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Robert Stempkowski

Robert Stempkowski is a longtime food writer, chef, and restaurateur who relocated back to the Detroit area from the Phoenix area.

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Food News

The dark side of food delivery services like DoorDash

Two Dashers dishing

By Robert Stempkowski
Apr 3, 2024

Tags: Food News, Chowhound, Views & Opinions, DoorDash, metro Detroit restaurants, Cadieux Café
Drink News

How to lie to your boss about your hangover with one weird trick

Excuses, excuses

By Robert Stempkowski
Mar 20, 2024

Tags: Drink News, Bars, LOL, Chowhound, Views & Opinions
Restaurant reviews

From mussels to feather bowling, Detroit’s Cadieux Café exudes charm

Here’s to you, Cadieux

By Robert Stempkowski
Mar 14, 2024

Tags: Restaurant reviews, Restaurant Reviews, Views & Opinions, Cadieux Café, Detroit bars, Detroit restaurants, Detroit music venues, Cadieux Cafe, Slideshow
Saint Patrick's Day

Detroiters with deep Gaelic roots share stories of life in the food and beverage business

Telling innkeeper tales

By Robert Stempkowski
Mar 13, 2024

Tags: Saint Patrick's Day, Bars, Music, Restaurants, Local Businesses, Saint Patrick's Day in metro Detroit, metro Detroit Irish American community, Corktown, Detroit Saint Patrick's Day parade, Cover Story
Food News

Seriously, folks: wash your hands

Whiz kid

By Robert Stempkowski
Mar 13, 2024

Tags: Food News, Chowhound, Restaurants, Views & Opinions
Food News

Two confirmed cases of corporate tone deafness

Kellogg’s CEO says ‘Let them eat cake’ while Wendy’s considers ‘dynamic pricing’

By Robert Stempkowski
Mar 6, 2024

Tags: Food News, Chowhound, Labor, Views & Opinions, Kellogg’s, U.S. economy, eat the rich, corporate power
Food News

Leave the tipping system alone

Living wages for tipped employees paid by already strapped restaurant owners is a bad idea

By Robert Stempkowski
Feb 28, 2024

Tags: Food News, Chowhound, Labor, Views & Opinions, restaurant industry, minimum wage in Michigan, Michigan restaurant workers
The Food Issue

The food story of us

Once I became a man, it occurred to me how cool my family cookbook actually was

By Robert Stempkowski
Feb 21, 2024

Tags: The Food Issue, Food & Drink Features, Views & Opinions, Polish cuisine in metro Detroit, COVID-19, Kroger, Cover Story, Slideshow
Food News

In some ways, ‘The Bear’ is all too real. Is there a therapist in the house?

The three bears

By Robert Stempkowski
Feb 21, 2024

Tags: Food News, Chowhound, Food & Drink Features, Views & Opinions, Television, The Bear, Lent, Polish community in metro Detroit
Food News

Words salad

Digging for fried clams, unfair Google reviews, a visit to Antonio’s in Dearborn Heights, and more

By Robert Stempkowski
Feb 14, 2024

Tags: Food News, Chowhound, Local Businesses, Views & Opinions, Scotty Simpson's Fish & Chips, Rusted Crow, Roman Village, Antonio’s, Slideshow
Food News

Fine dining’s uncertain prognosis

Gag us with that old silver spoon already. Enough’s enough.

By Robert Stempkowski
Feb 7, 2024

Tags: Food News, Chowhound, Restaurants, Views & Opinions, Alpino, Corktown, metro Detroit fine dining restaurants, high-end restaurants in metro Detroit, Slideshow
Food News

My friend made homemade mozzarella in his apartment bathtub before winning a James Beard Award

A guy I know with two Beards

By Robert Stempkowski
Jan 31, 2024

Tags: Food News, Chowhound, Food & Drink Features, Views & Opinions, James Beard Awards
Food News

Dueling Valentine’s Day cards

Plus: Paczki Day Vodka recipes

By Robert Stempkowski
Jan 24, 2024

Tags: Food News, Chowhound, LOL, Views & Opinions, Paczki Day Vodka, Detroit City Distillery, Dearborn Heights
Metro Detroit

Say what you will about the old Detroit Lions. This is a new pride.

Nothing’s the same now

By Robert Stempkowski
Jan 19, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, Sports, Views & Opinions, Detroit Lions, Ford Field, NFL, Detroit sports
Food News

Hulu’s ‘The Bear’ is borderline unbearable, but still

Plus: Detroit restaurant owner has a perfect response to negative Google review

By Robert Stempkowski
Jan 16, 2024

Tags: Food News, Restaurants, Television, Views & Opinions, Chowhound, The Bear, Hulu, Jeremy Allen White, Alpino
Food News

Three things the dining scene can do to bring customers back

Restaurant resolutions

By Robert Stempkowski
Jan 9, 2024

Tags: Food News, Chowhound, Local Businesses, Views & Opinions, COVID-19, Detroit restaurant industry, Michigan restaurant industry, Slideshow
Restaurant reviews

Oakwood Bar & Grill in Dearborn’s OK for what it is

Some middle ground to stand on

By Robert Stempkowski
Jan 4, 2024

Tags: Restaurant reviews, Restaurant Reviews, Views & Opinions, Dearborn restaurants, Wayne County restaurants, Oakwood Bar & Grill
Food News

My all-time New Year’s ‘Eve’

A smokeshow I’ll never forget

By Robert Stempkowski
Jan 2, 2024

Tags: Food News, Chowhound, LOL, Views & Opinions, New Year's Eve, New Year's Day, bartending stories
Food News

What I learned bartending for hungover people on New Year’s Day

The walking dead

By Robert Stempkowski
Dec 27, 2023

Tags: Food News, Bars, Chowhound, Views & Opinions, New Year's Day, National Bloody Mary Day, bartending stories, Slideshow
Food News

The big box with my name on it

Thanks for the blanket, Aunt Mary

By Robert Stempkowski
Dec 20, 2023

Tags: Food News, Chowhound, Views & Opinions

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