Lyndsay Green

2 days ago | freep.com | Lyndsay Green

Tickets go on sale this week for the 2025 Detroit Free Press/Metro Detroit Chevy Dealers Top 10 Takeover dinner on June 24 at Savoy, a Southern and Creole restaurant on Detroit’s east side. Savoy, which came in at No. 9 on this year’s list of Top 10 New Restaurants and Dining Experiences, was celebrated for its creative twists on Southern staples, warm service and live jazz performances — all highlights that guests will experience at the June 24 dinner.

1 week ago | freep.com | Lyndsay Green

Good morning,My role as a restaurant critic requires me to keep my finger on the pulse of restaurants throughout the region. That calls for eating out several times a week — sometimes, even, more than once a day. And while I take my position very seriously, I also hold other competing titles, too. I’m a woman who isn’t too proud to admit she can be a bit vain at times.

3 weeks ago | freep.com | Lyndsay Green

Good morning,Year-round, I shop almost exclusively at Eastern Market. It’s where I buy all of my meat and most of my produce (I also pick up crops from local farms, or pull from my own garden if I have something to harvest), as well as my grains and even some condiments. This weekend marks the unofficial start to the market’s liveliest season.

3 weeks ago | freep.com | Lyndsay Green

Metro Detroit’s dining scene is practically overflowing with noteworthy establishments. There are exciting new restaurants and tried-and-true classics, swanky cocktail bars and casual dives, artisanal pastry shops and bakeries that have been around for generations. And each community in the region has its own culinary identity. From the many neighborhoods that make up Detroit to the suburban towns in the city’s orbit, there are food scenes that are unique to a distinct place.

1 month ago | freep.com | Lyndsay Green

One day, I looked up, and mortadella was everywhere. It’s always been on the menu at my go-to sandwich spots — Rocco’s Italian Deli and La Pecora Nera — but soon, it was also a topping on local pizza specials. Then it was in a sandwich at the hip new 10-seat wine bar in one of the city’s swankiest hotels. It turned up in other cities. At bakeries and on cheese boards at fancy restaurants. I became attuned to the deli meat’s ubiquity, particularly in a town with a proclivity for corned beef.