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Booze-free cocktails, an influx of popups, and more innovations made headlines this year

From non-alcoholic cocktails, QR codes, and over-the-top shake bars — here are the highlights and grips in the local scene

‘The world in 2.2 square miles’ turns 100

The gardens work extra duty to filter runoff pollution, improve water quality and protect wildlife in the Great Lakes and southeast Michigan rivers and streams.

Hamtramck was incorporated as a city in 1922.

Michigan Food Writers Share Their Biggest Hopes for the Restaurant Industry in 2021 The industry needs relief Share this story 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. Final question: What is your biggest hope for the restaurant industry in 2021? Serena Maria Daniels, Founder and Editor, Tostada Magazine: My biggest hope is that Congress or the new admi...

Michigan Food Writers Remember Some of the Saddest Restaurant Closures of 2020 Revisiting memories of places that we loved and lost in the past year Share this story Serena Maria Daniels, Founder and Editor, Tostada Magazine: Peso had to be the saddest closure of the year for me. I’m hopeful that they will reopen when the time is right, that they’re just taking a break for now rather than continuing to struggle to find ways to bring folks in to eat. I just miss being able to sit out on thei...

Detroit Writers Recognize Members of the Food Community That Stepped in to Help People in Need in 2020 During some of the most difficult moments of this year, hospitality workers helped keep people fed Share this story David Rudolph [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: Was there one restaurant in particular that you felt re...

Detroit Restaurant Writers Discuss Where They Think the Industry Should Go Next as It Rebuilds Can local restaurants and bars build a better industry than the one before COVID-19? Share this story Elise Brehob [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: Where do you think the restaurant industry should go next as it rebuilds? Ser...

The Food Events and Restaurants That Detroit Writers Are Looking Forward to in 2021 There are plenty of reasons to be excited going into the new year Share this story 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 restaurant or restaurant-related (pop-up, etc.) return or debut are you most excited for in 2021? Serena Maria Daniels, Founder and E...