5 Michigan Restaurants Make Midwest Living’s Best Food & Drink List of 2025

Michigan seems to be a favorite: five Michigan restaurants made Midwest Living’s best food and drink experiences of 2025.

During 2025, Midwest Living did a lot of traveling across the Midwest region. Along the way, they ate and drank at numerous places. However, only a total of 18 places were good enough to be featured on this list.

Recently, Midwest Living put together this list of 18 of the best things they had eaten or drank in 2025, and five different Michigan restaurants and dishes were featured. Take a look at the list below to see what Michigan spots were featured.

Rescoldo Beets from Barda in Detroit

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Barda is an Argentinian-inspired restaurant that serves up this dish that looks like a piece of art. It's slices of cooked beets (cooked using the rescoldo method, which means they cook in the ashes or embers or the fire) arranged into the shape of a rose, sprinkled with raspberry dust, and served with a side of ajoblanco dipping sauce.

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Beef Bourquignon from Café Santé in Boyne City

Courtesy of Cafe Sante via Instagram

This European classic is wine-braised beef served over crispy smashed potatoes and veggies.

Smoked Whitefish Croissant at Pennyroyal Cafe & Provisions from Saugatuck

Courtesy of Pennyroyal Cafe & Provisions via Instagram

If you like a mayo-y sandwich, this one's for you. It comes with greens, B&B pickles, soft-boiled egg, whitefish, and mayo all mixed together on a croissant.

The Clong from Tall Trees Cafe in Ferndale

The Clong is a sandwich from Tall Trees Cafe. It features Michigan turkey, provolone, greens, pickled shallot, roasted tomato spread, and herb mayo on focaccia bread.

Carrot Tinga Tetelas from Vecino in Detroit

Vecino uses house-made masa in their dishes. The dish highlighted by Midwest Living is a little masa pocket stuffed with carrot tinga and smothered in a rich crema.