Chartreuse Kitchen & Cocktails
Not so long ago, it wasn't hard to keep up with the new restaurant openings in town, particularly in Detroit. There were so few.
In the past few years, restaurants have been opening at a fast clip. It's hard to keep track, and even harder to get to them all.
The Free Press lists the top 10 Best New Restaurants in town and names Chartreuse Kitchen & Cocktails as Number One. It's at 15 E. Kirby St. in the Park Shelton, across from the Detroit Institute of Arts.
The Freep writes:
The menu may change with the seasons, but at Chartreuse Kitchen & Cocktails in Midtown Detroit, spring is always in the air.
You could point to the green-colored walls, the produce display in the front window, the living wall of succulents or the curtain of dried flowers near the back of the dining room as reasons for the season.
But it’s more than that.To be sure, executive chef Doug Hewitt’s dignified rustic dishes — think earthy mushroom ricotta with preserved onion on toasted sourdough, or Michigan-farmed shrimp with andouille sausage, spring peas, black lentils and tangy pickled cabbage — are exceptionally fresh, even in the depths of a gray Detroit winter.
The other "best new restaurants" are listed in reverse order:
- 10: Townhouse Detroit
- 9: Central Kitchen + Bar
- 8: Vertical Detroit
- 7: La Dulce
- 6: Kuzzo's Chicken & Waffles
- 5: Republic
- 4: Forest
- 3: Standby
- 2: Mabel Gray
