Hidden gems [[restaraunts) in Detroit

[terryh]

I discovered Parks barbecue [[dine in or carryout) on Beaubian near the Blvd in the Northend neighborhood, somebody wrote about a place on Fenkell that specializes in fish and chips [[far northwest Detroit?) there are Jamaican and African restaurants, anybody know of any obscure out out of the way places with good eats?

[stinkbug]

Scotty Simpson's is on Fenkell and Dolphin and that is the place someone was referring to. It is excellent.

[texorama]

Haven't been there for awhile [[I've been patronizing El Barzón, which is really good), but for Mexican I always liked Mi Tierra at Oakwood and Schaefer--not a corner you'd likely to hit in the course of a normal day unless you worked down there.

[jcole]

I think they opened another Mi Tierra on Warren and Faust just west of Southfield.

[detroitbob]

Another BBQ carry out...as good as Parks...
Vicki's Barbecue [[313) 894-9906
3845 W Warren Ave
Detroit, MI
about a block east of W Grand Blvd on the south side of the street.

[gnome]

even on their web site, the Dakota Inn, declares itself a hidden gem.

http://www.dakota-inn.com/web/pages/home/

The Dakota is really a very neat building and the food is fantastic. From their fenced and guarded parking-lot you enter into a time machine that takes you back to pre-war times. Only place I've ever been where you can get a pitcher of Blatz; which turns out to be pretty good on tap. They must re-use resty hubcaps when they make the Blatz cans, 'cause it sure does taste like it.

Anyway, the Dakota entertainment includes sing-a-longs which sounds stupid from the get-go, until you do it. You can't help but smile while being lead through a confuzzeling rendition of Der Schnitzelbank song.