Guidebook for Detroit
Food Scene
The Great Lakes Coffee Roasting Company
3965 Woodward AveGrey Ghost Detroit
47 Watson Stgreat cocktails and food
Eleos Coffee House
12041 Dexter AveGREAT COFFEE - Closes at 2pm. Closed on Mondays.
Selden Standard
3921 2nd Ave
Takoi
2520 Michigan AveSuper trendy. Delicious. lovely design.
Astro Coffee
2124 Michigan AvenueASHE Supply Co
1555 Broadway StGreat coffee shop. Local roaster. Nice downtown stop.
Stella Good Coffee
3011 W Grand Blvdnice downtown coffee shop
Drinks & Nightlife
The Keep
140 Cadillac Squarecocktails! downtown location
This is a restaurant, bar and one of Detroit's classic live blues venues. You don't buy tickets, you just go and have drinks and take in the music. Thursday nights is dedicated to blues.
16 locals recommend
The Raven Lounge & Restaurant
5145 CheneThis is a restaurant, bar and one of Detroit's classic live blues venues. You don't buy tickets, you just go and have drinks and take in the music. Thursday nights is dedicated to blues.
Two James Spirits
2445 Michigan Ave
Bumbo's
3001 Holbrook AveHoly great dive bar, batman. Generous pours, nice folks, occasional live music, 1-2x a week most excellent bar food.
14 locals recommend
Kelly's Bar Hamtramck
2403 Holbrook AveHoly great dive bar, batman. Generous pours, nice folks, occasional live music, 1-2x a week most excellent bar food.
Standby
225 Gratiot Avegreat location lovely cocktails and small plates. v. trendy.
it's a classic, total dive... the owner is really what makes it great. Could be straight out of east berlin. The place is teetering on the edge of collapse, literally and financially.
12 locals recommend
Tom's Tavern
10093 W Seven Mile Rdit's a classic, total dive... the owner is really what makes it great. Could be straight out of east berlin. The place is teetering on the edge of collapse, literally and financially.
Essentials
Whole Foods Market
115 Mack Avethe only whole foods in Detroit
Trader Joe's
27880 Woodward AveFood Farm
11550 Dexter Aveonly 2 blocks from our location on Lawrence St.
Arts & Culture
Detroit Institute of Arts
5200 Woodward Aveone of Detroit's GEM's!
Motown Museum
2648 W Grand Blvd
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
315 E Warren AveGetting Around
Detroit Greyhound Bus Station
1001 Howard StRegional bus station.
Detroit Amtrak station
11 W Baltimore AveTRAINS, Amtrak
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. International Flights.
34 locals recommend
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
11050 W G Rogell DrDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. International Flights.
Bishop International Airport
3425 Bristol RoadBishop International Airport, Flint, Mi
Detroit-Windsor Tunnel
100 E Jefferson AveCanada-USA Tunnel (by car)
Detroit's small public train system - like the Chicago L - makes a small loop around the Detroit downtown area.
25 locals recommend
Detroit People Mover
Detroit's small public train system - like the Chicago L - makes a small loop around the Detroit downtown area.
Parks & Nature
Campus Martius Park
800 Woodward AveIce Skating (like rockefeller center) in the Winter
Belle Isle Beach
2 Inselruhe AveSightseeing
Gordon Park
The location where the Detroit Rebellion of 1967 began...
Campus Martius Building
For the Shep Fairey mural and other murals at that location.
Michigan Central Train Depot
2001 15th St