Tag: recipes

• New BBQ joint Smokehaus Ferndale holds Grand Opening Tuesday night

  

  Ferndale, MI — Of all the exciting foodie news and happenings buzzing around Metro Detroit these days, there was a new restaurant opening this month that I had been particularly looking forward to since the start of the year. Nearly a year after its inception, Owner Dana Taucher opened her second restaurant concept, Smokehaus Ferndale,…

  Jeff Popovich

  October 9, 2025

  Barbecue Series, Food Blog, New Restaurants

  Adventure, barbecue, bbq, Dana Taucher, Downtown Ferndale, Ferndale, Food, Foodie, Metro Detroit, Michigan, New Restaurants, recipes, restaurant, Restaurants, Smokehaus Ferndale, Syndicate, travel, Vester Avenue

• Wyandotte’s Taco Bros is a divinely authentic and flavorful taco experience

  

  Royal Oak, MI — What better way to kick off the new year than with an unexpected foodie adventure! I was cruising up Woodward Avenue Thursday morning on the way to my optometrist for an annual eye exam when I noticed what appeared to be a new restaurant just south of 14 Mile Road. It…

  Jeff Popovich

  January 6, 2025

  Food Blog, Mexican cuisine, Taco Series

  Adventure, brothers, Cooking, downriver, Farmington Hills, Food, Foodie, lunch, Metro Detroit, Mexican, Mexican cuisine, Michigan, recipes, Royal Oak, taco, taco bros, wyandotte

• Foodie friend Robert Stempkowski hosts tasting for new Southwest-inspired menu at Salute Taverna in Taylor

  

  Taylor, MI — A fellow foodie and good friend, Robert Stempkowski, reached out last week and invited me to a special event he was curating. Some may remember Robert from my foodie adventure several months ago to SideStreet Diner in Grosse Point. I met up with Robert at the time, and we exchanged stories and…

  Jeff Popovich

  November 7, 2024

  Cooking, dessert, Food Blog, Italian cuisine, New Restaurants, Pasta Series, Seafood Series

  Adventure, chef, City of Taylor, Cooking, dessert, Food, Foodie, menu tasting, Metro Detroit, Michigan, new menu, pasta, recipes, restaurant, Robert Stempkowski, Salute Taverna, seafood, Southwest cuisine, Taylor

• Tuhama’s in Dearborn knocked it out of the park with a phenomenal chicken shawarma

  

  Dearborn, MI — I’ll admit I’m a little late getting to this post from a foodie adventure on September 30th. I had just returned from a weekend golf trip and had another story I was determined to finish right after getting back. Backlog aside, this adventure was one I was thrilled to circle back to…

  Jeff Popovich

  October 14, 2024

  Food Blog, Middle Eastern

  Adventure, chicken shawarma, Dearborn, Dearborn eats, explore, Food, Foodie, Fries Sandwich, hummus, International cuisine, Lebanese Cuisine, MI, Michigan, Middle Eastern, Middle Eastern cuisine, pita bread, recipe, recipes, shawarma, travel, Tuhama’s

• Maria Aldana’s culinary adventure continues with the opening of La Niña Churrería in Troy

  

  Troy, MI — This is a wonderful follow-up story that I’ve been excited to share! I don’t get to catch up with the chefs and restauranteurs I’ve profiled as often as I’d like, so when I learned that one of my early features had achieved another culinary milestone in her career, I had to swing…

  Jeff Popovich

  October 6, 2024

  Bakery, dessert, Food Blog, Mexican cuisine, New Restaurants

  Adventure, Central Michigan University, Churrería, churro, dessert, Food, Foodie, Golden Churro, Hispanic Heritage Month, La Niña Churrería, Maria Aldana, Metro Detroit, Mexican, Mexican cuisine, Michigan, recipe, recipes, restaurant, snack, travel, Troy