It’s food truck season in Detroit once again. And with it, the city’s newly amended food truck ordinance has taken effect. As part of the retooled policy, the City Council passed a resolution in April that outlines four designated “food unit zones” in the central business district in downtown and cultural center vending area in Midtown, that is supposed to give food truck owners a clearer picture of where they can set up shop.

Sarah Welch in "Top Chef's" season premiere of "Top Chef Houston." Photo: David Moir/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images "Top Chef" contestant and Detroit restaurateur Sarah Welch recently tied the show's record for most Last Chance Kitchen wins and earned herself a spot back in the main competition.

DEARBORN, Mich. – They say everything is bigger in Texas, but Michigan has quite the history with oversized things. From the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile to the giant Good Year tire on eastbound I-94, we have many landmarks throughout the state that can fit into the ‘oversized things’ category. Although some still exist, many have been removed.

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A cocktail from Time Will Tell, the newest bar to hit Detroit’s New Center area earlier this year. New bar openings have been somewhat slim over the past couple of years, no thanks to the global pandemic. But situated in tiny a storefront 6408 Woodward in the city’s fast developing Milwaukee Junction area is Time Will Tell, a jewel box sized cocktail bar that opened in March.

The David Whitney Building in downtown Detroit — which originally opened in 1915 and was named after the Detroit lumber baron who built the David Whitney House — is getting a new look and a new hotel name. Autograph is in, the property's owner announced Wednesday. Both names are in the Marriott International hotel company family of brands, although they didn't start that way.