A retro diner noted for its house-made breakfast staples and classic old-school feel is the next featured restaurant for the Detroit Free Press and Metro Detroit Chevy Dealers’ popular Top 10 Takeover dining series.
Norm’s Diner, on Agnes Street in Detroit’s West Village neighborhood, took the No. 3 spot on the 2025 Detroit Free Press/Metro Detroit Chevy Dealers Top 10 New Restaurants and Dining Experiences list. It will host its Top 10 Takeover dinner on July 24, with tickets going on sale starting at noon Thursday, July 3, for Free Press subscribers, then noon Friday, July 4 for the general public.
>> Buy tickets for the July 24 dinner here
Earlier this year, the Detroit Free Press and Metro Detroit Chevy Dealers unveiled the 2025 Restaurant of the Year, Restaurant of the Year Classic and 10 Best New Restaurants and Dining Experiences in metro Detroit. The Top 10 Takeover dining series is in its 11th year, showcasing the top metro Detroit restaurants and dining experiences named by Detroit Free Press dining critic Lyndsay C. Green.
Green wrote that cooks at Norm’s Diner “… take the art of diner food seriously.”
“Nearly everything is made in house, from fluffy biscuits to pork sausage and lox, and ingredients are sourced from local farms and purveyors when possible,” Green wrote. “A classic egg salad, for example, features eggs from a Michigan farm.”
Each Top 10 Takeover dining experience is unique as diners get an exclusive and personal interaction at the restaurant or establishment. Typically, each dining event takes place as a private event and, at times, is held when the restaurant is closed.
For this Top 10 Takeover event, Norm’s Diner put together a menu of a mix of brunch items. Tickets are $63 per person, which includes tax, gratuity and a $3 donation to Forgotten Harvest.
Norm’s Diner Top 10 Takeover dining menu
First course
Second course
Third course
Third course vegetarian option
Fourth course
Since the inception of the dining series, the Free Press and Metro Detroit Chevy Dealers have maintained a charitable aspect; $3 of each ticket sale this year will be donated to Forgotten Harvest to help fight food insecurity in metro Detroit.
Tickets for the series go on sale every other Thursday when Free Press subscribers have first access to tickets for each event. Subscribers should check their email at noon on Thursday, July 3, for a link to ticket sales for Norm’s Diner.
Following subscriber sales, tickets for the general public go on sale at noon on Friday, July 4, at freep.com/top10, where you will also find a schedule of upcoming dining events.
As in years past, the Metro Detroit Chevy Dealers are once again offering a contest for a chance for one diner to win two complimentary tickets to each dinner of the series. You can enter the contest at chevydetroit.com/top10.
Contact Detroit Free Press food and restaurant writer Susan Selasky and send food and restaurant news and tips to: sselasky@freepress.com. Follow @SusanMariecooks on Twitter. Subscribe to the Free Press.
This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Tickets to go on sale for Top 10 Takeover dinner July 24 at Norm’s Diner in Detroit
Reporting by Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press / Detroit Free Press
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