The Detroit 75 Journal

Detroit food writing, catering guides and recipes from our kitchen.

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The Detroit Stays Hungry wall on the patio at Detroit 75 Kitchen on Fort Street
Our Story

Two brothers, a truck stop, and a bet on Fort Street

In 2014 Mike and Ahmad Nassar put a food trailer in the parking lot of their family's truck stop near the Ambassador Bridge, and started feeding the drivers who pulled in for fuel. It did not stay a secret for long.

  • 2014 A trailer in the family truck stop lot
  • Top 3 Food truck in America
  • Top 100 Restaurants in America
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Detroit Stays Hungry

Detroit food, beyond us

  • Detroit Stays Hungry

    Southwest Detroit, past the three blocks everyone knows

    We have been on Fort Street since 2014. Most people who come to eat here see about three blocks of it. Here is the rest.

    Detroit Stays Hungry

  • Detroit Stays Hungry

    The fish fry circuit, mapped In the works

    Every Friday from Lent through summer, half of Detroit is eating fried fish. Where it is worth driving for, and who has been doing it longest.

    Detroit Stays Hungry

  • Detroit Stays Hungry

    Who is actually making bread in this city In the works

    Sandwiches live and die on the roll. A look at the bakeries supplying Detroit kitchens, including the one that supplies ours.

    Detroit Stays Hungry

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Catering Guides

From Chef Mike Nassar

  • Catering guide

    Drop off, sandwich bar, or the truck?

    Three ways to cater the same event, and the one question that usually decides which. Including the times we tell people not to book the truck.

    Chef Mike Nassar

  • Catering guide

    Feeding a room where everyone eats differently

    Halal, vegetarian, vegan, gluten free and the person who cannot do heat. All in one order, without turning it into three orders.

    Chef Mike Nassar

  • Catering guide

    How much food do you actually need per person? In the works

    The most asked catering question there is. Mike has watched what comes back on the tray from a decade of these orders.

    Chef Mike Nassar

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Recipes + Technique

From Chef Mike Nassar

  • Recipe

    Garlic Cilantro Fries

    Three fries, one rest, and the garlic never touches the oil. That last part is where most people go wrong at home.

    Chef Mike Nassar

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