Guidebook for Detroit

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Guidebook for Detroit

Food Scene

Friendly neighborhood bakery where you can pick up coffee, too.
7 locals recommend
Café Con Leche
2990 W Grand Blvd
7 locals recommend
Friendly neighborhood bakery where you can pick up coffee, too.
Delicious Mexican restaurant
11 locals recommend
Los Galanes Mexican Restraunt
3362 Bagley St
11 locals recommend
Delicious Mexican restaurant
Favorite nearby taqueria
21 locals recommend
Taqueria Lupitas
3443 Bagley St
21 locals recommend
Favorite nearby taqueria
Delicious coffee and appealing baked goods.
71 locals recommend
Astro Coffee
2124 Michigan Avenue
71 locals recommend
Delicious coffee and appealing baked goods.
Great selection of Mexican cuisine in addition to delicious tamales.
11 locals recommend
Evie's Tamales
3454 Bagley St
11 locals recommend
Great selection of Mexican cuisine in addition to delicious tamales.
Another awesome place for tacos and delicious grilled chicken, too. Drinks available at this one!
25 locals recommend
Taqueria El Rey
3344 Vernor Hwy
25 locals recommend
Another awesome place for tacos and delicious grilled chicken, too. Drinks available at this one!
Delicious, affordable pupusas!
10 locals recommend
Pupuseria Y Restaurante Salvadoreno
3149 Livernois
10 locals recommend
Delicious, affordable pupusas!
Overly popular, always packed, no reservations, the “it” place, but legitimately tasty and huge rotating craft beer list.
113 locals recommend
Slows Bar BQ
2138 Michigan Ave
113 locals recommend
Overly popular, always packed, no reservations, the “it” place, but legitimately tasty and huge rotating craft beer list.
A basic Coney Island but tasty and incredibly fast. Great for a quick breakfast.
Ryan's Foods
5858 Vernor Hwy
A basic Coney Island but tasty and incredibly fast. Great for a quick breakfast.
Friendly Canadians opened this breakfast and lunch joint which features locally sourced food and poutine. The scones are delish.
29 locals recommend
The Brooklyn Street Local LLC
1266 Michigan Ave
29 locals recommend
Friendly Canadians opened this breakfast and lunch joint which features locally sourced food and poutine. The scones are delish.
Delicious Bangladeshi food in multicultural Hamtramck. Check out this cool city just north of Detroit.
22 locals recommend
Aladdin Sweets & Cafe
11945 Conant St
22 locals recommend
Delicious Bangladeshi food in multicultural Hamtramck. Check out this cool city just north of Detroit.
Great coffee and coffee shop in the West Village, which also boasts Vegan Soul, Craftwork and Sister Pie. Anything made with the “Hairbender” roast is the bomb.
41 locals recommend
The Red Hook Detroit
8025 Agnes St
41 locals recommend
Great coffee and coffee shop in the West Village, which also boasts Vegan Soul, Craftwork and Sister Pie. Anything made with the “Hairbender” roast is the bomb.
Best sea salt chocolate chip cookie--this location brings you to the heart of the Cass Corridor, the "dangerous" neighborhood Avalon opened its doors in decades ago, which is now bright and shiny "Midtown."
51 locals recommend
Avalon International Breads
441 W Willis St
51 locals recommend
Best sea salt chocolate chip cookie--this location brings you to the heart of the Cass Corridor, the "dangerous" neighborhood Avalon opened its doors in decades ago, which is now bright and shiny "Midtown."
Awesome classic Detroit gem for breakfast and lunch. Take a walk around wonderful Eastern Market while you're there!
Russell Street
Russell Street
Awesome classic Detroit gem for breakfast and lunch. Take a walk around wonderful Eastern Market while you're there!
SW Detroit market with the best tamales I’ve had. Hands-down. Get there early in the day for the full variety - they sell-out every single day.
Algo Especial Super Market
2628 Bagley St
SW Detroit market with the best tamales I’ve had. Hands-down. Get there early in the day for the full variety - they sell-out every single day.
Fast pizza, excellent and strange menu items, including a mind-blowing roasted root veggies and a plate-licking Brussel sprout dish.
18 locals recommend
Rock City Eatery
4216 Woodward Ave
18 locals recommend
Fast pizza, excellent and strange menu items, including a mind-blowing roasted root veggies and a plate-licking Brussel sprout dish.
Great happy hour cuisine and bargain cocktails. Premium vibes and lovely views of the Ouizi mural across the street. My favorite thing is to sit at the bar and eat mussels while watching the light fade outside.
45 locals recommend
Craft Work
8047 Agnes St
45 locals recommend
Great happy hour cuisine and bargain cocktails. Premium vibes and lovely views of the Ouizi mural across the street. My favorite thing is to sit at the bar and eat mussels while watching the light fade outside.
Welcome to sandwich city, with great salads, too. Try the daily soup, whatever it is. Don’t forget that it’s open for dinner on the weekends, too, along with great happy hour specials. I like to order the olive appetizer and drink a good Michigan brew there with friends.
55 locals recommend
Mudgie's Deli and Wine Shop
1413 Brooklyn St
55 locals recommend
Welcome to sandwich city, with great salads, too. Try the daily soup, whatever it is. Don’t forget that it’s open for dinner on the weekends, too, along with great happy hour specials. I like to order the olive appetizer and drink a good Michigan brew there with friends.
The deli/diner time forgot: this classic 60s eatery has the best reuben in the city. Excellent for people-watching, too.
7 locals recommend
Hygrade Deli
3640 Michigan Ave
7 locals recommend
The deli/diner time forgot: this classic 60s eatery has the best reuben in the city. Excellent for people-watching, too.
Get your greasy on with authentic polish pierogi and dill pickle soup.
39 locals recommend
Polish Village Cafe
2990 Yemans St
39 locals recommend
Get your greasy on with authentic polish pierogi and dill pickle soup.

Essentials

Awesome local grocery
63 locals recommend
Honey Bee La Colmena
2443 Bagley St
63 locals recommend
Awesome local grocery
Busy local grocery with lots of Mexican offerings.
E & L Supermercado
6000 Vernor Hwy
Busy local grocery with lots of Mexican offerings.
A drive away, exceptionally friendly staff and customers.
159 locals recommend
Whole Foods Market
115 Mack Ave
159 locals recommend
A drive away, exceptionally friendly staff and customers.

Drinks & Nightlife

Interesting bands from around the country. Full bar and pizza oven, too.
35 locals recommend
El Club
4114 Vernor Hwy
35 locals recommend
Interesting bands from around the country. Full bar and pizza oven, too.
A place to bowl and eat pizza as well as see live music.
14 locals recommend
Garden Bowl
4140 Woodward Ave
14 locals recommend
A place to bowl and eat pizza as well as see live music.
Jazz, delicious cocktails, and more.
60 locals recommend
Cliff Bell's
2030 Park Ave
60 locals recommend
Jazz, delicious cocktails, and more.
Serious craft cocktails, close by.
71 locals recommend
The Sugar House
2130 Michigan Ave
71 locals recommend
Serious craft cocktails, close by.
And delightful dive bar.
40 locals recommend
Lager House
1254 Michigan Ave
40 locals recommend
And delightful dive bar.

Parks & Nature

And it has a swimming beach!
388 locals recommend
Belle Isle Beach
2 Inselruhe Ave
388 locals recommend
And it has a swimming beach!
Enjoy walking, jogging, biking or roller blading in the Dequindre Cut. The air smells fresher there!
57 locals recommend
Dequindre Cut
Dequindre Cut Greenway
57 locals recommend
Enjoy walking, jogging, biking or roller blading in the Dequindre Cut. The air smells fresher there!
It's humble now, but you can see traces of its elegant past as you enjoy a walk through the trees, play tennis and soccer or ice skate depending on the season, and greet your neighbors at play.
11 locals recommend
Clark Park Coalition
1130 Clark Ave
11 locals recommend
It's humble now, but you can see traces of its elegant past as you enjoy a walk through the trees, play tennis and soccer or ice skate depending on the season, and greet your neighbors at play.

Shopping

Buy some Mexicantown mementos for yourself or family and friends.
Xochi's Gift Shop
3437 Bagley St
Buy some Mexicantown mementos for yourself or family and friends.
Detroit's glorious historic and current farmer's market. Open Saturdays (and sometimes Sundays and Tuesdays, too.)
294 locals recommend
Eastern Market
294 locals recommend
Detroit's glorious historic and current farmer's market. Open Saturdays (and sometimes Sundays and Tuesdays, too.)

Sightseeing

See what Tyree Guyton and collaborators made happen here!
107 locals recommend
The Heidelberg Project
3600 Heidelberg St
107 locals recommend
See what Tyree Guyton and collaborators made happen here!
Tours and Experiences in the city of Detroit, Michigan. Learn about the old, come see what's new, and be surprised by what you never knew.
7 locals recommend
Detroit Experience Factory
440 Burroughs St
7 locals recommend
Tours and Experiences in the city of Detroit, Michigan. Learn about the old, come see what's new, and be surprised by what you never knew.
Awesome tours aboard hand-painted biodiesel-powered buses. Every ride purchased provides a ride for a Detroit kid in need. Hop on. You won't be disappointed.
The Detroit Bus Company
5938 Linsdale Street
Awesome tours aboard hand-painted biodiesel-powered buses. Every ride purchased provides a ride for a Detroit kid in need. Hop on. You won't be disappointed.

Arts & Culture

Visit to believe it!
532 locals recommend
Detroit Institute of Arts
5200 Woodward Ave
532 locals recommend
Visit to believe it!
Small but mighty testament to Detroit's famous sound. Expect a big museum expansion in the near-ish future.
243 locals recommend
Motown Museum
2648 W Grand Blvd
243 locals recommend
Small but mighty testament to Detroit's famous sound. Expect a big museum expansion in the near-ish future.
Engaging and relevant museum.
109 locals recommend
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
315 E Warren Ave
109 locals recommend
Engaging and relevant museum.
It's an engaging contemporary art gallery and performance space as well as an art museum. But check out some of these galleries below, too! All are open late the third Thursday each month - see "Art Detroit Now" for a map of special events... Simone DeSousa + N’Namdi + Holding House + Library Street Collective + Hatch + Inner State + Trinosophes + Public Pool + Popps Packing + Red Bull House of Art
124 locals recommend
Museum of Contemporary Art
4454 Woodward Ave
124 locals recommend
It's an engaging contemporary art gallery and performance space as well as an art museum. But check out some of these galleries below, too! All are open late the third Thursday each month - see "Art Detroit Now" for a map of special events... Simone DeSousa + N’Namdi + Holding House + Library Street Collective + Hatch + Inner State + Trinosophes + Public Pool + Popps Packing + Red Bull House of Art