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🇺🇸 Detroit
10 places across Parts Unknown & No Reservations
Every Place Bourdain Visited in Detroit
10 placesPackard Automotive Plant
Concord
Tony visited Al Hill, who lives on the site of the 3.5 million sq ft auto plant that is no longer in use.
Duly's Place Coney Island
West Vernor Highway
This place has been around for over 90 years. Open 24 hours. The Coney dog has chili, cheese, onions, and mustard atop a hot dog.
Cutters Bar & Grill
Orleans
Tony met with Adolph Mongo, a political strategist, and had a vodka.
The Heidelberg Project
Heidelberg
Tyree Guyton created this "delightfully loony outdoor community art project that began in 1986 and now attracts 35,000 visitors per year from around the world."
MT. Elliott Charlevoix Market
Charlevoix
Tony visited this liquor store to pick up some alcohol.
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Greedy Greg's Soul Food
Seymour
A backyard BBQ serving soul food. Tony had smoked pork loaded collards and mac & cheese.
Engine 23 Squad 3
East Grand Boulevard
Tony visited this fire department to eat with the firefighters. They made crabcakes, broccoli salad, and steak.
1301 Broadway St
Gratiot Ave
Former site of Guns & Butter, where Tony ate with Charlie Leduff, a journalist, at a pop-up restaurant with Chef Craig Lieckfelt.
Pupuseria Y Restaurante Salvadoreno
Livernois Ave
Home cooked Salvadoran meals. Tony ate here with Chef George Azar and friend Joe. They had tamales, pupusas, and shrimp with garlic butter.
Cadieux Cafe
Cadieux
Feather bowling: a Belgian feather bowling place with mussels and fries, and live music
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