Hour Detroit

Hour Detroit is a monthly magazine that focuses on the Metro Detroit region. It is published in a glossy, larger format and includes articles about dining, arts and entertainment, as well as fashion and décor trends. Since its launch in 1996, it has been a proud member of the City and Regional Magazine Association (CRMA). Besides the print version, readers can also subscribe to access the magazine on their iPads.

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Setting the Record Straight

2 weeks ago | hourdetroit.com | Jack Thomas

Something monumental happened in the baseball world in 2024, besides the Tigers making it to the postseason. The athletes who played for the Negro Leagues, the professional system first formed during segregation in the 1920s, finally had their statistics added into the MLB’s database.
M Cantina Shatters Guinness World Record for Agave Spirit Selection

2 weeks ago | hourdetroit.com | Jack Thomas

Here’s one for the books — Dearborn’s M Cantina is now a bona fide Guinness World Record holder. On Tuesday, June 10, the contemporary Mexican eatery received a highly specific certification: world’s largest selection of commercially available agave-based spirits. The restaurant boasts 1,825 distinct bottles of 100% agave spirits — about 1,000 more than it had when owner Junior Merino spoke to drinks contributor Mickey Lyons for a story in our May 2023 issue.
Gardner White Opens Collaborative Retail Concept in Downtown Detroit, Plus Other Metro Detroit News

2 weeks ago | hourdetroit.com | Juliana Lumaj

Gardner White Opens New Retail Concept in Downtown DetroitGardner White opened GW Home, a new brand concept, at 1201 Woodward Ave., across the street from Hudson’s Detroit on June 6.
Swag for Dad - Hour Detroit Magazine

2 weeks ago | hourdetroit.com | Giuseppa Nadrowski

Chocolates may be a woman’s best friend, but this Father’s Day, a cocoa-hued leather Gucci jacket just might be his. This June, when searching for that perfect fatherly gift, take inspiration from the 2025 menswear summer collections, where rich browns, vibrant reds, cool blues, and pop-bright prints seemed to weave through the runways.
Editor's Letter: Our Best of Detroit

2 weeks ago | hourdetroit.com | Kate Walsh

In every issue of Hour Detroit, we bring you a curated collection of articles that reflect the editors’ ideas of the most interesting people, places, and things in metro Detroit. Since 2000, the June issue has focused on your favorites with our Best of Detroit feature, comprising the list of the winners from our annual readers’ survey (look for that in early December).
Culture Convo: The Best the City Sounds ... To You

2 weeks ago | hourdetroit.com | Ryan Patrick Hooper

What makes the “best of Detroit” for someone is always a personal thing. Like the best relationships, my relationshipwith my city has grown and changed over theyears. I love it. I hate it. I openly lament it, but when someone from out of town does thesame, I defend it. This is about my love affair with the city, and it’s a testament to loving something so much even as it changes, backtracks, flips over, stumbles, hurts you, and still managesto impress you every single day.
Celebrating 30 Years of Hour Detroit Magazine

2 weeks ago | hourdetroit.com | Kate Walsh

In May 2026, we will celebrate our 30th anniversary of bringing you the best metro Detroit has to offer. That means that this month is the start of our 30th year of publishing the magazine. In recognition of that, we are featuring content from the past on the pages of the magazine for the next 11 months. We hope you enjoy this walk down memory lane. In the Beginning …In June of 2000, four years after the magazine launched, Hour Detroit ran its first Best of Detroit list.
In Conversation With Mike Laing of Mawby in Suttons Bay

1 month ago | hourdetroit.com | Megan Swoyer

Since its start 52 years ago, Mawby wines has been pouring out some new ideas, including an alcohol-free bubbly and a second family-run winery on its property. Like a fine wine that gets better over time, Mawby has undergone growth and expansion while maintaining its intimate, special Michigan vibe. In 1973, the award-winning winery’s founder, Larry Mawby, planted his first grapevines on Leelanau Peninsula property near Traverse City.
Public and Private Garden Tours in Metro Detroit

1 month ago | hourdetroit.com | Megan Swoyer

The Metro area is abloom with eye-popping landscapes this month, and there are plenty of ways to enjoy them all summer long, from garden-club tours featuring private home gardens to public facilities offering everything from Mother’s Day feasts to plant sales. Of course, garden events are nothing new.
Enjoy Big-City Vibes at Otis Harbor Springs

1 month ago | hourdetroit.com | Juliana Lumaj

Downtown Detroit’s renaissance has brought countless modern bars, cozy cafés, and extravagant hotels with it, all developed with the Midwestern hospitality Michiganders have grown accustomed to. Now, imagine a similar experience, but instead of tall buildings and electric scooters, you’re surrounded by towering trees and galloping horses. Otis Harbor Springs opened last summer, introducing a style of modern boutique hotelnot often available in northern Michigan.