Guidebook for Detroit

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Guidebook for Detroit

Essentials

159 locals recommend
Whole Foods Market
115 Mack Ave
159 locals recommend

Getting Around

$1.50 for a 3-hour pass
12 locals recommend
QLINE Grand Blvd Station
12 locals recommend
$1.50 for a 3-hour pass

Arts & Culture

532 locals recommend
Detroit Institute of Arts
5200 Woodward Ave
532 locals recommend
124 locals recommend
Museum of Contemporary Art
4454 Woodward Ave
124 locals recommend
243 locals recommend
Motown Museum
2648 W Grand Blvd
243 locals recommend

Drinks & Nightlife

Great bar in the middle of a colorful alley in Downtown Detroit. Good drinks, fun vibe
27 locals recommend
The Skip
1234 The Belt
27 locals recommend
Great bar in the middle of a colorful alley in Downtown Detroit. Good drinks, fun vibe
Cheap drinks, very eclectic fun vibe, often has live music
40 locals recommend
Cafe d'Mongo's Speakeasy
1439 Griswold St
40 locals recommend
Cheap drinks, very eclectic fun vibe, often has live music
Huge sports bar with games and bowling. Trendy for nightlife
31 locals recommend
Punch Bowl Social Detroit
1331 Broadway St
31 locals recommend
Huge sports bar with games and bowling. Trendy for nightlife
Pub in Corktown that is on ESPN's list of most historic sports bars in the country. Friendly bartenders, and one of the best burgers made on a 1940's style cooktop grill.
8 locals recommend
Nemo's
1384 Michigan Ave
8 locals recommend
Pub in Corktown that is on ESPN's list of most historic sports bars in the country. Friendly bartenders, and one of the best burgers made on a 1940's style cooktop grill.

Food Scene

Excellent trendy Asian fusion restaurant. Mood lighting, hipster waiters, unbelievable food, great cocktails. Large shareable plates (if you like brussel sprouts, they have some of the best we've eaten!). Great date night.
64 locals recommend
Takoi
2520 Michigan Ave
64 locals recommend
Excellent trendy Asian fusion restaurant. Mood lighting, hipster waiters, unbelievable food, great cocktails. Large shareable plates (if you like brussel sprouts, they have some of the best we've eaten!). Great date night.
Excellent brunch. Extensive build your own mimosa or bloody mary bar (you can fill yourself up just on this!), but the food is excellent as well. Does not take reservations, so there is often a wait, but it's worth it and you can drink and eat at the bar while waiting.
23 locals recommend
Bobcat Bonnie's
1800 Michigan Ave
23 locals recommend
Excellent brunch. Extensive build your own mimosa or bloody mary bar (you can fill yourself up just on this!), but the food is excellent as well. Does not take reservations, so there is often a wait, but it's worth it and you can drink and eat at the bar while waiting.
Delicious brunch. Chicken and waffles are a specialty!
29 locals recommend
New Center Eatery
2911 W Grand Blvd
29 locals recommend
Delicious brunch. Chicken and waffles are a specialty!
A small restaurant with great ramen. We especially love the thick noodles in the spicy pork udon.
57 locals recommend
ima
2015 Michigan Ave
57 locals recommend
A small restaurant with great ramen. We especially love the thick noodles in the spicy pork udon.
One of the oldest restaurants in Detroit. A small, local neighborhood restaurant with the best smoked buffalo chicken wings and pork ribs that fall off the bone!
18 locals recommend
Sweetwater Detroit
400 E Congress St
18 locals recommend
One of the oldest restaurants in Detroit. A small, local neighborhood restaurant with the best smoked buffalo chicken wings and pork ribs that fall off the bone!
Old railway station converted into a restaurant
15 locals recommend
Grand Trunk Pub
612 Woodward Ave
15 locals recommend
Old railway station converted into a restaurant
Longtime store offering a vast array of sweet & savory pastries, plus tortes, cakes & chocolates. We especially love the huge macarons
21 locals recommend
Astoria Pastry Shop
541 Monroe St
21 locals recommend
Longtime store offering a vast array of sweet & savory pastries, plus tortes, cakes & chocolates. We especially love the huge macarons

Sightseeing

21 locals recommend
Joe Louis Monument
5 Woodward Ave
21 locals recommend
6 locals recommend
Spirit of Detroit Plaza
2 Woodward Ave
6 locals recommend
182 locals recommend
Campus Martius Park
800 Woodward Ave
182 locals recommend
Beautiful riverwalk along the Detroit River, set up with educational placards about the nature and wildlife along the river. Can easily see Canada on the other side of the bank!
47 locals recommend
RiverWalk
1340 Atwater St
47 locals recommend
Beautiful riverwalk along the Detroit River, set up with educational placards about the nature and wildlife along the river. Can easily see Canada on the other side of the bank!
The Heidelberg Project is an outdoor art environment in the heart of an urban area and a Detroit based community organization with a mission to improve the lives of people and neighborhoods through art. Neighborhood with eclectic art installations made from items found around the community. Very strange but interesting!
107 locals recommend
The Heidelberg Project
3600 Heidelberg St
107 locals recommend
The Heidelberg Project is an outdoor art environment in the heart of an urban area and a Detroit based community organization with a mission to improve the lives of people and neighborhoods through art. Neighborhood with eclectic art installations made from items found around the community. Very strange but interesting!
Large indoor market filled with fresh produce, plants, artisinal crafts and food, bars, restaurants, and items made from local vendors.
294 locals recommend
Eastern Market
294 locals recommend
Large indoor market filled with fresh produce, plants, artisinal crafts and food, bars, restaurants, and items made from local vendors.
Belle Isle Park is a 982-acre island park located in Detroit with historic, environmental, and cultural resources that have been beloved for generations. The park is home to the Belle Isle Aquarium, Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Belle Isle Nature Center, the James Scott Memorial Fountain, and more. The Belle Isle Conservancy's mission is to protect, preserve, restore and enhance the natural environment, historic structures and unique character of Belle Isle.
388 locals recommend
Belle Isle Beach
2 Inselruhe Ave
388 locals recommend
Belle Isle Park is a 982-acre island park located in Detroit with historic, environmental, and cultural resources that have been beloved for generations. The park is home to the Belle Isle Aquarium, Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Belle Isle Nature Center, the James Scott Memorial Fountain, and more. The Belle Isle Conservancy's mission is to protect, preserve, restore and enhance the natural environment, historic structures and unique character of Belle Isle.
The Ford Piquette Avenue Plant
461 Piquette Ave
22 locals recommend

Entertainment & Activities

Fowling - football combined with bowling! Throw a football at bowling pins. It's a lot of fun, excellent with groups or can be done solo. Just $10 to play, and it's on a first come first served basis where you go up against the reigning champ of a particular lane. There are about 10 lanes for walk-ins, and 10 lanes that can be reserved for larger groups. Beer is served in the event space, and you can bring your own food in or have food delivered.
26 locals recommend
The Fowling Warehouse
3901 Christopher St
26 locals recommend
Fowling - football combined with bowling! Throw a football at bowling pins. It's a lot of fun, excellent with groups or can be done solo. Just $10 to play, and it's on a first come first served basis where you go up against the reigning champ of a particular lane. There are about 10 lanes for walk-ins, and 10 lanes that can be reserved for larger groups. Beer is served in the event space, and you can bring your own food in or have food delivered.
Feather bowling - The object of feather bowling is similar to bocce ball and curling. There are two teams chosen, and each team is given six wooden balls (similar in shape to cheese wheels), to roll toward the other end of the lane, where a feather is placed. The goal is to be the closest to the feather, which originally came from a pigeon. Wheels of cheese and pigeon feathers? Yes, folklore says that the originators of the game used these materials because the game was played outdoors, and that was all they had at their disposal. The team with the closest ball to the feather after each round gets a point per ball, and
28 locals recommend
Cadieux Cafe
4300 Cadieux Rd
28 locals recommend
Feather bowling - The object of feather bowling is similar to bocce ball and curling. There are two teams chosen, and each team is given six wooden balls (similar in shape to cheese wheels), to roll toward the other end of the lane, where a feather is placed. The goal is to be the closest to the feather, which originally came from a pigeon. Wheels of cheese and pigeon feathers? Yes, folklore says that the originators of the game used these materials because the game was played outdoors, and that was all they had at their disposal. The team with the closest ball to the feather after each round gets a point per ball, and