The Best Pasta Restaurants in Metro Detroit #DetroitFood

Metro Detroit has many exciting destinations to enjoy pasta, whether it be at an old-school Italian American red sauce joint, or one of the city’s notable new American restaurants. Increasingly,  pasta here is an expression of Michigan’s diverse produce and seasonality. After all, meat sauce just hits differently in the throes of an icy winter, and those fresh summer tomatoes are a revelation come July. Local, seasonal produce is also one of the main tenets of Italian cooking, and in Michigan, that doctrine is honored lovingly.

These days, restaurants are paying more attention to where they source the flour needed to make a delicious, al dente pasta, pulling inspiration from across Italy’s diverse culinary landscape, and are introducing unexpected ingredients and flavors that one might not expect from a hearty plate of Bolognese or linguine. While one could certainly look to an Italian restaurant guide for a taste of Italy, this diverse selection of Detroit restaurants do pasta best.

New to the Map: Forest, Mabel Gray, and Selden Standard are new to the map, and Mom’s Spaghetti and Mad Nice leave the map.

— Additional reporting by Serena Maria Daniels and Brenna Houck

from Eater Detroit