General Malaise
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Really cool what they do with the lights there in December. Never seen that before.
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Things to do in Detroit (1 Viewer)
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General Malaise
Footballguy
If you want a relaxed, low-brow spot with great beers on tap, really good burgers and cheap prices, roll a little north to Old Detroit Bar & Grill. Ask for Suzy. Tell her this albino from Oregon sent you.
General Malaise
Footballguy
Can get a little house with lots of sandy beach right out on Lake Huron for ~$125Kish.......god that's tempting.
bicycle_seat_sniffer
Smells like chicken
didn't even have the decency to at least try a coney island?BroncoFreak_2K3 said:
Ilov80s
Footballguy
msudaisy26
Footballguy
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Evans Lake. It's in Irish Hills. Good spot since it's only like a 50 minute drive from my house in Plymouth.
General Malaise
Footballguy
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
Not sure how much work is up that way though
I like Wamplers Lake out that way
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Yeah, I have been to Wamplers once. There are so many freaking lakes there, I don't even know them all.
General Malaise
Footballguy
Not to live; just to use as a vacation spot. Thinking of forming a partnership with a few family members and buying one together. I had more fun up at that lake than I've had in years.
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
Tick
Footballguy
I'll be back - there are some mountain bike trails I intend to ride between Flint, Detroit, and Ann Arbor. I'll eat real food on that trip.
Al Czervik
Not wearing pants
Lots of good restaurant choices in downtown Rochester.
Rochester Mills Beer Company - This is a fav for the wife and I. We live in Troy which is just south of Rochester and go all the time. Sent a shirt for the t shirt exchange from there last year. Good food and beer.
Rochester Cop House (seafood and steaks)
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)
Too Ra Loo (Good atmosphere for drinks. Front of place opens up for nice summer evening. Lots of TVs. Have not eaten there)
O'Connor's Public House (irish pub food)
Al Czervik
Not wearing pants
If you head down to Troy, I would recommend getting off at Big Beaver Road (exit 69) and going east to Sedona Taphouse or Kona Grill or go west to Capital Grille (at Somerset Mall). Good meals which would maximize your $50 dinner allowance.
BroncoFreak_2K3
sucker for Orange
CGRdrJoe
Footballguy
Ilov80s
Footballguy
funny you should ask, I’m at my abuela 90th bday party right now. Homemade carnitas, charro beans, chicken tacos and tamales flown in from the valley of South Texas. I can get you a good Mexican recommendation.
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Tick
Footballguy
The kid was on a diet for a month, and he chose Subway after weigh-in... I can't say no at that point.
Outback was inexcusable, but our hosts chose it.
I did get back to the area and had a great lunch at some Lebanese restaurant with the family - we just got mountains of food and shared everything around, and everyone in the family loved it.
bicycle_seat_sniffer
Smells like chicken
a few that I recommended earlier are on this list:
https://www.yelp.com/search?cflt=restaurants&find_loc=Downtown+Detroit%2C+Detroit%2C+MI
BTW if you want Mexican, the D has an entire Mexican town, plenty to choose from there, I like Mexican Village the best, its not in the heart of Mexican town its closer to the old train station that Ford recently bought
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurants-g42139-c29-Detroit_Michigan.html
Xochimilco, the village and Evies are my favorites.
El Barzon - is unique as well, its a combo Mexican/Italian.....
http://elbarzonrestaurant.com/
https://www.yelp.com/search?cflt=restaurants&find_loc=Downtown+Detroit%2C+Detroit%2C+MI
BTW if you want Mexican, the D has an entire Mexican town, plenty to choose from there, I like Mexican Village the best, its not in the heart of Mexican town its closer to the old train station that Ford recently bought
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurants-g42139-c29-Detroit_Michigan.html
Xochimilco, the village and Evies are my favorites.
El Barzon - is unique as well, its a combo Mexican/Italian.....
http://elbarzonrestaurant.com/
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Keerock
Footballguy
Ilov80s
Footballguy
M Cantina in Dearborn is fantastic and is the best new Mexican restaurant in the area. You have to get some middle eastern food while here too.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
A nice 1-2 combo for a night is Two James distillery for great cocktails and Takoi for some real nice Asian food. They are right across the street from each other so it can cut down on Uber $. They are also easy to get to and not too deep in the city.
I also recommend cocktails at Standby in the Belt (this cool alley that’s been repurposed as an outdoor art museum with bars)
I also recommend cocktails at Standby in the Belt (this cool alley that’s been repurposed as an outdoor art museum with bars)
IMAX 3D
Footballguy
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Just a heads up, even though the man running it is an award winning NY bartender, all those fancy drinks you see are non-alcoholic.
Silverbacks
Footballguy
Posting this here because I am quickly running out of options!
I was supposed to travel to Detroit this week for work and planned on flying my wife out to Detroit on Thursday. As it turns out, my work trip was cancelled after I had purchased her flight and after we had bought tickets to Wicked on Thursday night.
Anyway, I have 2 tickets to Wicked on Thursday night at 8PM. Floor 3 area, row E, seats 9 & 11 (side by side) that I would take face value for. $163 each ticket. Send me a message if you want more info! I have them on Stubhub as well.
Hopefully I can help a fellow FBG out.
Thanks!
I was supposed to travel to Detroit this week for work and planned on flying my wife out to Detroit on Thursday. As it turns out, my work trip was cancelled after I had purchased her flight and after we had bought tickets to Wicked on Thursday night.
Anyway, I have 2 tickets to Wicked on Thursday night at 8PM. Floor 3 area, row E, seats 9 & 11 (side by side) that I would take face value for. $163 each ticket. Send me a message if you want more info! I have them on Stubhub as well.
Hopefully I can help a fellow FBG out.
Thanks!
fatguyinalittlecoat
Footballguy
This thread seems awesome. I'm chaperoning 50 high school kids on a trip to Detroit in two weeks and we need to figure out free or low-cost activities to do with them on Wednesday afternoon (4/24) and Friday evening (4/26). If anyone has good ideas that aren't already mentioned in this thread I'd appreciate the help.
Al Czervik
Not wearing pants
Al Czervik
Not wearing pants
A Bowling option for the kids.
Ford Rouge Factory Tour might be of interest to kids who like Robotics (would require transportation to get there). Henry Ford museum is also cool.
Pop + Offworld is a pizza bar type place with a bunch of retro video games. Cheap depending on how long kids could make some quarters last. Would call first to check hours/ability for under 21 to get in. There is also another similar place called Ready Player One.
Free tour of Guardian Building. This is a cool building from an architecture standpoint. Not sure if the kids would be into that. But it's free.
Ford Rouge Factory Tour might be of interest to kids who like Robotics (would require transportation to get there). Henry Ford museum is also cool.
Pop + Offworld is a pizza bar type place with a bunch of retro video games. Cheap depending on how long kids could make some quarters last. Would call first to check hours/ability for under 21 to get in. There is also another similar place called Ready Player One.
Free tour of Guardian Building. This is a cool building from an architecture standpoint. Not sure if the kids would be into that. But it's free.
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fatguyinalittlecoat
Footballguy
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
Where are you guys staying?
Take them for some Water Ice. It’s a Philly thing but we have a shop here and it’s pretty damn good
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
Al Czervik
Not wearing pants
fatguyinalittlecoat
Footballguy
The kids just qualified for the robotics meet this past weekend so everyone is kinda scrambling around to make arrangements. I think we do have a hotel but someone else was in charge of that and I don't know where it is.
Yeah, I gotta say that my guess is that most of these kids have never thrown a football in their lives anyway. We need activities for less coordinated kids.
Al Czervik
Not wearing pants
Cranbrook Institute of Science might be a good option if you are staying in that part of town (northern suburbs).
Ilov80s
Footballguy
The Henry Ford is absolutely the place you want to go. It’s one of the finest historical museums in the world. If the weather is nice, the outside (Greenfield Village) is unlike almost any other historical museum. You get to go into the Wright Brothers actual bicycle shop and the home they grew up in, the home Henry Ford grew up in, Edison’s Menlo Park, etc. It’s not cheap but if you called and explained the group, you might get a discount. I think the DIA (fantastic art museum with Van Goghs, Rembrandts, ancient Egyptian art,?etc) might also offer some discounts for your group.
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Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
Lol ok I wasn’t sure about the age or skill level
Belle Isle has a small aquarium and conservatory, not sure how exciting it would be for the kids though. It’s free but requires a recreation passport (looks like $16 for a day pass per car) so you’d probably have to look at taking the bus in
Also 2nd the Henry Ford and/or Rouge Tour, not sure what kind of group rate you could get though and probably $20+ person
theres also a science center downtown but not sure how exciting that would be for older kids, as far as science centers go its not that great.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Da Guru
Fair & Balanced
Foosball God
Foos
Too bad I missed this back in 2017. I grew up in Rochester.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
General Malaise
Footballguy
Fatguy, Henry Ford museum is incredible. Was a bit spendy, but worth every penny. I could have spent a full day there. Good advice to call ahead and ask for a group discount.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
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