Avalon Bakery on Willis & Cass Ave - On site bakery for great variety breads to take back to Chicago. Coffee and hearty baked goods.
Cass Cafe' on Cass north of Avalon if open on Sat. Lunches and a sit down bar.
Lafayette Coney Island downtown on Michigan Ave. just west of Campus Martius.
John King Used & Rare Books on Lafayette & the Lodge Exway. 5 or 6 floors of books, mags, etc and collectables.
Corktown neighborhood quick drive around/slower walk around. Michigan Av & Trumble near the vacant field where Tiger Stadium used to be.
Hamtramck for the tidy neighborhoods, churches and street corner bars like 7 Brothers, Jean's and the New Dodge Bar. Polish Art center.and the 1923 Cafe'
on Holbrook for coffee, etc.