Michigan residents apparently big fans of Middle Eastern food

Jan 16, 2015 at 10:10 am

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Michiganders love to get down on some falafel, according to a collaboration from Yelp and Huffington Post. There's no doubt over here that's the case; in Detroit alone, there's Harmonie Garden near Wayne State and Bucharest Grill (which will soon launch a third location).

Anyway, HuffPo says their pals at Yelp took analyzed restaurant listings on its site, and then figured out the percentage of those restaurants that represent each cuisine in every state. Those numbers were compared with other states nationwide, resulting in this map below.

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Michigan residents apparently big fans of Middle Eastern food

Screengrab via HuffPo

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Ryan Felton was born in 1990 and spent the majority of his childhood growing up in Livonia. In 2009, after a short stint at Eastern Michigan University, he moved to Detroit where he has remained ever since. After graduating from Wayne State University’s journalism program, he went on to work as a staff writer...