Great Lakes, Great Tunnels: the State of Michigan Thread

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  1. Constant

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    Just drove into the GOAT state on a beautiful sun-dappled day.

    :feelsgoodman:
     
  2. Thoros of Beer

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    Wrong thread
     
  3. NilesIrish

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    Nah, he's right.
     
  4. Woodrow

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    Perfect weather today and tomorrow for football
     
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  5. Thoros of Beer

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    Greatest Canadian province, maybe
     
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  6. Heesu

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    Take it back!
     
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  7. DeToxRox

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    Good luck to anyone who goes to Arts, Beats and Eats. I am here right now and it is fucking packed.
     
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    It was really fucking packed last year when I went on Saturday or Sunday night. Going up North so I wont be attending this year. Took a look at the bands performing. HIGHLY suggest Laith Al-Saadi. Dude can play some fantastic guitar. Puts on a really stellar show.
     
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  9. ~ taylor ~

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    The sweet corn this year has been fantastic.
     
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    Just got back from a quick weekend trip. Grabbed a couple pounds of kielbasa from Frank's on the west side of GRap. So good. Frank's is the best.
     
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  11. DayDomination

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    So who else doesn't have power?
     
  12. VaxRule

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    I have power but cable and internet are out.
     
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  13. Heesu

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    Have power, lost cable/internet for most of yesterday, but it came back last night. No power at work.
     
  14. M'ark Pepperonio

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    No power for me. Dte saying it may take all weekend to restore.
     
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  15. M'ark Pepperonio

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    This might be even worse.
     
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  16. Constant

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    Congressional Democrats.
     
  17. VaxRule

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    I have a phone, but trying to jerk off to porn on it is not easy
     
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  18. VaxRule

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    Thankfully we won't be dropping below freezing again this weekend.

    Oh wait
     
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  19. VaxRule

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    Did you get your power back?
     
  20. DayDomination

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    I got mine back yesterday

    :feelsgoodman:

    Would've really fucked with my weekend plans
     
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  21. Druce

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    Any of you guys worked with Lombardo Homes by any chance? Wife and I are thinking of building with them.
     
  22. M'ark Pepperonio

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    Nope. You?

    :feelsbadman:
     
  23. VaxRule

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    I never lost power and I now have cable back too
     
  24. Bruce Wayne

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  25. M'ark Pepperonio

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    Especially now that DETROIT IS BACK AND EVERYTHING IS PERFECT there's really just no reason
     
  26. Thoros of Beer

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    lol i miss taylor's homering in this thread.
     
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  27. Constant

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    So sad that blinded by the magnificence of the sunset, he stumbled into one of our many beautiful lakes and drowned.
     
  28. Thoros of Beer

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    i like the picture of him tumbling down a dune into the water
     
  29. AHebrewToo

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    what happened to taylor?
     
  30. Goose

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    He got banned for posting someone's personal info
     
  31. AHebrewToo

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    What an idiot.
     
  32. M'ark Pepperonio

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    Farva got him fired again so he left for good
     
  33. Constant

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    You're getting info from Goose . You realize that, right?
     
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  34. Goose

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  35. OopsPowSurprise

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    Sup

    Heading to Detroit for the first time. Staying in Greektown. Aside from the casino what else should I do
     
  36. M'ark Pepperonio

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    Peeler
     
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  37. Constant

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    How do you feel about lakes?
     
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    Love em
     
  39. OopsPowSurprise

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    What's that
     
  40. M'ark Pepperonio

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    Strip club.

    Seriously though, how long are you there and what are you into?
     
  41. OopsPowSurprise

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    Few days, trying to get drunk and eat good food
     
  42. $P1

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    Get drunk with user StinkyP1nky, imo
     
  43. $P1

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    This weekend's forecast looks like dogshit, by the way. This is not what I signed up for, Michigan.
     
  44. buckwild

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    Headed to Torch Lake on Thursday
     
  45. RalfBully

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    Going there on the wknd of 8/18. Golf in the AM at Arcadia on Friday and Forest Dunes on Saturday. Sandbar in the afternoon.
     
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  46. buckwild

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    Looks like the only day this weekend the sandbar will work out weather wise is Saturday.

    Will be making the annual trip to Crossroads on Friday night.
     
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  47. buckwild

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    I ate at Republic Tavern in downtown Detroit over the winter and it was fantastic.
     
  48. Lip

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    Eat at Selden Standard and then stumble over to Old Miami after. I also enjoyed my meal at Chartreuse. It looks like you're from Miami so it probably doesn't compare but Vicente's is a fun Cuban restaurant downtown. You should also check out Motor City Wine -- it's a hipster wine bar with a great selection of wines priced very reasonably.

    What kind of spots do you like?
     
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  49. DayDomination

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    Green Dot Stables for cheap drinks and pretty good sliders.
     
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  50. M'ark Pepperonio

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    Detroit's a pretty good place to do it. Recommendations I've seen so far are good, can't go wrong with any of them. Don't venture North of 8-mile, nothing worthwhile up there. Here are the mandatory stops:

    1. Lafayette Coney Island - lunch, get a coney dog with everything.
    2. Loui's Pizza (Hazel Park) - go to Buddy's if you must stay in the city, but Loui's is my favorite Detroit style pizza

    My recommendations by area:

    Eastern Market - This is a good area to check out on a weekend morning, huge open air market. Early-mid stages of redevelopment at this point, but there's definitely some cool stuff happening there.

    Trinosophes - coffee/breakfast, one of the more underrated (and my favorite) spots in the city.
    Inner State - Art gallery usually has an exhibition worth checking out
    Stache International - Great place for lunch, get the house made bologna sandwich if you go
    Detroit City Distillery - good spirits and cocktails
    Cutter's - Some of the better burgers in the city
    Antietam - nice restaurant for a dinner, beautiful room and atmosphere with good food and good cocktails

    Midtown - this was one of the first areas to redevelop. Wayne State University is located here and there are still a few remnants of cool things

    Bronx Bar - great semi-dive bar, good burger as well
    Jumbo's - Not going to list cass corridor separately so I guess I'll include it here...dive-bar, great music
    Garden Bowl - oldest continually operating bowling alley in the country. Fun atmosphere later in the evenings. Good pizza as well.
    MOCAD - solid art museum, bar inside as well
    Detroit Institute of Arts - Worth going in if just to see that Diego Rivera murals
    Grey Ghost - One of my favorite new restaurants in the city, meat oriented menu
    Peterboro - chef-driven take on American Chinese food, fun to hang out as well

    Corktown - some people think this is where the food scene was re-born. That's not really true, but there are a bunch of decent restaurants and bars here. The ones I like:

    Nemo's - old school sports bar
    Ima - udon noodles are good
    Sugar House - some of the better cocktails in the city
    Lager House - good place for live music and neat little bar anyway
    Bucharest Grill - if you don't get much middle eastern wherever you live, it's worth grabbing a schwarma at some point I guess.
    Mudgie's - Great sandwiches
    Batch Brewing - beer
    Two James Distillery - they give a tour/tasting during the day I've done

    Downtown - greater area where you're staying

    Golden Fleece or Pegasus - get some lamb chops or a gyro or something
    The Skip - unique frozen cocktails in a unique alley
    Standby - right next to the skip, great non-frozen cocktails and an interesting menu
    Royce - wine
    Parks n Rec - good for breakfast
    Cafe d'mongo's - fun spot at night, dive-ish bar, it has become pretty popular now
    Bon Bon Bon - expensive funky little chocolates (factory is in Hamtramck but they have retail space downtown)
    Checker Bar - decent little dive bar

    Stuff in other locations:

    Any dive bar in Hamtramck (Bumbo's, Kelly's, Painted Lady, etc.)
    Polish food in Hamtramck
    Kuzzo's Chicken and Waffles
    Sister Pie
    Andrew's on the Corner - decent bar
    Any real deal middle eastern food in Dearborn (Al Ameer gets the most press)