Serena Daniels

Detroit

Detroit City Editor at Eater Detroit

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Articles

Portillo’s Tests Out Breakfast at Five Chicago-Area Locations

1 week ago | chicago.eater.com | Serena Daniels

Portillo’s Why not an Italian Beef at the crack of dawn? OK, not quite, but nonetheless, Portillo’s, the national chain that began in Chicago’s suburbs and is now owned by Boston-based private equity firm Berkshire Partners, wants to enter the crowded fast-food morning meal market and has launched a limited-time breakfast menu at five Chicago-area locations, testing items at its Near West Side outpost at Taylor and Canal, along with four suburban spots.
Marrow Co-Founder Sarah Welch Is Leaving Detroit for Traverse City

1 week ago | detroit.eater.com | Serena Daniels

Taylor Higgins Chef Sarah Welch is leaving Eater Award-winning Marrow restaurant and butcher shop to move to Northern Michigan. Welch, who in 2018 helped launch Marrow, is opening a restaurant in Traverse City with her husband and business partner Cameron Rolka. Welch’s last day at Marrow will be on Wednesday, April 30. Even after her departure, she’ll retain a small ownership share.
50 Chicago Chefs Unite for Taste of the Nation, a Fundraiser Fighting Hunger in Schools

1 week ago | chicago.eater.com | Serena Daniels

Taste of the Nation In June, more than 50 Chicago chefs, mixologists, and restaurateurs will once more convene for a star-studded fundraiser by the Chicago River to support a national campaign that helps feed school-aged children suffering from food insecurity.
Flight Club Applies Its Tech Magic to Shuffleboard in Downtown Chicago

2 weeks ago | chicago.eater.com | Serena Daniels

Electric Shuffle Next month, River North will welcome a new option for group hangs using the same formula as high-tech dart bar Flight Club and ping pong haven AceBounce. This time, the UK company behind Flight Club will use cameras and screens to attempt to make shuffleboard hip with the latest location of Electric Shuffle. Flight Club arrived in 2018 in Chicago, two years after AceBounce landed in River North.
A James Beard-Nominated Chef Shares His Favorite Spots in North Detroit

2 weeks ago | midwestliving.com | Serena Daniels

Depending where you stand at the intersection of Woodward Avenue and Grand Boulevard, you may be in North End, New Center, Milwaukee Junction or Midtown. Just north of downtown Detroit, these neighborhoods collide, blending the area’s musical, industrial and cultural pasts. It’s here where Hamissi Mamba and his wife, Nadia Nijimbere, are reshaping the dining scene at their James Beard Award-nominated Burundian restaurant, Baobab Fare.
Rose’s Fine Food Is Returning to the East Side After a Two-Year Slumber

2 weeks ago | detroit.eater.com | Serena Daniels

Two years after Molly Mitchell decided to close her beloved bastion for fluffy stacks of pancakes, the diner’s owner has revealed plans for a reopening. Mitchell tells Eater that she’s preparing to revive Rose’s Fine Food in late May. Mitchell says little will change about the diner, which opened in 2014 at 10551 E. Jefferson Avenue and then closed in April 2023 after a series of pandemic hiccups, seemingly concluding a nine-year run on the east side.
Chef Max Sussman, One of Metro Detroit’s Most Famous Food Exports, Is Opening Bev’s Bagels in Core City

2 weeks ago | detroit.eater.com | Serena Daniels

As a metro Detroit native and cookbook author, chef Max Sussman has an affinity for dough. Now, Sussman is bringing that love home to Detroit’s Core City neighborhood with the opening of Bev’s Bagels later this spring where he’ll serve hand-rolled, organic, and sourdough bagels, along with artfully-stacked bagel sandwiches. Later this year, he’ll follow it up with an Italian American restaurant, Alo’s, in Ann Arbor.
Recent Chicago Restaurant and Bar Openings, April 2025

2 weeks ago | chicago.eater.com | Serena Daniels |Ashok Selvam

Having a tough time keeping up with all the new dining options? Welcome to the Opening Report, a curated roundup of recent restaurant openings big and small across the Twin Cities. Did we miss a spot? Drop a note at the tipline or email [email protected], and we’ll consider it for the next update. AprilWRIGLEYVILLE — Cheesie’s Pub & Grub has taken over the former Lucky’s Sandwich Co. The new location is near the original location near Belmont and Sheffield.
Inside Stolen Saddle, Wrigleyville’s new country bar, now open on Clark Steet

2 weeks ago | chicago.eater.com | Serena Daniels

Bars often ride off into the sunset without fanfare in Wrigleyville, but Stolen Saddle hopes to buck the trend. The bar is part of a growing crop of country bars in the neighborhood, launching to the public in time fo Opening Day at Wrigley Field as the Cubs face the San Diego Padres on Friday, April 4. The space, formerly home of tiki-themed Bamboo Club and Deuce’s Major League Bar, has undergone a revamp.
Recent Twin Cities Restaurant and Bar Openings, April 2025

3 weeks ago | twincities.eater.com | Serena Daniels

Having a tough time keeping up with all the new dining options? Welcome to the Opening Report, a curated roundup of recent restaurant openings big and small across the Twin Cities. Did we miss a spot? Drop a note at the tipline or email [email protected] and we’ll consider it for the next update. MarchWHITE BEAR LAKE — A former car wash is now home to the supper club, Stone & Oak, as of Thursday, March 20.