52 MI Restaurants Honored With Wine Spectator Awards

MICHIGAN — Fifty-two restaurants in Michigan have been recognized for their wine programs, joining 3,700 establishments worldwide as winners in Wine Spectator’s 2024 Restaurant Awards.

Award winners are from all 50 states and more than 75 countries and territories. Awards are given across three categories: Award of Excellence, presented to about 2,150 restaurants; the Best of Award of Excellence, presented to about 1,531 restaurants; and the Grand Award, presented to only four restaurants, including two California restaurants, Grasing’s in Carmel-by-the-Sea and Lazy Bear in San Francisco.

Winning restaurants from Michigan are:

Best of Award of Excellence

• Butch's Dry Dock, Holland
• Copper Rock Steakhouse, New Buffalo
• Kankakee Grille, New Buffalo
• Nibi, Battle Creek
• Noto's Old World Italian Dining, Grand Rapids
• Prime + Proper, Detroit
• Salle à Manger, Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island
• The Capital Grille, Troy
• The Earle, Ann Arbor
• The State Room, Michigan State University
• The Station 100, Frankenmuth
• Vertical Detroit, Detroit

Award of Excellence

• Aerie, Acme
• Alchemi, Royal Oak
• Artisan, Traverse City
• Brentwood Grille, Novi
• Bridge Street Social, Dewitt
• Cafe Mamo, Grand Rapids
• Coast 236 Restaurant & Bar, Saugatuck
• Coeur, Ferndale
• Cork Wine & Grille, Grand Rapids
• Cut River Grille, Roscommon
• Dusty's Wine Bar, Okemos
• Eddie Merlot's, Bloomfield Hills
• Eddie V's Prime Seafood, Troy
• Emilio's Prime, Lexington
• Five Steakhouse, Plymouth
• Fogo de Chão, Troy
• Gaucho Brazilian SteakHouse, Northville
• Highlands, Detroit
• Joe Muer Seafood, Bloomfield Hills
• Lake Bluff Grille, Muskegon
• Madam, Birmingham
• Morton's, The Steakhouse, Troy
• Paesano Restaurant And Wine Bar, Ann Arbor
• Red's AT 1000 Oaks, Grand Rapids
• Seasons 52, Troy
• Streetside Seafood, Birmingham
• Sullivan's Steakhouse, Detroit
• Tallulah Wine Bar & Bistro, Birmingham
• The Apparatus Room, Detroit
• The Blue Llama Jazz Club, Ann Arbor
• The English Inn, Eaton Rapids
• The Main Dining Room at the Highlands, Harbor Springs
• The Windjammer Bar and Grill, Lexington
• The Wine Grotto, Plymouth
• Two Tonys Italian Kitchen & Wine Bar, Spring Lake
• Veritas, Jackson
• Vernales Restaurant, Harbor Springs
• Vintage Chophouse, Bay Harbor
• Volare, Wixom
• Weber's Restaurant, Ann Arbor

There were no Grand Award winners in Michigan

Wine Spectator said the Award of Excellence winners generally have a wine list of at least 100 vintages, while the Best of Award of Excellence winners generally have at least 350 selections. The Grand Award winners have 1,000 or more selections, presenting diners with a depth of vintages from some of the world’s most acclaimed winemakers.