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Blue Nile

Blue Nile

Digging in, utensil free, at Ethiopian restaurant Blue Nile

April 2013
Exotic Bakeries

Exotic Bakeries

Home-style Middle Eastern delicacies at Exotic Bakeries

March 2013
Ypbor Yan

Ypbor Yan

Whatever Ypbor Yan may look like — and if you don’t read Chinese, it’s hard to tell from the road — it’s a Sichuan restaurant, and an excellent one.

February 2013
Zingerman’s  Roadhouse

Zingerman’s Roadhouse

Outside, the Roadhouse’s smoker floods the parking lot with savory scents as a good barbecue should

January 2013
Bona Sera Cafe

Bona Sera Cafe

If you’re plugged into Ann Arbor’s tiny but active “underground” supper club scene, you’ve already heard of Bona Sera

October 2012
Taco King

Taco King

Meat with a little char, straight off the grill, tortillas with that perfect griddle-heated texture microwaves never achieve, tortas with their complexity of textures and temperatures – cram it all together to steam itself in a Styrofoam box while you drive home, and it’s wrecked.

August 2012
The Ravens Club

The Ravens Club

You can’t pigeonhole the food at The Ravens Club.

July 2012
Happy Wok

Happy Wok

“Chinese people usually eat the head,” our server told us, bemused that we’d taken so much effort to pick all the meat off our small fried pieces of fish, but left the tasty heads intact.

June 2012
Samosa House

Samosa House

It’s rare that we get to welcome a completely new cuisine to our area, but this is one of those occasions: Samosa House, in the old Red Sea space on Washtenaw, is our first Somali restaurant. Owned by sisters Amina and Hawa Hassan, Samosa House showcases Somalia’s cuisine, demonstrating its culinary influences from India, the Middle East, and Italy.

May 2012
The Wurst Bar

The Wurst Bar

The Wurst Bar has a college bar feel, not surprising given its proximity to the EMU campus. On a week night, it feels welcoming to all. At first glance, it doesn't seem like the place where you'd find gourmet sausage, or really gourmet anything.

April 2012
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