If you're up for upscale, high-end seafood restaurants or steakhouses ... Aside from the downtown area, Detroit is abuzz with neighborhoods like Corktown, Greektown, and southwest Detroit ...

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Joe Muer Seafood has been a Detroit dining mainstay ... fine dining," according to the restaurant's site. The oft-controversial star already has a looming downtown presence in the multistory ...