4 metro Detroit Day of the Dead events that connect culture, food

Coming up this Friday and Saturday is Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, a tradition meant to remember the beloved dead — and several metro Detroit businesses and restaurants will honor the day with events.

“In Mexico, Día de los Muertos is a very important tradition, which includes everyone from school children to entire towns to keep it,” Leslie Vargas, director of operations at La Jalisciense, he said in a press release. “As much as we cherish our lives in Detroit, we miss our roots, and this festival is our way of connecting with those traditions.”

Vargas added this tradition is a way to show the culture and educate others as well as “new generations of Latinos growing up here about our heritage.”