The year 2015 was a pivotal point for Detroit's dining scene.

Major players emerged that would attract the attention of national food media, and many of those names are still making moves a decade later in 2025.

Others have faded into distant memories.

As the city gets ready to elect its first brand-new mayor in more than a decade, let's take a look back at what Motown's culinary landscape looked like when Mike Duggan's first of three terms was getting started and Detroit was just two years out of bankruptcy.

There was something in the stars around this time. Selden Standard, Standby, Sister Pie, Kuzzo's Chicken & Waffles, Chartreuse Kitchen & Cocktails, Vertical Detroit and Mabel Gray all opened between November 2014 and December 2015.

With the exception of the James Beard Award-nomi

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