Lathrup Village Restaurants

Morels

32729 Northwestern Hwy., Farmington Hills, MI, 48334

Molly Abraham, Detroit News Restaurant Critic: Mushrooms, of course, are prominent on the menu of this attractive new restaurant in a free-standing building, but the real emphasis is on Michigan and its bounty, from ingredients to wine and beer produced locally. ... more

Pizzeria Biga

711 S. Main Street, Royal Oak, MI, 48067

Molly Abraham, Detroit News Restaurant Critic: The second Pizzeria Biga shares a building with Cloverleaf Wine Shop. Its second floor space under a two-story ceiling offers a completely open kitchen where pizzas and pastas are prepared to order. The menu also includes interesting

Roast

1128 Washington Blvd., Detroit, MI, 48226

Molly Abraham, Detroit News Restaurant Critic: Cleveland chef Michael Symon is the figurehead brought in by the management of the reborn Book Cadillac to preside over a restaurant that is pretty much dedicated to meat, from dry-aged steaks and chops to a rotisseried "beast of the

Ocean Prime

2915 Coolidge Hwy., Troy, MI, 48084

Molly Abraham, Detroit News Restaurant Critic: The spacious, free-standing building on the corner of Coolidge Hwy. and Big Beaver Road, the heart of Troy's corporate corridor, offers a lively bar scene and upscale fare that includes both seafood and steak. ... more

Pete's Place Broadway Café

1225 Woodward Hts, Ferndale, MI, 48220

Molly Abraham, Detroit News Restaurant Critic: Peter Mel thought he would never get back in the restaurant business as an owner until a "for sale" sign on a defunct Coney Island kept catching his eye at 1225 Woodward Heights in Ferndale as he drove past to his job as a sandwich s