The second stop on the Detroit Free Press and Metro Detroit Chevy Dealers’ popular Top 10 Takeover dining series is a restaurant with a sidekick coffee shop and breakfast spot in a renovated school bus garage.
The Lincoln Yard event in Birmingham is scheduled for May 13.
Weeks ago, 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 Experiences in metro Detroit.
Lincoln Yard landed at No. 10 on the list.
Lincoln Yard and its sidekick, Little Yard, are from Union Joints, the hospitality group behind eateries such as Vinsetta Garage, Union Assembly and Mom’s Spaghetti. Lincoln Yard offers brunch, lunch, dinner and spirited beverages while Little Yard features an all-day breakfast menu, soups and coffee. The Birmingham spot in the city’s Rail District follows Union Joints’ mission to bring new life to old spaces.
The 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.
What’s unique about each experience is that diners get an exclusive and personal interaction at the restaurant or establishment. Typically, the experiences take place as a private event and, at times, when the restaurant is closed.
Top 10 Takeover ticket information
Seatings for the May 13 event are at 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., and diners will enjoy a four-course, chef-curated meal at Lincoln Yard.
Tickets for the meal are $60 per person and include the uniquely curated menu, gratuity, and tax.
Since the inception of the dining series, the Free Press and Metro Detroit Chevy Dealers have maintained a charitable aspect. That effort continues this year with $3 of each ticket sale 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 April 24 for a link to ticket sales.
Following subscriber sales, tickets for the general public go on sale at noon April 25 at freep.com/top10, where you will also find a schedule of upcoming dining events.
Top 10 Takeover menu at Lincoln Yard
First course
Second course
Third course
Third course vegetarian
Fourth course
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.
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: Top 10 Takeover dining series heads to Lincoln Yard on May 13: How to get tickets
Reporting by Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press / Detroit Free Press
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