This MI Eatery Is Among Esquire’s Best New Restaurants In America

DETROIT — Vecino, Detroit has made Esquire’s exclusive 2024 list of the Best New Restaurants in America, which was released Tuesday.

The list of 35 restaurants includes eateries that punch above their price point, are romantic enough for date night, or just a great place for a boozy, delicious night out with friends, Esquire said.

The restaurant, located in Detroit's Midtown neighborhood, brings a modern taste of Mexico City to the Motor City, the magazine says.

Some of the restaurant's best dishes include a blue-corn sope topped with crispy chunks of pork belly, a quesadilla laced with herbaceous epazote and meaty maitake mushrooms and a tuna tostada topped with frizzles of fried leeks, according to Esquire.

California and New York each had eight mentions on the list, including the “Restaurant of the Year,” Four Kings in San Francisco, and the “Comeback of the Year,” Le Veau d’Or in New York City.

Other states with restaurants on the list include Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Texas, with two each, and Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Washington and the District of Columbia, with one each.