The Chef's Table, a restaurant in the Foundation Hotel at 250 W. LarnedSt. in downtown Detroit, is the Detroit Free Press Restaurant of the Year.
Food writer Mark Kurlyandchik gushes about the place and chef Thomas Lents:
All the superlatives you hear tossed around about great food apply, but let's be concrete: Lents creates the finest, most precise dining experience Detroit has seen in years. (If not ever.)
Here's the paper's full list:
No. 1: Chef's Table at Foundation Hotel, Detroit
No. 2: Lady of the House, Corktown
No. 3: Voyager, Ferndale
No. 4: Frame, Hazel Park
No. 5: M Cantina, Dearborn
No. 6: 168 KTV Bistro, Madison Heights
No. 7: Maty’s African Cuisine, Detroit
No. 8: Livernois Tap, Ferndale
No. 9: Prime + Proper, Detroit
No. 10: River Bistro, Detroit