Detroit had some outstanding restaurants open this year, but what about when you need a drink? Well, most of those restaurants have booz...

Photo by Nicole Rupersburg. You know how much we love Imperial? (That's a rhetorical question. We all love Imperial a lot.) What i...

All photos by Nicole Rupersburg. We've already established that Imperial in Ferndale is one of the best spots in metro Detroit...

Oh, the things that come through my email. So. Despite the owner of Happy's Pizza, Happy Asker (his name is actually Happy! That mak...

Photo by Nicole Rupersburg. The Old Shillelagh in Greektown is known as a lot of things to a lot of people. Or maybe it is simply know...

Note: I may be just a little bit making fun of the name here. You know, the word "epic" gets tossed around quite a bit. And, it...

There’s one thing you should know before walking into one of Southwest Detroit’s many neighborhood watering holes: you’re going to drink way...

Fifth Avenue is one of the hottest spots to party in Royal Oak. Whether you're coming to check out the live bands upstairs, shoot som...

Photo by Nicole Rupersburg. You can tell immediately upon walking inside the door that Rosie O'Grady's in Sterling Heights is ...

There aren’t many new restaurants in the Midtown/Corktown/Downtown neighborhoods that open nowadays without a whole lot of fanfare, often mo...

Photo by Nicole Rupersburg. All other photos from Imperial. From the very beginning, owner Jeff King has insisted that Imperial is “a...

Torino Espresso + Bar. Photo by Nicole Rupersburg. As a freelancer I know what is probably a disproportionate number of other freelancer...

Photo by Nicole Rupersburg. Jeff King, owner of Woodward Imperial, likes to refer to Ferndale's newest neighborhood bar as a "c...

Cork Wine Pub. Photo: metroalive.com . "Just a few weeks ago, all sites across the Eater universe published maps of the hottest co...

All photos by Nicole Rupersburg. "There are a lot of trendy Mexican/Tex-Mex/Mexi-cali/Mexi-Merican/Mexican-fusion restaurants openi...

All photos by Nicole Rupersburg. "Flash back to 15 years ago: before the casinos, before Comerica Park, before Campus Martius, befo...

All photos by Nicole Rupersburg. "Downtown Mount Clemens has seen plenty of change over the last two decades. Before it was the ...

(Photo by Nicole Rupersburg) "Different bars all have their own unique music vibe. If you want indie prog-rock, you go to the Majes...

We all love the bathrooms (So big! So clean! So nice!) at Northern Lights Lounge, but this place is more than just a pretty potty. If the B...

" Simpsons fans will recognize the name of the rival bar that tried to buy the secret ingredient to the "Flaming Moe" for $...