What’s the Next Big Food Trend in Detroit for 2019?

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Click the audio player above to hear the full conversation. CultureShift airs weekdays 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. on 101.9 WDET–FM Detroit public radio.

This year is already looking like a busy one for new restaurants and food trends in metro Detroit.

CultureShift’s Ryan Patrick Hooper speaks with Detroit News reporter Melody Baetens about what to expect from the region’s food scene in 2019.

“We’re going to see a lot of steady openings (of new restaurants),” says Baetens.

Click on the audio player above to hear the full conversation with Detroit News reporter Melody Baetens about what’s in store for metro Detroit’s food scene in 2019. 

Want to get ahead of the trends? Here’s some restaurants and story lines to pay attention to in 2019:

The new Midtown location of iconic Shields Pizza.

And yet another pizzeria coming to downtown Detroit — Mootz Pizzeria on Library Street.

We’re getting closer and closer to the re-opening of Italian restaurant Como’s in Ferndale.

There’s a wave of new concepts heading to the New Center neighborhood like Baobab Fare and Yum Village.