Oh my lanta. Last night I was surrounded with great people, great food and great cocktails! Okay let’s start from the beginning. I got an email a few weeks ago advertising a Detroit Foodie Tour event. I forwarded it over to a group of us and next thing you know I’m buying a four pack of tickets!
To begin our crazy adventure Priya, Sasha and I met Grant at his work then we all loaded up in the civic and set out towards Detroit.
Our first stop was The Elephant Room for registration and to try the Smoked Brisket Grilled Cheese. When we first got there we accidentally got mixed up in the line for St. Andrew’s Hall (a music venue) and were waiting anxiously in that line…. Opps! Once we realized our mistake we were able to walk right in and get our badges! The sandwich was really good. The service was a little tight so we skipped drinks and headed over to destination number two.
Our second stop was (drumroll please) Jacoby’s where we had a watermelon shot! The shot honestly wasn’t too watermelon tasting. It was more of an unexpected end taste. It was really good.
They also had Potato Pancakes! They are heavenly fried potatoes that you dip in ranch dressing for the most satisfying taste in the world. They also paired their potato pancakes with applesauce which was surprisingly good.
After that we went to the Ready Player One which is actually a basement bar. When we walked in they had Pepperoni Wontons. They were actually really good and I was honestly surprised. I had some doubts about the taste but was pleasantly surprised. They also had fun drink specials to celebrate the fall!
The next stop on the tour was an oldie but a goodie, The Old Shillelagh which actually had a vegan option! They were serving Shepard’s Pie (traditional and vegan). Sasha got the Vegan option and I got to taste both. The vegan option was equally as good as the regular option. We also enjoyed a nice fall themed beverage there!
Okay you guessed it. The next stop we actually had a little bit of real food. We hit up Fishbones Greektown which was a stop that you could try Alligator Voodoo. (Basically popcorn chicken but not actually chicken….) Alligator really does taste like chicken. We then grabbed a table and had some yummy food and water. Once we were fully recharged we walked to our next destination.
We then hit Basement Burger Bar Detroit. We were too stuffed to eat much but their sliders were really good. That would be an excellent game day snack or after night out grab food spot. The staff were friendly and inviting plus the food was good.
After that we just walked around over by Greektown letting our food digest before we got back into our car to head home. My night did have a great ending as I had a dog bone in my purse for Dex that he was very very happy about. I think it’s safe to say it was a great night for everyone!
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