Michigan Eats · checked by hand, fall 2026

Middle Eastern Dearborn

7 places in Dearborn for the Arab American kitchen: Lebanese grills, Yemeni lamb and coffee, and Palestinian kunafa, each checked in fall 2026 against a 2025–26 source.

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Warren Avenue to Michigan Avenue

Dearborn has one of the largest Arab American communities in the country, and its restaurants, bakeries and coffee houses show it: Lebanese shawarma, hummus and garlic sauce, Yemeni haneeth lamb and cardamom coffee, Palestinian kunafa warm from the pan. Many open late.

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Towns with the most: Dearborn (7).

Our method: a place made the list only if a 2025 or 2026 source backed it up (a dated local news story, an official tourism listing or the place's own site) and its street address matched our records. Where the source page carries no date, the place also had to hold an active food-service license on the state's list, or a 2025–26 Detroit inspection. Review sites played no part, and places run by region and town rather than by anybody's score. Hours change, so check before you go.

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7 places, by town.

  1. Al Ameer

    12710 W Warren Ave, Dearborn

    America's ClassicMiddle Eastern

    Lebanese; a James Beard America's Classic (2016).

  2. Bayt Al Mocha

    22219 Michigan Ave, Dearborn

    Middle Eastern

    Yemeni coffee.

  3. Dellah Coffee & Brunch House

    20219 Carlysle St, Dearborn

    Middle Eastern

    Yemeni and American brunch.

  4. Haraz Coffee House

    13810 Michigan Ave, Dearborn

    Middle Eastern

    Yemeni coffee house.

  5. Malek Al Kabob

    22065 Michigan Ave, Dearborn

    Middle Eastern

    Kabobs and shawarma.

  6. Sana'a Restaurant

    13277 Michigan Ave, Dearborn

    Middle Eastern

    Yemeni.

  7. Sheeba Restaurant

    22048 Michigan Ave, Dearborn

    Middle Eastern

    Yemeni.