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