Detroit: Eastern Market
Happy Friday from your Favorite Realtor here with this weeks Fun Food Friday/Weekend Edition! This week is not just about 1 restaurant, it is about the weekend experience that is Eastern Market. This Sunday is the official Flower Day - the Sunday after Mother’s Day. However, it is not the only flower day at the market this year. They are having them every Sunday in May, to help keep the crowds down. Flower Day runs from 7AM – 5PM in all sheds of the market.
While flower day is great for getting your summer flowers to beautify your home, our favorite day is the regular Saturday market which is every Saturday 6AM - 4PM year round. While there are so many great vendors to get your fresh veggies and other favorites, there are also a lot of places to eat and drink within the market as well. Whether it is an actual vendor, selling in the shed, or a brick and mortar building in the market district, there is something for everyone’s taste and new places keep popping up every year.
Going to the Saturday market has become an almost weekly occurrence in our household. It’s like a mini vacation! We love to take friends that haven’t been there, or aren’t comfortable with downtown, to show them around and take them to some of our favorite “foodie” places. Vivio’s is a main staple for many people, with their great food, but better yet their Bloody Mary’s to go. You can pick one up and walk through the market, sipping it while shopping. We get ours with bourbon instead of vodka and it is something we recommend trying…delicious.
There are so many other places to eat and drink it is hard to decide. There are numerous food trucks each week and open market vendors selling hot food like shawarma and kofta sandwiches, People’s Pierogi -who has a great cheddar sausage with kraut on a bun as well as their pierogi which you can also buy by the dozen to go. There the French Cow that sells fresh crepes to order and then there is my favorite almond Croissant from Canelle’s by Matt Kino.
But outside the market is where there seems to be endless restaurants with new stuff popping up all the time. Vivio’s, Farmer Franks, Zeff’s, Louie’s Ham & Corned beef and Mike’s Pita and Grill are our go to places for breakfast, but they also all have great lunch menus. For the later in the day crowd there are also lots of choices: Jose’s Tacos, Cutters Bar & Grill (known for their stuffed burgers) Supino’s Pizza, Amore de Roma fka...Roma Café (opens later for dinner) for old school Italian, Louisiana Creole Gumbo, Bert’s BBQ (always outdoor grilling just follow the smell) and Franks Deli & Grill featuring Wigley’s corned beef. Then we have the drinking portion of the market. The Detroit Distillery, Eastern Market Brewing Co and Lagerhaus No 5 are all within 2 block of each other, the streets are blocked off with outdoor tables so there is always plenty of places to sit and enjoy a nice cold beverage.
As I said, there is something for everyone so head on down or better yet, hit us up and we’ll go down there with you.
Until next week. Eat well and live life!
- Keith & Teresa Becker