DETROIT FAVORITES

Enjoy some of these great Detroit places:

Architecture:  Guardian Building & Fisher Building

Auto History:  Ford Piquette Plant (produced the first 12,000 Model T’s)

Books:  Belle Isle to 8 Mile: An Insider’s Guide to Detroit (2018), Building the Modern World: Albert Kahn in Detroit (Michael Hodges)

Breakfast:  Dime Store, Parks & Recs

Cookie:  Sea Salt Chocolate Chip (or any of the treats at Avalon Breads)

Cocktails:  Candy Bar, Standby, Monarch Club Rooftop Bar

Dining:  Selden Standard, San Morello, Chartreuse, SheWolf Pastificio Bar

Dining Casual:  Supino’s Pizza, Slows Bar B Q, Al Asador Steakhouse, Mootz Pizzeria & Bar, The Congregation  

Events:  Movement: Detroit’s Electronic Music Festival, Detroit Jazz Festival, Noel Night

Fun:  Saturday mornings at the Eastern Market, Diamond Jack Riverboat Cruise  

Museums:  Detroit Institute of Arts, (Hitsville USA) Motown Historical Museum, Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History

Music:  Sid Gold's Request Room, Third Man Records, Cliff Bell’s, Willis Showbar

People-Watching:  Marche du Nain Rouge (March)

Parks:  Campus Martius Park, Beacon Park, Valade Park on the RiverWalk, Capital Park

Shopping:  Pure Detroit, The Peacock Room, Shinola, Citybird, DuMouchelle Galleries

Taste-Test:  Lafayette vs American Coney Island restaurants (you decide)

Walk:  Detroit RiverWalk ((ranked #1 in the U.S. by USA Today)

Anticipation:  Michigan Central Train Station renovation in Corktown