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Metro Times Detroit is a long‑running local news and culture outlet focused on Detroit and the surrounding metro area.
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Metro Times staff picks the best, weirdest, tastiest, loudest things in Detroit for 2026 (opens the original)
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Readers aren’t the only ones with opinions around here. For the first time in a while, the Metro Times staff is getting back into the Best of Detroit game with our own decidedly unscientific collection of favorites. Instead of trying to name the single “best restaurant” or “best bar,” we went looking for the things that make metro Detroit interesting, delicious, strange, funny, beautif
Best of Detroit 2026 staff picks: Weed (opens the original)
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Best Stoner Institution B.D.T. Smoke ShopsB.D.T. was selling pipes, rolling papers, bongs, and other stoner essentials back when openly celebrating weed could make a business the neighborhood black sheep. The Hazel Park institution has been around since 1973, surviving decades of prohibition, changing laws, and a culture that eventually caught up with it
Best of Detroit 2026 staff picks: Bets (opens the original)
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Best Place to Pretend You’re in Vegas Without Leaving Detroit MGM Grand DetroitMGM Grand Detroit is the closest you can get to the full Vegas-resort experience without spending four hours on a plane or voluntarily entering the Nevada desert. There’s a sprawling casino, luxury hotel, D.PRIME steakhouse, bars, an award-winning spa, and an indo
Best of Detroit 2026 staff picks: People & Places (opens the original)
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Best Place to Get Dumped The People MoverGetting dumped is bad enough. Getting dumped on the People Mover means spending the next several minutes circling downtown with the person who just ended your relationship. There’s no dramatic exit, no cab to hail, and no graceful way to disappear. You simply sit there together as the train keeps moving, pass
Best of Detroit 2026 staff picks: Shops & Services (opens the original)
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Best Place to Buy Something Completely Unnecessary ShinolaNobody walks into Shinola because they urgently need a beautiful leather notebook, an elegant desk clock, or a carefully designed object that costs considerably more than the perfectly functional version already sitting at home. That’s part of the fun. The Detroit-born brand has perfected the
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