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Posted on 1/24/24 at 12:03 pm to WG_Dawg
I travel a ton to Detroit for work projects in the area. The family (wife, 2 boys 10, 8) joined me this past summer and had a blast.
Hotels -- Marriot Renaissance Center and Pontchartrain are my two favorites downtown. I think the MRC best because of the views and restaurants.
Food -- London Chophouse (old school steakhouse). Get a coney dog from either Lafayette or American Coney Island. There is also some really good middle eastern/Lebanese food in the Detroit area also so that is worth a look.
Definitely look at the Henry Ford Museum. We did museum, Greenfield Village, and the Rouge Factory Tour. We also did the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant tour.
We caught a Tigers game but a hockey game would be a blast too.
Hotels -- Marriot Renaissance Center and Pontchartrain are my two favorites downtown. I think the MRC best because of the views and restaurants.
Food -- London Chophouse (old school steakhouse). Get a coney dog from either Lafayette or American Coney Island. There is also some really good middle eastern/Lebanese food in the Detroit area also so that is worth a look.
Definitely look at the Henry Ford Museum. We did museum, Greenfield Village, and the Rouge Factory Tour. We also did the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant tour.
We caught a Tigers game but a hockey game would be a blast too.
Posted on 1/24/24 at 12:53 pm to WG_Dawg
Detroit metro area resident checking in. I currently live in Royal Oak, so about 20 minutes from downtown. Someone mentioned downtown Royal Oak as a potential destination, which I would certainly second if you had more time. Lots of great restaurants in the downtown area. Ferndale, specifically along Woodward, would be another great place for food if you want to get out of the downtown area for a meal.
We've only popped over to Windsor once since living here. It was for a comedy show at the casino. Can't say I have much to recommend there unless there's a show scheduled or if you'd like to eat at one of the waterfront restaurants.
I would 10000% recommend catching at Red Wings game if you can spring for the tickets! Little Caesars Arena is one of the best venues in the country, and the it's an all-around great sports experience. I'm from Louisiana and didn't grow up with hockey, but I've been to a good amount of NHL games. Red Wings have one of the best fan experiences you can find in pro sports. They should be in the playoff hunt, so the crowds will probably be good and rowdy.
If you're staying downtown, I recommend Buddy's for Detroit style pizza. It's not too far from Comerica Park/Ford Field and is the most popular local place for Detroit style... as noted, plenty breweries around here. I like Atwater Brewery which has a taphouse really close to downtown.
I also second someone's recommendation for Eastern Market. Lots to eat and a fun place to just walk around.
Though it's usually more of a summer time stop, I love Belle Isle. It's still winter time here in March, so I'm not sure what that experience will be like. But you can get Canadian and Detroit skyline views from there.
Enjoy
We've only popped over to Windsor once since living here. It was for a comedy show at the casino. Can't say I have much to recommend there unless there's a show scheduled or if you'd like to eat at one of the waterfront restaurants.
I would 10000% recommend catching at Red Wings game if you can spring for the tickets! Little Caesars Arena is one of the best venues in the country, and the it's an all-around great sports experience. I'm from Louisiana and didn't grow up with hockey, but I've been to a good amount of NHL games. Red Wings have one of the best fan experiences you can find in pro sports. They should be in the playoff hunt, so the crowds will probably be good and rowdy.
If you're staying downtown, I recommend Buddy's for Detroit style pizza. It's not too far from Comerica Park/Ford Field and is the most popular local place for Detroit style... as noted, plenty breweries around here. I like Atwater Brewery which has a taphouse really close to downtown.
I also second someone's recommendation for Eastern Market. Lots to eat and a fun place to just walk around.
Though it's usually more of a summer time stop, I love Belle Isle. It's still winter time here in March, so I'm not sure what that experience will be like. But you can get Canadian and Detroit skyline views from there.
Enjoy
Posted on 1/28/24 at 2:09 pm to WG_Dawg
I travel to Detroit quite a bit and it is as safe or safer than any other the large city in the country. There are several hotel options downtown. Detroit style pizza is my favorite and a quick google search will give you an idea which places you should try. Someone in an earlier post mentioned the Greek/Mediterranean food, and I would agree with that. They have a huge Lebanese/Arab population there, so you will see alot of those restaurants. They also have pretty good mexican food in the Mexicantown area. If you play golf, the Detroit area has some really good golf courses.
Posted on 1/29/24 at 8:03 am to 337LightKnight
Awesome thanks eveyrone. Did some booking over this past weekend, we'll be there for the weekend of March 16th. We get in on thursday and it looks like the red wings have a home game that night so I'm hoping that being a thursay night we can get tickets much cheaper than on a Saturday.
Hotels were a little higher than we'd like downtown so we got an airbnb which should work fine, I doube we'll be in the room too much anyway. We also did end up renting a car because wiht all the great suggestions in here we figured it'd be much higher to take all those ubers opposed to just getting a car ourselves.
This question is pretty off-topic but figured it'd be an appropriate place to ask anyway. I see that the MGM casiono downtown has a sports book. I'm not much of a gambler but would love to place some futures bets while I'm there. If I bet on say some CFB lines, fast forward to the fall when those would hit/miss, if I win somethign can they just mail me a check? Or do you have to redeem there on -site? If you have to be in person then obviously I won't bother.
Hotels were a little higher than we'd like downtown so we got an airbnb which should work fine, I doube we'll be in the room too much anyway. We also did end up renting a car because wiht all the great suggestions in here we figured it'd be much higher to take all those ubers opposed to just getting a car ourselves.
This question is pretty off-topic but figured it'd be an appropriate place to ask anyway. I see that the MGM casiono downtown has a sports book. I'm not much of a gambler but would love to place some futures bets while I'm there. If I bet on say some CFB lines, fast forward to the fall when those would hit/miss, if I win somethign can they just mail me a check? Or do you have to redeem there on -site? If you have to be in person then obviously I won't bother.
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