Best FOOD items in Detroit

**gregster** · February-06-10, 05:13 PM

I need to ask everyone what their favorite food items are in Detroit and its surroundings. Not the best restaurants, but the best food items. In other words, if you were living in, say, Wyoming, which food items would you miss most from Detroit? Mine [[in no particular order): 1) hamburger from Marcus Hamburger 2) meat pies from Emily's deli in St. Claire Shores 3) botana from El Zocalo 4) Better Made potato chips

**Maof** · February-06-10, 05:39 PM

ditto....

better made chips

lilpup · February-06-10, 06:03 PM

Dearborn ham

**gumby** · February-06-10, 06:06 PM

Faygo Redpop

LodgeDodger · February-06-10, 06:08 PM

Faygo Rock and Rye
Better Made Chips
Bucharest Grill Schawarmas

**trotwood** · February-06-10, 06:12 PM

Buddy's Pizza[[original location)
Faygo Root Beer
A coney from Layfayette Coney
Better Made BBQ chips
Corned Beef from Louie's[[Eastern Market)

littlebuddy · February-06-10, 06:32 PM

Loose Hamburger from any Detroit coney joint. Can't find them anywhere else[[Houghton Lake has a good one)
Germack pumpkin seeds. Biggest, best, anywhere[[The old Indianhead brand were good when I was a kid, but really small)
Better Made Chips.[[Lays had a Deli style chip a few years ago, thick and good)
Faygo Rock and Rye[[Vernors a close second)

**Kathleen** · February-06-10, 06:54 PM

Red Coat Tavern Burger

Lafayette Coney Dog with everything on it

Chicken Shack chicken or cod dinner with broasted potatoes [[no butter)

Plaka French Toast

Honest John?'s Reuben Omelette

**Roq** · February-06-10, 07:20 PM

Shatilla ice cream
Loui's pizza
Saganaki from Laikon

**Zacha341** · February-06-10, 07:20 PM

Oh you guys make me sick... now I have extra places and optoins to get my eat on! : ) : )

**gregster** · February-06-10, 07:40 PM

Topor's "new dill" pickles
Calder's "natural" milk or chocolate milk [[must be the cocoa they use)
Sander's dark chocolate with sea salt

**tarkus** · February-06-10, 08:04 PM

Mmm
Lafayette Coney with heavy onion, a Polonia polish plate, Big Mikes Bean soup, and a second for Calders Choclate milk, its like melted pudding.

Route29 · February-06-10, 08:18 PM

Tofu wraps from Goodwells.

Avalon Bread.

The veggie machine at the Bronx Bar.

Kapusta with carrot from the plastic bin at Polish Market.

**313WX** · February-06-10, 08:19 PM

Broasted Potatoes from Chicken Shack.

The chicken is pretty good too.

**gregster** · February-06-10, 08:50 PM

reuben from bread and basket deli
ditto to polonia polish plate
pączki for fat tuesday!

**DetroitPlanner** · February-06-10, 08:59 PM

Garden Fresh Salsa
The basic hoummous from Greenland Market on W Warren. Spice to taste!

**Capnhook** · February-06-10, 09:37 PM

The rolls and cold cuts from the Polish Market
Koegel's wiener and bratwurst
my neighbor's home brew in Old Redford
Vicky's ice cream in Livonia
Burghardt's bread -- no longer available
Nitsche's leberwurst -- also no longer available
Breakfast food from eastern market
Cheese [[various) from R J Hurt's @ Eastern Market
apples in the fall . . .

I need to stop now.

CapnHook -- was MI, now VA

**carlscomputers** · February-06-10, 10:43 PM

Strawberry Ice Cream-Shatila's on Warren nr Chase
Ham Sandwich & Split Pea Soup-Mike's on Michigan & W. Grand Blvd.
Coffee-Telway on Michigan & Martin
Hungry Man Platter [[Red Beans & Rice, Jambalaya, Shrimp Creole & Gumbo)-Louisiana Creole Gumbo on Gratiot & St. Aubin
Caramel Corn from Otto's-Downtown [[Long Closed)
Glazed Doughnuts from Quickies-Downtown [[Long Closed)

**donpablo** · February-06-10, 10:45 PM

Arabic food and Greasy Square Pizza

No where in America can you get Arabic food and greasy square pizza as good as what we have here in Detroit/metro area.

Other notables;
Avalon Bakery
Motor City/Bells/Founders/New Holland beer
Rays ice cream
Jewish deli/bagel joints

and when you see produce prices in other parts of the country;

Randazzo's!!!

**Maof** · February-07-10, 08:36 AM

Originally Posted by gregster

Sander's dark chocolate with sea salt

i tried that for the first time this past christmas.....delish

**Kathleen** · February-07-10, 10:51 AM

Great suggestions!!!

Here's a couple more.....

Chicken Schwarma and the Crushed Lentil Soup from Mr. Kabob's

Any donut from Dutch Girl Donuts

LodgeDodger · February-07-10, 01:40 PM

Alinosis' ice cream!

**Kathleen** · January-13-12, 08:57 PM

May as well resurrect this thread...

Saw this in yesterday's Freep!!

Bucharest Grill's garlicky chicken shawarma sandwich is a legend in the making

http://www.freep.com/article/2012011...-in-the-making

**gazhekwe** · January-13-12, 09:03 PM

Real coneys
Better Made Chips
Pasties from Barb's
Sour Cream donuts from Knudsen's
New York Bagels
Corned beef and Swiss with cole slaw and Russian dressing from Bread Basket