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Middle Eastern in Detroit
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Top 4 Middle Eastern in Detroit
The Detroit Middle Eastern picks — drawn from Hour Detroit's Middle East city guide, anchored in Dearborn (home to one of the country's largest Arab American communities) and Hamtramck's Yemeni corridor.
- #1
Al Ameer
Dearborn
“Hour Detroit's pioneering Lebanese pick and a 2016 James Beard America's Classic — Michigan's first Beard-honored restaurant, on W Warren since 1989.”
- #2
La Pita
Dearborn
“Hour Detroit's West Dearborn Lebanese pick — charbroiled kafta, Cypriot rocca salad, and a weekend nightclub that lets diners dance off the meze.”
- #3
Yemen Cafe Restaurant
Hamtramck
“Hour Detroit's Yemeni specialty pick in Hamtramck — family-style platters of fahsah stew with saucer-sized flatbread.”
- #4
Shatila Bakery
Dearborn
“Hour Detroit's dessert anchor — a Dearborn patisserie since 1979 for baklava, knafeh, ashta and a Euro-Levantine pastry case.”