH HISTORY that dates back more than 320 years, the city of Detroit has more than its fair share of locations that are said to be haunted. But what about the terrifying tales outside of the city — in other areas of Michigan or even farther out in the Midwest? Here, we explore the lore (and history!) of some of the most haunted places in the region, plus five of the spookiest places in Detroit.
From a furniture store that once served as a morgue to a battlefield Downriver, these are some of the places where specters hang out in the Mitten State.
Approved by the Legislature in 1838, Michigan’s First State Prison was originally erected as a temporary wooden building enclosed by a fence of tamarack poles before its permanent structure was built in 1842. In its heyday, it was the largest walled prison in the world, sitting on a lot of about 60 acres and housing some 2,000-plus prisoners, including members of the notorious Purple Gang.
The prison, which used inmates for cheap labor, had its fair share of harsh punishments and dark historical moments, most notably the 1912 riot, which lasted six days and took the lives of four prisoners and two guards.
The prison shuttered in 1934. Today, the building serves as Armory Arts Village, a residential artists’ community. Visitors claim to have seen apparitions and heard screams and moans along with doors slamming and banging. Some even claim to have been touched by an unseen presence. Book a tour at historicprisontours.com.
The Holly Hotel, originally known as the Hirst House, was built in 1891 as a railroad hotel that catered to passengers and railroad workers on the 25 trains that passed through the area on any given day. Brawls were so common around the hotel that Martha Street, which is where the hotel is located, was and still is called “Battle Alley.”
In 1913, the hotel had its first of four fires, with the second happening a year later and the third occurring exactly 65 years to the day and hour from the first. The building was damaged by fire again in 2022 and is currently being restored.
Those brave enough to visit the Holly Hotel may experience strange happenings, including the smell of cigar smoke, which is largely attributed to the spirit of the original owner, John Hirst, who died in the 1920s; the scent of flowery perfume; and the sounds of disembodied voices. Guests also claim to see the ghosts of hostess Nora Kane, two young girls, and the Hirsts’ dog. One woman also claimed to see a Native American with no feet, but no other reports of this apparition have been made. For more information, visit hollyhotel.com.
LAKE HURON
From a student called Harvey who either was murdered or died by suicide (no one really knows) to three soldiers inside Fort Holmes, inhabitants of a Native American burial ground, victims of witch trials, and a young girl named Lucy, this popular Michigan vacation destination, which was voted the most haunted small town in America on The Shadowlands Haunted Places Index, has no shortage of alleged spectral residents.
The ghosts of Mackinac Island are said not to be menacing, but there is said to be an “evil entity” that appears as a black mass with red eyes at the Grand Hotel. Other reports include orbs, deep feelings of sadness, phantom limbs, babies crying, ghost children, being touched, and more.
Book a Haunts of Mackinac tour at mackinacisland.org.
The Battles of the River Raisin, also known as the Battles of Frenchtown, which together were one of the “largest and bloodiest” battles of the War of 1812, took place in southeastern Michigan, in what is now Monroe. During this battle, American troops surrendered to the British. Those uninjured were led away, but the injured and dying were left behind to be killed in a surprise attack by Native Americans. More than 500 soldiers died.
Today, the battlefield is a national park — one of only two in the Lower Peninsula — where visitors say they can hear screaming and see apparitions of soldiers, glowing lights, and orbs.
Learn more at nps.gov/rira.
The building on South Front Street in Marquette that currently houses the Chocolay River Trading Co. furniture store and Elizabeth’s Chop House was once the space of the H.R. Oates furniture store, which also served as an undertaker’s parlor and morgue.
The basement is where the bodies were embalmed or, in the winter months, stored until warm weather rolled in. Employees say they have seen the ghost of a woman who, as the story goes, was mistakenly thought to be dead and suffocated in a coffin. She’s often heard saying something along the lines of “Let me out.”
Flickering lights, the sound of a baby crying, doors closing on their own, and moving objects have also been reported.
Holding over 2,000 inmates in its heyday, Michigan’s first state prison was the backdrop for dark historical moments including the 1912 riot, which raged on for six days and resulted in six casualties.
No list of Michigan or Midwest haunted locations would be complete without the mention of Eloise Asylum. The building’s history dates to 1839, when it opened as the Wayne County Poor House before expanding into a psychiatric hospital that would grow to include 75 buildings on just over 900 acres. At the height of its operations in the 1920s, the hospital housed 10,000 patients and employed 2,000 staff members. A cemetery operated on the grounds from 1910 to 1948 and became the final resting place for some 7,100 patients who died at the hospital and whose remains were unclaimed by family or friends.
Since closing in 1984, people have reported otherworldly occurrences including the ghost of a woman in white, moaning, screams, and roars. Some also claim to have found jars containing human body parts and evidence of strange medical procedures.
In 2021, Eloise Asylum reopened as a Halloween attraction that offers escape rooms, a haunted experience, history tours, and paranormal investigations.
Visit eloiseasylum.com to book a tour.
Three of Door County’s 11 lighthouses are said to be haunted. Visitors have reported apparitions, footsteps, and the sounds of moaning and teacups clinking.
Looking to learn about ghost stories outside of Michigan? Check out the post office built on the land of the H.H. Holmes “murder castle,” a train station that saw a massacre, and more.
It’s been more than 100 years since an unknown killer broke into this old white-frame home in the middle of the night in 1912 and bludgeoned prominent businessman Josiah Moore; his wife, Sarah; and their four children with an ax as they slept.
Today, a weather-worn sign greets those visiting the Murder House for day or night tours and overnight stays. Paranormal investigators, including Zak Bagans of Ghost Adventures have reported everything from children’s voices to falling lamps and flying objects.
To book your tour, visit villiscaiowa.com.
Herman Webster Mudgett, aka H.H. Holmes, is known as America’s first documented serial killer. He confessed to 27 murders but may have taken the lives of as many as 200 people though that number has been debated by historians.
Most of his murders took place inside his “murder castle,” which he built in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago and was completed in 1892. A year later, Holmes was promoting the castle as a place to stay during the World’s Fair — an event he may have used as a hunting ground. The sinister building was said to have been a “labyrinth” of booby traps, soundproof rooms, secret passages, trapdoors, acid vats, gas chambers, and other heinous features.
Holmes was hanged for his crimes in 1896. His castle was gutted by a fire in 1895 and demolished in 1938 before being replaced by the Englewood branch of the U.S. Postal Service, where ghost hunters claim to have experienced ghostly figures in the basement, in the area where many of the murders were said to have taken place, and unusual noises and screams.
While the post office does not officially acknowledge the history of the land it sits on, there are walking tours that will take you by it.
Book a tour with American Ghost Walks, which will take you to
a variety of haunted locations in Chicago, at americanghostwalks. com. To read a historical nonfiction account of the crimes, check out Erik Larson’s The Devil in the White City.
Construction on this train station was completed by 1914, and by 1917, during World War I, the station had up to 79,000 trains passing through each year. Fast-forward to 1933, and the station’s history gets bloody with the Union Station Massacre, when convicted mobster Frank Nash and four law enforcement officers were killed during a shootout.
In 1972, the station was added to the National Register of Historic Places, and it’s now home to a science center, planetarium, movie theater, and more. Guests are invited to explore the historic space free of charge and potentially experience paranormal activity, including a lady in white and a well-dressed man. Some even claim to have seen the ghost of Frank Nash himself. Learn more about Kansas City Union Station at unionstation.org.
The Akron Civic Theatre is an “atmospheric theater” (a type of theater that mimicked European theaters) built in 1929 that still operates today — and legend has it that not all its patrons are from this world.
Among the ghost stories are those of a longtime janitor who gets upset if anyone messes up the bathroom, a man dressed in his best sitting in the balcony, and a young girl who walks along the canal behind the theater. A feeling of sadness and despair in the basement has also been reported. Visit akroncivic.com for more information.
Door County, Wisconsin, has 11 lighthouses, some of which have been guiding ships to safety since as far back as the 1800s. Three of them — Sherwood Point, Chambers Island, and Pottawatomie — are said to be haunted, with reports of apparitions, footsteps, and inexplicable noises like moaning and teacups clinking.
Learn more about Door County’s lighthouses and how you can visit them at doorcounty.com.
The Holly Hotel had the first of its four fires in 1913, with the second occurring a year later. The third fire came exactly 65 years later to the day and hour — from the first. The building was damaged by a fourth fire last year and is currently being restored.
Looking for spooks and specters that stalk the Motor City? Visit one of these haunts in Detroit proper.
The Masonic Temple
Originally built in 1926 as the largest Masonic temple in the world, Detroit’s Masonic Temple is said to be haunted by its original architect, George D. Mason.
Legend has it that Mason went bankrupt financing the construction of the temple and threw himself from its roof. According to the Detroit Historical Society, this story is untrue and Mason died in 1948 at his home on Grand Boulevard. But that doesn’t stop the reports of Mason’s ghost climbing the stairs, closing windows, and stealing and hiding things. themasonic.com
The Whitney
This extravagant historic mansion, which was built in 1894, was once the home of lumber baron David Whitney and now operates as an upscale restaurant.
Over the years, the mansion has seen its fair share of tragedy, including the deaths of David Whitney and his first wife, Flora. It was also once a tuberculosis ward and may have witnessed the deaths of some of those patients.
Guests and staff of The Whitney have reported several strange occurrences, including apparitions and disembodied voices, sobbing in the women’s third-floor bathroom, things moving on their own, the elevator traveling between floors without explanation, and unexplained coughing. thewhitney.com
Prior to construction of the star fort in 1842, the 83-acre site of Historic Fort Wayne was a landmark for Native Americans with around 19 burial mounds dating from
1000 B.C. to A.D. 1600 — one of which is still on-site.
The grounds of the fort had many purposes over its history, including serving as a training ground for soldiers during the Civil War and providing housing for African American troops in World War I, and were the site of the signing of the Treaty of Springwells, which officially ended the War of 1812 along with “hostilities between the U.S. and the assembled Native Nations,” according to the National Park Service.
Michigan Ghost Watchers reports that approximately 1,500 soldiers died at the site and that visitors have reported everything from footsteps and voices to apparitions and moving items. historicfortwayne.org
Two Way Inn
Detroit’s oldest bar dates all the way back to 1876 and has served as many different establishments, including an inn, a general store, a jail, a dentist’s office, and possibly a brothel.
Those who frequent the bar say that they’ve seen a young boy, perhaps the son of the dentist, and a lady in white, who may be the daughter of Civil War veteran Col. Philetus Norris, who built the bar. Others claim to see a cowboy who may have stayed at, and died in, the inn. 2wayinn.com
This speakeasy-turnedBelgian bar opened in 1933 and is one of the few places that hosts feather bowling outside of Belgium.
The former owner of the bar believes the Cadieux Cafe is haunted by the spirits of her mother, the matron of the cafe, who sits at a table near the bar area, and her husband, who has been known to frequent the basement. Other reports include a man that “freaks people out” as he enters the door and objects moving on their own. cadieuxcafe.com
Wright’s first job out of high school was at WQON, a rock station in Grayling. He worked in radio nearly 20 years before becoming an author full time.
FOR MANY MICHIGANDERS who attended elementary school in the early aughts, Johnathan Rand’s Michigan and American Chillers book series were a ubiquitous part of childhood. Each book was written from the point of view of a kid your age and involved something scary happening in a place you knew. They had alliterative titles like Dinosaurs Destroy Detroit and Gruesome Ghouls of Grand Rapids
Chapters ended with gnawing urgency, sometimes, perhaps, overpromising on what might actually happen on the next page (“What I was about to find was worse than anything I could have possibly imagined …”).
The first Michigan Chillers title, Mayhem on Mackinac Island, came out in 2000. Previously, author Chris Wright, who was born in Pontiac, grew up in Grayling, and currently lives in Topinabee in Cheboygan County, had written three adult novels as “Christopher Knight.” He wanted a new pen name to differentiate his children’s books, something short and memorable. At the time, he was reading Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand’s lengthy magnum opus. The novel’s central figure is John Galt, whom she describes as a “self-made man, selfmade in every sense.” Wright came up with “John Rand,” which later became “Johnathan Rand.”
Wright’s entrance into the horror-set-inMichigan genre came in the mid-’90s when he was working in radio advertising, writing and recording spots from his home studio. He was waiting for his first novel, The Laurentian Channel (which he finished in 1995), to be published and pitched another idea to publishers. He wanted to do an audiobook-only release called St. Helena, a horror story about a family living in a real-life lighthouse 10 miles west of Mackinac Island. Publishers all shot it down. He began to feel “disenchanted” with the publishing industry, but not discouraged.
At his studio, Wright recorded the entire thing. Then, in 1997, he founded his own company to publish it: AudioCraft Publishing Inc. “[Publishers have] a lot of control in marketing and other avenues, which I felt I could do better,” Wright says. “My background was marketing and commercials. … I put that to work when I started self-publishing.”
The following year, he released St. Helena in paper form and a second book, Ferocity, a Jawsesque tale of a killer fish in Mullett Lake.
After printing Michigan Chillers, Wright needed his books on shelves. He sent hundreds of samples to booksellers around the state, but no one replied. So, he considered his options. He lived half an hour south of the Mackinac Island ferries and right off I-75 — a major artery for summer tourist traffic.
While not every tourist was likely to visit a bookstore as they passed through, there was a good chance that they would need to stop at a
Meet the man behind the series that has kept Michigan kids awake at night for generations
BY JACK THOMAS | PHOTO BY BRAD ZIEGLER
local gas station, restaurant, or hotel. He handed each owner a small stack to sell. Many were skeptical, but Wright was insistent. He set up a profit-splitting system and offered them a copy if none sold. It worked — soon, the businesses began calling, asking him to restock. And the Chillers books started circulating downstate.
“In [places like] Farmington, … [a] mom and dad would take their kid to the bookstore and say, ‘Hey, my son needs this next book; he really liked this one,’” Wright says. “It forced a lot of the bookstores to look at my books.”
Eventually, the books became available at large booksellers and libraries across the state. Teachers invited him to speak in their classrooms. By October 2000, Wright and his wife, Boots, became so occupied that they both quit their day jobs.
The following year, Wright published eight more Michigan Chillers books. His first title of the American Chillers series, The Michigan MegaMonsters, was published in December 2001. To date, he’s sold nearly 7 million copies of his books.
Wright turns 59 next month. He and Boots live with their three dogs close to Chillermania,
their store in Indian River that sells exclusively Johnathan Rand/Christopher Knight books and merchandise. The couple also founded a summer camp for young writers called Johnathan Rand’s Author Quest International and run the Northern Michigan Animal Rescue Network, a nonprofit dedicated to the well-being of pets.
He still writes most mornings and travels frequently to speaking engagements — about 100 a year — in his “Chiller Van.” “There will be a lineup of kids waiting to see him,” says Michal Jacot, a longtime friend and collaborator who first met the author during an appearance at his children’s school in Tawas. “He talks one-on-one with them. I’ve seen him talk with kids who are so shy, they barely talk to anyone. And he’ll bring them right out of their shell.”
Wright is known to answer fan mail, and after all these years, the words “I love your books” still mean the world to him.
“I don’t take it for granted,” Wright says. “I really appreciate it. I’m so thrilled. [A kid] could say, ‘I really like Goosebumps.’ Hey, I’m thrilled about that, too. If you found something at that age and you love it, that’s great.”
In their debut cookbook, Detroit chef Jon Kung shares their recipes and inspirations p. 136
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS ’ “bee-loud glade” might have been on the lake island of Innisfree in Ireland, but his desire for a simpler life of sustenance from the land rings equally true today in Michigan. And Yeats’ bees are equally valued here: Michigan produces more than 3 million pounds of honey per year, ranking the state ninth in the country.
The state’s abundant and diverse agricultural products make Michigan an ideal place to collect honey. Michigan’s enthusiastic professional and hobbyist beekeepers prize Michigan honey for its varied flavors, from wildflowers to pine nuts to peaches, plums, and cherries. And, thanks to that biodiversity, Michigan mead is a unique and beloved drink that brings with it the taste of summer and fall harvests.
Mead is one of the oldest alcoholic beverages in the world, made from three ingredients: water, honey, and yeast. Celebrated in ancient Greece, lauded in the Norse Eddas, and memorialized in Irish poetry, mead has been around for thousands of years, and its historical origins have led many to believe it’s an antiquated drink. Patrick Jobst is a sommelier and the beverage director at the Book Tower restaurants. He has a personal connection to mead as well: His grandfather spent his life moving his hives of honeybees between Texas and South Dakota, selling his products to mead producers.
One misconception that Jobst encounters is that mead is “this sort of stiff drink that Vikings drank,” thanks in part to the popularity of TV
shows about Vikings and fantasy shows like Game of Thrones. Instead, Jobst says, mead is “actually very friendly to someone who is maybe not well versed in the alcoholic world” because it’s made from friendly-sounding ingredients. “Mead’s sort of built-in marketing with what it’s made of makes it naturally approachable.”
According to Kerri Dahlhofer, co-founder and co-owner of Ferndale’s B. Nektar meadery, another misconception is that “mead is always sweet — but that is not the case. We have dry meads, semidry meads, sweet-tart meads, spicy meads, and, of course, sweet meads. There’s a place for all of them depending on your taste.” And she should know: B. Nektar is the largest meadery in the United States.
Michigan is a haven for mead, with Ferndalebased Schramm’s Mead joining B. Nektar as a top producer. Other Michigan meaderies, like Grand Rapids’ Arktos, which produces mead from wildflower-pollinating bees, cultivate the state’s abundance of meadows and fruit orchards to create locally sourced drinks that are naturally gluten-free.
Jobst believes it’s that very local connection that makes mead so popular with Michigan customers. “Honey is very particular to the place the bees come from, based on where the bees are gathering pollen,” he says.
In wine production, terroir describes the way that the soil composition, climate, and topographic features affect a given wine. For mead,
Book Tower’s sommelier and beverage director Patrick Jobst says mead’s consumer-friendly ingredients make it an approachable option for drinkers.
that concept of terroir might factor in the types of plants each honeybee draws pollen from, as well as the time of year the honey was harvested (later harvesting often means a higher sugar concentration).
Mead comes in a wide range of flavor profiles, from sweet and concentrated dessert drinks to tart and fruity cider-mead combos to bone-dry meads with no residual sugar. Its staggering variety allows it to suit anyone’s palate, from hoppy IPA lovers to connoisseurs of alpine wines. The alcohol content of mead, too, varies widely, from around 3.5 percent all the way up to 20 percent for an extra-honeyed sack mead. It can also incorporate additions, like cherries, raspberries, peppercorns, and other spices. Barrel-aged mead is especially popular at the Michigan Brewers Guild’s Detroit Fall Beer Festival, held each October in Eastern Market. This year’s is on Saturday, Oct. 28. There, breweries and meaderies offer guests a chance to sample mead aged in barrels that once held rye, bourbon, Chianti, rum, or stout.
As Michigan drinkers become more adventurous in their choices, mead can hold a place in any wine or beer collection. Mead’s local sourcing and flavor profiles highlight the state’s bountiful harvests. Says Jobst, “Michigan just has a lot of great producers that are making some of the best meads — not just in the country, but I think in the world. Similar to how Napa has a great wine culture, we actually have a small but excellent mead culture in Michigan.”
RESTAURANT REVIEW
The team behind Besa and Tallulah Wine Bar and Bistro brings another stylish hot spot to Birmingham
BY DOROTHY HERNANDEZ
IN ALBANIAN mythology and folklore, the zana is a mountain fairy. Stepping into Zana in Birmingham, you feel like you have been whisked away to a dreamy landscape fit for such a dreamy creature. Various shades of green wash over the 10,000-square-foot restaurant, from the mintygreen barstools and brilliant emerald-green booths to the lush greenery and foliage throughout the vast space. Soft lighting from the globe ceiling fixtures and candlelight add a magical quality, evoking a garden party.
Zana is indeed a sumptuous feast for the eyes, but does the food match up to the impressive visuals? On our visits to one of the latest additions to Birmingham’s busy dining scene, we found — despite a few misses — plenty of hits for this nearly year-old restaurant. The biggest surprise is that the dishes you think would wow you are fine and the deceptively simple ones cast a spell.
The wide-ranging yet brief menu roams through Europe and the Mediterranean (with a quick trip to the Middle East) before finding its way to America, with interpretations on dishes like lobster en croute with bearnaise, grilled branzino with a chermoula crunch, and a wedge salad with bacon lardons, Point Reyes blue cheese, and herb buttermilk.
The menu changes seasonally and even more frequently than that; our visits were a couple of weeks apart, and in that time there were a couple of new additions to the shared-plates offerings and a new pasta. A scroll through TikTok reveals that a popular dish of Spicy Pig Pasta offered during the colder months is nowhere to be found, now replaced by a summer truffle gemelli with local pea shoots, lemon butter, farm egg, and Parmesan crumb.
The shared-plates menu is a mix of standards like oysters and steak tartare with a few dishes with a Mediterranean spin, such as lamb and beef arayes (stuffed pitas), which caught our eye. While steak tartares are a dime a dozen, Zana’s version, with herb-roasted tomato, capers, and
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fresh thyme, typifies the restaurant’s aesthetic approach. It’s served with a side of showmanship as the server dramatically removes the dome to let the wisps of smoke escape at your table. We would have liked just a touch more smokiness to accentuate the bright capers and the savory tomato, but the presentation delivered the “wow” factor.
Another standout on the sharedplates menu that shows off Zana’s artistic side is the simple and elegant figs and farm cheese. Layers of serrano ham and fresh figs are shingled on top of a bed of creamy fresh cheese liberally spread over a piece of grilled semolina toast. A drizzle of sumac honey marries the savory and sweet notes. While it is beautiful to look at, it’s messy to eat, but we didn’t mind as we polished off the plate.
Our server suggested the Village among the four salad offerings, which included gazpacho, baby spinach, and the aforementioned wedge. And while we were tempted by the last because it sounded like a BLT (never a bad idea), we were glad we listened. Zana does Mediterranean flavor profiles, such as the hearty Village with roasted red pepper, tomato, cucumber, olive, and Bulgarian feta, particularly well.
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Service is friendly; a server was so excited when we ordered the lamb and beef arayes at her suggestion that she came back to ask how they were and offered to cut them up and serve us, which wasn’t necessary, but the energy was infectious. I was also happy with the Cabernet recommendation I received for the halibut. While white wine conventionally goes with fish, the server could see I’d rather have red and expertly matched my affinity for more acidity to the perfect wine choice.
The servers we had also did not overpromise on anything, and that candidness is always appreciated. On one visit, our server wasn’t too excited about the Amish chicken when we asked about it. She shrugged it off, saying, “It’s chicken,” but that’s exactly why I get the chicken dish in a restaurant: I think it’s a good gauge of the kitchen’s skill. Bill Addison, who was Eater’s national restaurant critic at the time and is now with the Los Angeles Times,
told Bon Appétit a few years ago to think of chicken dishes as “a litmus test. If a restaurant nails the chicken, you can trust they are going to nail everything else,” and I share that philosophy. Does Zana pass the test? It could have used a touch more salt to amplify the seasoning to make the chicken the best version of itself, but the maitake mushrooms and silky sunflower polenta that accompanied it were the stars of the plate.
One entree that did not lack in flavor was the lamb chops, which are served double cut, with amba (a tangy mango sauce) yogurt, blistered Campari tomato, and olive oil. The chops were seared to crisp-on-the-outside, tender-on-the-inside perfection, and the accompanying flavors were simpatico with the richness of the lamb.
For the sides, we tried the fries and added the truffles. The fries came in a generous portion but were sadly a tad cold when they arrived at the table; the shaved truffles are unnecessary because the bold and flavorful roasted garlic aioli makes the fries worth getting.
Another standout was the zucchini, a thoughtful dish that is executed flawlessly. Planks of grilled zucchini are piled on top of whipped feta and spiked with sumac, which brings sharpness and sweetness along with lovely floral notes. For optimal flavor, drag the zucchini through a drift of the airy feta to ensure maximum coverage.
Like most of the menu, the dessert offerings are a mix of staples, such as a dark chocolate torte, and more-inspired choices. We tried the kataifi ice cream sandwich, made with a shredded phyllo dough that resembles vermicelli and a sweet, tangy, and creamy
The bar has a long list of wines and spirits, as well as creative cocktails from mixologist Anthony Escalante.
Price: $$$
Vibes: See and be seen. Great peoplewatching. We saw groups of friends, couples, double dates, ladies’ night out gatherings, and parents with their college-age kids.
Service: Friendly, knowledgeable, attentive, and accessible.
homemade frozen yogurt punctuated with pistachio and honey — it’s like frozen baklava, a fun reimagining.
The cocktail program, led by mixologist Anthony Escalante, shares the same creative flair as the food menu (the wordplay and puns in the cocktail names are either cringe or fun, depending on your type of humor). My companion was disappointed by the Daquiri Time Out, saying it was one-note, but the Lady of the Night — with Detroit City Distillery Lady of the House gin, fresh-squeezed lemon, aquafaba, English cucumber simple syrup, Dashfire hibiscus bitters, and Angostura aromatic bitters — was delicate and delightful. Aquafaba is used typically as a vegan alternative to egg whites, and in this drink it lends a wonderful lightness that makes the cocktail extremely, almost dangerously, sippable. We also liked the Bernadette, a spicy margarita with rose petal-infused blanco tequila, serrano-macerated Cointreau, lime, and a Nebbiolo float. It sounds chaotic, especially with rose petals, which for me always raise concerns of drinking perfume, but it all works well together. While the cocktail list is relatively brief, the spirits list is quite extensive and the wine list even more so. The restaurant’s dedication to wine is on display with the massive wine cabinets near the open kitchen.
One thing to know about Zana is that it’s buzzy and vibey; in other words, it’s loud when the cavernous space fills up on a busy night. When we went on a Friday, it was still relatively empty at the beginning of our meal, and by the time we left, it was popping, with most barstools and tables occupied. At several points during our meal, I had to ask my dining companion to repeat herself because I could barely hear her over the din of the room and the pulsating sounds of EDM bangers like “Higher Love” by Kygo and Whitney Houston and “The Business” by Tiësto. On another occasion, we could hear a raucous 70th birthday party in one of the private dining areas. The loudness is a sign that Zana is becoming a popular choice for a night on the town.
Located in the former The Bird & the Bread space, Zana is the third concept from Mario Camaj, who also operates Tallulah Wine Bar and Bistro in Birmingham and Besa in Detroit. With Zana, Camaj and his team have brought another vibrant hot spot to the dining scene.
Sound level: Can get very loud during busy times. Be prepared to yell or just vibe with it.
Dress code: Most people dress to impress, but if you’re dressed more casually, you should be fine.
Open: Tuesday through Sunday for dinner. There’s a Sunday menu, which is essentially the same as the regular dinner menu but includes a burger on a brioche bun with bacon, raclette cheese, tomato, and whole-grain mustard aioli. During the week, there’s happy hour from 4 to 6 p.m., and the menu offers small bites, including Wagyu meatballs and cheese and charcuterie, in addition to regular shared plates with a happy hour discount.
Reservations:
Make online at zanabham.com
Parking: Park in the street or nearby structures. Valet is also available at the nearby Daxton Hotel.
Accessibility: There is a ramp to enter the space.
CHEF AND COOKBOOK author Jon Kung has a confession to make.
“I don’t read a lot of headnotes in recipes,” says Kung, whose debut cookbook, Kung Food: Chinese American Recipes from a Third-Culture Kitchen, is being released this month.
“The types of books that I like to read are textbooks and reference books. I’m not looking for techniques. … I’m looking for explanations on chemical reactions to inform my recipes.”
Nevertheless, you’ll want to read the headnotes and all the other words in Kung’s new cookbook. The Detroit-based chef shares the signature flavors, intelligent wit, and easygoing presence that have made them a social media sensation. The prolific content creator’s cooking lessons on TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram during the early, isolating days of the COVID-19 pandemic garnered millions of likes and many millions of followers, leading to a book deal.
Kung Food takes their cuisine from screen to page. Dishes like Faygo Orange Chicken, Dan Dan Lasagna, and Thanksgiving Turkey Congee
typify their take on “third-culture” cooking, based on the idea that the culture of someone’s home is not the same as the culture of the country where someone lives or where their parents are from. The term “third-culture kid” was coined by American sociologist Ruth Useem in the 1950s to describe expat children who grow up overseas and are exposed to different cultures that coalesce. Kung is the perfect example, having been born in Hong Kong and raised in Los Angeles and Toronto.
“I wanted to distill what American Chinese food through my lens was going to be like, and obviously it was a lot more internationally focused, but still pretty rooted in what I consider to be American food.”
Kung was doing third-culture cooking as well as grinding and hustling on the Detroit food scene long before their first TikTok went viral.
Growing up in Los Angeles and Hong Kong, Kung experienced good food early thanks to dining out with their parents and attending Sunday dinners at their grandparents’ house. Kung is mostly self taught but gained professional cooking experience through gigs like a stage (internship) at Macau's Grand Lisboa hotel, and local kitchen jobs at Gold Cash Gold and Standby.
Law school brought Kung to Detroit in 2007, but the food community rooted them here as they continued to refine their cooking, inspired by nostalgia and flavors they grew up with. They would host secret pop-up dinners and dumpling-making classes at their Eastern Market studio, along with Saturday brunches (as Kung says in the book, stop asking if they’ll bring back the brunches, because “they were very illegal”). By 2014, Kung was an established chef on the popup circuit, their resume including pop-ups alongside Lady of the House chef Kate Williams. Diners in Detroit wanted more diversity, and that helped propel pop-ups like Kung Food Market Studio, with its creative take on Chinese-American food.
“Everybody was cooking more
internationally,” Kung recalls. “You’d be going to these New American restaurants and gastropubs, and it was just a bunch of mostly white male chefs, taking ingredients from all of the surrounding neighborhoods and different cultures and distilling it through their lens. And I was like, ‘Why can’t I do it through mine as a Chinese American?’”
Through the book, Kung hopes to plant that seed in other aspiring chefs looking to represent their cultures through food.
“Hopefully that could give rise to a whole different kind of American cooking where the immigrant experience is the center because the immigrant experience is the American experience,” Kung says. “And to put focus on that, to showcase not just our diversity but our proximity to each other.”
Kung Food is equal parts tongue in cheek (see the recipe for Glam Trash Cake Rangoons) and educational (e.g., “Read This Before Cooking Anything in a Wok!” offers a step-by-step guide on how to properly season and clean a wok). In the introduction, Kung writes, with typical irreverence: “Here ends the disclaimer that every POC cookbook author has to write because culturally insecure people on the Internet love to call to question their authenticity just because we don’t cook exactly the way they do, or their grandma did.”
Kung explains: “Authenticity itself in regards to food really takes our experiences into consideration and our experiences with each other and through that, I think, produces a whole different other cuisine that is truthful and vibrant.”
One headnote in particular shows what can happen when you don’t subscribe to a rigid view of what food should be. In the book, Kung describes how their chef-teacher used Jif peanut butter in her dan dan noodles with egg because this particular brand’s inherent sweetness removes the step of adding sugar to balance the sauce.
“I don’t make my dan dan noodles with Jif as they did there,” Kung writes. “But it was an important lesson to me in putting recipes on pedestals. … Sometimes, being clever and pragmatic is the most ‘authentic’ way to make anything.”
The second-to-last chapter, “Kung Foo Means ‘with Effort,’” features popular recipes like Hong Kong Style Chicken and Waffles. Kung hopes readers will cook the basic recipes and proceed to find their own signature dishes, as Kung did, taking inspiration from other dishes and techniques and putting their own spin on them.
“I really would love to be tagged in someone’s Instagram post where somebody was like, ‘I took your chili oil, and I made something really different with it.’ That is something that bridges our structures together. That’s the whole thesis of this book: Here are some basic flavor profiles that I have grown up with. And the rest of the book is an example of what you can do with it.”
“I was well into my 30s before trying the orange chicken from Panda Express,” Kung says in their book. This led the chef to researching this iconic dish. “Orange chicken seems to have originated from a Hunanese dish called chen pi ji (orange peel chicken), in which pieces of chicken are flavored with orange peel and chilies. To accommodate local palates, I assume the spice was toned down and the sweetness was brought up. I wanted to bring it back to its origin story a little bit but respect the fact that — while this dish has relatives in China — orange chicken is an American icon, which is something I wanted to lean into.” In a bit of a “chaotic move,” they decided to get the orange flavor from Faygo orange pop.
Ingredients
Chicken and marinade
6 pieces dried tangerine peel, chopped
¼ cup Shaoxing wine
2 tablespoons light soy sauce
1 tablespoon ras el hanout
2 teaspoons ground cumin
¼ teaspoon MSG
2 teaspoons kosher salt
2 teaspoons freshly ground white pepper
2 pounds boneless skin-on chicken thighs, cut into roughly 1-inch cubes
Orange sauce
3 (12-ounce) cans orange Faygo or other orange soda
2 tablespoons Chinese red vinegar
2/3 cup sugar
2 teaspoons sweet paprika
2 teaspoons ground turmeric
3 star anise pods
2 black cardamom pods, cracked
4 pieces cup dried orange or tangerine peel, ground or minced
Frying
Neutral oil
3 cups all-purpose flour
3 cups potato starch
Kosher salt
Serving
2 tablespoons neutral oil
4 garlic cloves, grated
2 thumb-size pieces fresh ginger, peeled and minced or grated
2 to 4 dried Szechuan chilies, chopped
5 whole chilies for the drama (optional — but is it, really?)
2 tablespoons Szechuan peppercorns
1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
2 tablespoons Shaoxing wine
Steamed rice, for serving
Directions
Marinate the chicken: Place the tangerine peel in a spice grinder and pulverize it to a powder. You should end up with 2 teaspoons — put it in a large bowl with the wine, soy sauce, ras el hanout, cumin, MSG, salt, and white pepper and mix until well combined. Add the chicken and toss to evenly coat. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours and up to 12 hours.
Meanwhile, make the orange sauce: In a medium saucepan, combine the Faygo, vinegar, sugar, paprika, turmeric, star anise, cardamom, and orange peel. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce the heat to medium and cook until the sauce is thick and syrupy but still pourable, about 30 minutes, depending on the strength of your burner and the size and shape of your saucepan. Set the sauce aside. (The sauce can be cooled and stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a week.)
Fry the chicken: Fill a wok or Dutch oven with oil to a depth of 3 inches and heat the oil over medium-high heat to 350°F. Set a large wire rack nearby.
Combine the flour, potato starch, and 1 teaspoon salt in a large bowl. Working in batches, toss the chicken pieces in the flour mixture to coat well, then carefully add them to the hot oil (don’t overcrowd the pot). Adjust the heat to maintain a temperature between 350° and 375°F and cook just until the chicken is very light golden brown, about 3 minutes (it won’t be cooked through). Use a slotted spoon or spider to transfer the chicken to the rack to drain. Repeat with the remaining chicken pieces.
Again, working in batches, return the parcooked chicken to the hot oil and fry for 2 to 3 minutes, until it becomes a deeper golden brown — at this point, it’ll be cooked through. Transfer the fully cooked chicken back to the rack to drain, and season with salt before it fully dries. Repeat with the remaining parcooked pieces.
To serve, once the chicken is cooked, heat a wok or very large sauté pan over medium heat. Add the oil, garlic, ginger, chopped chilies, whole chilies (if using), and Szechuan peppercorns and stir for only about 10 seconds before adding the dark soy sauce and the wine. Stir in the orange sauce and heat until it is thick and bubbling, about 5 minutes, then add the fried chicken and toss to evenly coat with the sauce. Serve immediately with rice.
Reprinted with permission from Kung Food: Chinese American Recipes from a Third-Culture Kitchen by Jon Kung © 2023. Photographs © 2023 by Johnny Miller. Published by Clarkson Potter, an imprint of Penguin Random House. To purchase the book, visit prh.com or your retailer of choice.
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Al Ameer $$
LEBANESE • This Lebanese restaurant is a recipient of the prestigious James Beard America’s Classics Award. The Al Ameer platter is perfect for sharing: two grape leaves, two fried kibbeh, chicken shawarma, tawook, kabob, kafta,and falafel. 12710 W. Warren Ave., Dearborn; 313-582-8185. 27346 Ford Road, Dearborn Heights; 313-565-9600 L,D Mon.-Sun.
Amore da Roma $$
ITALIAN • Guy Pelino, Roma Café’s chef, took over the ownership reins of this restaurant on the edge of the Eastern Market. He retained the menu, adding a charcuterie board and updating the wine list, and didn’t change the character of the old-school restaurant, known for its steaks and pastas. 3401 Riopelle St., Detroit; 313-831-5940. L,D Tue.-Sat.
Andiamo
$$
ITALIAN • Over the past three decades, Joe Vicari has established several Andiamo restaurants in metro Detroit, all inspired by the late master chef Aldo Ottaviani’s philosophy of seasonal, fromscratch cooking. The menus differ slightly at the different locations, but the constant is the fresh, housemade pastas — handcrafted by the trinity of “pasta ladies,” Anna, Tanya, and Angelina, who have carried on the tradition. The downtown Detroit location offers a breathtaking view of the Detroit River, while the Livonia location offers a comfortable and casual vibe. 400 Renaissance Center, Detroit; 313567-6700. D Mon.-Fri., L,D Sat.-Sun. 38703 Seven Mile Road, Livonia; 734-953-3200. D Mon.-Sun.
Antonio’s Cucina Italiana $$
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Apparatus Room $$$$
NEW AMERICAN • The Foundation Hotel’s restaurant, the Apparatus Room, once housed the Detroit Fire Department headquarters. The cooking of chef Thomas Lents, who earned two Michelin stars while at Chicago’s Sixteen, is refined and highly skilled. 250 W. Larned St., Detroit; 313-800-5600. D Tues.-Sun.
Atwater in the Park $
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Avalon Café and Bakery $$
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ITALIAN
This intimate spot offers wellprepared food that includes eight appetizers, more than a dozen pasta dishes, and 16 main plates, notable among which are tournedos di vitello medallions of veal filet in a fresh mushroom sauce. The wine list is impressive as well. 98 Kercheval Ave., Grosse Pointe Farms; 313-3083120. D Tue.-Sat.
flakes. Vegetarian fare includes a grilled veggie sandwich with portobello mushrooms, zucchini, and goat cheese. Meatier highlights include a turkey and gouda sandwich, and BLTA with cider house bacon. 1049 Woodward Ave., Detroit; 313-285-8006. B,L daily.
Babo $
NEW AMERICAN • This café settled into the Midtown Park Shelton building in July 2019, serving elevated comfort food made from local, small-batch producers. The self-described gourmet diner offers espresso drinks and such dishes as avocado toast, kimchi patatas bravas, and the Babo Burger. 15 E. Kirby St., Ste. 115, Detroit; 313-974-6159. B,L,D Tue.-Sat. B,L Sun.
Baker’s Keyboard Lounge $$
SOUL FOOD • This iconic lounge serves soul food: beef short ribs with gravy, creamy mac and cheese, collard greens, and sweet cornbread muffins. 20510 Livernois Ave., Detroit; 313-345-6300. L, D Tue.-Fri.
Baobab Fare $$
AFRICAN • With his New Center restaurant, Mamba Hamissi urges diners to venture into culinary territories they’d otherwise evade, like the Mbuzi starring a goat shank that is slow-roasted until the meat is so tender that it slides off the bone with ease. 6568 Woodward Ave., Ste. 100, Detroit; 313-265-3093. L,D Tue.-Sun.
Barda $$$$
ARGENTINIAN • Barda brings a new cuisine to metro Detroit. True to Argentinian culture, the restaurant celebrates traditional meat dishes. For starters, Carne y Hueso, meaning Flesh and Bone, features a mold of finely chopped beef tartare topped with spicy horseradish alongside a dense bone filled to the brim with buttery marrow. Tira de Asado, a classic Argentinian short rib dish, arrives on a plate in a coriander-pepper crust. And Inch-thick slices of rare Bife, or strip loin steak, lie on a bed of melted butter infused with chimichurri. 4842 Grand River Ave., Detroit; 313- 952-5182; bardadetroit.com. D Thurs.-Sun.
Bash Original Izakaya $$
JAPANESE • From the proprietor of Canton’s popular Izakaya Sanpei comes a Japanese pub located in Woodbridge. Occupying the former home of Katsu, Bash maintains much of that eatery’s Asian-inspired décor, such as hanging lanterns and bamboo shades. Bash’s drink menu focuses on Japanese craft beer, while the food menu of small plates and sashimi includes Gyoza, Tempura Udon, and fried octopus balls called Tako Yaki. 5069 Trumbull Ave., Detroit; 313-7887208; L Wed.-Sat. D Tue.-Sun.
Besa $$$
EUROPEAN-INSPIRED • This modern fine-dining eatery takes its name from Albania — where the owners trace their heritage — and means “pledge of honor.” Choose from starters such as roasted olives, fried calamari, and double-cut lamb chops. 600 Woodward Ave., Detroit; 313-315-3000. D Mon.-Sat.
Bobcat Bonnie’s $
GASTROPUB • The menu is eclectic, featuring fried goat cheese, fish tacos, Buddha bowls, and a barbecue bacon meatloaf — plus, plenty of vegetarian and vegan
options, The weekend brunch, complete with a Bloody Mary bar and all the classics, is a big hit. See bobcatbonnies.com for locations and hours.
Bohemia $$$
NEW AMERICAN • The former member’s only lounge in this restored Romanesque Revival in downtown Detroit is now a posh restaurant open to the public (the downstairs bar is also open to the public). The stunning dining room reflects the club’s history while staying fresh and modern with local art on the walls and an Instagrammable seating area in the middle of the dining room with plush couches and trees lined with lights. The food is upscale but approachable such as the Nashville Fried Chicken and the lobster fettucini, which is worth every indulgent bite. 712 Cass Ave., Detroit, 313338-3222. D Wed.-Sat..
Brome Modern Eatery $$
BURGERS • This healthy spin on a classic serves neverfrozen, grass-fed, antibiotic-free, organic burgers. There’s beef, chicken, haddock, and vegetarian dishes but no pork, as the restaurant is halal. There’s also a cold-pressed juice bar. 22062 Michigan Ave., Dearborn; 313-996-5050. L,D Mon.-Sun.
Bronze Door $$$$
NEW AMERICAN • One of the newest restaurants under the Joe Vicari Restaurant Group brand (in partnership with Tony Soave of Soave Enterprises) revives the well-known name of a Grosse Pointe staple from the mid-1900s. In the 1960s and 1970s, 123 Kercheval Ave. was home to the Bronze Door, which closed to make way for The Hill Seafood and Chop House. In 2021, it was born again as the Bronze Door, offering classic bistro fare like steak frites and house specialties such as Potato Pillows and Shrimp (butter fondue, sage, cracked pepper, pecorino Romano, and truffle). 123 Kercheval Ave., Grosse Pointe Farms; 313-886-8101. D Mon.-Sat.
Bucharest Grill $
MEDITERRANEAN-AMERICAN • This bustling casual sandwich shop, now with five locations, is a cult favorite with its fresh Mediterranean fare, notably the best chicken shawarma wrap sandwiches in town. We’re serious. See bucharestgrill.com for locations and hours.
Cadieux Café $$
BELGIAN • This institution was like a slice of home for early Belgian immigrants. They serve up four varieties of mussels, and a wide range of hearty dishes such as Belgian Rabbit, but there also are classic sandwiches. 4300 Cadieux Road, Detroit; 313-882-8560. D daily.
Cantoro Italian Market and Trattoria $$
ITALIAN • A restaurant inside the market serves great traditional Italian food. Do not miss the Tagliatelle alla Bolognese: wide pasta with a meat sauce featuring ground veal, beef, sausage, and pancetta. It makes for a delicious Italian feast you can conveniently pick up on your way home. 15550 N. Haggerty Road, Plymouth; 734-420-1100. L,D Tues.-Sat., L Sun.
Caucus Club $$$
TRADITIONAL AMERICAN • The reborn spot emphasizes service and a traditional steak and seafood theme,
with such tasty signature dishes as wood-grilled ribs, seared scallops, and steaks.150 W. Congress, Detroit; 313-965-4970. D daily.
Central Kitchen & Bar $$
CREATIVE COMFORT The space facing Campus Martius is done up in gray and white under industrial light fixtures. Crowd-pleasers include buttermilk fried chicken, filet and frites, burgers, and salads. 660 Woodward Ave., Ste. 4A, Detroit; 313-963-9000. D Thu.-Sat., BR Sat.-Sun.
Capers $$
STEAKHOUSE • This is the type of place longtime Detroit natives describe like an old friend. On Gratiot Avenue between Seven and Eight Mile roads, this place has been packing them in for nearly 40 years. There’s a massive a la carte menu, with items such as barbecue babyback ribs and potato skins, but the main draw is steak by the ounce, at market price. 14726 Gratiot Ave., Detroit; 313-527-2100. L,D Wed.-Sun.
Chartreuse Kitchen & Cocktails $$ NEW AMERICAN While the menu rotates based on the season, its offerings always highlight the freshest local ingredients. Creatively prepared dishes range from cold starters to hearty entrees. But the Twice Cooked Egg is not to be missed. 15 E. Kirby St., Detroit; 313-818-3915. D Tue.-Sat.
Cliff Bell’s $$
EUROPEAN-INSPIRED This restored Art Deco hotspot offers small plates such as oysters with cava granita and a salmon croquette. Large plates include sesame soy glazed shiitakes and summer stir fried vegetables with coconut rice. Jazz prevails on the bandstand. 2030 Park Ave., Detroit; 313-961-2543. D Wed.-Sun.
Common Pub $
GASTROPUB Fans of Atlas Global Bistro, which shuttered in 2013, should be happy to learn that some of the principals may be found at this spot in the Belcrest Apartments. The well-edited menu includes duck fried chicken and a burger. 5440 Cass Ave., Detroit; 313-2858849. L Tue.-Sat.
Coriander Kitchen and Farm $$
GASTROPUB At this Jefferson Chalmers eatery, guests can rent fire pits and roast housemade marshmallows to make s’mores, or sip mugs of Hot Buttered Rum. By day, grab a picnic table and dip hunks of grilled flatbread into creamy fish dip made with smoked white fish and lake trout and seasoned with herbs from the farm. 14601 Riverside Blvd., Detroit; 313-822-4434. D Thurs.-Sat. BR Sun.
Cork & Gabel $$$
EUROPEAN-INSPIRED • This Corktown eatery takes the form of a 4,450-square-foot renovated beer hall and is an ode to filling European staples. Try the chicken marsala, featuring a pan-seared 7-oz. chicken breast, sauteed wild mushroom blend, wild rice, seasonal grilled vegetables, cooked in a Lombardo Ambra Sweet Marsala wine sauce. Simply delicious! 2415 Michigan Ave., Detroit; 313-638-2261. D Thu-Sat. BR Sat. B,L Sun.
Cuisine $$$
EUROPEAN-INSPIRED • Cuisine offers a romantic, white-linen experience with the level of food, service, and ambience one might describe as timeless rather than trendy. Examples of the expertly prepared fare include the Thai snapper as well as the sea Scallops, featuring corn risotto, creamed leeks, and citrus butter. 670 Lothrop Rd., Detroit; 313-872-5110. D Tue.-Sun. (Note: not wheelchair accessible.)
Dakota Inn Rathskeller $
EUROPEAN-INSPIRED
• The sausages are the kind
that snap when you cut them. The combo plate features one bratwurst and one knack-wurst, served with hot German potato salad and sauerkraut. And yes, sing along with the schnitzelbank song 17324 John R St., Detroit; 313-867-9722. D Thu.-Sat.
Detroit Shipping Company $
FUSION • This bi-level destination, created out of shipping containers, offers a variety of food options ranging from the Caribbean-fusion dishes at Coop to Thai fare from Bangkok 96 and more. 474 Peterboro St., Detroit; 313-462-4973. L Sat.-Sun., D daily.
Detroit Soul $
SOUL FOOD• A hidden gem on the city’s East Side. Detroit Soul serves its namesake with a healthy twist. Owners Sam Van Buren and Jerome Brown draw from the recipes of their grandparents, who relocated to Detroit from Alabama in the 1940s. The turkey and collard greens are savory standouts and yams are a sweet treat. This is the kind of place that every soul-food lover must visit. 2900 E. Eight Mile Road, Detroit; 313-366-5600. L,D Tue.-Sun.
Detroit Vegan Soul $
VEGAN • The popular spot offers your classic soul food favorites but with plant-based twists — mac and cheese, maple-glazed yams, collard greens, and interpretations of catfish and pepper steak. 19614 Grand River Ave., Detroit; 313-766-5728. L,D Wed.-Sat.
Dime Store $
BREAKFAST/BRUNCH This popular breakfast and lunch spot adds just the right retro touch to a contemporary American menu typified by fresh, hearty omelets and Benedicts early in the day. 719 Griswold St., Ste. 180, Detroit; 313-962-9106. B,L Mon.-Sun.
Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe $$$
GASTROPUB • A jazz club with top guest musicians and an American bistro menu in a traditional interior. Starters include shrimp pico and pan-fried calamari. Main entries include a beef short rib. 97 Kercheval Ave., Grosse Pointe Farms; 313-882-5299. L Tue.-Fri., D Tue.-Sat.
Eatori Market $$
SPECIALTY GROCERY • This stylish spot overlooks downtown’s Capitol Park. The menu has steamed mussels with leeks, garlic, and toasted crostini. International flourishes abound with truffle aioli for the burger. 1215 Griswold St., Detroit; 313-395-3030. L,D daily.
El Asador Steakhouse $$
MEXICAN • A concentrated cuisine with little modern flairs that also stays faithful to traditional Mexican cooking. Don’t miss the Camarones en Salsa de Langosta: breaded shrimp stuffed with cheese, fried to a golden dark brown, and topped with a lobster cream sauce. It’s a delicious dinner spot you don’t want to miss and an unassuming Latin-American find in Detroit’s Springwells Village. 1312 Springwells St., Detroit; 313-297-2360. L,D Tue.-Sun.
El Barzon $
MEXICAN-ITALIAN • Norberto Garita prepares Italian and Mexican cuisines alongside his wife, Silvia Rosario Garita. Authentic Mexican entrees include enchiladas with a homemade green sauce made with tomatillo, jalapeños, and roasted poblano pepper, while the Italian influence takes the form of spaghetti carbonara and zuppa di pesce (seafood soup). 3710 Junction Ave., Detroit; 313-894-2070. D Tue.-Sun.
Evie’s Tamales $$ MEXICAN This Mexicantown restaurant makes some of the best tamales around. Pork or chicken is jacketed with sturdy masa, a dough of ground corn, and then wrapped in
a corn husk and steamed. Eat in or order a dozen for later. 3454 Bagley St., Detroit; 313-843-5056. B,L Mon.-Sat.
Fishbone’s Rhythm Kitchen Café $$
NEW ORLEANIAN • Enjoy classic New Orleans dishes, such as jambalaya and fried catfish beignets. Come for breakfast, lunch, dinner, happy hour, or carry-out. 400 Monroe St., Detroit; 313-965-4600. 29244 Northwestern Hwy., Southfield; 248-351-2925. 23722 Jefferson Ave., St. Clair Shores; 586-498-3000. L,D (downtown), B, L,D Southfield and St. Clair Shores.
Flowers of Vietnam $$
VIETNAMESE Chef and owner George Azar transformed a former Coney Island into an industrial-cool destination, but the neighborhood joint vibe remains. The menu is shaped around Azar’s appreciation of Vietnamese food, with a very personal twist. 4440 Vernor Hwy., Detroit; 313-554-2085. D Thu.-Sun.
Folk $
NEW AMERICAN • A charming Corktown storefront dishing up an all-day brunch menu. It’s an offshoot of the Farmer’s Hand grocery and farmers market. The menu focuses on globally inspired dishes, like salads, quiche, and sandwiches — all beautifully plated and nutritious. Infused milks and frothy lattes are well sought after, too. 1701 Trumbull Ave., Detroit; 313-7422672. BR Wed-Mon.
Ford’s Garage $$
AMERICAN
The emphasis is on fresh fish and seafood here, but also on the locals especially lake perch. There are also such dishes as Cajun tenderloin tips and a few good Angus burgers. 16844 Kercheval Ave., Grosse Pointe; 313-882-6667. L Mon.-Fri., D daily.
BURGERS • Henry Ford’s legacy is celebrated on Dearborn’s main thoroughfare. There are at least 12 variations on the classic American burger here. Try the Ford’s Signature, featuring a half-pound of grilled black angus beef, aged sharp cheddar, applewoodsmoked bacon, and bourbon barbecue sauce. Other appealing dishes include shrimp mac and cheese, and chicken wings. 21367 Michigan Ave., Dearborn; 313-752-3673. L,D daily.
Giovanni’s Ristorante $$$
ITALIAN • This old-school Italian restaurant offers housemade pastas, including an outstanding lasagna. Elaborate veal and seafood dishes and desserts like orange Creamsicle cheesecake round out the delicious menu. 330 Oakwood Blvd., Detroit;313-841-0122. L,D Tue.-Fri., D Sat.
Grandma Bob’s $
PIZZA • If you’re wondering what that psychedelic building on Corktown’s Michigan Avenue is, it’s a pizzeria known as Grandma Bob’s. Chef Dan De Wall, previously of Wright and Co., offers a small, delicious menu of pies, including sausage and pistachio with ricotta cheese and thyme. Or try the Big Mack — the vegan pizza version of the popular burger. 2135 Michigan Ave., Detroit; 313-315-3177. L,D Thu.-Mon.
Grand Trunk Pub $ NEW AMERICAN • Breads from Avalon Bakery and meats from Eastern Market anchor the hearty fare, which pairs well with a selection of Michigan beers. Staples include a reuben with Poet Stout Kraut and the Ghettoblaster beer-battered fish and chips. 612 Woodward Ave., Detroit; 313-961-3043.; BR, L, D, Thu.-Sun.
The Greek $ GREEK • Plaka Café was a presence on Monroe Avenue for years, and now its space is in the hands of the founders’ children. Notable dishes include spinach pie, lamb chops, and New York strip steak. 535 Monroe Ave., Detroit; 313-209-6667. L,D daily.
Green Dot Stables $ NEW AMERICAN The menu of sliders — with 20-plus eclectic bun toppings, including Cuban, Korean, and “mystery meat” — packs in fans. Local beers
are spotlighted along with Chicken Paprikas soup, a nod to the neighborhood’s Hungarian origins. 2200 W. Lafayette Blvd., Detroit; 313-962-5588. L,D daily.
Grey Ghost $$
NEW AMERICAN • The cuisine at this Brush Park hotspot isn’t easily defined, but the results are original and well-prepared — for example, the duck breast with cheese grits and fried shallots and pork tenderloin with gruyere spaetzle and dill pickle mojo. 47 Watson St., Detroit; 313-262-6534. D daily.
Highlands $$$
STEAKHOUSE/NEW AMERICAN • Occupying the top two floors of the Renaissance Center, Highlands comprises three separate concepts. A steakhouse of the same name provides a high-end dining experience, while the more casual Hearth 71 serves locally sourced dishes cooked over an open fire. The third concept within the space is the appropriately named High Bar, where guests can choose from a vast collection of spirits and decadent desserts. 400 Renaissance Center, Floors 71 and 72, Detroit; 313-877-9090; D Mon.-Sat.
The Hudson Cafe $
BREAKFAST/BRUNCH • The fresh, well-prepared fare from the kitchen of this breakfast/lunch spot has creative takes on the eggs Benedict theme, red velvet pancakes, and apple-walnut stuffed French toast, as well as lunchtime sandwiches and salads. 1241 Woodward Ave., Detroit; 313-237-1000. B,L daily.
Hungarian Rhapsody $$
HUNGARIAN • This Downriver restaurant offers authentic Hungarian dishes, such as chicken and veal paprikas, beef goulash, and palacsinta (crêpes). 14315 Northline Road, Southgate; 734-283-9622. L,D Tue.-Sun.
Ima $
JAPANESE-INSPIRED Japanese-inspired fare with a Midwest emphasis. Ima tacos trade the traditional shell for a slice of jicama-stuffed spicy shrimp, roasted tofu, or garlic chicken. Appetizers include edamame, dumplings, and clams. 2015 Michigan Ave., Detroit; 313-5025959. L,D Mon.-Sun.. 4870 Cass Ave., Detroit; 313-8839788. 32203 John R Road, Madison Heights; 248-7810131. L,D daily.
Ima Izakaya $$
JAPANESE-INSPIRED Chef Michael Ransom has slowly and steadily built up his local chain of noodle shops over the past few years, and his latest one takes it up a notch with the izakaya concept, the Japanese equivalent to a pub. In addition to the staple noodles and soups that put Ransom on the map, the menu also includes grilled skewers from the robata grill such as Kawahagi Trigger Fish Jerky and Mini Kurobuta Pork Sausages. There’s also a tantalizing selection of cocktails and mocktails, sake, beer, and wine to make it a true izakaya experience. 2100 Michigan Ave., Detroit, 313-306-9485. L, D Mon.-Sun.
Ivy Kitchen and Cocktails $$$
NEW AMERICAN • This Black-owned restaurant was founded by Nya Marshall to bring fine dining to the East Jefferson Corridor where she grew up. The spot serves New American fare with international influences in a modern, elevated space bathed in neutral tones. The Mezcal Wings with pickled jalapeño and cilantro bring a Mexican kick, while dishes like the Shrimp Linguine Pomodoro contribute European flavors. 9215 E. Jefferson Ave., Detroit; 313-332-0607; L Fri.-Sun., D daily.
Joe Muer Seafood $$$$
SEAFOOD • This reborn Detroit legend is stellar for a romantic evening or a quiet business lunch or dinner. Located on the main floor of the GMRenCen, it has sweeping views of the Detroit River and a menu that walks the line between old-time favorites and hipper Asian-influenced seafood, sushi and raw bar. There’s also a Bloomfield Hills location. There are reminders of the past as well: white-bean stew, smoked fish spread, creamed spinach, and stewed tomatoes. A true Detroit classic. 400 Renaissance Center, Ste. 1404, Detroit; 313-567-6837. 39475 Woodward Ave., Bloomfield Hills; 248-792-9609. L,D daily.
Johnny Noodle King $
JAPANESE-INSPIRED • This noodle shop offers bowls topped with pork belly, confit chicken, and tofu as well as seaweed salad and gyoza. There are several fusion bowls as well like the Southwest topped with shredded chicken and housemade crema. 2601 W. Fort St., Detroit; 313-309-7946. L,D daily.
Jolly Pumpkin $$
BREWERY • Jolly Pumpkin’s brews rule the offerings, along with other Northern United Brewing Co. beverages, such as North Peak and Jolly Pumpkin artisan ales. Pizzas with creative toppings abound. 441 W. Canfield St., Detroit; 313-262-6115. 419 S. Main St., Royal Oak; 248-544-6250. D daily.
NEW AMERICAN
A contemporary American menu and a Victor Saroki setting make the restaurant overlooking downtown’s Beacon Park one of the best recent entrants onto the scene. Appetizers such as freshly made pretzels prelude main courses such as salmon with chimichurri herb sauce.
1903 Grand River Ave., Detroit; 313626-5005. L Fri.Sun., D Wed.-Sun.
Karl’s Cabin $$
AMERICAN • Dishes from their currently rotating drive-through menu such as pan-seared walleye and beef tenderloin tips with Cajun spice and gravy surpass typical roadhouse food. 6005 Gotfredson Road, Plymouth; 734-455-8450. L,D daily.
The Kitchen by Cooking with Que $$
VEGAN • This eatery created by Detroit-based cooking blogger Quiana Broden serves lunches of smoothies, salads, and sandwiches. Broden also often offers live cooking demonstrations. 6529 Woodward Ave., Ste. A, Detroit; 313-462-4184. B,L,D, Wed.-Sat.
Kuzzo’s Chicken and Waffles $
SOUTHERN COMFORT • Several recipes, including a signature thin waffle, are family-owned at ex-NFL player Ron Bartell’s spot. Think comfort food kicked up a notch: fried catfish, salmon croquettes, shrimp and grits, and biscuits. Drink the Kool-Aid, too. 19345 Livernois Ave., Detroit; 313-861-0229. B,L,D Tue.-Sat., B,L Sun.
La Dolce Vita $$$
ITALIAN • Traditional Italian cuisine is key at this Palmer Park hideaway. Recommended is the lake perch in white wine sauce, the veal scaloppine with artichokes, and the lasagna. 17546 Woodward Ave., Detroit; 313865-0331. D Tue.-Sun., BR Sun.
La Lanterna $$
ITALIAN • The founder of Da Edoardo, the first Edoardo Barbieri, started it all in 1956 with a restaurant called La Lanterna. Now his grandchildren have revived it. Although the white and red pizzas — like Margherita, Liguria, and Da Edorado — dominate, there’s more, including a number of elegant pastas like the Lasagna Alla Bolognese. 1224 Griswold St., Detroit; 313-9628821. L,D Tue.-Sun.
London Chop House $$
STEAKHOUSE • The kitchen turns out classics like oysters Rockefeller, French onion soup, and sautéed perch. This is the place to come when you need to satisfy a craving for steak in elegant surroundings with hospitable service. 155 W. Congress St., Detroit; 313962-0277. D Mon.-Sat.
Leila $$$
LEBANESE • The restaurant from the proprietors of Birmingham’s Phoenicia is named after the owner’s mother — just one facet of the establishment that pays homage to family traditions and heritage. The menu includes various Lebanese dishes, from falafel to Leila’s Mixed Grill that offers a little bit of everything with shish kebab, tawook, and kafta. Other menu items include Kibbeh Niyee — fresh lamb, cracked wheat, and spice — and tabbouleh made of parsley, cracked wheat, and spices. The beer and wine lists offer plenty of options to accompany any meal. 1245 Griswold St., Detroit; 313-816-8100; D Sun., L&D Mon.-Sat.
Lovers Only $
BURGERS • The star at Lovers Only, located in downtown Detroit’s Capitol Park, is pasture-raised beef from Ferndale’s Farm Field Table, used to make its standout burgers. Other key ingredients, including baked goods, are local as well. There’s also craft cocktails and beer. 34 Grand River Ave., Detroit; 313-9861174. L,D daily.
Lucy & the Wolf $$
SPANISH • This Anglo-sounding restaurant offers very good Spanish-inspired tapas dining. Standouts include a fire-roasted jalapeño cheese spread, shrimp tacos, and a grilled flank steak in chimichurri sauce. 102 E. Main St., Northville; 248-308-3057. L,D Tue.-Sat.
Mario’s $$$ ITALIAN This Midtown Detroit classic dates to 1948. Linen-covered tables, framed paintings on wood-paneled walls, expert waiters clad in black tie, and tableside preparation survive here. Italian dinners always begin with an antipasto tray and continue through soup, salad, pasta, and entree. 4222 Second Ave., Detroit;313832-1616. L,D daily.
Marrow $$ NEW AMERICAN • This West Village restaurant and butcher shop hybrid is an ode to meat, especially unusual cuts. Diners must walk through the butcher shop, bypassing cases of pastrami and sausage, before entering the restaurant. Offerings from a sample tasting menu include Roasted Bone Marrow and Lamb Kefta. 8044 Kercheval Ave., Detroit; 313-652-0200. L,D Thu.-Sun.
Maty’s African Cuisine $$ WEST AFRICAN A small storefront in the Detroit Old Redford neighborhood is decidedly Senegalese. Fataya, a deep-fried pastry with savory fillings, are reminiscent of an empanada. The star of the show is the whole chicken with yassa. 21611 Grand River Ave., Detroit; 313472-5885. L,D daily.
M Cantina $
MEXICAN • Nuevo Latino street food is the premise at this surprising spot where everything from the tortilla chips to the salsas are made in-house in the open kitchen. Juices are freshly squeezed and the menu of tortas, tacos, tapas, and salads from the kitchen of Heidi and Junior Merino from Hawaii and Mexico is distinctive. 13214 Michigan Ave., Dearborn; 313-399-9117. L,D Tue.-Sun.
Mercury Burger & Bar $ BURGERS • This Corktown joint seats 70 around the zinc-covered bar set with Mercury (Liberty) dimes. The burger is available in a variety of iterations, such as Southwest Detroit with a chorizo slider, jalapeno, Müenster cheese, tortilla strips, and avocado. 2163 Michigan Ave., Detroit; 313-964-5000. L,D daily.
Metropolitan Bar and Kitchen $$ LATIN • The business brings a bodega-style market along with a neighborhood restaurant and bar to West Village. The menu highlights local and seasonal ingredients in dishes like the Buffalo Chicken salad with
local greens and housemade blue cheese dressing and the Eggplant Sliders. 8047 Agnes St., Detroit; 313-4475418. L Wed.-Sat. D Fri.-Sat.
Michigan & Trumbull $$
ITALIAN-AMERICAN After a successful four-month run at Fort Street Galley, Michigan and Trumbull became one of the latest in a long line of Detroit-style pizza joints to open in the area. Not your traditional carryout joint, Michigan and Trumbull is housed in a sleek, refurbished car-repair garage. The menu features square, deep-dish pies with Detroit-inspired names, such as Packard Pepperoni and Woodward White. 1441 W. Elizabeth St., Detroit; 313-637-4992; L,D Wed-Sat.
Mi Lindo San Blas $$$
MEXICAN • Heaping platters of seafood such as shrimp, octopus, and scallops, tell the story at this spot that brings a corner of Mexico’s seaside Nayarit region to southwest Detroit. On weekends when live music is added, the tables are often pushed back to create a dance floor. 1807 Livernois Ave., Detroit; 313-789-5100. L,D daily.
Monarch Club $$$
NEW AMERICAN At the 14th floor of the revamped Element Detroit Hotel located at the Metropolitan is the Monarch Club. It’s one of the most recent rooftop bars to open in metro Detroit and serves a variety of delicious small plates along with classic cocktails. 33 John R St., Detroit; 313-306-2380. L Sun. D Wed.-Sat.
Mootz Pizzeria & Bar $$
ITALIAN-AMERICAN • Bruno DiFabio, a six-time World Pizza Games champ, rejects the label New York-style for his fare. “It’s authentic New York pizza,” he says. In a hurry? Grab a slice from Side Hustle, Mootz’s by-theslice counter next door. 1230 Library St., Detroit; 313243-1230. L Fri.-Sun., D Mon-Thu.
Motor City Brewing Works $
BREWERY • Just 15 mostly nontraditional pizzas on excellent, chewy crust, and the option to build your own pie with various toppings. Plus, salads from locally grown greens to accompany the house-brewed beers. 470 W. Canfield St., Detroit; 19350 Livernois Ave., Detroit; 313-832-2700. L,D daily.
Mudgie’s Deli $
DELI • Seats are often filled in search of the House Smoked Pastrami Reuben or the Brooklyn (beef brisket, bacon, and beer cheese). The dinner menu features meat and cheese boards as well as build-your-own sandwich options. It’s a delicious place for a meal any time. 1413 Brooklyn St., Detroit; 313-961-2000. B Tue.Sat. L Mon.-Sat.
Nico & Vali $$
ITALIAN • This eatery offers favorites with unexpected twists. The artichokes and chilies appetizer boasts battered and fried artichokes with Fresno and jalapeno peppers, tossed with fresh basil in white wine. Popular choices include the Whitefish Filet. It’s a classic Italian spot with an update that’s worth a visit. 744 Wing St., Plymouth; 734-207-7880. L Thu.Sat., D Tue.-Sun.
Norma G’s $
CARIBBEAN • Lester Gouvia, the Trinidadian chef who brought us the famed food truck, opened a fullservice restaurant under the same name. Stop in for a plate of Chicken Pelau: a tasty blend of rice, diced chicken, squash, peppers, and golden-brown baked chicken. 14628 E. Jefferson Ave., Detroit; 313-2902938. D Tue.-Sat.
RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR 2022
Oak & Reel $$
SEAFOOD • Despite a global pandemic threatening to derail his longtime dream, chef Jared Gadbaw brought his vision of a seafood-focused Italian restaurant to life in Detroit’s Milwaukee Junction neighborhood in fall 2020. Oak & Reel’s resilience in the face of extreme adversity and its commitment to the vision of bringing diners impeccable dishes showcasing the freshest seafood, all presented with welcoming and knowledgeable service, is the reason we’re naming Oak & Reel Hour Detroit’s Restaurant of the Year. The menu is seasonal and changes frequently. But in general, the crudos are pristine, the pastas are impeccable, and the seafood dishes are all well balanced and expertly prepared to accentuate the freshness and quality of the fish and shellfish. 2921 E. Grand Blvd., Detroit; 313-2709600. D Thu.-Mon.
Olin
MEDITERRANEAN A taste of the Mediterranean in Michigan. Starters like the potatoes and artichokes “bravas” with harissa and black garlic aioli and paellas are inspired by Spain but showcase Olin’s unique spin on these iconic dishes. 25 E. Grand River Ave., Detroit; 313-774-1190. D Tues.-Sat. BR Sun.
GREEK
The cry of “Opa!” resounds in St. Clair Shores at the second edition of the long-standing Greektown restaurant. The restaurant boasts an extensive menu, from moussaka and spinach pie to gyros and roast lamb. 24935 Jefferson Ave., St. Clair Shores; 586-7723200. 558 Monroe St., Detroit; 313-9646800. L,D Tue.-Sun.
Ottava Via $$
ITALIAN • Chef Ariel Millan sends out great thin-crusted pizzas as well as interesting small plates typified by bruschetta, calamari, roasted garlic, and whipped goat cheese to be spread on paper-thin crostini. 1400 Michigan Ave., Detroit; 313-962-5500. L,D daily.
Pao Detroit
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FUSION Visit this upscale Pan-Asian fusion restaurant for Asian-themed cocktails and dishes, such as creamy rock shrimp, charred octopus, filet mignon, and orange sesame salmon. Based in the former Michigan Oriental Theater, the interior combines new and old. 114 W. Adams Ave., Ste. 200, Detroit; 313-816-0000. L Sun., D Tue.-Sun.
Parc
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NEW AMERICAN • Excellent food, exceptional service, and a crisp and formal but distinctly unstuffy atmosphere set this Campus Martius gem apart. Appetizer highlights include a bright and fresh tuna tartare and wood-roasted oysters. Creamy roasted garlic butter and lemon add a zippy touch to the roasted oysters. Main courses are exceptional, including an interesting blend of Italian food, woodgrilled whole fish, and organic Scottish salmon. There’s also a large selection of dry-aged gourmet steaks, wood-grilled and served tableside. The wine selection is impressive and caters to a diverse set of price ranges and wine drinkers, so you won’t be disappointed with any bottle here. 800 Woodward Ave., Detroit; 313-922-7272. L,D daily. BR Sat.-Sun.
Park Grill $$
MEDITERRANEAN • Mediterranean fare gets a Balkan spin. The menu offers tasting plates, pita-wrapped sandwiches, and salads, as well as entrees including chicken and beef shawarma, beef and pork kafta, lemon-pepper pork tenderloin, and lamb chops. Service is friendly and informal. 15102 Kercheval Ave., Grosse Pointe Park; 313-264-1997. L,D daily.
The Peterboro $$
ASIAN-FUSION A contemporary take on AmericanChinese fare gives new life to the cuisine with robustly spiced dishes, including an “absurdly delicious” cheeseburger spring roll and a take on almond boneless chicken. 420 Peterboro St., Detroit; 313-833-1111. D Mon.-Sat.
Pho Lucky $
VIETNAMESE • This charming Midtown Vietnamese spot serves authentic fare emphasizing pho. Bowls of spicy broth with noodles, round steak, and meatballs come in several variations. Other noteworthy dishes here include summer rolls and crisp spring rolls. Look for Asian beers and robust Vietnamese coffee. 3111 Woodward Ave., Detroit; 313-338-3895. L,D Wed.-Mon.
PizzaPlex $
ITALIAN This pizza isn’t just authentic, it’s certified. PizzaPlex earned the title of Vera Pizza Napoletana, or real Neapolitan pizza, from Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana in Naples. Try the Margherita. Topped with mozzarella, basil, and EVOO, there’s nothing like a classic. 4458 Vernor Highway, Detroit; 313-757-4992. D Thu.-Sun.
Polish Village Café $
POLISH • The “Polish plate” includes stuffed cabbage, pierogi, kielbasa, sauerkraut, and mashed potatoes and gravy. The dill pickle soup and city chicken are standouts, too. A Polish staple in Detroit, where there aren’t too many. 2990 Yemans St., Hamtramck; 313-874-5726. L,D daily.Not wheelchair accessible.
Portofino $
ITALIAN • This big waterfront spot in Wyandotte is both a local hangout and a restaurant with a menu that’s surprisingly ambitious. It offers a number of fish and seafood dishes, from lake perch to coconut shrimp and fried calamari, as well as steaks. Nearly every table in the restaurant has a river view. 3455 Biddle Ave., Wyandotte; 734-281-6700. L,D Tues.-Sun.
Prime + Proper $$$$
STEAKHOUSE • Downtown Detroit dining gets a major shot of glamour with this over-the-top steak and seafood emporium on the corner of Griswold and State streets. Although red meat, from prime dry-aged Tomahawk ribeye to Wagyu strip, is the focus — and yes, there’s a burger made with a dry-aged butcher’s blend — oysters, king crab, and caviar aren’t far behind. An elegant white and gold setting backgrounds it all. 1145 Griswold St., Detroit; 313-636-3100. D Mon.-Sun., BR Sat.-Sun.
Prism $$$
NEW AMERICAN • Greektown Casino-Hotel’s renamed eatery is located off the main casino. The menu features local ingredients, steaks, and fresh seafood. 555 E. Lafayette St., Detroit; 313-309-2499. D Wed.-Sun.
Rattlesnake Club $$$$ NEW AMERICAN • This restaurant on the river remains one of the most appealing spots in town. The casually elegant space offers a range of appetizers, entrees, and desserts. Dishes that typify its style include seared diver sea scallops, an 8-ounce filet, and a 16-ounce porterhouse. 300 River Place, Detroit; 313567-4400. L,D Tue.-Sat.
Red Dunn Kitchen $$ NEW AMERICAN The Trumbull and Porter hotel’s spiffy restaurant is an ambitious undertaking, offering three meals a day. It is best experienced at dinner, with a la carte offerings such as foie gras-stuffed quail, smoked and marinated salmon collars, braised lamb leg, and bacon-wrapped duck breast with polenta. 1331 Trumbull Ave., Detroit; 313-887-9477. B,L,D daily except on Fri., which is B,L.
Red Smoke Barbeque $$ BARBEQUE At Red Smoke, hickory and applewoodsmoked ribs, pulled pork, apple-smoked, all-natural chicken, and an array of classic sides are served out of
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Ingredients
4 slices crusty bread
1 cup ricotta cheese
1 cup pesto
1 clove garlic
2 bunches green onions
Olive oil
Salt, to taste
Crushed red chili flakes, to taste
Red wine vinegar
3 ounces shaved prosciutto
Directions
1.Toss the green onions with oil, salt, and chili flakes.
2.Grill the green onions over medium heat until they’re nicely charred and fully tender. Cut into 1-inch pieces and drizzle with red wine vinegar. Taste and adjust seasoning accordingly — they should be bright and slightly spicy.
3.In a mixing bowl, use a whisk to whip together the ricotta and pesto until smooth and slightly fluffy.
4.Drizzle olive oil and salt on one side of each of the bread slices. Toast the bread oiled side up in the oven on broil until golden brown. Once out of the oven, rub each toast slice with the garlic clove.
5. Spread the ricotta and pesto mixture on top of each toast and cover with the grilled green onions. Top everything with prosciutto and enjoy!
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Rocky’s of Northville $$
NEW AMERICAN • Menu includes shrimp cocktail, salmon pate, and broiled Great Lakes whitefish. Also try chipotle honey-glazed salmon. 41122 W. Seven Mile Road, Northville; 248-349-4434. L Tue.-Fri. D Tue.-Sun.
Roman Village $
ITALIAN • The Rugiero family has been serving authentic Italian cuisine since 1964. They’ve launched three additional Antonio’s Cucina Italiana locations. Roman Village is the original and features their signature gnocchi Rita. 9924 Dix Ave., Dearborn; 313-842-2100. L,D daily.
Rose’s Fine Food $
BREAKFAST/BRUNCH The menu is straightforward, based mainly on fresh ingredients and from-scratch preparation. Breakfast eaters can choose from a variety of egg dishes, such as the Eggs and Cheese (soft scrambled eggs, herbs, and aioli). For lunch, there’s a selection of creative sandwiches. 10551 E. Jefferson Ave., Detroit; 313-822-2729. B,L Wed.-Sun.
San Morello $$$
ITALIAN • This Italian gem serves pizzas, pastas, and wood-fired dishes that draw inspiration from the coastal towns of Southern Italy and Sicily out of the Shinola Hotel. Think Tartufi Pizza with fontina and black truffle, handcrafted by James Beard Award-winning chef Andrew Carmellini. 1400 Woodward Ave., Detroit; 313209-4700. B, KL D daily.
The Sardine Room $$$
SEAFOOD A seafood restaurant and raw bar, The Sardine Room is fresh, fun, and energetic, with a clean-line décor and a menu full of surprises. For starters, there is a Seafood Louie featuring jumbo lump crab, shrimp, egg, avocado, tomato, and bibb lettuce. Worthwhile is a grouper sandwich that’s available seared, pan-fried, or blackened. 340 S. Main St., Plymouth; 734-416-0261. D daily, BR Sun.
Savannah Blue $$
SOUL FOOD • Highlights at this upscale soul food joint include the twice-dredged fried chicken and the shrimp and grits. Shareables include perch fritters, okra fries, and a Georgian Hummus that substitutes black-eyed peas for chickpeas. There’s also a great bar. 1431 Times Square, Detroit; 313-926-0783. D Tue.-Sat.
Savant $$$
FRENCH • In a cozy-yet-upscale interior with leather couches and an open kitchen, Jordan Whitmore and Rebecca Wurster, formerly of Apparatus Room, serve up rotating European-inspired menu items, including Champagne Chicken, an Apple and Arugula Heirloom Salad, Calamari, and — for vegan diners — Ratatouille Confit. 51 W. Forest Ave., Detroit; 313-285-9294.
D Fri.-Sat.
Scotty Simpson’s Fish & Chips $
SEAFOOD • Head to this Brightmoor spot for perfectly prepared fish and chips. The key to Scotty’s longevity is the batter that coats the cod, perch, shrimp, chicken, onion rings, and frog legs. 22200 Fenkell St., Detroit; 313-533-0950. L,D Tue.-Sat.
Second Best $
RETRO AMERICAN • The talents behind nearby Grey Ghost have unveiled a second, more casual spot with a retro spin in Brush Park. The menu of lighter dishes includes the Yogi Gyro with roasted root vegetable and coconut tzatziki, and fried chicken sandwiches that accompany drinks that were popular more than a few years back. 42 Watson St., Detroit; 313-315-3077. L Sat.-Sun., D nightly.
Selden Standard $$$
NEW AMERICAN • What sets Selden Standard apart is that it is moving Detroit into a new era in which upperend dining with starched linen and tuxedoed waiters doesn’t hold much interest anymore. Chef Andy Hollyday, a multiple James Beard semifinalist, does farm-totable scratch cooking with ideas borrowed from around the world. A key to his cooking is the wood-fired grill. This spot has garnered national attention. 3921 Second Ave., Detroit; 313-438-5055. D Wed.-Mon.
Seva Detroit $$
VEGETARIAN • Seva offers such dishes as black bean and sweet potato quesadillas, gluten-free options, and colorful stir-fries — some vegan as well as vegetarian. There’s also a full bar as well as a juice bar. 2541 Jackson Ave., Ann Arbor; 734-662-1111. 66 E. Forest Ave., Detroit; 313-974-6661. L,D Mon.-Sat.
SheWolf Pastificio & Bar $$$
ITALIAN • Chef Anthony Lombardo takes fresh and housemade to a new level with this Midtown restaurant that serves only dinner from a menu inspired by Italian cooking specific to Rome. Milling all of his own flour for his pastas, breads, and polenta in house, Lombardo, well known as the former executive chef at Bacco, serves a selection of simple but elegant regional Italian dishes. 438 Selden St., Detroit; 313-315-3992.
D Tue.-Sun
Slows Bar BQ
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BARBEQUE • The brick-and-wood original in Corktown gained a following for its pulled pork, ribs, and chicken. They expanded with a “to go” spot in Midtown, as well. This is a true Detroit classic in every sense of the term.
Corktown location: 2138 Michigan Ave., Detroit; 313-9629828. L,D daily. Slows To Go in Midtown: 4107 Cass Ave., Detroit; 313-309-7560. L,D Tue.-Sun.
Smith & Co.
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NEW AMERICAN • This Cass Corridor bar and restaurant is housed in the old Smith Welding Supply & Equipment Company building — hence cement ceilings and exposed brick that evoke an industrial vibe. The menu features small plates, sandwiches, and entrees such as mushroom toast; braised lamb shank; the fried chicken bowl with sweet sesame sauce and kimchi; and the Smith Burger, soy-ginger marinated and topped with a fried egg. Beverage options include craft beer, wine, and fresh takes on classic cocktails. 644 Selden St, Detroit; 313-6381695. D Wed.-Sun.
Standby $$
NEW AMERICAN • The libation menu — categorized by spirit — is longer than the food menu, but both food and drinks are equally emphasized. The fare ranges from small plates of marinated olives and tamari eggs to entrees such as grilled lamb kebabs and the house cheeseburger. 225 Gratiot Ave., Detroit; 313-241-5719. D Wed.-Sun.Not wheelchair accessible.
The Statler $$$$
FRENCH • A taste of Paris in downtown Detroit. This French-American bistro from the Joe Vicari Restaurant Group takes its name from the former historic Statler Hotel, which is now home to not only the bistro but also City Club Apartments. Classic French fare (with some modern twists) such as potted foie gras mousse; Henri Maire escargots (wild Burgundy snails, garlic butter fondue, parsley, Pernod, and profiteroles); and bouillabaisse provence (seafood stew with shrimp, scallops, lobster, mussels, saffron broth, croustade, and rouille) typify the menu. The large, year-round open-air out-
door patio offers stunning panoramic views of the Detroit skyline and Grand Circus Park. There’s also a neighborhood market where customers can grab groceries and gourmet packaged meals on the go. 313 Park Ave., Detroit; 313-463-7111. D Mon.-Sat., BR Sun.
Supino Pizzeria $$
ITALIAN • Relax with one of the town’s best thin-crust pizzas — they come in more than a dozen variations, with or without red sauce. A few dishes from the La Rondinella menu made the list as well, such as paninis, salads, and small plates such as polpette and three delicious salads. Beer, wine, and cocktails add to the appeal. 2457 Russell St., Detroit; 313-567-7879. L,D Wed.-Sun.; 6519 Woodward Ave., Detroit; 313-314-7400. L,D Mon.-Sat.
Sweet Soul Bistro $
SOUL FOOD The large menu includes homages to Detroit musicians, from Stevie Wonder Wonderful Wings to Aretha Franklin Catfish Bites. Also notable are the crab cakes. In the evening, the bistro transforms into a club. 13741 W. McNichols Road, Detroit; 313- 862-7685. L,D daily.
SANDWICH/DELI
This Eastern Market classic has been run by the Vivio family for more than 40 years. Sandwiches and burgers are mainstays, but diners also appreciate the steamed mussels.
3601 12 Mile Road, Warren; 586-5760495. L,D daily.
Tap at MGM Grand $
SPORTS BAR • More than 40 HD flatscreen TVs for sports fans, plus sports memorabilia. The menu features comfort food and pub classics: burgers, wings, and house nachos. Pizza and more upscale entrees are also available, as are more than 50 beers. Bring your family and friends for a very entertaining night on the town. 1777 Third St., Detroit; 313-465-1234. D daily.
Takoi $$
THAI Thai-Laotian fare might seem out of place in Corktown, but virtually everything on the menu has distinction. There’s a depth, concentration, and balance between heat and coolness, the range of spices, the delight of moving from one superb bite to the next. 2520 Michigan Ave., Detroit; 313-855-2864. D Tue.-Sat.
Townhouse
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NEW AMERICAN • The downtown hotspot in 2021 underwent an aesthetic overhaul of the space and menu designed to elevate the spot’s signature comfort food fare. Staples, like the burger and fries, remain on the menu, but there are also fine-dining-inspired additions, like the caviar-topped crispy potato dish and the A5 wagyu with garlic, shallot rings, and grilled chicory. 500 Woodward Ave., Detroit; 313-723-1000. L, D Mon.-Sun.
Trattoria Serventi $$
ITALIAN • The brick pizza oven turns out an array of thin-crust pizzas and there’s an interesting daytime menu that offers a real bargain. In the evening, such dishes as scallopini style veal, and gnocchi alla palmina, recalling chef Aldo Ottaviani — who was instrumental in setting up the original Andiamo menu — typify the style. 20930 Mack Ave., Grosse Pointe Woods; 313-886-9933. D Wed.-Mon.
Urban Ramen $$
JAPANESE-INSPIRED Urban Ramen serves bowls of steaming broth filled with house-made, springy ramen noodles topped with fixings like bamboo, egg, pork chashu, and sesame seeds. The menu also includes poke, salads, and sides such as garlic edamame and Japanese fried chicken. 4206 Woodward Ave., Detroit; 313-285-9869. L,D Mon.-Sun.
Vertical Detroit $$$
WINE BAR • This wine-centric restaurant puts the focus on pairing Chef Alex Knezevic’s innovative cuisine with owners James and Rémy Lutfy’s nationally recognized wine program. The menu emphasizes locally sourced protein, seafood, and produce. A must-try for any wine enthusiast. 1538 Centre St., Detroit; 313-7329463. D Wed.-Sat. Not wheelchair accessible.
Vicente’s Cuban Cuisine $$
CUBAN • An evening at this lively spot is more than just Cuban and Spanish dining. Appetizers and tapas include the outstanding Tapa de la Casa, pork leg marinated in mojo; a Spanish chorizo and fresh mushrooms concoction with garlic lemon sauce; and empanadas, a Cuban turnover filled with ground beef or chicken. 1250 Library St., Detroit; 313-962-8800. L,D daily.
The Whitney $$$$
NEW AMERICAN The historic 1890s mansion is still going strong. The menu is typified by classic beef Wellington, wrapped in spinach, prosciutto, and pastry; and pan-roasted Scottish salmon. Tableside cooking, by reservation only, is an optional feature. Don’t forget The Katherine McGregor Dessert Parlor for a sweet treat.4421 Woodward Ave., Detroit; 313-832-5700. D Wed.-Sun and high tea Sat.-Sun.
Wine Dotte Bistro $$
WINE BAR • This interesting wine bar and restaurant offers a view of the Detroit River. The menu includes coconut shrimp, lobster tails, tenderloin medallions, and lamb chops. The wine is displayed in a cabinet across one wall and it’s the main focus. 2910 Van Alstyne St., Wyandotte; 734-556-3195. L,D Tue.-Sun.
Wright & Co. $$$
NEW AMERICAN • The collaboration between Marc Djozlija and executive chef Kyle Schutte gives life to the second-floor space in the Wright Kay building. Small plates such as udon carbonara, Italian oyster mushrooms, and grilled sea scallops are the focus. The menu highlights seasonal dishes around a composed shared plates concept. 1500 Woodward Ave., Detroit; 313-9627711. D Tue.-Sun.
Yum Village $
AFRO-CARIBBEAN • The former food truck opened a full-service restaurant in the North End in 2019. The space is bright and fun with wooden tables, mismatched chairs, and a colorful, geometric paint job. And the food is just as bold. The restaurant serves up piquant dishes like Lemon Pepper Jerk Chicken. 6500 Woodward Ave., Detroit; 313-334-6099. L,D Mon.-Sat.
168 Crab & Karaoke $$
PAN-ASIAN • Don’t judge by 168 Crab & Karaoke’s unassuming strip mall location. It’s a unique experience that meshes food, karaoke, and pop party culture into a one-stop destination. As the name suggests, seafood is the main attraction here, specifically the seafood boils, which come with your choice of seafood (crab, clams, lobster, etc.), with sauce and corn and potatoes. 32415 John R Road, Madison Heights; 248616-0168. D daily.
220 Merrill $$$
NEW AMERICAN • The menu includes apps and small plates as well as Wagyu beef carpaccio, ahi tuna tartare, and classic roasted oysters. There are heartier entrees as well, like the braised beef short ribs. 220 Merrill St., Birmingham; 248-646-2220. L,D Mon.-Sat. BR Sun.
Adachi $$$
JAPANESE-INSPIRED • Heading the kitchen is Lloyd Roberts, who has trained in the kitchens of celebrity chefs such as Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Nobu Matsuhisa. Here, soy truffle broth is ladled over pork dumplings reminiscent of coin purses, and miniature tacos are filled with lobster, tuna, or vegetable pickings. 325 S. Old Woodward Ave., Birmingham; 248540-900. L,D daily.
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Andiamo $$
ITALIAN • Over the past three decades, Joe Vicari has established several Andiamo restaurants in metro Detroit, all inspired by the late master chef Aldo Ottaviani’s philosophy of seasonal, from-scratch cooking. The menus differ slightly at the different locations, but the constant is the fresh, housemade pastas — handcrafted by the trinity of “pasta ladies,” Anna, Tanya, and Angelina, who have carried on the tradition. 6676 Telegraph Road, Bloomfield; 248-865-9300. L,D Mon.-Fri., D Sat.-Sun.
Anita’s Kitchen $
LEBANESE With pita pizzas and lamb chops, the Lebanese food here is some of the best around. And there’s vegetarian and gluten-free fare, too. Healthy, nutritious, and delicious. See website for locations; anitaskitchen.com
Assaggi Bistro $$$
ITALIAN • Seasonal offers encompassing rustic Italian, country French, and authentic Lebanese are all created in the open kitchen. Standouts include Moroccan duck legs, porcini-dusted day boat sea scallops, and cioppino (seafood stew). 330 W. Nine Mile Road, Ferndale; 248584-3499 D Wed.-Sat.
RESTAURANT OF
YEAR 2005
Bacco Restaurante $$$
ITALIAN • Chef-owner Luciano Del Signore’s pastas are like pure art. Try the Strozzapreti Norcina: Italian sausage, truffles, tomato, and white wine, tossed in hand-rolled pasta. From local grass-fed beef to sustainably farm-raised sea bass to a fresh caprese, the ingredients are top-end. Based in the heart of Southfield, Bacco is a true Italian gem in the suburbs. And the desserts, are not to be missed. 29410 Northwestern Hwy., Southfield; 248-356-6600. L Tue.-Fri. D Tue.-Sat.
Bar Verona $$
ITALIAN • Modernized, made-from-scratch Italian favorites curated by Chef Salvatore Borgia as well as fresh craft cocktails fill the menu at this stylish eatery. Homemade pastas, such as Giuseppe’s and Spaghetti al Basilico, and specialty pizzas, including The Verona and the Truffle Mushroom, as well as a selection of steaks and seafood dishes typify the contemporary approach to fresh and uncomplicated Italian cuisine. 500 Loop Road, Commerce Charter Township; 248387-5400. D daily.
Bella Piatti $$
ITALIAN • The location right across from the Townsend Hotel has inspired a number of visiting celebrities, professional athletes, and film crews who stay there to check out the Italian fare at this restaurant. The menu of such dishes as Gemelli pasta with fresh tomato sauce, salmon baked with spinach, kalamata olives, white wine, and tomatoes, and tagliatelle Bolognese stands on its own. It’s one of our true favorites in the area in terms of Italian restaurants. 167 Townsend St., Birmingham; 248-494-7110. D Tue.-Sat.
Beverly Hills Grill $$$
NEW AMERICAN • This Beverly Hills institution has built a loyal following over the years with its California vibe and dawn-to-dark schedule. These days they’re serving only dinner but still features the fresh and innovative fare that put it on the map. 31471 Southfield Road, Beverly Hills; 248-642-2355. D Mon.-Sat.
Bi Bim Bab $$
KOREAN • Though sushi and a small selection of Japanese entrees share the bill here, it’s Korean food at center stage — on barbecue grills, on which meat and seafood are grilled to order. Or come for the restaurant’s namesake. 43155 Main St., Novi; 248-348-6800. L,D Wed.-Mon.
Birmingham Pub $$$
GASTROPUB • This stylish yet casual gastropub from the Joe Vicari Restaurant Group took over the former Triple Nickel space. True to its name, the restaurant’s bill of fare features pub classics taken up a notch, such as Alaskan cod butter roasted with everythingbagel crust and filet mignon with Parmesan truffle fries and zip sauce. There are also TVs at the bar so you won’t miss a minute of the game. 555 S. Old Woodward Ave., Birmingham; 248-885-8108. L Sun, Tue.-Fri., D Tue.-Sun.
Bistro Joe’s $$$
GLOBAL Part of Papa Joe’s Gourmet Market, Bistro Joe’s is in a mezzanine overlooking the open kitchen and market. There is an eclectic list of dishes like spicy tuna “tacushi,” steamed mussels, and tasty flatbread pizzas. 34244 Woodward Ave., Birmingham; 248-5940984. L,D Tue.-Sun.
RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR 2003
Café Cortina $$$
ITALIAN Selections include prosciutto di Parma stuffed with greens and mozzarella; squid sautéed with fresh pomodori; gnocchi with porcini mushrooms; and meaty prawns finished with lemon, white wine, and herbs. For dessert, try the crepes 30715 W. 10 Mile Road, Farmington Hills; 248-474-3033. L Sun., D Tue.-Sun.
Café ML $$
NEW AMERICAN • Café ML is contemporary in décor and its “globally inspired food.” Such dishes as short rib steamed buns, Chinese chicken salad, Singapore street noodles, and Korean fried chicken share the menu with burgers, steak frites, and fresh seafood. Garage door-style windows open onto the patio on warm days. 3607 W. Maple Road, Bloomfield Township; 248-642-4000. D daily.
Capital Grille $$$
STEAKHOUSE • Hand-cut, dry-aged steaks and fresh seafood dishes are the stars at Capital Grille. The restaurant’s outstanding wine list features over 350 labels. The setting is appropriate for both business lunches and social events and includes wellappointed private dining rooms. 2800 W. Big Beaver Road, Troy; 248-649-5300. L,D daily.
Casa Pernoi $$$$
ITALIAN • Three months after its grand opening, what once was a multi-hyphenate concept, blending French, Asian, and Italian cuisine, soon defaulted simply to a cuisine most familiar to chef Luciano DelSignore: Italian. Housemade pastas rolled by hand, chicken parmesan, and a meaty branzino typify the menu. A cannoli cake layers sweet ricotta atop a spongy cake and a base of dark chocolate reminiscent of a Nestle Crunch Bar. 310 E. Maple Road, Birmingham; 248-940-0000. D Tue.-Sat.
Churchill’s Bistro & Cigar Bar $$$
TRADITIONAL • You can buy your cigar and smoke it too. Plus, enjoy dry-aged steaks, pan-roasted sea bass, seasonal East Coast oysters, and lamb chops, among other options. A full bar boasts a large selection of whiskey, scotch, and bourbon — and plenty of wine. 116 S. Old Woodward, Birmingham; 248-647-4555. L,D daily.
Como’s $$
NEW AMERICAN • This Ferndale favorite reopened in May 2019 under the ownership of Peas & Carrots Hospitality with a trendier, fresher look. The warm, homey feel is still intact, but it’s ditched the old menu for — among other things — chef Zack Sklar’s square, deep-dish, Detroit-style pizza that’s leavened from a sourdough starter as opposed to commercial
yeast. 22812 Woodward Ave., Unit 100., Ferndale; 248-677-4439. L,D daily.
Cornbread Restaurant & Bar $$
SOUL • In 1997, Patrick Coleman melded his experience in fine dining with his grandma’s southern roots to create Beans & Cornbread Soulful Bistro. It racked up accolades and fans over the years, including Stevie Wonder and Thomas (Hitman) Hearns. Cornbread is the sequel to Beans and Cornbread, continuing the tradition of soul food with an upscale twist. Classics like catfish and a gravy-smothered pork chop endure. 29852 Northwestern Hwy., Southfield; 248-208-1680. L,D Thu.-Tue. cornbreadsoulfood.com
Crispelli’s Bakery Pizzeria $
ITALIAN-INSPIRED • This hybrid offers artisanal pizzas from a brick oven, salads, paninis, and soups. A bakery offers crusty breads, desserts, and meals to go. Two patios add to the appeal. See website for locations; crispellis.com
Culantro $$
PERUVIAN Native Peruvian Betty Shuell brings a taste of her home to Ferndale. The casual, homey, seat-yourself establishment is named after an herb that is often used in traditional Peruvian cooking. An especially notable dish is the Pollo a la Brasa, marinated chicken served with French fries, rice, and a variety of dipping sauces. 22939 Woodward Ave., Ferndale; 248-632-1055. L,D daily.
Diamond’s Steak & Seafood $$$
ITALIAN
The pizza concept from chef Luciano Del Signore, a four-time James Beard Award nominee, features small plates, fresh pastas, woodroasted meats, and a range of distinctive Neapolitan pizzas. See website for locations; bigalora.com
STEAKHOUSE • This Howell restaurant is the perfect location for ribeye, fresh gulf shrimp, or a classic cheeseburger. Plus, weekends boast a buffet-style brunch. 101 W. Grand River Ave., Howell; 517-548-5500. D Tue.-Sat.
Eddie’s Gourmet $$
NEW AMERICAN Chef Eddie Hanna’s gourmet diner is a simple concept that works to perfection. The menu offers standard selection of breakfast items, burgers, sandwiches, and lunch specials, but the real draw is the counter-side gourmet and pasta specials. Offerings include Veal Marsala and Chicken Milano. 25920 Greenfield Road, Oak Park; 248-968-4060. L,D Mon-Sat.
Elie’s Mediterranean Grill/Bar $$
LEBANESE • The lamb and chicken shawarma, shish kafta, kibbee nyeh, and other Lebanese dishes are emphasized by the décor, including photomurals of old Beirut and strings of blue beads cascading from the ceiling. A fun place to frequent for a quick lunch or a night out with friends. 263 Pierce St., Birmingham; 248-647-2420. L,D Mon.-Sat.
The Fed $$ GASTROPUB An attractive restaurant with great food and a delightfully refreshing atmosphere. The menu crosses boundaries, from shareables, like Spanish Octopus and Wild Mushroom Crostini, to heartier fare, like Braised Lamb Pappardelle and Steak and Frites. Plus, the bright and airy bohemian-chic interior is highly Instagrammable. 15 S. Main St., Clarkston; 248-297-5833. D Wed.-Sat., B,L,D Sun
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Forest $$$
EUROPEAN-INSPIRED • The menu is brief but designed to let the kitchen assemble sharp flavors from various farm and market ingredients. Try the delightful pastas, like the Bolognese and the agnolotti, as well as the understated Farm Egg. 735 Forest Ave., Birmingham; 248-258-9400. D Tue.-Sat.
The Fly Trap
ECLECTIC AMERICAN • This “finer diner” typifies trendy Ferndale with its tin ceiling, red-topped tables, and counter with swivel stools. It offers sandwiches, salads, pastas, and omelets.22950 Woodward Ave., Ferndale; 248-399-5150. B,L Tue.-Sat.
Garage Grill & Fuel Bar
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NEW AMERICAN The car-themed rooms of a former 1940s gas station are as fresh and appealing as the dishes themselves. The kitchen serves up a variety of seafood starters and “full-size sedan” entrees, as well as pizzas. 202 W. Main St., Northville, 248-9243367. D Wed.-Sun., BR Sat.-Sun.
Gran Castor
$$
LATIN STREET • From the duo behind hit spots like Vinsetta Garage and Union Woodshop comes this vibrant Latin-American café and restaurant.Diners can choose to sit behind one of the two bars, a cozy café, or in the 245-seat dining room all decked in colorful textiles. At Gran Castor, the dining room is equally as decadent as the food and drinks served. Grab a $5 margarita between 4 p.m.-6 p.m. daily. 2950 Rochester Road, Troy; 248-278-7777. D Wed.-Mon.
Hazel’s $$
SEAFOOD • What was once multiple concepts under one roof named after the three neighborhoods that converged right where the restaurant stands (Hazel, Ravine and Downtown) is now simply Hazel’s. The casual and comfortable restaurant specializes in authentic dishes, drinks, and vibes from some of the country’s top seafood destinations. Here you’ll find dishes like Maine-caught lobster, Maryland Blue Crab, and more. 1 Peabody St., Birmingham; 248-671-1714. D Tue.-Sun., B,L Sat.-Sun.
Honcho $
LATIN FUSION • From the owners of Vinsetta Garage and Union Woodshop, this restaurant can be described as “Latin food that speaks with an Asian accent.” Menu items include a chicken burrito fried and tossed in a soy fish sauce and Korean pork tacos, featuring Woodshop pulled pork tossed in Korean BBQ sauce and topped with toasted sesame seeds and Malay radish slaw. 3 E. Church St., Clarkston; 248-707-3793. L,D daily.
Hong Hua $
CHINESE One of the best area restaurants dedicated to Asian food offers some rare delicacies — shark’s fin and bird’s nest soups, fresh abalone — as well as more customary items. One signature dish is stir-fried yellow grouper fillet with vegetables. 27925 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills; 248-489-2280. L,D Tue.-Sun.
Hyde Park Prime Steakhouse $$$$
STEAKHOUSE This plush modern steakhouse offers dry-aged prime and Kobe-style wagyu beef in a fun, clubby setting. An extensive wine list accompanies the restaurant menu that also features platters of chilled fresh seafood. 201 S. Old Woodward Ave., Birmingham; 248-594-4369. D daily. 17107 Haggerty Road, Northville Twp.; 248-679-0007. D Tue.-Sat.
Imperial $
MEXICAN-INSPIRED • The menu offers Californiastyle tacos on soft tortillas, including lime-grilled chicken, carnitas, and marinated pork, as well as slowroasted pork tortas, and guacamole. 22828 Woodward Ave., Ferndale, 248-850-8060. L,D daily, BR Sun.
J-Bird Smoked Meats $$
BARBEQUE • Offering wood-smoked meats served with the traditional sides of cornbread, buttermilk
slaw, and mac and cheese, popular dishes include the Three Meat Sampler and JBird Gumbo, as well as St. Louis Ribs and old-fashioned JBurgers. If you love meat, this is your place. 1978 Cass Lake Road, Keego Harbor; 248-681-2124. L,D Tue.-Sun.
Joe Muer $$$$
SEAFOOD • The Bloomfield Hills location of the iconic restaurant continues the tradition of excellent food, service, and ambiance. The menu emphasizes classic fresh fish and “Muer Traditions” such as Dover sole and Great Lakes Yellow Belly Perch. There’s also a raw and sushi bar as well as premium steaks. And make sure to save room for dessert, because the coconut cake is not to be missed. A piano bar adds to the ambience. 39475 Woodward Ave., Bloomfield Hills; 248-792-9609. D daily.
Lao Pot $$$
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JAPANESE A downtown Royal Oak space with exposed ductwork, orange booths, and a lively floor-to-ceiling, black-and-white robot mural may not seem like the obvious choice for authentic Asian noodles. But this casual spot offers a variety of vegan and meat-based ramen dishes, as well as gyoza, poke, spring rolls, and karaage — Japanese-style fried chicken. Don’t skip out on desserts like mochi ice cream and cheesecake tempura.
411 S. Washington Ave., Royal Oak; 248-677-1236. L,D Mon.-Sat.
CHINESE • In 2019, the owners of Madison Heights’ international market 168 Asian Mart opened Lao Pot, which specializes in Chinese Hot Pot cuisine. Hot Pot is a traditional method of cooking, using a pot of simmering broth, which sits in the center of the dining table. Lao Pot allows diners to customize and cook their meals right at their tables, combining great food and a memorable experience. 32707 John R. Road, Madison Heights; 248-689-9888. L,D daily.
La Strada Dolci e Caffé $
ITALIAN • A slice of European elegance offers an impeccable little menu of Italian dishes and rich coffees and espresso. Paninis, delicious fresh green salads, hearty minestrone soup, pastas, pizzas, and decadent and artistically crafted pastries are prettily served and very tasty. 243 E. Merrill St., Birmingham; 248-480-0492. D Tue.-Sat.
Lellis Inn $$
ITALIAN • Dinners begin with an antipasto tray, creamy minestrone, salad, side dish of spaghetti, and then — nine times out of 10 — a filet mignon with zip sauce. 885 N. Opdyke Road, Auburn Hills; 248-3734440. L Mon.-Fri. D daily.
Loccino Italian Grill $$
ITALIAN • Loccino is a “family-friendly” yet upscale Italian restaurant. Choose from fresh seafood, steak, chicken, and veal dishes, plus traditional pastas, pizzas, salads, and more. They also offer happy hour specials from 3-7 p.m. weekdays. A great special occassion place or delicious workday lunch spot for whevener you need a break from the office. 5600 Crooks Road, Troy; 248-813-0700. L Mon.-Fri., D daily.
Lockhart’s BBQ $$
BARBEQUE • The heart of this joint’s authentic barbecue is the dry-rubbed meat smoker, which can smoke up to 800 pounds of meat at a time. Choices such as pork ribs, pulled pork, beef brisket, burnt ends, and chicken are served atop butcher paper on metal trays for the true experience. 202 E. Third St., Royal Oak; 248-584-4227. L,D daily. BR Sun.
Loui’s Pizza $
ITALIAN • Sure, you can now get a Michigan craft beer, but not much else has changed. And that’s a good thing. Parties dine on square pizzas with crisp crust, faintly charred around the edges. Hailed by food critics and Detroiters alike as one of the city’s most classic Detroit style pizzas, it’s well worth a trip. 23141 Dequindre Road, Hazel Park; 248-547-1711. L,D Thu.-Sun.
Luxe Bar & Grill $$
NEW AMERICAN The simple menu at this Grosse Pointe Farms joint offers burgers on brioche buns and interesting salads and sides, as well as entrees typi-
fied by wild-caught salmon, prime filet, and Greekstyle lamb chops. 525 N. Old Woodward Ave., Birmingham; 248-792-6051. 115 Kercheval Ave., Grosse Pointe Farms; 313-924-5459. L,D daily.
Mabel Gray $$$
NEW AMERICAN • Chef James Rigato produces some masterful dishes on this tiny menu, which does not miss a beat. The menu includes a multi-course tasting option, as well as a daily listing of changing items that never disappoint. It’s a fine dining experience that is certainly worth a visit. 23825 John R Road, Hazel Park; 248-398-4300. D Tue.-Sat.
Mad Hatter Bistro, Bar & Tea Room $$
ECLECTIC AMERICAN • The whimsical setting inspired by Alice in Wonderland welcomes far more than the tea-sipping set with burgers and sandwiches, rabbit Porchetta, truffle risotto bites, and baked brie with pistachio, honey, and pomegranate. There are also pastries, of course. 185 N. Old Woodward Ave., Birmingham; 248-540-0000. B,L Thu.-Sun., D Fri.-Sat. Tea by reservation. Lower level not wheelchair accessible.
Madam $$$
NEW AMERICAN • Since opening in 2021, Madam has carved its niche with its global take on farm-totable cuisine, taking diners on a tour from Michigan to Asia to Europe. Staples from chef de cuisine Clifton Booth include mushroom dumplings, Spanish octopus, steak frites, and pasta dishes. 298 S. Old Woodward Ave., Birmingham; 248-283-4200. B,D daily, L Mon.-Fri., BR Sat.-Sun.
Mare Mediterranean $$$$
SEAFOOD • Inspired by restaurants in Sicily where the catch of the day is the basis of dinner, this sophisticated restaurant from Nino Cutraro and his partner offers the freshest seafood flown in from the Mediterranean several times a week. You select the type of fish you want from the market in front of the open kitchen and how you want it prepared (acqua pazza, salt baked, grilled, or pan fried). It’s then served tableside in glorious fashion. Not to be missed are the Mare Tower and moussaka. It’s a feast for the eyes as well as the stomach. 115 Willits St., Birmingham; 248-940-5525. D Tue.-Sat.
Market North End $$
AMERICAN • Joe and Kristin Bongiovanni opened this eatery just across the street from the family’s existing restaurants, Salvatore Scallopini and Luxe Bar & Grill. It represents a younger, more casual alternative to the cult-favorite classics, with a serious kitchen that offers traditional American dishes as well as hints of global influences. 474 N. Old Woodward Ave., Birmingham; 248-712-4953. L,D daily.
The Meeting House $$
ECLECTIC AMERICAN • This eclectic American menu includes Gulf Shrimp Gratin, steak frites remarkably close to those at Paris bistros, and a housemade soft pretzel with roasted jalapeno-goat cheese dip. Or, try the beef short rib with shawarma spices, pistachio basmati, and pickled vegetables. 301 S. Main St., Rochester; 248-759-4825. D daily, BR Sat.-Sun.
Mesa Tacos And Tequila $
MEXICAN-AMERICAN • The two-story setting includes balcony seating in a big, open room where the bar gets equal time with the kitchen. The pop-Mexican menu — which includes guacamole, nachos, and the titular tacos — is backed up with an array of tequilas. 312 S. Main St., Royal Oak; 248-545-1940. L & D daily.
Ingredients
Scallops
4 ¼ cups water
½ cup kosher salt
Cherry tomatoes
Butter
Fresh-picked herbs, such as basil, mint, fennel, dill, or chives
Annatto Oil
½ cup neutral oil
4 tablespoons round annatto seed
1 ½ tablespoons smoked paprika
Fermented Corn
2 ears corn, shucked
Salt
Cantaloupe Curry
½ cup neutral oil
1 ripe cantaloupe
2 pieces fresh lemongrass
1 tablespoon minced ginger
1 Jimmy Nardello pepper
1 Fresno pepper
2 large shallots
6 fresh Thai lime leaves
½ bunch cilantro stems
½ bunch Thai basil stems
2 tablespoons yellow curry paste
1tablespoon vadouvan curry powder (or regular curry powder)
1 tablespoon kosher salt
2 limes, zested and juiced
2 14-ounce cans coconut milk
½ teaspoon xanthan gum
Directions
Annatto Oil
1. Combine all ingredients in a small saucepan.
2. Heat over medium-high heat to just below boiling and hold for 2 minutes. Take off the heat and reserve.
Fermented Corn
(For safe fermentation, using a kitchen scale is highly recommended to get the correct salinity.)
1. Clean the corn and cut the kernels away from the cob.
2. In a bowl, take the back side of a knife and scrape the cleaned cob downward to get the corn “milk.” Combine the corn milk with the cleaned kernels.
3. Weigh the corn mixture in grams. Multiply the total weight by 3 percent to get the amount of salt needed.
4. Mix the salt into the corn.
5. Place the mixture in a bag and remove all the air by vacuum sealing.
6. Keep the bag in a warm, dark place for 3 days. After 3 days, remove the corn from the bag and strain out the excess liquid, reserving for later use.
Cantaloupe Curry
1. Clean the cantaloupe of all the rind, seeds, and bruised areas. Dice into medium cubes and set aside.
2. With the back of a knife, bruise the lemongrass and then roughly chop.
3. Dice the ginger, shallots, and peppers and roughly chop the herb stems.
4. In a pot, heat the oil over medium heat, then add in the shallots, ginger, peppers, and lemongrass. Saute until aromatic, a few minutes.
5. Add in the curry paste and curry powder. Sauté to toast over medium heat, then add in the cantaloupe, lime leaves, and chopped herb stems.
6. Cook over low heat until the melon starts to break down and releases a good amount of liquid. Once the melon has softened, add in the coconut milk.
7. Simmer over low heat until slightly reduced, stirring frequently to avoid burning.
8. After simmering for 45 minutes, remove from the heat and transfer to a blender. Add in the lime zest, juice, and salt.
9. Turn the blender on, and while running, sprinkle in the xanthan gum.
10. Pass the sauce through a fine mesh sieve and strain into a bowl sitting in an ice bath to cool the sauce quickly.
1. Mix together the salt and water to create a brine. Add in the scallops and brine for 1 hour. After, remove the scallops from the brine and lay out on a sheet tray lined with a clean towel. Let dry in the refrigerator for 1 hour, uncovered.
2. Blister cherry tomatoes with a kitchen torch or under the broiler to lightly char the skin.
3. Heat a pan over high heat. Add in a generous amount of butter and sear the scallops for 2 minutes per side.
4. To assemble the dish, spread cantaloupe curry on a plate. Place the seared scallops on top and surround each with small piles of the blistered cherry tomatoes and fermented corn. Top with fresh-picked herbs such
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Mon Jin Lau $$
ASIAN-FUSION • Explore such dishes as Singapore noodles, combining chicken, shrimp, chilies, and curry with angel-hair pasta; Mongolian beef; or seared scallops with lemongrass-basil Thai curry sauce. The patio opens up and the dining room transforms into a dance floor for weekly events. 1515 E. Maple Road, Troy; 248-689-2332. L Mon.-Fri., D daily.
The Morrie $$
NEW AMERICAN • Music and munchies can be a great combination when served in the right proportions. Such offerings as the smoked chicken wings, smoked apple burnt ends and Detroit style pizza, as well as the requisite burger and steak, appeal to a wide demographic. The rock’n’roll-themed eatery also brought its much-loved American dishes and cocktails to Birmingham in 2019. 511 S. Main St., Royal Oak; 248-216-1112. D daily. 260 N. Old Woodward Ave., Birmingham; 248-940-3260. L,D Mon.Fri., B,L,D Sat.-Sun. BR Sat.-Sun.
Oak City Grille $
NEW AMERICAN • This downtown Royal Oak spot bridges the gap between bar food and upscale dining. Order a dressed-up sandwich or burger, or elevate your dining experience with an 8-ounce filet mignon or lamb chops. The friendly price range makes anything possible. 212 W. Sixth St., Royal Oak; 248-5560947. D Tue.-Sun.
Ocean Prime $$$$
SEAFOOD An upper-end steak-and-fish place and a popular business lunch site. The menu features naturally harvested fresh fish and prime aged beef. Don’t miss the chocolate peanut butter pie or the carrot cake. A tried-and-true metro Detroit spot. 2915 Coolidge Hwy., Troy; 248-458-0500. L Mon.-Fri., D daily.
One-Eyed Betty’s
$$
ECLECTIC AMERICAN • Picnic-style tables and blackboards lettered with scores of brew choices add a beer-hall sensibility to this popular spot. The kitchen delivers New Orleans-themed dishes such as Chicken Tchoupitoulas with tasso ham and bearnaise sauce, as well as a mouth-watering bacon burger. Weekend brunch features delicious housemade doughnuts. 175 W. Troy St., Ferndale; 248808-6633. D daily, BR Sat.-Sun.
O.W.L.
MEXICAN-AMERICAN • This Royal Oak spot offers sustenance for the early birds to the night owls. Step up to the counter and order from the letterboard menu before grabbing a stool at the counter or along the window ledge. Dishes here include such diner musts as eggs, sausage and potato hash, burgers, and chicken wings as well as tacos and nachos served from the open kitchen. 27302 Woodward Ave., Royal Oak; 248-808-6244. B, L,D daily.
Phoenicia
to a Detroit restaurant and speakeasy on the east side that was called Pinky’s Boulevard Club (and the fact that everything is pink). The playful and eclectic menu offers a taste of a little bit of everything, from Kasseri Saganaki to Red Chile Beef Taco. It’s part of the Adam Merkel Restaurants group, which includes Howell hot spots The Silver Pig, Cello Italian, and Diamond’s Steak & Seafood. 100 S. Main St. Rear, Royal Oak, 248-268-2885. D Tues.-Sun. Br. Sat.-Sun.
Pop’s For Italian $$
ITALIAN • It doesn’t sound fancy, but this Ferndale restaurant serves well-prepared, Italian dishes paired with an ambitious wine program. The fairly brief menu starts with a list of Neapolitan pizzas, then moves to pastas, but has all the classics to hit the spot. There are charcuterie boards and Italian desserts, too. 280 W. Nine Mile Road, Ferndale; 248-2684806. D Tue.-Sun.
Prime29 Steakhouse $$$$
STEAKHOUSE The 29-day aged prime beef, including the 24-ounce tomahawk bone-in rib-eye, still stars here. There’s also Chilean sea bass, Loch Duart salmon, and lamb chops with lobster fried rice. The service is notable, as is the Award of Excellence from Wine Spectator.6545 Orchard Lake Road, West Bloomfield; 248-737-7463. D Tue.-Sun.
Public House $$ NEW AMERICAN/VEGAN • This Ferndale spot reopened under new ownership and with a refreshed look in late 2021. Standout selections include its burgers, sharable plates like barbecued carrots, and craft cocktails and mocktails. It also features a special vegan menu and carries plenty of gluten-free options. 241 W. Nine Mile Road, Ferndale; 248-733-4905. D daily., BR Sat.-Sun.
Quán Ngon Vietnamese Bistro $ VIETNAMESE • This gem of a bistro in a hand-some space adds to the local Vietnamese offerings. Dishes such as cha gio (elegant little eggrolls), bun bo nuong sa (grilled steak atop angel-hair rice noodles), and banh mi made with fresh ingredients. 30701 Dequindre Road, Madison Heights; 248-2684310. L,D Fri.-Wed
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Redcoat Tavern $ BURGERS • The half-pound choice beef hamburger is always atop the list of local favorites. But a low-fat, high-flavor Piedmontese beef one is tastier than the original. This is the place for your burger craving. 31542 Woodward Ave., Royal Oak; 248-549-0300. 6745 Orchard Lake Road, West Bloomfield Township; 248-865-0500. L,D Mon.-Sat.
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LEBANESE • This long-standing upscale Lebanese eatery has clean, contemporary lines that complement the French door-style windows. Don’t miss the morel mushrooms or roasted garlic cloves with tomato and basil as an appetizer. The menu expands to unexpected items such as baby back ribs and singleserving-sized local whitefish. 588 S. Old Woodward Ave., Birmingham; 248-644-3122. L Mon.-Fri., D daily., BR Sun.
Pinky’s Rooftop $$ ECLECTIC AMERICAN • With its second-floor view of downtown Royal Oak, Pinky’s Rooftop is a go-to spot for a night on the town. The name hearkens back
Rochester Chop House $$ NEW AMERICAN Two restaurants in one; Kabin Kruser’s and the Chop House. There’s a throwback roadhouse-style feeling about the Chop House, which has a menu divided between red meat and fresh fish and seafood. Signature dishes include calamari, Maryland jumbo lump crabcakes, and a large selection of aged steaks, rack of lamb, and steak/seafood combinations. 306 S. Main St., Rochester; 248-6512266. L Mon.-Fri., D daily
Ronin $$ JAPANESE • The sushi menu, ranging from spicy tuna rolls to yellowtail and salmon eggs and well beyond, is augmented by a concise menu of cooked fare. Front windows open onto the sidewalk, making the cocktail lounge open-air during the warm months. 326 W. Fourth St., Royal Oak; 248-546-0888. D daily.
Silver Spoon $$ ITALIAN • This quintessential slice of Italy features excellent food, knowledgeable staff, and friendly
service. Try the bucatini made with pancetta, onion, red wine, and fresh tomato sauce. Also worth trying: saltimbocca alla Romana, or veal scaloppini sautéed in white wine. A truly delicious place for any kind of outing. 543 N. Main St., Rochester; 248-652-4500. D Mon.-Sat.
Social Kitchen & Bar
$$$
NEW AMERICAN • The energetic Birmingham spot allows guests a view of the kitchen action. It has a creative and varied menu typified by falafel lettuce wraps, fried chicken sandwiches, crispy Brussels sprouts, and salmon with braised lentils, crispy kale, and a mustard vinaigrette. 225 E. Maple Road, Birmingham; 248-5944200. L Mon.-Fri., D daily, BR Sat.-Sun.
Sozai
JAPANESE • To truly experience Sozai, you have to reserve a seat at the custom-built sushi bar where chef Hajime Sato will curate a unique sustainable sushi dining experience called omakase. There’s also a menu offering crowd pleasures like chicken karaage and rolls featuring familiar ingredients with tuna, jalapeno and avocado. 449 W. 14 Mile Road, Clawson; 248677-3232. D Tues.-Sat.
Streetside Seafood $$
SEAFOOD Small and cozy yet sophisticated, the restaurant has a pared-down menu of fresh fish and seafood on a seasonal menu. There are always two soups: a bisque and a chowder. Favorites include the oysters and bouillabaisse. A delicious restaurant for all palates to enjoy and feel comfortable in. 273 Pierce St.Birmingham; 248-645-9123. L Mon.-Fri., D daily.
Sylvan Table $$$
NEW AMERICAN • With a working farm on the 5-acre property, Sylvan Table isn’t just talking the farm-to-table talk. The restored 300-year-old barn feels grand and vast when you step into the stunning space, but it is homey, welcoming, and inviting. The menu changes often to reflect what’s growing but some of the staples include the trout — seasoned with herb oil, salt, and pepper, cooked over a wood-fired grill, and served whole — and Chicken Under a Brick, which is cooked to charred perfection. 1819 Inverness St., Sylvan Lake, 248-369-3360. D Mon.-Sun. Br. Sat.-Sun.
Take Sushi $$
JAPANESE • Crisp salads, miso soup garnished with the tiniest dice of tofu, sashimi and sushi, oversize bowls of soba or udon noodles, and all the familiar — and some not-so-familiar — entrees, combine together to make this spot special. 1366 Walton Blvd., Rochester Hills; 248-652-7800. L,D daily.
Tallulah Wine Bar & Bistro $$
WINE BAR • Understated décor and a pared-down menu of seasonal dishes make this spot a Birmingham classic. The kitchen turns out dishes like Lamb Belly Ragu with housemade pasta; and whole branzino with charred zucchini and romesco. Wine is served by the glass, the pitcher, or bottle. 155 S. Bates St., Birmingham; 248-731-7066. D Mon.-Sat.
Toast, A Breakfast & Lunch Joint $
BREAKFAST/BRUNCH • It’s fun, it’s breezy, and the food at Toast, A Breakfast & Lunch Joint is very, very good. The house specialty smothered burrito has plenty of fans, as does huevos rancheros: fried eggs upon corn tortillas, pintos, and cheese. Toast, a Neighborhood Joint, the spinoff of the Ferndale original has a more elaborate setting pairing ’50s retro with sleek contemporary in a pair of rooms. The new menu features twists to comfort food. 23144 Woodward Ave., Ferndale; 248-398-0444. 203 Pierce St., Birmingham; 248-258-6278. B,L daily.
Toasted Oak $$$
BRASSERIE • The menu revolves around the charcuterie sold in the market next door and a list of
hot grill items, such as grilled steaks with béarnaise sauce. In 2019, the restaurant earned a Wine Spectator magazine award for its outstanding wine program. Plus, just across the lot is Twelve Oaks Mall, should you fancy an evening of shopping and dinner. 27790 Novi Road, Novi; 248-277-6000. B Mon.-Fri., L,D Tue.-Sat.
Townhouse $$$
NEW AMERICAN This popular Birmingham spot for comforting New American dishes has several exceptional offerings on its menu, such as the specialty 10 ounces of 28-day dry-aged beef hamburger on brioche. 180 Pierce St., Birmingham; 248-792-5241. L,D daily, BR Sat.-Sun. 500 Woodward Ave., Detroit;313-723-1000. D daily.
Union Woodshop $$
JAPANESE
Formerly a small café serving customers of the boutique Leon & Lulu, Three Cats is now a full-fledged restaurant and bar. Located in the former Clawson movie theater next door to the shop, the spot serves small, simple plates, including vegetarian and vegan options, for brunch, lunch, and dinner. The beverage menu features local selections, such as vodka from Ferndale’s Valentine Distilling Co. and wines from grapes grown on the Leelanau Peninsula.
Patrons can even take home the restaurant’s colorful, quirky chairs or tables, as most of the furniture in the space is available for purchase.
116 W. 14 Mile Road, Clawson; 248-2884858. L,D Mon.-Fri., B,L,D Sat.-Sun.
BARBEQUE • Part of the ever-growing Union Joints restaurant group, this is a self-described wood-fired joint, where pulled pork, ribs, chicken, and beef brisket come from the smoker, and Neapolitan-style crispcrusted pizzas from the wood-burning oven. And definitely check out the mac and cheese. There’s also a delicious kid’s menu for any youngsters in your party. 18 S. Main St., Clarkston; 248-625-5660. D Tue.-Sun.
Vinsetta Garage $$
NEW AMERICAN • This restaurant, which is housed in a vintage car-repair shop, offers well-prepared comfort-food classics such as burgers served on pretzel buns, macaroni and cheese, the Chef Bowl with spaghetti and tomato basil sauce, pizzas, and brown sugar-glazed salmon. A restaurant that pays true homage to the city of Detroit. 27799 Woodward Ave., Berkley; 248-548-7711. L,D daily.
Voyager $$
SEAFOOD • Fresh seafood with emphasis on oysters is the premise in this hard-to-find location. The space entails convivially close quarters for such dishes as peel-n’-eat shrimp, chili crab spaghetti and grilled swordfish. The premium bar offers short but notable lists of beer and wine as well as craft cocktails. 600 Vester St., Ferndale; 248-658-4999. D Tue.-Sat.
Waves $$
SEAFOOD • Seafood covers most of the menu at this Nautical Mile favorite. It’s a tough task choosing between such popular appetizers as coconut shrimp, crispy grouper nuggets, and plump steamed mussels. Entrees include al dente pastas and several choices from “over the wave,” such as lamb chops and New York strip steak, plus lump crab cakes, and beer-battered cod. 24223 Jefferson Ave., St. Clair Shores; 586-773-3279. L,D daily.
Andiamo $$
ITALIAN • Over the past three decades, Joe Vicari has established several Andiamo restaurants in metro Detroit, all inspired by the late master chef Aldo Ottaviani’s philosophy of seasonal, from-scratch cooking. Menus differ slightly between locations, but the constant is fresh, housemade pastas — handcrafted by the trinity of “pasta ladies,” Anna, Tanya, and Angelina, who have carried on the tradition. The Warren location is the flagship that started it all. 7096 14 Mile Road, Warren; 586-268-3200. L,D Mon.-Fri., D Sat.-Sun.
Barleycorn’s Public House $$
GASTROPUB • This casual spot offers a wide-ranging cocktail menu, craft beers, and elevated pub fare (try the Southerner, a buttermilk-soaked fried chicken, or the fish and chips). Located near Emagine theater, it’s an ideal spot to grab a burger and drinks before or
after a movie. 50985 Hayes Road, Shelby Township; 586-271-8700. L,D Tue.-Fri., D Sat.-Sun.
Bar Verona $$ ITALIAN • Scratch-made Italian favorites as well as fresh craft cocktails fill the menu at this stylish eatery. Homemade pastas, such as Giuseppe’s and Spaghetti al Basilico, and specialty pizzas, including The Verona and the Truffle Mushroom, as well as a selection of steaks and seafood dishes typify the modernized approach to fresh and uncomplicated Italian cuisine. 59145 Van Dyke Ave., Washington; 586-473-0700. D daily.
Butter Run Saloon $
GASTROPUB • Solid American fare that’s beyond bar food (although their burgers are certainly noteworthy). There’s escargot, perch, steaks, and a huge whiskey selection — 900 at last count. 27626 Harper Ave., St. Clair Shores; 586-675-2115. L,D daily.
Da Francesco’s Ristorante & Bar $$
ITALIAN Da Francesco’s has been around for more than 15 years, but its massive new facility is packing in the crowds by offering traditional Italian dining with an upbeat modern twist. 49521 Van Dyke Ave., Shelby Township; 586-731-7544. L,D Tue.-Fri., D Sat., L,D Sun.
Detroit Fish House$$
SEAFOOD • This restaurant feels like a true coastal eatery, thanks to an extensive menu of fresh fish and seafood that ranges from salmon to Lake Superior whitefish — all served in a well-designed setting. 51195 Schoenherr Road, Shelby Charter Township; 586-739-5400. L Mon.-Fri., D daily.
Gaudino’s $$
ITALIAN • The trending market-restaurant combo has a good example at this spot. It offers imported pastas and sauces, plus a butcher counter with sausages and a wine assortment. The menu offers pasta and pizza, salads, and entrees, including a Chicken Milanese. 27919 Harper Ave., St. Clair Shores; 586879-6764. L,D Tue.-Sat
Isla $$
FILIPINO • Dishes at this Filipino restaurant, formerly sheltered at Fort Street Galley, are reflective of the culinary traditions of the founders’ Iloilo City hometown. Annatto is used to punch up the color of Chicken Adobo, the unofficial dish of the Philippines, and juicy mangoes complement sweet and savory dishes. 2496 Metro Pkwy, Sterling Heights; 586-883-7526. D Tue.-Sat., BR Sun..
J. Baldwin’s Restaurant $$$
NEW AMERICAN • The menu showcases talented chef Jeff Baldwin’s contemporary American food: cedarplanked salmon, chicken fettuccini alfredo with pesto, and herb-crusted chicken, with housemade breads. The desserts include chocolate bumpy cake, spiced carrot cake, apple cobbler, chocolate mousse layer cake, and banana foster bread pudding. 16981 18 Mile Road, Clinton Township; 586-416-3500. L,D Tue.-Sun., BR Sun.
Mr. Paul’s Chophouse $$$
STEAKHOUSE • This bastion of red meat as well as classic dishes is still going strong. Try old-school tableside presentations such as Chateaubriand and Caesar salad. There’s a solid selection of fresh seafood and pasta, too. The founding family still runs the place and emphasizes great hospitality and a heckuva good time. 29850 Groesbeck Hwy., Roseville; 586-7777770. L,D Mon.-Fri., D Sat.
Sherwood Brewing Co. $
GASTROPUB • Quality local ingredients raise Sherwood’s fare to well above “elevated pub grub.” Some notable choices include the hearty House Beer Chili, savory Better Made-crusted fish and chips, and spicy Buffalo Mac. Homemade extends to des-
sert, including Cashew Outside Cookies. This isn’t just bar food, it’s elevated bar food. 45689 Hayes Road, Shelby Township; 586-532-9669. L,D Tue.-Sat.
Steakhouse 22 $$
STEAKHOUSE • The late Nick Andreopoulos once spent time as a “broiler man” at London Chop House. His family stays true to those roots at this American steakhouse with a casual, neighborhood feel. They offer an array of wellprepared angus steaks, plus seafood and pasta dishes. With the sizable lunch and portions offered at Steakhouse 22, good luck saving room for dessert! 48900 Van Dyke Ave., Shelby Township; 586-731-3900. L,D Tue.-Sun.
Testa Barra
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ITALIAN • The newest spot from talented chef and restaurateur Jeffrey Baldwin and his wife, RoseMarie, offers modern Italian fare in a lively, upbeat setting. Pastas are made in-house. 48824 Romeo Plank Road, Macomb Township; 586-434-0100. L Sun., D daily.
Twisted Rooster$$
SPORTS BAR • This “Michigan-centric” chain (Chesterfield Township, Grand Rapids, and Belleville) has takes on classics, with mac & cheese variations and steaks with “zip” sauce. 45225 Marketplace Blvd., Chesterfield; 586-949-1470. L,D daily.
Bellflower $$$
NEW AMERICAN • A restaurant housed in a former exchange of the Michigan Bell Telephone Company, Bellflower answers Ypsilanti’s call for fine dining with an adventurous flair. Boudin sausage with roasted okra, baked oysters, and ginger ale or CocaCola-roasted beets showed up on early menus as chef Dan Klenotic’s way of straddling the line of creole tradition and an imaginative style that is entirely his own. 209 Pearl St., Ypsilanti. L,D Mon.-Sat.
Black Pearl $$
SEAFOOD • This seafood and martini bar is especially popular during patio season. But step inside for a host of craft cocktails, then stay for dinner. A seafood-dominated menu includes a notable roasted scallop dish. Non-seafood options include the eponymous burger, roasted butternut squash salad, and filet mignon. And make sure to order dessert. 302 S. Main St., Ann Arbor; 734-222-0400. D daily.
Blue LLama Jazz Club $$
CREATIVE AMERICAN • Come to this swanky jazz club for the music, which includes headliners such as the Grammy-nominated Ravi Coltrane Quartet, but stay for Chef Louis Goral’s delicious food. Try the crispy foie gras PB&J with Marcona almonds and strawberry jam. There is also a delicious Sunday brunch with decadent orange blossom beignets and strawberry pancakes. 314 S. Main St., Ann Arbor; 734-372-3200. D Tue.-Sat.
The second annual Cork & Fork festival, a three-day food lover’s experience at the historic Grand Hotel, will once again celebrate some of the country’s top female culinary and beverage talent. The event, in partnership with
The Blue Nile $$
ETHIOPIAN • The real treat of the meal at this quaint Ferndale restaurant is that it’s scooped up with a spongy bread called injera, and all the lentils, often seasoned with an Ethiopian spice mixture known as Berber, and vegetables are equally delicious. 221 E. Washington St., Ann Arbor; 734-998-4746. D Tue.-Sun.545 W. Nine Mile Road, Ferndale; 248-547-6699. D Thu.-Sun.
Cardamom $$
INDIAN • Check out the Hyderabadi Biryani —chicken, goat, and vegetable dishes, in which the rice is first cooked then baked. All the Indian favorites are available at Cardamom, such as Chicken Tikka Masala, Lamb Rogan Josh, and warm, fluffy, made-fresh garlic naan. It’s the ideal spot for when you’re craving the classics. 1739 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor; 734-662-2877. L Sun., D Tue.-Sun.
The Common Grill $$
SEAFOOD • Founded by Chef Craig Common, whose skilled work drew the attention of the now shuttered Gourmet magazine and the James Beard House, this mainstay was acquired in 2022 by Peas & Carrots Hospitality. Chefs Zack Sklar and Josh Humphrey most of the beloved restaurant’s menu, such as the expertly prepared oysters and seafood dishes as well as the coconut cream pie. 112 S. Main St., Chelsea; 734-475-0470. L,D Tue.-Sun., BR Sun.
KouZina Greek Steet Food $ GREEK • The Greek “street food” at this Ann Arbor spot comes in lamb and beef, and chicken. Try the lentil soup for a delicious lunch or go for something more filling like falafel. Either way, you can’t go wrong with this excellent spot. 332 S. Main St., Ann Arbor; 734-997-5155. L,D Tue.-Sun.
Mani Osteria & Bar $$
ITALIAN • This popular casual restaurant infuses freshness with lower prices than most osterias in the area. It’s a well-rounded blend of modern, eclectic Italian with classic standbys. The pizzas are hot, fresh and perfectly executed to suit your tastes. 341 E. Liberty St., Ann Arbor; 734-769-6700. L Fri.-Sun., D Wed.-Sun.
Miss Kim $$
KOREAN • This spinoff from the Zingerman’s mini empire comes courtesy of chef Ji Hye Kim, a James Beard semifinalist. Kim meticulously researches Korean culinary traditions and recipes to create her unique blend of modern Korean food highlighting Michigan vegetables, from housemade kimchi to the tteokbokki (rice cakes). Some of the restaurant’s standouts include a craveable Korean fried chicken and its plantbased counterpart the Korean fried tofu. 415 N. Fifth Ave., Ann Arbor, 734-275-0099. L and D Wed.-Mon.
Paesano $$
ITALIAN With a friendly waitstaff and decked in vibrant colors, this lively restaurant is not to be missed. The innovative menu changes seasonally. Must-tries have included the pasta carbonara, fea-
the James Beard Foundation, also recognizes the hotel’s own female chefs and master sommelier Elizabeth Schweitzer, only the eighth woman in the world to achieve that status, says David Jurcak, the Grand Hotel’s president.
Jurcak says there are more women now than ever leading restaurants and big facilities such as the Grand Hotel.
“It’s an absolute change in a really short period of time, and we wanted to have an incredible food experience and then
NEW AMERICAN Chef Nicole Justman heads the kitchen at this fresh spot that brings a touch of Birmingham to Shelby Township. A contemporary menu at Vast Kitchen and Bar includes panseared salmon and sous vide pork shank. 52969 Van Dyke Ave., Shelby Township; 586-9916104. L,D Mon.-Sat.
turing shrimp, duck bacon, and Italian greens, as well as beet and ricotta gnocchi with brown butter. 3411 Washtenaw Ave., Ann Arbor; 734-971-0484. L,D daily.
Seva Ann Arbor $$
VEGAN Seva offers such dishes as black bean and sweet potato quesadillas, gluten-free options, and colorful stir-fries — some vegan as well as vegetarian. There’s also a full bar as well as a juice bar serving creamy smoothies and dense shakes, fresh-squeezed juices, and craft mocktails. Choose from one of the most extensive vegetarian menus in the Detroit area. 2541 Jackson Ave., Ann Arbor; 734-662-1111. L,D Mon.-Sat.
Shalimar $$
INDIAN • Offering North Indian, Tandoori, and Mughlai dishes, Shalimar is suitable for carnivores and herbivores alike. Standouts include the Tandoori Lamb Chops marinated in creamy yogurt, spicy ginger, and fresh garlic, which is best eaten with the restaurant’s flavorful, chewy garlic naan served fresh and hot. 307 S. Main St., Ann Arbor;734-663-1500. L, D daily.
Slurping Turtle $
JAPANESE • This fun, casual Ann Arbor restaurant, owned by celebrity chef Takashi Yagihashi, offers plenty of shareable dishes, such as hamachi tacos and duckfat fried chicken. But the star at Slurping Turtle is the noodle (Yagihashi’s “soul food”), which is made inhouse daily on a machine imported from Japan. 608 E. Liberty St., Ann Arbor; 734-887-6868. L,D daily.
The Boro Dining Room and Bar $$$$ NEW AMERICAN • Much like the restaurant’s ambience, the cuisine at The Boro is both refined and relaxed. The Grilled Bone-In Pork Loin typifies the vibe. In flavor, the pork is reminiscent of a slab of tender brisket at a family barbecue. The loin is sweetened with a smattering of St. Louis-style barbecue glaze. In presentation and accoutrements, though, the dish is worthy of white-tablecloth status. 5400 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor; 734-6693310. B,L,D daily.
Yotsuba Japanese Restaurant & Bar $$
JAPANESE • The semi-circular sushi bar is the center of this restaurant. Sushi chef Bobby Suzuki has a loyal following for his precise nigiri rolls. There are also tatami rooms and conventional seating. 7365 Orchard Lake Road, West Bloomfield Township; 248737-8282. 2222 Hogback Road, Ann Arbor; 734-9715168. L,D Tue.-Sun.
Zingerman’s Roadhouse $$$
CLASSIC COMFORT • This eatery celebrates the food of various American cities, from fresh Maryland crab cakes to the delicacies of New Orleans. The buttermilk biscuits are beyond-this-world. 2501 Jackson Ave., Ann Arbor; 734-663-3663. B,L,D daily.
celebrate that with Elizabeth and her wine knowledge.”
Wine lovers will especially enjoy Schweitzer’s wine tastings, which are educational and fun without pretense; last year during a tasting, she debunked myths about Michigan wine and showed the importance of a good decanter and how it can take a wine to the next level.
This year’s menu has broadened, Jurcak says: “We have an international influence [represented by the chefs]. We
have really cool soul food from Asia and French Moroccan.”
This year’s chefs, most of whom are James Beard Award-nominated, include Christina Nguyen of Hai Hai in Minneapolis; Amarys Koenig Herndon of Palm & Pine in New Orleans; Jessica Scott of 50 Eggs Hospitality Group in Las Vegas; Debbie Gold of LeTour in Evanston, Illinois; Mia Orino of Kamayan ATL in Atlanta; and Deborah VanTrece of Twisted Soul Cookhouse & Pours in Atlanta. Jen Hidinger-Kendrick,
co-founder of the Atlanta nonprofit Giving Kitchen, which was honored with a James Beard Award in 2019, will be the master of ceremonies.
Attendees will get to interact with the chefs during the cooking challenge, which is more personal than a typical cooking class, Jurcak says, allowing guests to be “faceto-face and able to speak and listen to these incredible culinary talents and their stories and what they have done.”
One of the highlights
is Saturday’s multicourse signature “pink-tie” dinner (benefiting the Susan G. Komen foundation) featuring dishes such as ahi tuna kilawin, Louisiana deviled crab, braised oxtail and foie gras cannelloni, and more.
The hotel’s weekend package includes all events and accommodations at the Grand Hotel, with rates starting at $629 a night. For more information, go to grandhotel.com/packages/ cork-fork-experience
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Casino Royale is the signature event for Rugiero Promise Foundation. The Antonio Rugiero Diabetes Research Fund continues to be a partner with Michigan Medicine at of Michigan, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes and their cutting-edge research and treatment of Diabetes.
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Is your life impacted by carpal tunnel syndrome?
If so, Robotic Precision Therapy Clinic can help! Each year more than eight million people are affected by carpal tunnel syndrome. Carpal tunnel syndrome is a progressive condition that can worsen without proper care.
Carpal tunnel syndrome causes numbness, tingling, and pain in the hand and forearm. The condition occurs when the median nerve, which runs from your forearm into the palm of the hand, becomes pressed or squeezed at the wrist. Surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome is the second most common type of musculoskeletal surgery.
If untreated for too long, it can lead to permanent dysfunction of the hand, including loss of sensation in the fingers and weakness. It’s crucial to treat the problem before this occurs. Robotic Precision Therapy Clinic has successfully treated hundreds of individuals experiencing carpal tunnel syndrome using the RX2600 Therapeutic Robot.
The RX2600 Therapeutic Robot is a revolutionary medical technology that performs Robotic Precision Therapy. Robotic Precision Therapy is an advanced form of muscular
therapy. Robotic Precision Therapy works to non-surgically elongate shortened muscle tissue. Muscles can become shortened over time from injury or repetitive motion. This shortening can create imbalances, pulling your body out of proper alignment leading to lack of mobility and pain. Lengthening muscles helps take tension off the bone structure and increases mobility while simultaneously decreasing aches and pains.
Robotic Precision Therapy addresses these trouble areas by applying gentle pressure in intervals to the specific area of a muscle. This relaxes and lengthens the muscle fibers, resulting in reduced pain and greater mobility.
Dr. Ahmad, DPT, OMPT, notes “Robotic Precision Therapy can help release the wrist flexor muscles that were once tensed or tightened.” For many individuals with carpal tunnel syndrome, pain relief can begin with the first session of robotic precision therapy. Most clients experience relief within 6-10 sessions. There is a compounding effect with each subsequent treatment.
“Robotic Precision Therapy is effective even if a person already had carpal tunnel surgery,
as the wrist flexor muscles can tense up after surgery due to the body protecting itself,” states Dr. Ahmad.
Sessions are 60 minutes long with the initial visit lasting 90 minutes which includes both a full assessment and full treatment.
Robotic Precision Therapy could help you live a life with less pain and increased mobility. To find out more or to schedule an appointment, visit RPTclinic.com or call 855.629.2805.
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THE BRAND 1837 Launch Event & Fashion Show at SoHo Banquet & Event Center in Westland offered an “epic night of fashion” in support of the Blended Pledge, a nonprofit organization that works to promote diversity and inclusion across all industries around the world. Guests at the event dressed in style to enjoy dinner, a DJ, and a fashion show that highlighted and celebrated the launch of Brand 1837’s fall fashion collection.
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AS THE GROSSE POINTE Historical Society’s 18th annual gala, this event at a Robert O. Derrick-designed home on the shores of Lake St. Clair helped to raise funds for the organization’s historical preservation work. The 2023 soiree brought France’s golden age circa 1871-1914 to life by encouraging guests to don their best period dress for an evening of entertainment, music, food, and more.
Oct.19, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. forgottenharvest.org
The goal at Forgotten Harvest is to ensure that the bounty of the harvest season is enjoyed by all. That’s why the organization is pleased to announce the return of its annual Women’s Harvest Lunch at the Royal Oak Farmers Market on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. This fundraising event brings together women, businesses, and community leaders who are committed to alleviating hunger and reducing food waste, all while enjoying an exciting and charitable afternoon.
Featuring a coursed luncheon highlighting seasonal, nutritious ingredients like those that are distributed to the community, the event will also include distinguished speakers and a networking hour. Proceeds from the Women’s Harvest Lunch benefit Forgotten Harvest’s efforts to provide fresh, healthy produce that is too often unavailable or unaffordable to metro Detroiters in need via its farm, pantry partners, and grocery rescue system.
Oct. 14, 5 p.m. - 11 p.m. rugieropromise.org
Casino Royale is a signature event benefiting Diabetes Research at Michigan Medicine at the University of Michigan. The Antonio Rugiero Diabetes Research Fund continues to be a key partner in supporting research and education in diabetes discovery and treatment. It is estimated that one out of every three children born after 2000 in the United States will be directly affected by diabetes.
The Rugiero Promise Foundation, a Michigan 501(c)(3) nonprofit, invites you to attend and become a sponsor for this exceptionally fun event. The exciting Casino Royale … An Evening in Monte Carlo is a high-energy event that includes a performance by Your Generation Band, outstanding food, a specialty bar, gaming on authentic tables with professional dealers, live entertainment, raffles, grand prizes, and a silent and live auction.
Oct. 19, 5:30 p.m. - 11 p.m. foundationforfamilies.org
Catch some of your favorite local radio and TV hosts, along with their entourages, as they take to the stage in an epic lip sync battle! Staging their performances with hip choreography and iconic costuming, these celebrities will pull out all the stops to win. Performances will be critiqued by celebrity judges and the audience will decide which team will be crowned as the victor in this outlandish showdown!
Tickets start at just $33 and are available on the New Day website, foundationforfamilies. org. Bring the family for food, fun, auctions, and more! Proceeds from the event will provide financial assistance and emotional support to families facing cancer.
Oct. 7, 6:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m nextsteps4seniorsfoundation.org/nsevents
The 11th Annual Habitat Oakland Fall Gala will feature extraordinary individuals who make Habitat’s mission possible. Guests will hear real stories from Habitat homeowners, volunteers, partners, and staff about why Habitat is important to them. Hosted by Local 4’s Priya Mann, the event will consist of cocktails, dinner, dancing, a silent auction, a live auction with auctioneer Gary Cannon, and more. New to this year’s event will be the “Henniges Automotive Race Track Experience,” offering guests the opportunity to participate in a high-speed driving experience on the award-winning racetrack at M1 Concourse. The 11th annual event will also salute Habitat’s longtime CEO, Tim Ruggles, who will be retiring later this year. Those attending will develop a deeper understanding of the resources Habitat offers and will honor the people who work tirelessly to ensure strength, stability, and self-reliance in Oakland County.
Oct. 5, 6 p.m. - 10 p.m. therapyranch.org
Join Therapy Ranch for a fun evening centered around a BBQ dinner, dancing, live painting, and a silent auction. The night will include music and a photo booth, and will be held at a beautiful location on Lake St. Clair. Wear your boots, hat, diamonds, and denim.
Funds raised will go toward services at Therapy Ranch, a 501(c)(3) that provides mental health services consisting of equine-assisted psychotherapy. Services are provided to youth and adults. The mission of Therapy Ranch is to reduce the depression, anxiety, and suicidality in the clients the organization serves. Services are provided in Macomb and Wayne counties, and clients come from Macomb, Wayne, and Oakland counties.
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ACTOR AND U.S. Senate candidate Hill Harper and the board of directors for the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit hosted this event at the historic Charles T. Fisher Mansion to support MOCAD and its mission to explore contemporary art and connect Detroit to the global art world. The evening featured a 1920s-style dinner, tours of the venue, music by neo-soul singer Vespre, dancing, drinks, art, and much more.
Nov. 4, 6 p.m. - 10 p.m. dynamifoundation.org/uncork-for-a-cure
Uncork for a Cure, hosted by The Dynami Foundation, raises crucial funds for scientific research, education, and patient support surrounding breast cancer.
Now in its eighth year, metro Detroit’s premier breast cancer fundraiser and soirée will take place at the M1 Concourse in Pontiac on Saturday, Nov. 4. It will feature award-winning chefs, world-class wines, music, art installations, track rides hosted by Cauley Ferrari, a live and silent auction, and more. Participating restaurants include Mabel Gray, Grey Ghost, Basan, Oak & Reel, Brine Oyster House, Barda, Marrow, and SheWolf, among others.
Founded by Plymouth native and 10-year breast cancer survivor Flora Migyanka, The Dynami Foundation aims to raise a cumulative $3 million for breast cancer research this year. Sponsorship information and tickets are available at dynamifoundation.org/uncork-for-a-cure.
Oct. 6, 6 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. aihfs.org
AIHFS will be hosting its Charity Gala at The Garden Theater in Detroit. The celebration’s keynote speaker will be Tatanka Means, an award-winning actor and stand-up comedian from Chinle, Ariz.
The 2023 Charity Gala will help raise muchneeded funds to support the organization’s ability to expand its services to the American Indian/Alaska Native population and other underserved individuals in southeast Michigan. Today, seven out of every 10 American Indians live in urban areas, yet remain an invisible and significantly underserved population that shares similar disparities with other communities of color. AIHFS serves more than 2,000 Urban Indians, enrolled tribal members from over 60 different tribes, and other underserved individuals each year. It aims to assist all of the 50,000 Urban Native Americans and other underserved individuals who reside in Detroit and southeast Michigan. The organization provides services to all people in need, regardless of their ethnicity, nationality, gender, race, religion, age, or sexual orientation.
Oct. 26, 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
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The High Hopes Gala is a flagship event for Dutton Farm, and raises funds to support the organization’s mission of empowering adults with disabilities to live a life of purpose, inclusion, and dignity through adult education, workforce development, and community involvement programs. By attending this enchanting masquerade ball, guests will not only enjoy an unforgettable evening, but also support diversity and inclusion in our communities. This year’s gala — an evening of elegance, entertainment, and philanthropy — will be a dazzling masquerade ball, and guests are invited to “dress to impress.” It will take place Oct. 26 from 6-9 p.m. at The Treasury, located at 30 North Saginaw in Pontiac.
The High Hopes Gala promises an exciting lineup of activities and experiences throughout the evening that are designed to engage and entertain attendees. An auctioneer will guide guests through a spirited live auction, offering exclusive and sought-after items, while a silent auction will feature an array of unique products and experiences for guests to peruse and bid on at their leisure.
Oct. 14, 6 p.m. – 10 p.m. rhondawalkerfoundation.org
Celebrating 20 years of empowering inner-city teen girls, the Rhonda Walker Foundation is hosting its 20th anniversary gala — Transforming Lives. Impacting Futures. — on Saturday, Oct. 14 at One Campus Martius, 16th Floor. The modern black-tie event will include dancing, world-class entertainment, fine cuisine, live music, and more. Please join the RWF Family as they celebrate this milestone year and the success of their awardwinning Girls into Women program!
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ON OCT. 15, 1923, world-renowned silent-film star Charlie Chaplin made a whirlwind visit to the Motor City, arriving at Michigan Central Station to a massive crowd of adoring fans.
As a guest of the Detroit Board of Commerce, which honored him at a dinner banquet at the Board of Commerce Building, the “Little Tramp” first met with students at seven local schools and told a group of children, “Health is a state of mind, … and laughter is the best tonic that I can suggest.”
Chaplin later met with acting Mayor John C. Lodge at City Hall, then visited the Cadillac plant and posed with General Motors Co. executives at the newly opened GM Building. Finally, he toured Ford Motor Co.’s Highland Park factory with Henry Ford and his son, company President Edsel Ford, pictured here with Chaplin, where the actor witnessed the production of the Model T.
As the birthplace of the assembly line, the factory, nicknamed the Crystal Palace for the many glass windows in its roofs and walls, saw the production of a million Model Ts from 1910 until production ceased in 1927.
Upon meeting Chaplin, Henry Ford said, “I have come 10 miles from Dearborn to see you.” Chaplin retorted, “That’s nothing. I came all the way from Los Angeles to see you.” When they said their goodbyes, Ford told Chaplin, “You keep on making us laugh.”
Ford may not have been chuckling 13 years later when the film was released.
Largely inspired by his visit with the Fords at the auto factory that gave wheels to the world, in 1936 Chaplin released Modern Times, a satirical look at industrialization and the frantic pace of the assembly line and his last movie as the Little Tramp. The dictatorial head of the fictitious Electro Steel Corp. bears a striking resemblance to Henry Ford, while the exterior factory shot shows a building that could pass for the Highland Park plant.
Four years earlier, the Detroit Institute of Arts, through funding from Edsel Ford, commissioned frescoes from Mexican artist Diego Rivera, who produced his iconic — but at the time controversial — Detroit Industry Murals that largely depict factory laborers at Ford’s River Rouge plant. —Bill Dow
