Brighton Restaurant Named to Real Detroit Weekly's Best of Detroit 2013 List
Burroughs Tavern was voted 'Best Local Menu' in the Best of Detroit 2013.
Brighton gets some love in this year's Best of Detroit 2013 list thanks to Burroughs Tavern.
The local restaurant was named as Best Local Menu in the Best Food category.
Each year, people vote on everything from their favorite bars to their favorite music and live music venues.
Joe Agius, owner of Burroughs Tavern, said he didn't even know that his restaurant was in the running until he was informed it had won for Best Local Menu.
"I'm very proud of it," Agius said of the award. "With all the jobs going outside of the United States, it was first and forefront to me to get as many Michigan products and local food sellers as possible. That American flag out there, we want to honor it - even that's made in the U.S."
Agius said that 70 percent of the food and produce served at his restaurant comes from Michigan and that everything is fresh except for shrimp and cod.
In addition, Burroughs Tavern has gotten away from using white refined sugar, substituting instead Michigan honey in foods like coleslaw and cornbread.
"We're using Michigan honey as our sweetener," Agius said. "We're taking it to a whole new level. Everybody keeps thinking that we're this barbecue and it's a fattening food restaurant. I have a $17,000 rotisserie smoker, so even our pork shoulders are coming fresh are rotated over 20 hours. The meat has about the same fat content as chicken because as it rotates, all the fat drops or melts off."
For more information on Burroughs Tavern or to view the menu, visit them online.
big jay
12:14 pm on Thursday, March 7, 2013
I would like to say congrats... to chef Stephen Bentley who took over as the chef of burroughs 16 months ago and brang the food and level of excellence to burroughs to the next level to get the restaurant the well earned honor. Whith out him and the cooks he trained and his taste for whats good burroughs would still be just another smoke joint. Steph is one of the best new chefs in livingston county and joe was honored in stephs place. Chef Steph Bentley has recently left burroughs to spread his wings and explore new options but in closing I would like to see more of this new and welcome face in the culinary world. Mr Joe A. Should feel honored to have gotton such a tallent to come and make a name for burroughs good luck Chef Steph.
big jay
11:28 pm on Thursday, March 7, 2013
Hi this is chefSteph Bentley I would like to thank whom ever posted that on the face book about me. Its a great honor to have been part of burroughs and its team. Theres been a lot said about Joe and the reasons why I left burroughs but I would like to openly say it was my decision and it was not in anger I felt felt I had done a great job with burroughs and my time there was no longer needed I am stil working to better my self and my talent. Please do not post anything in honor of me or in haste about Joe A. Or the burroughs team I was the heart of the place and brang the
Food it needed and left when I felt I needed to I have no feelings and hope them the best