Michigan’s Best Fish Sandwich Spot Opens New Restaurant Just in Time for Lent

With Lent underway and Friday fish cravings hitting hard, Michiganders are searching for the best fish sandwich in the state. If crispy, flavorful fish on a fresh roll sounds like your kind of meal, there’s a spot that just earned major national bragging rights. Even better, it is about to open its first true dine-in restaurant!

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Foodie sites Tasting Table, Chowhound, and Mashed recently named the best fish sandwich in every state based on reviews, awards, and social media buzz. All three picked the same place for Michigan...

Discover Michigan’s Best Fish Sandwich

For Michigan, the winner is Detroit 75 Kitchen, founded by brothers Mike and Ahmad Nassar in 2014.

What began as a food truck at their family’s Detroit truck stop has grown into a local favorite, with a Troy pop-up and now a brick-and-mortar restaurant in Madison Heights. More on the new eatery below, but first, the sandwich that's getting all the hype.

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The Must-Try Friday Fish

The crown jewel is the Fisher Fwy. fish sandwich, available on Fridays only. Choose from catfish, Gulf Maine haddock, or Lake Erie walleye, topped with lettuce, tomato, pickles, sweet pickled onions, and house-made Old Bay tartar sauce on a soft roll. Prices range from $18 to $22.

Tasting Table notes that loyal fans call it the absolute best, while Chowhound says it is worth planning your Friday around!

More Seafood and Beyond

If you cannot make it on a Friday, Detroit 75 Kitchen still delivers. The Orleans shrimp po’boy and house fish and chips are available all week and fit right into Lent-friendly dining. There is also the Russell Street Veggie Sandwich stacked with smoked onions, trio peppers, mushrooms, provolone and Swiss, plus garlic cilantro fries, salsa, aioli, and jalapeño ketchup.

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Beyond seafood, you will find Detroit-style cheesesteaks, the Atwater chicken sandwich, Corktown BBQ beef sandwich, cheeseburger egg rolls, chicken shawarma wraps, and more.

New Dine-In Location Opens in Madison Heights

Now there is a new place to enjoy it all! The first-ever Detroit 75 Kitchen brick-and-mortar restaurant opens Friday, Feb. 20 at 32275 Stephenson Highway in Madison Heights.

According to the Detroit Metro Times, the space features a retro-diner aesthetic with tabletops made from recycled Faygo bottle caps and a patio planned for spring.

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The new restaurant will be open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., and closed on Sundays.

So whether you are chasing Michigan’s best fish sandwich or simply looking for a new go-to lunch spot during Lent, this Friday-only favorite now has a dining room ready and waiting!