Tag: Mabel Gray

• Viral social media pop-up Amelia Street Pizza Co. lands permanent home in Hazel Park

  

  Photo Credit: Mark Kurlyandchik / Booth One Creative Hazel Park, MI — A Metro Detroit pizza enthusiast who launched a social media-driven grassroots operation out of his home has found a permanent location for his business in Hazel Park! I still remember the day several months ago when one of my best friends mentioned to…

  Jeff Popovich

  January 7, 2026

  Food Blog, New Restaurants, Pizza Series

  Adventure, Amelia St Pizza Co., Food, Foodie, Hazel Park, Instagram, James Rigato, Mabel Gray, Matt Arb, Metro Detroit, Michigan, pizza, pop-up, restaurant, social media, viral

• Smoked Lotus BBQ was a remarkable hidden gem in Hazel Park — it will be missed

  

  Hazel Park, MI — On Friday, I was finally able to stop by an exemplary establishment serving up some top-tier barbecue right down the street from where I live in Hazel Park. Smoked Lotus BBQ had been on my foodie radar for nearly two years, and like many places on my never-ending restaurant list, it…

  Jeff Popovich

  December 23, 2025

  Barbecue Series, Food Blog, New Restaurants

  Adventure, Bar Gabi, barbecue, blog, Eastside Roasterz, Food, Food Blog, food blogger, Foodie, foodie adventure, Hazel Park, Mabel Gray, Metro Detroit, MI Foodie Adventures, Michigan, restaurant, Sister Pie, small business, smoked lotus barbecue, Smokehaus Ferndale