The line at Dave’s Hot Chicken, the scrappy late-night LA pop-up turned mega-hit hot chicken spot, was more than an hour long on opening day in late October. Besides hot tenders and sliders, the celebrity-backed spot serves sides of house-made kale slaw, creamy mac ‘n’ cheese, and crispy seasoned French fries. The chicken spiciness is adjusted to the customer’s taste, starting at “no spice” and cranking up to the ominous-sounding “reaper” (which requires a signed waiver for those who dare).

Two buddies from Seoul are now serving up excellent sushi and affordable rice balls in Detroit after success in the suburbs for the last few years. The bright-and-colorful new location, which resembles its sister restaurant in Clinton Township, is reminiscent of a South Korean coffee house. Those who can’t go in can catch a live stream of activity in the kitchen and dining room.

Tucked in the basement of a 10-story office building inside an old bank vault, chefs Matt Tulpa and John Yelinek created dishes for a menu that mirrors the old-meets-new vibe of the design at this cocktail bar/restaurant. For instance, Shelby’s lamb shoulder is rubbed with ground dried shrimp with chile flakes before it’s seared. A vegetarian version of escargot called the Escar-no is made using cremini mushrooms, parsley breadcrumbs, and mushroom bouillon. Like the food, classic cocktails from the bar have a modern twist. Order off the a la carte menu or choose the prix-fixe meal.

Supergeil, which just landed in Corktown, specializes in Berlin-style döner kebabs and tinned seafood (sardines, tuna, mackerel, and mussels). It’s owned by David Landrum of Two James Spirits, which has a distillery and tasting room across the street, so unsurprisingly, cocktails also are a draw. The two-page drink menu includes ciders, wine and beer along with a list of gin and tonics that can be enjoyed at its 4 p.m. happy hour.

The owner behind Kalamazoo Beer Exchange has brought a stock-market bar to downtown Detroit, where beer costs fluctuate like stock prices. In addition to beer, there are appetizers, soups, salads, sandwiches, burgers, entrees and desserts, and a weekend brunch.

There have been lines out the door since the opening of Mom’s Spaghetti, Eminem’s District Detroit restaurant that serves, well, spaghetti. The name for the restaurant, of course, comes from the unforgettable opening lines of Em’s “Lose Yourself” — “His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy/There’s vomit on his sweater already, mom’s spaghetti.”

Union Assembly is Union Joints’ (Clarkston Union, Union Woodshop, Vinsetta Garage) first restaurant in the city of Detroit. The restaurant group is known for its comfort food, and it brings that to the city in a more upscale fashion (think roasted cauliflower steak, fried perch sandwich, pan-roasted salmon). There’s also traditional game-day fare in this massive multilevel space in a prime spot across from Comerica Park.

Argentinian restaurant Barda, from chef Javier Bardauil, features dishes grilled on an open fire and created with ingredients sourced locally, or imported from Argentina. Bardauil (nicknamed Barda), a native of Buenos Aires, and co-owner Ignacio Gerson say the restaurant is the first and only Argentinian-inspired restaurant in the city. Menu items include glazed beets with ajoblanco and raspberries, chorizo Argentino with fennel and lemon, tira de asado short rib with pepper-coriander crust, and carne y hueso with bone marrow, beef tartare and horseradish served with toast.

Named for the famous late Detroit boxer, this restaurant by his namesake serves all-day brunch seven days. The menu features southern favorites, including cinnamon roll flapjacks, bananas foster French toast, bread pudding, key lime pie flapjacks, shrimp and grits, and Joe Louis’s favorite, country fried steak cheese grits.

After nearly two decades away from home, including time at Marea in New York, chef Jared Gadbaw returns and sets up shop in Detroit’s Milwaukee Junction. His newcomer offers contemporary Italian dining with a focus on seafood. Sauces, pasta, seafood, meat, wine, and pantry items like salt-packed capers are also available for purchase online. Reservations are highly encouraged.

MCBW established the city’s first microbrewery on Canfield Avenue in 1994. This new outpost builds on the owner’s desire for a comfortable neighborhood gathering spot. The staples on the beer list include Ghettoblaster Ale and Lager, Honey Porter, Nut Brown Ale, an American-style Pale Ale, an IPA and its small-batch hard cider. The food menu features unfussy but fresh and shareable items, like the Banh Mi Oh My sandwich, vegetarian “beef” nachos, and a full line of brick-oven pizzas.

This new Japanese restaurant focuses on sustainable sushi from Hajime Sato. Moving right down the block from the beloved Noble Fish might be seen as risky but Sato’s former Seattle-based eatery Mashiko “defined the sustainable sushi movement in the city.” Sato recently relocated here and his menu does justice to Great Lakes seafood and sustainability.

Swanky Madam arrived earlier this year, inside the Daxton Hotel in Birmingham. Located on the ground floor, Madam serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and brunch on the weekends. The seasonal menu from chef Garrison Price has featured appetizers like spring pea hummus with seeded crackers, baby artichokes, and mushroom dumplings alongside entrees such as steelhead trout and tagliolini neri with New Zealand cockles. Desserts at Madam lean decadent with items such as an orange creamsicle, rhubarb layer cake for two, and a chocolate custard and hazelnut praline tart.