Metro Detroiters do not live by meat alone. For an increasing many, there must also be veggies, and nothing but. Metromode's Nicole Rupersburg offers up a guide to local restaurants devoted to vegetarian cuisine as well as places that include great meatless options.

Tawny Thieu talks so quickly and with so much energy it’s almost impossible to keep up with her. And that could really be said of her as a businesswoman too – she’s almost impossible to keep up with. Since 2007 she has opened four stores under her signature Pink Pump brand and another three stores under the more affordable Pink Pump offshoot P2. But success didn't come so easily to the perky entrepreneuer: after some initial failure, Thieu found a way to land on her feet.

The restaurant scene in Oakland County is on an unprecedented upswing, with a flurry of new restaurant openings since the start of 2012 that shows no sign of slowing. But what sets these restaurants apart from the crowd is a whole new interior design precedence: restaurateurs are now paying as much attention to design and décor as they do to the menus and staff, and Oakland County is paving the way for a whole new restaurant design aesthetic in metro Detroit.