These MI Restaurants Have Stellar Wine Programs, Magazine Says

MICHIGAN — Michigan's restaurant scene is getting some national love thanks to Wine Spectator.

Wine Spectator recently announced the winners of the 2025 Restaurant Awards. These awards honor the world’s best restaurants for wine.

This year’s awards program recognizes 3,811 dining destinations from all 50 states in the U.S. and more than 80 countries internationally.

"A wine list is a restaurant’s identity in print, and this year’s Wine Spectator Restaurant Award winners reflect both deep knowledge and a passion for discovery," Marvin R. Shanken, Editor and Publisher of Wine Spectator, said. "I proudly present the 3,811 restaurants worldwide that earned a Restaurant Award this year—we raise a glass to all our winners."

There were 39 winners in Michigan, including:

• Bridge Street Social, Dewitt
• 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 a Manger, Mackinac Island
• San Morello, Detroit
• The Capital Grille, Troy
• The Earle, Ann Arbor
• The State Room, East Lansing
• The Station 100, Frankenmuth
• Vertical Detroit, Detroit
• Alpino, Detroit
• Brentwood Grille, Novi
• Cafe Mamo, Grand Rapids
• Cantoro Trattoria, Plymouth
• Coast 236 Restaurant and Bar, Saugatuck
• Coeur, Ferndale
• Cut River Grille, Roscommon
• Eddie Merlot's, Bloomfield Hills
• Eddie's V's Prime Seafood, Troy
• Five Steakhouse, Plymouth
• Fogo de Chao, Troy
• Gaucho Brazilian Steakhouse, Northville
• Highlands, Detroit
• Morton's Steakhouse, Troy
• Paesano Restaurant and Wine Bar, Ann Arbor
• Seasons 52, Troy
• Slopeside Lounge at the Highlands, Harbor Springs
• Streetside Seafood, Birmingham
• Sullivan's Steakhouse, Detroit
• The Blue Llama Jazz Club, Ann Arbor
• The English Inn, Eaton Rapids
• The Wine Grotto, Plymouth
• Vernales Restaurant, Harbor Springs
• Vintage Chophouse, Bay Harbor
• Weber's Restaurant, Ann Arbor

Launched in 1981, the Restaurant Awards represent the world’s only program focused exclusively on restaurant wine service.

They are assigned on three levels: the Award of Excellence, the Best of Award of Excellence and the Grand Award, with 2,001; 1,411; and 93 winners this year in each respective category.

Also featured in Wine Spectator’s special Restaurant Awards issue: “What’s Old is New Again,” as restaurants place an emphasis on revisiting and uplifting tried and true classics.

The Restaurant Awards issue, which features a tribute to late Grand Award-winning American chef and restaurateur Charlie Trotter, becomes available to readers July 15.

See the full list of winners online here.