This year’s City Guide: Metro Detroit Bucket List includes iconic places, newer venues, and top picks from experts and influencers of the local food, drink, music, arts, and recreation scenes. Here are 188 things every local must do in their lifetime.
Arts
- Arab American National Museum
- Blkout Walls
- Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
- Comedy Club
- Cranbrook Educational Community
- Dabls Mbad African Bead Museum
- Detroit Film Theatre
- Detroit Hair Wars
- Detroit Historical Museum
- Detroit Institute of Arts
- Detroit Public Theatre
- Detroit Symphony Orchestra
- Eastern Market
- Fisher Building
- Greenfield Village
- Guardian Building
- Heidelberg Project
- M Contemporary
- Motown Museum
- N’Namdi Center
- Norwest Gallery of Art
- Playground Detroit
- Reyes Finn Gallery
- The Dirty Show
- The Henry Ford
- The Independent Comedy Club
- Zekelman Holocaust Center
Read more about these Metro Detroit Bucket List items here.
Drinks
- Bad Luck Bar
- Baker’s Keyboard Lounge
- Cafe D’Mongo’s Speakeasy
- Candy Bar
- Castalia Cocktails
- Detroit City Distillery
- Dragonfly
- Frame Detroit
- Ghostbar
- Henrietta Haus
- Kuhnhenn Brewing Co.
- Madam at The Daxton
- Menjo’s Entertainment Complex
- Motor City Wine
- Nancy Whiskey
- Shelby Detroit
- Spot Lite Detroit
- Supergeil
- The Oakland
- The Old Miami
- The Sardine Room
- The Sugar House
- Urbanrest Brewing Co.
- Valentine Distilling Co.
Read more about these Metro Detroit Bucket List items here.
Food
- Al Ameer
- American Coney Island
- Baobab Fare
- Bucharest Grill
- Buddy’s
- City Ramen
- Clawson Steak House
- Cloverleaf Pizza
- Feast
- Freya
- Giovanni’s Ristorante
- Hamido
- Hong Hua
- Hunter House Hamburgers
- Joe Muer’s Seafood
- Lafayette Coney Island
- Lobster Pitstop
- Mabel Gray
- Maré Mediterranean
- Metropolitan Bar & Kitchen
- Mom’s Spaghetti
- Mudgie’s Deli
- Mumma Maria’s House
- New York Bagel
- Noble Fish
- Phoenicia
- Polish Village Cafe
- Polonia
- Rafic’s Falafel
- Ray’s Ice Cream
- Redcoat Tavern
- Roma’s Bakery
- Scotty Simpson’s Fish & Chips
- Selden Standard
- SheWolf Pastificio & Bar
- Sister Pie
- Stage Deli
- Supino Pizzeria
- Sushi Coup
- Sylvan Table
- Taystee’s Burgers
- Toast
- Tomatoes Apizza
- Trizest
- Tuhama’s
- Union Assembly Union Joints
- Vinsetta Garage
- Zingerman’s Deli
Read more about these Metro Detroit Bucket List items here.
Music
- Aretha Franklin Amphitheatre
- Cliff Bell’s
- Concert of Colors
- Dally in the Alley
- Detroit Jazz Festival
- Detroit Opera House
- Hamtramck Labor Day Festival
- Hill Auditorium
- Marble Bar
- Movement
- Outer Limits Lounge
- Paramita Sound
- Pine Knob
- PJ’s Lager House
- Rivera Court at the Detroit Institute of Arts
- Sanctuary Detroit
- Spot Lite Detroit
- The Fox Theatre
- The Majestic
- Third Man Records
- UFO Factory
- Willis Show Bar
Read more about these Metro Detroit Bucket List items here.
Recreation
- Belle Isle
- Blake’s Cider Mill
- Brighton Recreation Area’s Jump Island
- Campus Martius Park
- Clinton River Park North
- Comerica Park
- Detroit River
- Detroit River Sports
- Detroit Riverwalk
- Detroit Zoo
- Dyno Detroit
- Ford Field
- Frankiln Cider Mill
- Hawthorne Ridge Park’s BMX Track
- iFly Detroit
- Independence Oaks County Park
- Kensington Metropark
- Lake St. Clair Metropark
- Legacy 925
- Lily Pad Springs
- Little Caesars Arena
- Michigan Stadium
- Midway Sports and Entertainment
- Putting Edge
- Riverside Kayak
- Shepherd’s Hollow Golf Club
- TreeRunner Adventure Park
- Waterloo Recreation Area
- Westview Orchards
- Yates Cider Mill
Read more about these Metro Detroit Bucket List items here.
Shopping
- Atelier_Det
- AYV x Fresher
- B_KS@
- Bird Bee
- BOYC Co.
- Burn Rubber
- Busted Bra Shop
- Carhartt
- City Bird and Nest
- Coup D’etat
- Cream Blends
- Downtown Birmingham
- Downtown Rochester
- Downtown Grosse Pointe Park
- Eastern Market
- John K. King Used & Rare Books
- Leon & Lulu
- Literati Bookstore
- Lost and Found Vintage
- Mongers’ Provisions
- Odd Fellows Antiques
- Old Soul Vintage
- Pages Bookshop
- Pewabic Pottery
- Rat Queen Vintage
- Royal Oak Farmers Market & Flea Market
- Shinola
- Simply Casual
- Somerset Collection
- Source Booksellers
- Spectacle Society
- Tailored Detroit
- The Lip Bar
- The Lowry Estate
- The Peacock Room
- Vault of Midnight
Read more about these Metro Detroit Bucket List items here.
This story is from the April 2022 issue of Hour Detroit. Read more in our digital edition.
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