Share All sharing options for: Is Detroit Ready For a Health Code Restaurant Rating System? The Detroit approach wouldn’t include letter grades like New York City, but may feature a color-coded system. Detroit restaurants could soon be required to post color-coded signs that display whether they’ve met food safety codes in similar fashion as New York, Los Angeles, and other major cities do with their letter grade system.

More than two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, metro Detroit's food scene might be on the cusp of its first "normal" summer since 2019. Against all odds, an explosion of new restaurants hit the area over the past year, bringing flavors from faraway destinations like Argentina, East Africa and Japan right to Michiganders' doorsteps.

PNC Family Day. Photo by Chris Schneider. Uploaded by dowensby When: Starts June 18. Third Saturday of every month, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Continues through Aug. 20 Family Day takes place on the third Saturday of the month from 11am–3pm at CAM! Family Day activities are free and invite visitors of all to explore and experience art and design with hands-on, minds-on activities.

LaSalle has opened their splash pad in time for the Victoria Day long weekend. The Vollmer Complex splash pad, located at 2121 Laurier Parkway, has opened for the season starting Friday, May 20. It will be open daily from 9 a.m. until 8 p.m., with weather permitting. There is no charge to use the splash pad, and outdoor restrooms are available and located nearby.

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.

Detroit-style pizza is getting some national attention on Friday. Joe Sheena, the co-founder and co-owner of PizzaPapalis, is appearing on the CBS daytime show "The Talk" in a pizza competition. More: Cousins Maine Lobster food truck coming to metro Detroit: Where to find it More: Food costs still on the rise with year-over-over, double-digit increases