Tigers Pre-Game / Night Life Advice (Detroit, Dearborn: rent, mover, condos)

[jamespurdy2]

Hello all!

I am from Philadelphia and I am doing a bit of a MLB stadium tour. We picked Detroit this year.

I have had success in the past on this forum so I figured I would give it another whirl.

I am looking for nightlife advice for the hot spot locations or areas for pre/post game and non-game nights.

Any local advice is much appreciated.

Thanks!

[Coldjensens]

For peak weirdness CityClub Detroit City Club at the Leeland (AKA Leeland City Club). Do not bother arriving before midnight. I think Saturday is clothing optional night - do not get surprised. (Maybe it was Friday).

More normal clubs depend on what you like. There are a lot of Jazz clubs (Bakers, Cliff Bells, Willis, Dirty Dog. . . ). Otherwise, as far as I know, you probably need to find a place that is having an event. Check the Detroit Metro Times. Maybe someone else can give you some other suggestions. I mostly go to Jazz clubs, events, or Vincentes for Salsa dancing. The Fountain in Campus Martius (Aka the Beach) is pretty neat and often has live music, but they close at 11. There are some places in Mid-town that cater to the younger crowd, you can usually just wander around and listen to find them. There are free rock concerts on the Riverwalk just outside the Rencen on Friday nights. It i usually 70s 80s or 90s rock stars, but many of them are still great performers.

[jamespurdy2]

Got it @Coldjensens!

Any hip neighborhoods I should check out? It can sometimes be easier for where I am from to just name a hood or an intersection and I can just branch out from there i.e. Fell's Point in Baltimore. Anything in Detroit I should check out?

Also, any advice for pre/post game spots close to Comerica?

[Coldjensens]

The beach bar at Campus Maritus often has live music, mediocre food and decent drinks. For fancier food you can eat at Parc. They have outside tables now so they get the benefit of the live music at the beach bar. Campus MArtius is dead center of downtown (woodward and Michigan Ave)


Other areas to check out include Greektown, mid-town and cork town. Greektown is probably the liveliest part of the city. There are a lot of bars and restaurants, a casino, a really cool bakery, sometimes street performers and lots of people out and about. To find it, use google. I do not remember the street names. I always walk there and do not look at the street signs. Beaubien and I think Lafayette go through greektown. Mid-town borders on Wayne State University and is home to the younger crowd. Lots of bars and restaurants. People out and about. Cork town is sort of an up and coming part of the city. It has some really cool eateries and taverns also a brewery. THis is where Old Tiger stadium was and there is a baseball feild there now with some condos build around it. They saved a wall or some small part of the old stadium. The biggest, fanciest casino (MGM is ont he edge of corktown.



You can walk to campus martius or greektown from Comerica. You can take the Q line between downtown and mid-town.

You have to drive or rent a bike or scooter to go to corktown.



Two other pretty neat places to check out are Eastern Market and the Riverwalk. Riverwalk runs along the river in front of the renaissance center (it goes for a few miles). There are different parks and a few concessions along the way. It is pretty. The DIA sometimes has an art exhibit along part of it. You can either take a long walk to get to river walk from Comerica, or walk to the nearest people mover station and take that to the Renaissance center. Eastern market is a big open air market area ringed by a few stores and restaurants. It is most active on Saturday mornings, but it can be fun to visit most days. There is a nice large bar there with a semi outdoor stage. I cannot remember the name. My son plays there on occasion. Sometimes they have jazz, sometimes rock. Use google to get to eastern market. Rent a bike or a scooter.



The DAC usually has a pre-game party, but you have to be or know a member to get in.



The coolest neighborhoods that are readily accessible are Woobridge, Indian Village and Boston Edison. Boston-Edison is where many of the mansions of the automotive barons were built in the 1930s. These neighborhoods are mostly just cool old houses to look at. Woodbridge is in Mid-town. The others you would need to drive to or rent a bike.



Belle Isle, which is now a state park can also be fun to visit. It is a large island park that you access via a bridge. There is a neat maritime museum and an aquarium and a zoo of sorts. There are some places you can swim.



If you like old architecture you may like the Guardian Building (go into the bank part and look up). The Whitney restaurant is in really cool old mansion (you can walk there). It is pretty expensive, but you can get drinks and desserts on the third floor without needing a mortgage. The Renaissance centers is a classic example of what not to build in a city. It is mostly empty except for housing the General Motors world headquarters and a few local businesses. GM has a car showroom in the basement. There is a food court and a few decent restaurateurs. There is dining at the top of the main hotel tower which is the tallest thing in Michigan (until they finish the towers for the new bridge to Canada.)


If you are an art fan, you must visit the DIA when you come. It is in mid-town. It is a phenomenal art museum (and I am not really an art fan, but I love it).



Finally if you are staying for a few days you should visit the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village in Dearborn. They are the areas world class attraction (meaning people come from all over the world just to visit). There is nothin like this place.



Also if it is open, the old Fort Wayne on Jefferson near Green street sometimes has guided tours. They also sometimes have an old time baseball club that plays there. The fort was built the 1810s to protect us form Canada. It was rebuilt during the Civil War and then used extensively as an intake center during WWII and Vietnam.

[jamespurdy2]

Originally Posted by Coldjensens

The beach bar at Campus Maritus often has live music, mediocre food and decent drinks. For fancier food you can eat at Parc. They have outside tables now so they get the benefit of the live music at the beach bar. Campus MArtius is dead center of downtown (woodward and Michigan Ave)


Other areas to check out include Greektown, mid-town and cork town. Greektown is probably the liveliest part of the city. There are a lot of bars and restaurants, a casino, a really cool bakery, sometimes street performers and lots of people out and about. To find it, use google. I do not remember the street names. I always walk there and do not look at the street signs. Beaubien and I think Lafayette go through greektown. Mid-town borders on Wayne State University and is home to the younger crowd. Lots of bars and restaurants. People out and about. Cork town is sort of an up and coming part of the city. It has some really cool eateries and taverns also a brewery. THis is where Old Tiger stadium was and there is a baseball feild there now with some condos build around it. They saved a wall or some small part of the old stadium. The biggest, fanciest casino (MGM is ont he edge of corktown.



You can walk to campus martius or greektown from Comerica. You can take the Q line between downtown and mid-town.

You have to drive or rent a bike or scooter to go to corktown.



Two other pretty neat places to check out are Eastern Market and the Riverwalk. Riverwalk runs along the river in front of the renaissance center (it goes for a few miles). There are different parks and a few concessions along the way. It is pretty. The DIA sometimes has an art exhibit along part of it. You can either take a long walk to get to river walk from Comerica, or walk to the nearest people mover station and take that to the Renaissance center. Eastern market is a big open air market area ringed by a few stores and restaurants. It is most active on Saturday mornings, but it can be fun to visit most days. There is a nice large bar there with a semi outdoor stage. I cannot remember the name. My son plays there on occasion. Sometimes they have jazz, sometimes rock. Use google to get to eastern market. Rent a bike or a scooter.



The DAC usually has a pre-game party, but you have to be or know a member to get in.



The coolest neighborhoods that are readily accessible are Woobridge, Indian Village and Boston Edison. Boston-Edison is where many of the mansions of the automotive barons were built in the 1930s. These neighborhoods are mostly just cool old houses to look at. Woodbridge is in Mid-town. The others you would need to drive to or rent a bike.



Belle Isle, which is now a state park can also be fun to visit. It is a large island park that you access via a bridge. There is a neat maritime museum and an aquarium and a zoo of sorts. There are some places you can swim.



If you like old architecture you may like the Guardian Building (go into the bank part and look up). The Whitney restaurant is in really cool old mansion (you can walk there). It is pretty expensive, but you can get drinks and desserts on the third floor without needing a mortgage. The Renaissance centers is a classic example of what not to build in a city. It is mostly empty except for housing the General Motors world headquarters and a few local businesses. GM has a car showroom in the basement. There is a food court and a few decent restaurateurs. There is dining at the top of the main hotel tower which is the tallest thing in Michigan (until they finish the towers for the new bridge to Canada.)


If you are an art fan, you must visit the DIA when you come. It is in mid-town. It is a phenomenal art museum (and I am not really an art fan, but I love it).



Finally if you are staying for a few days you should visit the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village in Dearborn. They are the areas world class attraction (meaning people come from all over the world just to visit). There is nothin like this place.



Also if it is open, the old Fort Wayne on Jefferson near Green street sometimes has guided tours. They also sometimes have an old time baseball club that plays there. The fort was built the 1810s to protect us form Canada. It was rebuilt during the Civil War and then used extensively as an intake center during WWII and Vietnam.

This is absolutely perfect. Thank you.