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Editing to add all the recommendations from the thread.
Museums, etc:
O'Connor's Public House (irish pub food)
Others:
Stay away from:
OP:
Get shot - haha
I'll be in Detroit for 3 days around July 4 with my family (wife, 3 kids 10-15). I've only ever zoomed in, watched a game/attended a conference and zoomed back out the same day, so I've never really spent time there.
What should we see/do there?
Museums, etc:
- Detroit Zoo
- Henry Ford Museum (Dearborn)
- Detroit Institute of Arts
- Hitsville USA (Motown museum)
- Charles Wright Museum (African American museum)
- Marvelous Marvin's Mechanical Museum
- La Pita
- Al Ameer
- Kebabs anywhere
- Miller's - burgers
- Country Restaurant
- Slow's BBQ
- Green dot stables - burgers
- Red coat Tavern (burgers - Royal Oak and West Bloomfield)
- Buddy's (pizza - Farmington)
- Supino (pizza - Detroit)
- Mexican Village
- Los Galanes
- Armando
- Xicomido
- Greektown - casino and authentic greek food. plus good Cajun in Fishbones
- Townhouse - good restaurant on woodward.
- Ottava Via - Italian
- Top Cat Bar - Jolly pumkin - if you like the micro-brew scene
- Grey Ghost - restaurant
- Lafayette/American coney island
- Johnny Noodle King - ramen
- Nikki's - pizza
- Mercury Bar - burgers
- Nemo's - burgers
- Bucharest Grill - shwarma
- Old Detroit Bar & Grille
- Buddy's Pizza
- Union Woodshop (Workshop?) BBQ
- Rochester Mills Brewing Company
- Bravo
- Mitchell's Fish Market - high end
- Rochester Chop House
- Alibi
- Sagebrush Cantina
- Lockhart's BBQ
- La Botana - tamales
- Mabel Gray - fancy
- Ocean Prime - pricey seafood
- Mon Jin Lau - sushi, Asian
- Kruse and Muer on Main (seafood and steaks)
- The Meeting House (seafood, steaks, various)
- Rojo Mexican Bistro (mexican)
- Pennyblack (nicer bar food)
- Rochester Bistro (steak, seafood,various)
- Sedona Taphouse
- Kona Grill
- Capital Grille
O'Connor's Public House (irish pub food)
Others:
- Campus Martius park - has the beach bar - right in front of Compuware building.
- Punch bowl social - especially good with kids
- Fowling in Hamtramck
- UFO Factory bar if you want to check out some music
- If there will be downtime while at Cobo, bring bikes. You can pick up the trail at the waterfront and head north to the state park. There is an adventure center there and you can pick up The Cut (really cool path with graffiti art). You can take the path to Eastern Market; awesome places to eat here and all kinds of shops. As museums go, the DIA is pretty spectacular, but when my kids were younger they liked the Historical Museum across the street much more.
- Bakers Keyboard Lounge
Stay away from:
- Casinos
- Great Lakes Crossings Mall
- Wave pool
- Hardcore Pawn Shop
OP:
Get shot - haha
I'll be in Detroit for 3 days around July 4 with my family (wife, 3 kids 10-15). I've only ever zoomed in, watched a game/attended a conference and zoomed back out the same day, so I've never really spent time there.
What should we see/do there?
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