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Sweet Jesus I love this diner!
Louie's serves as the living room where my urban family gathers to eat and to discuss our complicated lives. We might be a mess, but the food sure isn't. ...
Sweet Jesus I love this diner!
Louie's serves as the living room where my urban family gathers to eat and to discuss our complicated lives. We might be a mess, but the food sure isn't. Everything any of us has ever tried in the scores of times we have eaten here has been delicious. Known for their corned beef, they also serve delectable salads and breakfasts. Louie's is always busy, but a good busy that provides a cozy buzz around your booth. Waitresses are friendly and prices very reasonable.
Oh for a thousand tongues to sing this excellent diner's praises! (If I had a thousand tongues, they would all be licking my plate at Louie's).
P.S. Louie's is within walking distance of Eastern Market.
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Hearty, delicious pork-based food? Wonderful imported beer? Waitresses in costume? Locals celebrating anniversaries and retirements and offering cake? Regulars at the bar? Bewildered yuppies in...
Hearty, delicious pork-based food? Wonderful imported beer? Waitresses in costume? Locals celebrating anniversaries and retirements and offering cake? Regulars at the bar? Bewildered yuppies in the booths? A midnight sing-a-long of traditional German songs? Delightful quirkiness?
Yes please!
I go to the Dakota Inn Rathskeller whenever I can, often bringing Detroit's detractors. People always leave a little bit in love with the city. Nothing in suburbs is this cool. Nothing anywhere is this cool.
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Oh! The pleasure of an afternoon at John King Bookstore! This place is a balm to my literature loving heart, offering both quantity (it is a veritable warehouse of used books) and quality (staff is...
Oh! The pleasure of an afternoon at John King Bookstore! This place is a balm to my literature loving heart, offering both quantity (it is a veritable warehouse of used books) and quality (staff is amazingly knowledgeable and friendly).
There is something so pure in the bibliophilia at King, manifested in its unadorned, ascetic milieu. No cafรฉ here, no CDs or DVDs or novelty items, just multiple floors of dusty shelves filled with wonders. Pull up a crate in one of the aisles and lose yourself in your selection--no one will bother you for hours; staff and fellow customers understand this kind of passion for the written word. Special requests are always quickly filled by the terrific staff (Need twenty copies of the same edition of The Odyssey for less than fifty dollars? They can do that.) In the upper floors, each aisle has its own light switch for you to turn on as you explore, intensifying the experience of King as your own private text heaven.
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Paesano's
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Pizza Restaurants
447 E Front St
Traverse City, Michigan 49686
(231) 941-5740
Paesano's is the mullet of pizza restaurants; it's not sure what it wants to be, so it's a little of everything.
In the front it's a casual take out joint where you order at the counter and...
Paesano's is the mullet of pizza restaurants; it's not sure what it wants to be, so it's a little of everything.
In the front it's a casual take out joint where you order at the counter and play video games or watch your pizza being made in the open kitchen.
In the back it's a cozy, romantic restaurant where you sit in intimate booths with pictures of customers on the wall, twinkling lights overhead and a small balcony out back overlooking the Boardman River (ask the friendly staff for bread crusts to feed the ducks swimming by).
Whether it's served business in front or party in back, Paesano's food is amazing. The family-run restaurant makes its own dough (a secret family recipe), its own sauce, its own salad dressing (another family recipe), and slices its own vegetables, meats and cheese to ensure freshness. And your tongue knows the difference.
The pizza is superb, always carefully--even artfully--prepared with the perfect amount of cheese and toppings. Just be careful not to fill up on the equally delicious breadsticks first! The salads (especially the antipasto) are enormous and splendid. They don't serve adult beverages, but you can bring your own from the party store across the street.
Everything about this place is a treat; you must visit when in Traverse City (Be aware--everyone else visits too! Waits can be long in the summertime, but it's worth it.)
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Baby, don't bother getting cute to come to this bar. It is too dark to see and too loud to talk. Drink cheap beer at a makeshift table and forget who you are.
Baby, don't bother getting cute to come to this bar. It is too dark to see and too loud to talk. Drink cheap beer at a makeshift table and forget who you are.
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My friend used to live in an apartment building across from this restaurant and every time we would get his car out of the adjacent parking structure, the siren scent of the chicken wings from Sweet...
My friend used to live in an apartment building across from this restaurant and every time we would get his car out of the adjacent parking structure, the siren scent of the chicken wings from Sweet Water would entice us.
The aroma was madness, drawing us to the structure's edge to get a deeper whiff. It nearly caused us to dash ourselves on the pavement below just to be closer to the source of such a magical smell. Ultimately, our choice was to try the wings or stuff our noses with wax whenever we went to the car.
Ahh! The glory of those chicken wings. Nothing created by man for consumption could surpass their perfection. Run, don't walk, to Sweet Water and don't even bother with the menu. Just order the chicken wings dinner and a beer. This temptation has a perfect reward.
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Lots of things about Detroit make me happy to live here: John King Bookstore, The Heidelberg Project, The Conservatory on Belle Isle, The Pistons, Dally in the Alley, The Sphinx Foundation, Eastern...
Lots of things about Detroit make me happy to live here: John King Bookstore, The Heidelberg Project, The Conservatory on Belle Isle, The Pistons, Dally in the Alley, The Sphinx Foundation, Eastern Market, The Detroit Institute of Arts.
Another Detroit institution that I celebrate with my patronage as often as possible is Traffic Jam and Snug. How can a place with its own bakery, brewery and dairy be anything but magnificent? Its food is fresh and bountiful (meals begin with homemade bread du jour--often unusual, always delicious); its service is gracious, neither obsequious nor neglectful; its eclecticism is authentic; its location in the heart of midtown is ideal.
Traffic Jam never fails to surprise and delight.
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I didn't think I could be any happier than I was when the Pistons won the NBA Championship in 2004. The whole of Detroit was out on the streets that night, playing music, dancing in traffic,...
I didn't think I could be any happier than I was when the Pistons won the NBA Championship in 2004. The whole of Detroit was out on the streets that night, playing music, dancing in traffic, honking their horns, raising drunken--but heartfelt--toasts to the team, hugging strangers, calling out to cops who called right back.
I didn't think I could be any happier, that is, until we made our way to Lafayette Coney Island after midnight and they served us the most magnificent coney dogs and chili cheese fries. Unmitigated bliss.
Lafayette is a pleasure whether you have a championship to celebrate or a heartbreak to heal.
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Eat at Evie's Tamales only if you like your food delicious and cheap. The tamales here are perfect; you'll wish your stomach was bigger so you could eat more of them. There's a very good reason...
Eat at Evie's Tamales only if you like your food delicious and cheap. The tamales here are perfect; you'll wish your stomach was bigger so you could eat more of them. There's a very good reason why these masa stuffed with tasty are sold by the dozen.
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My recommendation? Skip Small Plates and proceed directly to Lafayette Coney Island. There you will find sufficient amounts of truly tasty food, instead of eponymous small plates filled with...
My recommendation? Skip Small Plates and proceed directly to Lafayette Coney Island. There you will find sufficient amounts of truly tasty food, instead of eponymous small plates filled with pretentious, pseudo-Continental fare. I know the purpose of tapas restaurants is to share with the whole table and taste some of everything, but there's no reason you can't share Lafayette's chili cheese fries and onion rings (except they're so scrumptious, you won't want to).
The main draw of Small Plates is its location across from the Detroit Opera House. Opera going friends, make your way downtown a little earlier so you can catch the People Mover to Greektown and eat a decent meal there (or save up your appetite for post-show coneys at Lafayette).
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