Help with the Detroit,Michagan area

[Addled Platypus]

I will be in the Detroit area Sept 29 for work. (12-18 days )

So far work as told me just that.


I was hoping someone could tell me where-

Murray's Discount Automotive (old name) warehouse is located

(new name) CSK Automotive

and or let me know good places to eat/drink etc

[Guynemer]

Not sure about Murray's...

What sort of food do you like?

[Dinner]

My main recollection of Detroit was that the place was a **** hole.

[MRT144]

only a place so ****ty could make music so good

[atawa]

I once drove through the citycenter at nighttime, looked like a warzone.

[Pekka]

MRT144, so true. That's the mecca...

If you run into Axel Foley, tell him that I said I think he's a wimp.

[Kontiki]

Originally posted by atawa
I once drove through the citycenter at nighttime, looked like a warzone.

It looks like that during the day too.

[Guynemer]

Every inner city has areas that look like that. Some (certainly nowhere near "most") of the city is on a significant upswing, however.

[Kontiki]

You need to see a few more non-decaying cities.

[Deity Dude]

There literally hundreds of Murray's Automotive in Detroit and Suburbs. Check this link.

http://yp.yahoo.com/py/ypResults.py?stx=Murray%27s+Automotive&stp=a&tab=B2C&city=Detroit&state=MI&uzip=48226&country=us&msa=2160&slt=42.331509&sln=-83.046021&cs=4

As for food you have to try an area called Mexican Village roughly at Bagley and 24th. There 6 or 7 excellent Mexican Restaurants all within walking distance.

Another must try is area Greektown roughly at Monroe and Beaubien. Here there are 6 or 7 great Greek Restaurants quite a few bars and a casino.

IF you wanna get out of the city Ferndale and Royal Oak have nice downtown areas.

If you want when u get town to town look me up on ICQ or Yahoo IM or MSN and I can give you more specific info.

ICQ = 157329419
Yahoo = bob_wland_2000
MSN = deitydude@hotmail.com

[Guynemer]

Originally posted by Deity Dude
As for food you have to try an area called Mexican Village roughly at Bagley and 24th. There 6 or 7 excellent Mexican Restaurants all within walking distance.

Another must try is area Greektown roughly at Monroe and Beaubien. Here there are 6 or 7 great Greek Restaurants quite a few bars and a casino.

QFT

IF you wanna get out of the city Ferndale and Royal Oak have nice downtown areas.

Ann Arbor is a bit further away, but also has some outstanding restaurants.

[Sarxis]

Royal Oak has some nice places (a lot of variety) to eat.

I highly recommend getting a city map though. The suburbs are laid out nicely by mile roads, but the downtown area can be a bit confusing to newcomers.

[Addled Platypus]

Love Thai,Indian,BBQ,Chinese food, willing to try most anything

For now I am usinf mapquest for general info.

Is there only 1 major airport for Detroit?

thanks all


Thanks for the link Deity Dude

I will be without internet the whole time...and will still be on swing shift (2:30-11:00pm) for the entire time

all times and dates are subject to change at the last minute (they have twice so far)

I am suppose to find out next week the expected flight times/hotels..etc

[Guynemer]

There's one major airport, about 10-15 miles west of the city itself. One thing about the Detroit area is that it is massively sprawled; the whole metropolitan area is gigantic. Only about 1 million live in the city proper, but another 4-5 million live in the suburbs. You don't want to be going hither and yon to find the best places, so you may want to wait to find out where you're staying until you decide where you want to go.

[Addled Platypus]

my list of other important locals (once I know)

laundry mat
bank


gotta ask the next stupid question -Is there Wells Fargo banks out there ?? the new teller here has no idea