Show Caption Hide Caption How do you become 'Restaurant of the Year'? Our dining critic explainsRestaurant critic Lyndsay C. Green shares her process and criteria for picking the Detroit Free Press/Chevy Detroit Restaurants of the Year.Macomb County, which encompasses the cities on the eastern shore of Southeast Michigan, is not often recognized for its culinary acumen. The region, however, brimming with residents of a myriad of cultural backgrounds, is home to diverse cuisines and mom-and-pop shops centered on family recipes.Sterling Heights, one of Macomb’s largest suburbs, has a rich landscape of unassuming restaurants of all varieties. According to 2020 census…