Attention Royal Oak, Ferndale and Pleasant Ridge residents: You don’t need a passport to go to Keego Harbor! Now I admit, I was one of those people who generally balked at traveling northwest for dinner. Give me downtown Royal Oak and I’m happy. Downtown Detroit— Great, count me in! Commerce or Keego? No way—I’d...
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Food Trucks. They are starting to spring up around Ferndale. This weekend, we had competing Taco trucks on either side of Woodward, just north of 9 mile. Jacques’ Tacos is excellent. I’ve been there several times, and am a big fan of his pulled pork, and braised short rib tacos. Can’t be beat. Today...
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Getting ready for Arts, Beats and Eats? One thing you can count on, there will be plenty of good food. I enjoyed an appetizer of the “eats” portion of the festival last week at Arts du Jour. Fifty of metro Detroit’s finest restaurants, sweet shops and more provided samples to the estimated 1,100 people...
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Have you been to O’Mara’s in Berkley? They’ve been serving lunch and dinner for years. I drive by often, but had never been there until a few weeks ago, when I received an invitation to a tasting of breakfast menu items, in advance of a breakfast launch in September. The owners had considered buying...
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We stopped by Pete’s Place Broadway Cafe for lunch this weekend, in anticipation of the next episode of Dining in the D. Off the beaten path, down Woodward Heights in Ferndale, this nondescript diner from the outside suddenly becomes a slightly upscale eatery on the inside. Owner Pete Mel transformed a long-closed Coney Island...
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Dining in the D is back for another season of, well, dining in the D (metro Detroit). For a foodie like me, this is great. It’s like your favorite food show, but it’s local, so you can watch, and then follow up with a visit to check the place out for yourself. This show...
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Beer fans will flock to Ferndale this Saturday to sample 20 seasonal brews at the Winter Beer Tasting. The event, set to run 7-10 p.m. Jan. 8, at The Loving Touch, 22634 Woodward Ave., is aptly situated in the city’s downtown area. The Loving Touch and its neighboring watering holes Woodward Avenue Brewers and...
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I can’t believe Assaggi Bistro opened nearly 11 years ago and it took me so long to finally walk through those doors for a fine dining experience in my hometown. Ferndale has a plethora of options when it comes to eating out, but fine dining isn’t especially its forte. Still, the Detroit News just...
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I’ve always been something of an autonomous employee. I think it’s how I gravitated into writing for a living. Journalism was the sort of career that rewarded you for sniffing out a story and pursuing it on your own. Busy newsrooms are the sort of places where you’re often given a brief tour, showed...
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Ferndale sure is lucky to have an experimental and exciting theatre like The Ringwald. I was certainly reminded of that this past weekend during opening night of Who Wants Cake theatre company’s daring duo of one-man holiday shows – The SantaLand Diaries and Seasons’ Greetings. In it’s fourth year, the show has become a...
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I nearly hit the brakes when I saw it – a real candy store in my hometown. Ferndale recently welcomed Woodward Avenue Candy Shop, at 23337 Woodward Ave., to feed that sugar rush for boys and girls of all ages. As those you know me best will tell you, I’m a bit of a...
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Give me taco trucks, cupcake wagons and road food of all kinds. Why is metro Detroit so far behind the road food curve? I’ve long wondered why a food-centric metropolitan area like ours hasn’t managed to embrace the trend that cities like Los Angeles, New York and Chicago have grabbed with open arms. You...
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