Greektown, get it together. WTF.

**Bham1982** · June-27-17, 06:16 AM

Greektown was finished when the casino opened. That was a really bad public policy decision.

They should just name that now-horrific block something else. Or just have Gilbert auction off the rights or something.

**Maof** · June-27-17, 01:44 PM

Originally Posted by Bham1982

Greektown was finished when the casino opened. That was a really bad public policy decision.

They should just name that now-horrific block something else. Or just have Gilbert auction off the rights or something.

and when all the authentic restaurants closed....Hella's, Laikon, etc.

**dtowncitylover** · June-28-17, 02:44 PM

Originally Posted by Bham1982

Greektown was finished when the casino opened. That was a really bad public policy decision.

They should just name that now-horrific block something else. Or just have Gilbert auction off the rights or something.

I mean before Trappers Alley and the tourist trap it is today, Greektown was full of illegal gambling joints and speakeasies. The casino there is just a legal homage to its once shady past.

**Ray1936** · June-28-17, 05:29 PM

Originally Posted by dtowncitylover

I mean before Trappers Alley and the tourist trap it is today, Greektown was full of illegal gambling joints and speakeasies. The casino there is just a legal homage to its once shady past.

Heh, heh! This [[very) old timer remembers being sent in to the Greecian Gardens to watch for a barbut game in the back. I must have worn my badge on my hat because I never saw one. But they were always going. First time in [[plain clothes) I sat at a table and asked for a coffee. The waiter said, "How about dinner, officer, it's on the house?" Circa 1961. Sure, I had the friggin' dinner. Sue me.

**canuck** · June-28-17, 05:53 PM

Originally Posted by Ray1936

Heh, heh! This [[very) old timer remembers being sent in to the Greecian Gardens to watch for a barbut game in the back. I must have worn my badge on my hat because I never saw one. But they were always going. First time in [[plain clothes) I sat at a table and asked for a coffee. The waiter said, "How about dinner, officer, it's on the house?" Circa 1961. Sure, I had the friggin' dinner. Sue me.

No Pepsi; Coke.

**Honky Tonk** · June-28-17, 06:01 PM

Originally Posted by canuck

No Pepsi; Coke.

All right, canuck, knock it off...

[[cheebugah, cheebugah, cheebugah...)

**canuck** · July-03-17, 08:00 AM

Originally Posted by Honky Tonk

All right, canuck, knock it off...

[[cheebugah, cheebugah, cheebugah...)

Yeah, I think that SNL skit probably dates from 1961, too. Lil

**archfan** · June-29-17, 02:24 AM

Originally Posted by Ray1936

Heh, heh! This [[very) old timer remembers being sent in to the Greecian Gardens to watch for a barbut game in the back. I must have worn my badge on my hat because I never saw one. But they were always going. First time in [[plain clothes) I sat at a table and asked for a coffee. The waiter said, "How about dinner, officer, it's on the house?" Circa 1961. Sure, I had the friggin' dinner. Sue me.

Weren't Fats and Tony annoyed you were in there?