Jack Thomas

Detroit

Associate Editor at Hour Detroit

associate editor at @Hour_Detroit

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Articles

Restaurant Report: Highlands

1 week ago | hourdetroit.com | Jack Thomas

For the better part of the past 48 years, the top two floors of Michigan’s tallest building have been a place to eat, drink, and celebrate special occasions. But depending on the Renaissance Center’s fate, it could all be reduced to a memory. When chef Shawn McClain opened Highlands in 2019, it was the third eatery to occupy the RenCen’s 71st and 72nd floors.
Detroit’s ‘Vernal’ Exhibition Blurs Nature and Art

4 weeks ago | hourdetroit.com | Jack Thomas

Looking to ring in spring with contemporary art? Buffalo Prescott, a Detroit-based arts organization nearing its one-year anniversary, just unveiled its latest exhibition: “Vernal.”The mix of paintings, video, immersive soft sculpture installations, and collage was created by a group of local artists, including Buffalo Prescott’s four artists-in-residence.
New Brewery ‘Roars’ into Detroit for Marche du Nain Rouge

1 month ago | hourdetroit.com | Jack Thomas

A veteran- and Black-owned brewery, Roar Brewing Co. is planning its soft opening this Sunday, March 23, in Midtown. But it won’t just be any Sunday: the annual Marche du Nain Rouge parade will be marching by on the same day. Billed as the first Black-owned brewery to open in Detroit, Roar Brewing Co. is the latest concept from local entrepreneur Evan Fay, who also owns Café Noir and Chloë Monroe Galleries on the city’s North End.
Object Lesson: That ZigZag Tower at Domino's Farms

1 month ago | hourdetroit.com | Jack Thomas

What is it? It’s a cellphone tower. Gunnar Birkerts, an internationally esteemed Latvian American modernist architect who spent much of his career in metro Detroit, designed the tower as well as the Domino’s Farms Office Park (home to the Domino’s Pizza world headquarters) and the still-standing model for the never-built Leaning Tower of Pizza (originally intended to be said headquarters). Why did a modernist architect design a cellphone tower?
Six Upcoming Tasting Menu Events On Our Radar

1 month ago | hourdetroit.com | Jack Thomas

While it may be a splurge, attending a tasting menu dinner is an exciting way to experience a culinary teams’ pure skill and creativity — not to mention be wowed by the beverage expertise and hospitality. The coming weeks are packed with limited tasting events from some of Detroit’s most sought-after restaurants and chefs, so we compiled a list of six that are on our radar. Many of these dinners have a wine focus.
What's Cooking? Dining News for March 2025

1 month ago | hourdetroit.com | Jack Thomas

Here in metro Detroit, there’s been a lot going on in the dining world, including a few notable restaurant closures, some new openings, and even a new option for omakase dining. Here are some of the latest happenings since we last checked in. Street Beet Plans to Open Soon in CorktownStreet Beet, a Detroit pop-up supplying vegan comfort food like smashburgers and “Crunchywraps” with walnut chorizo is finally getting a permanent location in Corktown, the restaurant announced in a press release.
Dirty Shake Opens in Detroit’s Cass Corridor

1 month ago | hourdetroit.com | Jack Thomas

A long-anticipated bar offering boozy shakes, reasonably priced beers, burgers, wings, and other “shenanigans” has opened just steps away from Wayne State University. Dirty Shake — located inside the red brick building at Forest and Second Avenue — is the latest concept from James Beard-honored restauranteur Sandy Levine and executive chef Doug Hewett.
Local Company Helps You Explore the 'Edge of the World'

1 month ago | hourdetroit.com | Jack Thomas

Anyone who has researched hiking in Patagonia is likely familiar with the W-Trek, a five-day hike across Chile’s Torres del Paine National Park. But if you’re lookingfor ways to avoid the crowds, you may want to look more locally — at Pygmy Elephant, a Royal Oak-based travel agency whose specialty is self-guided hiking trips. Andrew Delmenhorst, founder of Pygmy Elephant and leader of a local team of10, has spent years exploring Patagonia.
Detroit Food Academy Cultivates Future Chefs

1 month ago | hourdetroit.com | Will Reaume |Jack Thomas

As Detroit’s burgeoning fine dining scene continues to grow, so does the responsibility the city’s chefs feel towards their community. Which is why Detroit Food Academy, an organization working to bring a culinary arts education to young Detroiters, partnered with area executive chefs Anthony Lombardo (SheWolf Pastifico and Bar) and Mike Conrad (Leña) on March 5 to create a dinner with a purpose.
Living with an ostomy: From invisible struggles to visible change

1 month ago | healtheuropa.com | Jack Thomas

An EU policy dialogue on 26 March 2025 will address challenges faced by ostomy patients, advocating for better care, social inclusion, and awareness. In Europe, an estimated 700,000 people live with an ostomy, a figure that is expected to grow due to an ageing population and the increasing prevalence of colorectal diseases. People living with an ostomy in Europe face significant challenges that affect their quality of life, health outcomes and social inclusion.