Restaurants: Longtime Neighborhood Gems

**Detroitej72** · June-03-09, 06:53 PM

The Red Devil thread inspired this one.

I love to walk into a restaurant or bar in Detroit and immediately feel like I'm walking into a piece of history. Someplace that has been here a long time, long before I was born, someplace that is a neighborhood institution.

Lets start listing all neighborhood restaurants that have been open for decades and are still going strong.[[or at least going!)

I'll start with:

Buddy's at 6 Mile/ Conant

Baker's Keyboard Lounge at 8 Mile/ Livernois

Roma CafÃ© in Eastern Market

**313WX** · June-03-09, 06:56 PM

Blue Pointe Seafood - Warren & Cadieux.

**Alley** · June-03-09, 06:58 PM

Janet's Lunch--Kerchavel @ Maryland, GPP

**Fury13** · June-03-09, 06:58 PM

The Cadieux Cafe, on Cadieux [[duh!) between Mack and E. Warren.

The Ivanhoe Cafe, also known as the Polish Yacht Club, on Joseph Campau just north of E. Warren.

**Bobl** · June-03-09, 07:05 PM

Mario's, on Second near Mack. Still good after all these years...

**Servite76** · June-03-09, 07:05 PM

Sabre Lancer at E. Warren & Outer Dr. Miss Pete, Diane, Louise, Don the piano player.

**Bobl** · June-03-09, 07:11 PM

Servite:
Isn't Sabre Lancer long gone?

**65memories** · June-03-09, 07:18 PM

Do Traffic Jam and Union Street qualify, even though they are relatively youngsters? [[The Jam in 1965 and Union Street in the 60's/70's after being Arturos for a long, long time).

**pgn421** · June-03-09, 07:22 PM

La Dolce Vita and The Dakota Inn, along with Mi Pueblo

stinkbug · June-03-09, 09:20 PM

Scotty Simpson's.
Fenkell and Dolphin.
Brightmoor.

**Detroitej72** · June-03-09, 09:53 PM

Originally Posted by stinkbug

Scotty Simpson's.
Fenkell and Dolphin.
Brightmoor.

Is this the famous place in Brightmoor for fish and chips? I am an east sider, and rarely ventured to the west side, but worked there[[on the west side) from 2003-05.

I had fish & chips from a mom and pop joint,on Fenkell, on the west side, during said time, from someplace famous, and I think this was this place, when I worked at 6 Mile and Evergreen, on a Friday during Lent.

I think it may have been Scotty's, located in a simple storefront, on a desolate stretch of Fenkell, and the fish & chips were AWESOME!!

**NoHeartAnthony** · June-03-09, 10:24 PM

Vince's on Springwells.

**gazhekwe** · June-03-09, 10:32 PM

Detroitej72, yep, that's the place. It opened there in 1950 and is on it's 3rd owner. The second and third [[current) owners both started working there when they were teens and just stayed on and finally bought the place.

**reddog289** · June-03-09, 11:17 PM

Gracie See Pizza, and not far from the border DeLucas, Warren&Inkster

**msamslex** · June-22-18, 03:46 PM

Originally Posted by reddog289

Gracie See Pizza, and not far from the border DeLucas, Warren&Inkster

I was reading through some of the older threads when this caught my eye.

Gracie See Pizza closed, I can’t remember exactly when. I believe the owners retired & sold the property. The building has been torn down along with a closed party store that shared the parking lot. A new strip mall is in the process of being built in its place.

I got pizza from there once or twice years ago & I thought it was pretty good.

**Detroitej72** · June-04-09, 12:34 AM

Originally Posted by gazhekwe

Detroitej72, yep, that's the place. It opened there in 1950 and is on it's 3rd owner. The second and third [[current) owners both started working there when they were teens and just stayed on and finally bought the place.

I need to get down there this weekend to enjoy another fish & chips meal, and keep a neighborhood gem in business!

**reddog289** · June-04-09, 12:37 AM

Glad that Scotty Simpsons was brought up.I have been wanting a good fish dinner

**urbanoutdoors** · June-04-09, 01:07 AM

Lou's Deli-McNichols and Roselawn.

Nemo's-Corktown

Greg's Pizza-Livernois and McNichols

**smogboy** · June-04-09, 01:29 AM

One of my favorites...

Laffrey's Steaks on the Hearth.

A true gem of a place.

**SWMAP** · June-04-09, 08:52 AM

The Ivanhoe [[aka the Polish Yacht Club) east of Chene in the old neighborhood. My grandfather worked for Mayor Johnnie Smith during the Depression. The Ivanhoe was Smith's alter-office. Seems unchanged from those days and still has a wonderful perch dinner.

**detroitbob** · June-04-09, 09:34 AM

Vince's Italian Restaurant, 1341 Springwells St, Detroit
AND
Roman Village Cucina Italiana 9924 Dix Avenue Dearborn MI

**EastsideAl** · June-04-09, 09:53 AM

Sindbad's, now in their 60th year.

Jacoby's, since 1904.

Hamtramck's Polonia, going back to its days as the Workman's Co-op in the '20s.

**pgn421** · June-04-09, 09:54 AM

The Ivanhoe, was a lot better when, Big John was running the place.

**Hornist9** · June-04-09, 10:03 AM

Here's a couple of great places, one in Ferndale, Double EE on Nine Mile, and Haney's in Center Line on Van Dyke Avenue. Haney's features wonderful Fish and Clams on Friday evenings.

**Maxine1958** · June-04-09, 10:56 AM

The already mentioned Polonia.

And while we're in that neighborhood -

Under the Eagle - my favorite

And Polish Village Cafe.

Glad I'm already eating lunch or I'd be having tummy rumbles now too!