Joe Muer Seafood inside the Renaissance Center on the Detroit River serves classic Detroit seafood since the 2011 GM Tower revival. Original Joe Muer's dates to 1929.
Must order: Pan-fried Michigan whitefish, lobster bisque and a sunset window seat.
Tip: Floor-to-ceiling river view best at golden hour. Reservations on OpenTable.
Address: 400 Renaissance Center, Detroit, MI 48243
Caucus Club at street level of the Penobscot Building on West Congress serves an old-Detroit chophouse first opened 1952. Owner-operator George Sboukis reopened the room in 2017.
Order: Dover sole tableside, steak Diane and the classic relish tray.
Tip: Lunch service runs weekdays; dinner Monday through Saturday. Penobscot Building elevators connect.
Voyager on Vester Street in Ferndale serves sustainable seafood and a raw bar. Open since 2017, an oyster-focused kitchen in Detroit's nearest suburb and a 2018 Food and Wine Restaurant of the Year.
Order: Half-dozen East and West Coast oysters and the daily crudo composition.
Tip: Closed Sunday and Monday. Bar runs through 22:00 on weekends.
Chartreuse Kitchen & Cocktails in Midtown next to the Detroit Institute of Arts serves farm-to-table small plates and a herbal-leaning cocktail menu since 2015.
Order: Seasonal vegetable composition, duck confit and the bartender's tasting flight.
Tip: Lunch Fridays only; dinner Tuesday through Sunday. Two private dining rooms upstairs.
Mabel Gray on John R Road in Hazel Park serves chef James Rigato's no-set-menu kitchen, five-time James Beard semifinalist Best Chef Great Lakes. Open since 2015.
Order: The market plate; whatever the kitchen runs that night, no two services repeat.
Tip: Tuesday through Sunday; bookings on Tock. Twenty-five seats; reservations open four weeks out.
Marrow in the Market on Riopelle Street in Eastern Market is a butcher-shop and brasserie concept from Ping Ho's Marrow Hospitality Group in Detroit. Opened November 2025 with a dry-aged steak focus.
Order: Dry-aged steak from the in-house butcher counter and a glass from the deep cellar.
Tip: Butcher Bar, City View Lounge and Capital Dining Room across one floor. Book through Tock.
Prime + Proper in Capitol Park on Griswold Street is a modern Detroit steakhouse from Jeremy Sasson's Heirloom Hospitality since November 2017. Tableside Caesar and a tableside butcher cart.
Order: Dry-aged ribeye, hash browns and tableside Caesar in a 1912 building.
Tip: Reservations through OpenTable. Cocktail bar takes walk-ins; private dining for groups.
