Guidebook for Detroit

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Guidebook for Detroit

Food Scene

Best donuts money can buy.
13 locals recommend
Dutch Girl Donuts
19000 Woodward Ave
13 locals recommend
Best donuts money can buy.
Excellent, cheap, healthy Middle Eastern food (take out or eat in).
19 locals recommend
Royal Kabob
3236 Caniff St
19 locals recommend
Excellent, cheap, healthy Middle Eastern food (take out or eat in).
Best chicken and waffles that money can buy!
29 locals recommend
New Center Eatery
2911 W Grand Blvd
29 locals recommend
Best chicken and waffles that money can buy!
Best thin-crust pizza in the city!
61 locals recommend
Supino Pizzeria
2457 Russell St
61 locals recommend
Best thin-crust pizza in the city!
Great Thai food and 20% off sushi on Tuesdays!
8 locals recommend
Sala Thai
3400 Russell St
8 locals recommend
Great Thai food and 20% off sushi on Tuesdays!
Excellent light brunch fare and coffee
23 locals recommend
Le Petit Zinc
70 W Alexandrine St
23 locals recommend
Excellent light brunch fare and coffee
Pub featuring local brews and locally sourced ingredients
13 locals recommend
St Cece's Pub
1426 Bagley St
13 locals recommend
Pub featuring local brews and locally sourced ingredients
Tiny sandwiches (and booze)!
87 locals recommend
Green Dot Stables
2200 W Lafayette Blvd
87 locals recommend
Tiny sandwiches (and booze)!
Extremely cheap sliders, fried food, etc. 24 hours.
6 locals recommend
Telway Hamburgers
6820 Michigan Ave
6 locals recommend
Extremely cheap sliders, fried food, etc. 24 hours.
Cheap, authentic Mexican cuisine ($1 tacos!)
21 locals recommend
Taqueria Lupitas
3443 Bagley St
21 locals recommend
Cheap, authentic Mexican cuisine ($1 tacos!)
Not just tamales!
11 locals recommend
Evie's Tamales
3454 Bagley St
11 locals recommend
Not just tamales!
Amazing Salvadoran food
10 locals recommend
Pupuseria Y Restaurante Salvadoreno
3149 Livernois
10 locals recommend
Amazing Salvadoran food

Essentials

Massive selection of beer, wine, cider, mead, and liquor.
8 locals recommend
Conant-Caniff Market
11303 Conant St
8 locals recommend
Massive selection of beer, wine, cider, mead, and liquor.
Excellent market. Great produce.
27 locals recommend
Al-Haramine International Foods
3306 Caniff St
27 locals recommend
Excellent market. Great produce.
Excellent produce, as well as a selection of local/regional beer, cider, and mead
63 locals recommend
Honey Bee La Colmena
2443 Bagley St
63 locals recommend
Excellent produce, as well as a selection of local/regional beer, cider, and mead
Cheap, fresh baked goods
10 locals recommend
La Gloria Bakery
3345 Bagley St
10 locals recommend
Cheap, fresh baked goods

Arts & Culture

Improv theatre
12 locals recommend
Planet Ant Black Box
2320 Caniff St
12 locals recommend
Improv theatre
African bead museum. More than beads!
36 locals recommend
African Bead Museum
6559 Grand River Ave
36 locals recommend
African bead museum. More than beads!
Modern art (and vegetarian/vegan cafe)
124 locals recommend
Museum of Contemporary Art
4454 Woodward Ave
124 locals recommend
Modern art (and vegetarian/vegan cafe)
Ogle the building, see a show, or catch the Detroit Roller Derby here!
35 locals recommend
Masonic Temple
500 Temple St
35 locals recommend
Ogle the building, see a show, or catch the Detroit Roller Derby here!
Sponsoring local, up and coming artists
16 locals recommend
Red Bull Arts Detroit
1551 Winder St
16 locals recommend
Sponsoring local, up and coming artists
Street art at its best in Southwest Detroit
The Alley Project (TAP)
9101 Avis St
Street art at its best in Southwest Detroit

Sightseeing

The birthplace of Motown!
243 locals recommend
Motown Museum
2648 W Grand Blvd
243 locals recommend
The birthplace of Motown!
Overdose on art!
532 locals recommend
Detroit Institute of Arts
5200 Woodward Ave
532 locals recommend
Overdose on art!
Stunning art deco skyscraper with a coffee shop inside
67 locals recommend
The Guardian Building
500 Griswold St
67 locals recommend
Stunning art deco skyscraper with a coffee shop inside
Take a picture of Detroit's most iconic ruin porn.
42 locals recommend
Michigan Central Train Depot
2001 15th St
42 locals recommend
Take a picture of Detroit's most iconic ruin porn.
Outdoor, constantly evolving art installation that has taken over the neighborhood.
107 locals recommend
The Heidelberg Project
3600 Heidelberg St
107 locals recommend
Outdoor, constantly evolving art installation that has taken over the neighborhood.
Now a Michigan state park, Belle Isle is home to the aquarium and conservatory (the buildings are as fascinating as their contents), a beach, yacht club, fishing piers, and more. Great to bike around!
388 locals recommend
Belle Isle Beach
2 Inselruhe Ave
388 locals recommend
Now a Michigan state park, Belle Isle is home to the aquarium and conservatory (the buildings are as fascinating as their contents), a beach, yacht club, fishing piers, and more. Great to bike around!

Drinks & Nightlife

Excellent pub with vegetarian and gluten free offerings!
41 locals recommend
Woodbridge Pub
5169 Trumbull
41 locals recommend
Excellent pub with vegetarian and gluten free offerings!
Old, classy jazz bar
60 locals recommend
Cliff Bell's
2030 Park Ave
60 locals recommend
Old, classy jazz bar
Oldest jazz bar around
56 locals recommend
Baker's Keyboard Lounge
20510 Livernois
56 locals recommend
Oldest jazz bar around

Shopping

Bicycle shop
6 locals recommend
The Hub of Detroit
3611 Cass Ave
6 locals recommend
Bicycle shop
Bicycle shop
19 locals recommend
Wheelhouse Detroit
1340 Atwater St
19 locals recommend
Bicycle shop

Everything Else

Lions football
164 locals recommend
Ford Field
2000 Brush St
164 locals recommend
Lions football
Now-defunct home of Tiger's Baseball - currently used for community games, kite flying, dog walking, etc.
212 locals recommend
Comerica Park
2100 Woodward Ave
212 locals recommend
Now-defunct home of Tiger's Baseball - currently used for community games, kite flying, dog walking, etc.
Any event requiring a convention center is probably being held here.
14 locals recommend
Cobo station
West Congress Street
14 locals recommend
Any event requiring a convention center is probably being held here.
Great spot for a traffic-free stroll or bike ride between Eastern Market and the riverfront, plus excellent street art!
42 locals recommend
Dequindre Cut Greenway
Dequindre Cut Greenway
42 locals recommend
Great spot for a traffic-free stroll or bike ride between Eastern Market and the riverfront, plus excellent street art!
Lovely park, with an outdoors, regulation ice rink in winter!
11 locals recommend
Clark Park Coalition
1130 Clark Ave
11 locals recommend
Lovely park, with an outdoors, regulation ice rink in winter!
Tigers baseball
212 locals recommend
Comerica Park
2100 Woodward Ave
212 locals recommend
Tigers baseball