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EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. — The Alestle won 10 awards at the recent Illinois College Press Association’s Convention and Awards. The publication is still in the ranking of top student news orgs

The project, with nearly 20 Black local chefs, farmers and food producers, fosters economic and cultural sovereignty in communities that are disproportionately impacted by crises.

Check out Matt Garchow, Vehicle Sales Manager at Bill Brown Ford in Livonia, MI, top road trip ideas near "Motor City" this holiday season.

Detroit Black Restaurant Week does pandemic pivot, featuring carryout, dining outdoors DETROIT (FOX 2) - Detroit Black Restaurant Week started in 2017 and now has 30 restaurants participating with Gov. Gretchen Whitmers announcement, they had to pivot.  "We want to align ourselves with the governor and her messaging whether its a request or a demand," said Kwaku Osei-Bonsu. "We want to make sure that were keeping our guests and patrons safe." Detroit Black Restaurant Week kicks off with Covid ...

Who has the Detroit Metro area’s Best Fish Fry? Updated Mar 02, 2021; DETROIT - It’s fish fry time, folks. Thanks for all your nominations. We had more than 360 nominations across the state, including 48 in the Detroit Metro area in our search for Michigan’s Best Fish Fry. Starting now you can vote once per email address, every three hours. (Poll below.) You can also write in your votes if we missed your favorite spot. The deadline is 11:59 p.m. Sunday, March 7. You can vote in all of ou...

Michigan’s Best Outdoor Dining: See winners from across the state Updated Feb 23, 2021; Posted Feb 23, 2021 We had more than 130 nominations for Michigans Best Outdoor Dining. The Hearthstone Bistro in Muskegon - a great place for "date night" - was the winner of the Muskegon and Lakeshore Poll. See all of our 11 regional poll winners below.Courtesy of Ben Soyars Facebook Share The next week it’s 40 degrees. That’s Michigan for you. Regardless of the weather, one thing we know for sure,...

The NODE gets the nod as Michigan’s Best Outdoor Dining in Kalamazoo and SW Michigan Updated Feb 17, 2021; NILES, MI -- It’s not every day you get a “Thank You” note from the mayor of Small Town America. But that’s what happened when we announced our search for Michigan’s Best Outdoor Dining last month. The note came in the form of an email from Nick Shelton, the Mayor of Niles, a small town of about 12,000 residents in Southwestern Michigan, and only a few miles from the Michigan-...

East Eats [Courtesy photo] As is tradition at Eater, we closed out 2020 by surveying local food writers and our own staff on various restaurant-related topics, and publishing their responses throughout the week. Next up: What newcomer on the scene excited you this year? Serena Maria Daniels, Founder and Editor, Tostada Magazine: I was excited to see that the pandemic didn’t slow down the opening of La Palapa del Parian, the brick and mortar addition to El Parian’s fleet of taco trucks. It w...