The Metro: Catching up on the local culinary scene with Detroit News food critic

By: Cary Junior II

15 May 2026 at 02:23

Since we last spoke to food critic Melody Baetens, new restaurants have opened, Detroit’s culinary scene has the opportunity to gain national and international attention, and the summer food festival calendar has rounded into shape.

Melody is a restaurant critic and dining reporter at the Detroit News. She joined the show to catch us up.

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