2008 Freep restaurant of the year

[Matt]

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/a...NT08/801300388

Skeptics can be forgiven for doubting that the new MGM Grand Detroit restaurants would prove to be real dining destinations.

After nine years of lackluster casino dining experiences, most restaurant-goers had written them off for their largely uninspired food, inadequately trained servers and closed-in settings with tired décor.

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But these newcomers didn't turn out that way.

All three -- the fine-dining SaltWater, the indulgent Bourbon Steak and the casually upscale Wolfgang Puck Grille -- opened strong in October and have only improved.

But of the three, SaltWater -- created by San Francisco star chef Michael Mina -- is in a class by itself.

Anyone been?

[Hermy]

I've been to the Puck grille, wasn't blown away.