The Red Table awards
An evening each year for the best places our inspectors rated.
The awards night 2026
The Red Table Awards Night 2026
- Saturday, December 19, 2026, 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM EST
- Maple Hall Banquet Center, Dearborn, MI
Tickets are sold on the event's page, with Muslim.Red's fee shown before you pay. Buying a ticket never has anything to do with the awards.
The awards of 2026
Best grill in Dearborn
Olive Lantern Grill
Dearborn, MI Three dates
Cooked over charcoal for twenty years, and rated three dates by two visits on different days.
Best grill in Houston
Bayou Charcoal House
Houston, TX Three dates
Charcoal as an ingredient: the same cut cooked the same way on every visit.
Best bakery
Date and Dough Bakery
Dearborn, MI Two dates
Flatbread in waves from dawn and a date cookie that sells out by noon.
Every year
How the awards are chosen
- Our editors choose the awards from places with a published rating, rated by inspectors who paid in full and took nothing free.
- Awards are never sold. No ticket, sponsor or payment changes who is honored.
- An award stays on this page only while its place has a published rating.