Jokerman Member Username: Jokerman
Post Number: 102 Registered: 07-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, June 05, 2007 - 4:42 pm: | |
I'll be coming to the Detroit area this August. Of course, I'll be eating all my favorite Michigan food that are not available here in San Diego, CA (coneys, Big Boys, polish food, almond boneless chicken, White Castles, Buscemi's, Great lakes Perch, Better Made Chips, etc.) My question is: Who has the best perch dinners? |
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen
Post Number: 2326 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, June 05, 2007 - 5:05 pm: | |
Sindbad's!! In fact, I'm headed there Friday night for a perch dinner... http://www.sindbadsdetroit.com/flash/index.html (Message edited by Kathleen on June 05, 2007) |
Fury13 Member Username: Fury13
Post Number: 1755 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, June 05, 2007 - 5:44 pm: | |
There don't seem to be many places left that serve (or promote) perch dinners. Sort of a dying tradition... |
Detroitrulez Member Username: Detroitrulez
Post Number: 269 Registered: 12-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, June 05, 2007 - 5:46 pm: | |
Caucus Club...perch dinner or perch lunch. Polish Yacht Club as well. |
Bobj Member Username: Bobj
Post Number: 2285 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, June 05, 2007 - 6:05 pm: | |
Just had it at Sinbads on Saturday night, very good, place was packed |
Spitcoff Member Username: Spitcoff
Post Number: 103 Registered: 03-2004
| Posted on Tuesday, June 05, 2007 - 6:06 pm: | |
waves or whatever its called now on grand river at greenfield |
Ndavies Member Username: Ndavies
Post Number: 2642 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, June 05, 2007 - 6:42 pm: | |
Nobody beats Duffy's in Amherstburg, ON. What can compare to a high speed boat ride across the river, followed by an incredible perch dinner? |
Tarkus Member Username: Tarkus
Post Number: 335 Registered: 04-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, June 05, 2007 - 7:52 pm: | |
Sinbads or Mr. Pauls. |
Jrvass Member Username: Jrvass
Post Number: 94 Registered: 01-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, June 05, 2007 - 8:09 pm: | |
Salt & Pepper. Roll in flour. Deep fry in a stick of oleo and a scoop or 2 of Crisco (even amounts, maybe a little more Crisco). 325-350 degrees. Turn twice, 4 times better, as it browns. Checking & poking every few minutes. Dry on paper towels. Keep warm in 125-150 degree oven until ready to serve. Cleaning them? Lop off their heads including gills, slit from anus to front. Take out the goo from anus to front. Cut off fins except tail. Grab skin at front and pull off each side. Rinse. Pat dry. Yummy! James When you get good at it, with a good small fillet knife, you can do a perch in 30 seconds... Tops. Clean them faster than you can fry them |
Waz Member Username: Waz
Post Number: 61 Registered: 11-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, June 05, 2007 - 8:25 pm: | |
The Friday Night Fish Fry is definitely becoming a thing of the past thanks to the Catholic Church loosening the rules. My favorites have been out of the way holes in the wall Up North that I can't remember the names of, but the liquid in my system at those times might have something to do with that. |
Rkick Member Username: Rkick
Post Number: 5 Registered: 02-2007
| Posted on Thursday, June 07, 2007 - 12:09 pm: | |
Speedboat in Wyandotte on Biddle-Dom Polski also in Wyandotte on Oak I believe-Fergies(Scotty Galls)Lincoln Park on Fort St.-All have great Perch/fish meals-Try the special at Fergies-was raised on it-and don't forget about the Muskrat at Dom Polski(in season only of course) See you there-I'll be back for Labor Day!!!! |
Gingellgirl Member Username: Gingellgirl
Post Number: 15 Registered: 04-2007
| Posted on Thursday, June 07, 2007 - 12:12 pm: | |
Try Scalawags. The whitefish is great, too! http://www.scalawagswhitefish. com/ |
Lizaanne Member Username: Lizaanne
Post Number: 22 Registered: 06-2007
| Posted on Thursday, June 07, 2007 - 12:20 pm: | |
There was a place in Livonia, I think on Middlebelt, where we used to get the most amazing fish in the early 80's - I can't recall the name, but it came in those wonderful white cardboard boxes with the grease soaking through....Mmmmmmm!!!! ~Liza |
Redvetred Member Username: Redvetred
Post Number: 24 Registered: 04-2007
| Posted on Thursday, June 07, 2007 - 12:25 pm: | |
I just had sauted' Great Lakes perch at the Rattlesnake Club. It was served on a bed of mashed potatoes, lots of perch and topped with thin, deep-fried onion rings. It's Jimmy Schmidt's house speciality and he did a great job. Couldn't eat it all. |
Defendbrooklyn Member Username: Defendbrooklyn
Post Number: 222 Registered: 11-2005
| Posted on Thursday, June 07, 2007 - 12:34 pm: | |
Best perch dinner can be found at my house...hahahahaha I stock up on perch all summer and eat it throughout the year...I caught some monsters in the Saginaw bay last year... |
Rfban Member Username: Rfban
Post Number: 87 Registered: 02-2004
| Posted on Thursday, June 07, 2007 - 1:02 pm: | |
Duffy's is indeed the best perch I have ever had!! |
Texorama Member Username: Texorama
Post Number: 21 Registered: 12-2006
| Posted on Thursday, June 07, 2007 - 1:06 pm: | |
Scotty Simpson's on Fenkell does a mean perch-'n'-chips. |
Bongman Member Username: Bongman
Post Number: 1489 Registered: 12-2003
| Posted on Thursday, June 07, 2007 - 1:10 pm: | |
The Barge Bay-View & Pier III....both in Harrison Twp. Go to the Barge and you can watch people catch the perch as you're eating it. Better hurry though....I saw my first fish-fly this morning. |
3420 Member Username: 3420
Post Number: 112 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Thursday, June 07, 2007 - 1:54 pm: | |
Shirley's located on Dubois near the incenerator. Gives you more for your money. Perch dinner is $9.53 with taxes included. You get 6-8 pieces of nice sized perch, fries, salad, and two pieces of wheat bread. You will love it! The place is located just a block behind Chene on Dubois. |
Jyogi Member Username: Jyogi
Post Number: 4 Registered: 05-2007
| Posted on Thursday, June 07, 2007 - 1:56 pm: | |
I second Scotty Simpsons! Its been there for years |
Gtat44 Member Username: Gtat44
Post Number: 146 Registered: 02-2007
| Posted on Thursday, June 07, 2007 - 2:14 pm: | |
For take out Vergote's on Harper was awesome, when I lived there. I'm not sure if they still make the perch dinners anymore though. Bullet would know he lives in that area. |
Dds Member Username: Dds
Post Number: 249 Registered: 10-2006
| Posted on Thursday, June 07, 2007 - 2:24 pm: | |
The Landing. Charlevoix. (Message edited by dds on June 07, 2007) |
Carolcb Member Username: Carolcb
Post Number: 963 Registered: 11-2006
| Posted on Thursday, June 07, 2007 - 2:41 pm: | |
Phil Smidt's, Hammond IN |
Cambrian Member Username: Cambrian
Post Number: 1157 Registered: 08-2006
| Posted on Thursday, June 07, 2007 - 2:45 pm: | |
I was just at Scotty's I did not even know they served Perch. In my 37 years going there, I've always gotten the cod, once I tried the shrimp it was excellent! Cozy Inn, Brimley MI, Has the best perch around! |
Brushparkbub Member Username: Brushparkbub
Post Number: 7 Registered: 03-2007
| Posted on Thursday, June 07, 2007 - 3:04 pm: | |
perch at the butcher's inn in eastern market on fridays. it is the special every week and brought in fresh. don't waste your money on the rattlesnake or the old people at sinbads. go to lunch at eastern market and say hi to the fishmonger. |
Motorcitydave Member Username: Motorcitydave
Post Number: 17 Registered: 11-2004
| Posted on Thursday, June 07, 2007 - 3:08 pm: | |
The Ivanhoe Cafe (also known as The Polish Yacht Club). http://ivanhoecafe-pyc.com/ |
Debw858 Member Username: Debw858
Post Number: 12 Registered: 05-2007
| Posted on Thursday, June 07, 2007 - 3:11 pm: | |
I know two restaurant, however they are not in Detroit (but pretty close). The first one is Pat O'Briens on 10 Mile and Jefferson in St. Clair Shores, and the second is a bar called Boatworks on Harper between 11 & 12 Mile Road. |
Swingline Member Username: Swingline
Post Number: 846 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Thursday, June 07, 2007 - 5:29 pm: | |
The Polish Yacht Club and the Detroit Yacht Club have excellent perch dinners. |
Goblue Member Username: Goblue
Post Number: 42 Registered: 03-2007
| Posted on Saturday, June 09, 2007 - 5:17 pm: | |
We used to be able to get a good perch dinner...walleye on Fridays...at a place on Cadieux...hope someone can remember the name...they used to serve dime beers on St. Pat's Day...the place was always so jammed you could barely squeeze in...beers would be passed from the bar through the crowd...that was in the '60's...seems like maybe they opened a satellite place somewhere in the burbs too. |
The_rock Member Username: The_rock
Post Number: 1778 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Saturday, June 09, 2007 - 6:01 pm: | |
GPYC serves excellent perch dinners. Otherwise Adiamos on E Jefferson just up from 9 Mile is very good also. John Cross Fisheries used to be the best (in Charlevoix) --the best----buy 'em when the boat pulls in, bring 'em home and do you own thing. I don't know if JCF is still going strong or not. |
Caldogven Member Username: Caldogven
Post Number: 55 Registered: 05-2006
| Posted on Sunday, June 10, 2007 - 12:59 am: | |
Any Knight's Of Columbus Post had great perch dinners, all the coleslaw, french fries, pickles, peppers, bread you wanted. |
Miss_cleo Member Username: Miss_cleo
Post Number: 656 Registered: 05-2005
| Posted on Sunday, June 10, 2007 - 10:29 am: | |
John Cross Fisheries used to be the best (in Charlevoix) --the best----buy 'em when the boat pulls in, bring 'em home and do you own thing. I don't know if JCF is still going strong or not. ------------------------------ ------------------- yes, it is still going strong, and still the best! |
Exmotowner Member Username: Exmotowner
Post Number: 305 Registered: 06-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 - 1:24 pm: | |
Sure not at the David Whitney! I had the perch there when I was home and it wasnt good at all. Wasnt even hot. Not recommended if you go there! |
Mortalman Member Username: Mortalman
Post Number: 43 Registered: 03-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 - 1:37 pm: | |
For my money the best perch dinners are served at the St. Clair Inn in St. Clair, Michigan on the St. Clair River. Where else? http://www.stclairinn.com/ |
Gspark Member Username: Gspark
Post Number: 8 Registered: 03-2007
| Posted on Thursday, June 14, 2007 - 3:49 am: | |
jokerman where in SD you at we may be neighbors I love perch, can i say it again ? I Loveeee Perch |
The_rock Member Username: The_rock
Post Number: 1784 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Thursday, June 14, 2007 - 7:50 am: | |
mortalman---When was the last time you had perch at the St. Clair Inn? I have been going up there for 47 years, and just love the location and have attended several meetings and dinners there. But for the last 10 years, we never seem to get the same service or quality of food. The Marine Historical Society of Detroit has had its annual dinner there for several years, and about three years ago, they finally gave up on the place and now have their dinner elsewhere. The Inn has certainly had its up and downs,as well as changes of ownership, and that's too bad, as it is a lovely building and the location can't be beat.I hope you can give me some encouraging news. |
Goblue Member Username: Goblue
Post Number: 83 Registered: 03-2007
| Posted on Monday, June 18, 2007 - 5:56 pm: | |
I used to love the St. Clair Inn...great place for a get-away weekend with a significant other...we also held my parents' 50th anniversary there...they loved to watch the big boats come in so close. I just remembered the name of the place with the perch and walleye dinners...it was the Colony East Bar...now I'm not certain if it was on Cadieux or Morang...many years ago. |
Whithorn11446 Member Username: Whithorn11446
Post Number: 118 Registered: 03-2007
| Posted on Monday, June 18, 2007 - 6:28 pm: | |
"I just remembered the name of the place with the perch and walleye dinners...it was the Colony East Bar...now I'm not certain if it was on Cadieux or Morang...many years ago." Perhaps you are referring to KaVan's that was on Morang around Balfour for many years. I know the formal name was KaVan's Colony East, but everyone I know referred to as simply "KaVan's". Are Bill or Clarence KaVan alive anymore ? |
Goblue Member Username: Goblue
Post Number: 84 Registered: 03-2007
| Posted on Monday, June 18, 2007 - 7:51 pm: | |
Yup...KaVan's...that's the name...couldn't come up with that part of it...I've been gone from Detroit for too long to have any idea if they're still alive...I remember Clarence best...didn't they have a satellite place somewhere out in the burbs also? |
Whithorn11446 Member Username: Whithorn11446
Post Number: 119 Registered: 03-2007
| Posted on Monday, June 18, 2007 - 10:00 pm: | |
They have a place on Hayes just south of 12 Mile. I don't know if that was opened in the 1970's or 1980's. For a short time they had a location on Hall Rd. west of Schoenherr in Sterling Heights. At the Hall Rd. location I was told by a staff member that a corporation owned KaVan's. The implication I walked away with is that the KaVan family has nothing to do with the place anymore and its just the name. Bill KaVan use to live on Beaconsfield and Clarence on McKinney off of Morang. It seem back then in Detroit a lot more business owners wanted to live near their establishment. |
Caldogven Member Username: Caldogven
Post Number: 63 Registered: 05-2006
| Posted on Monday, June 18, 2007 - 10:52 pm: | |
Rock Your are right the St. Clair Inn was a very nice and romantic place. My sweetheart took me there for my twenty first birthday many years ago. We were married three month's later-- do you think that had something to do with it? |
Treelock Member Username: Treelock
Post Number: 207 Registered: 03-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 12:54 pm: | |
Long drive north, but look no further than the Keyhole Bar in Mackinaw City. Wash it down with a frozen peanut mug filled with Double Diamond. |
Crew Member Username: Crew
Post Number: 1298 Registered: 02-2004
| Posted on Friday, June 22, 2007 - 10:59 am: | |
I went to Pat O'Brien's last night for perch. HORRIBLE experience. My partner ordered Guiness. The waitress came back a few minutes later, no Guiness. It's an Irish bar but they don't have Guiness???? There were cig ashes in my water, the beer was warm, the potatoes cold, the clow slaw limp and soggy. We were charged for drinks we never ordered then we waited forever for the waitress to correct the bill. My clothes smelled from the guy at the bar smoking a bad cigar. I won't be going back there. |
Tponetom Member Username: Tponetom
Post Number: 31 Registered: 06-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - 9:57 pm: | |
Perch Dinners? There are many places that serve a decent dinner. If you would like to have a religious experience, get in your car, travel north on I-75, to St. Ignace, turn left on US 2, go past Manistique about 20 miles and turn right on Federal Forest Highway 13. go north about 20 miles to Delta county road # 440 and follow the signs to the "Camel Riders." Bring your own beverages, (beer, liquor) because they have only a resort license. |
Drankin21 Member Username: Drankin21
Post Number: 98 Registered: 12-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - 10:13 pm: | |
Mr. Paul's Chophouse on Groesbeck in Roseville Not to mention the best Caesar salad in the city |
Rfban Member Username: Rfban
Post Number: 112 Registered: 02-2004
| Posted on Tuesday, July 03, 2007 - 11:03 pm: | |
I take back what I said about Duffy's. I was there last weekend and it's not what I remembered. Hope they were having a bad day. |
The_rock Member Username: The_rock
Post Number: 1808 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, July 04, 2007 - 7:33 am: | |
Drankin--I support you on Mr. Paul's Chophouse. Low ceilings make it a tad noisey, but a favorite among the locals. |
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba
Post Number: 5435 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Thursday, July 05, 2007 - 2:49 am: | |
Jokerman, stick with Kathleen and The Rock. They know perch with combined 75 yrs. of perch dinner experience. jjaba, Googling the locations as advised. |
Vintagesoul Member Username: Vintagesoul
Post Number: 9 Registered: 06-2007
| Posted on Thursday, July 05, 2007 - 8:32 am: | |
Has anyone ever been to Frank's bar in Wyandotte? I remember my grandpa taking me there from 87 til 93 every few weeks for perch on Fridays. I haven't been there since, but I remember the perch being very very good... It was like a house with a bar inside. All wood paneling, wood floors... old concession stand style menuboard. I'm wondering if it's still around? Guess I should probably go check for myself haha.. but yeah it was really good. |
Rfban Member Username: Rfban
Post Number: 114 Registered: 02-2004
| Posted on Thursday, July 05, 2007 - 4:42 pm: | |
Frank's is not in that house anymore, it's on Biddle(Jefferson) in a commercial store-front. Great pizza--never had their fish. |
Kenp Member Username: Kenp
Post Number: 598 Registered: 03-2006
| Posted on Thursday, July 05, 2007 - 4:51 pm: | |
Im going to Sinbads tomorrow, I cant take all this fish talk. I need a fix. |
Vintagesoul Member Username: Vintagesoul
Post Number: 12 Registered: 06-2007
| Posted on Thursday, July 05, 2007 - 5:00 pm: | |
Rfban - the Frank's you're talking of is a different place. They've both been around forever. I've been to each of them. I mapped the one I'm looking for and I think I'm going to try going there tonight... heh. I'm with Kenp I need some Perch! If it's still there, I'll post about it, because I remember it being very very delish. =) P.S. - the pizza at Frank's on biddle is really good and totally worth the wait. Funny, I was just talking about that place too... |
Vintagesoul Member Username: Vintagesoul
Post Number: 14 Registered: 06-2007
| Posted on Friday, July 06, 2007 - 8:35 am: | |
Update - did go to Frank's and it was still there. It's on the corner of Forest and 7th in the middle of a quiet neighborhood in Wyandotte. If you like perch, they've been preparing it deliciously since 1933. The place looks exactly the same as it did when I was a kid (about 15-20 years ago) and has probably been the same since the 40s or 50s. Same tables and chairs, same wood paneling on the walls. The only difference is they've installed a pool table and some Red Bull gear to appease/attract a younger crowd I suppose. They only serve the perch on Fridays, but they don't just have perch they have walleye too. It's their "Fish Fry Friday" and they have 4 butterflied filets for 8.95 or 9.95. I *highly* recommend it. I'm definitely going back since yesterday was only Thursday and I didn't get to have any perch. Boo. It's really hard to find, so I would google it if you plan on going - Frank's Cafe, Wyandotte MI. |
Ticub Member Username: Ticub
Post Number: 5 Registered: 05-2007
| Posted on Friday, July 06, 2007 - 1:19 pm: | |
Since the old lady died and took the recipe to her grave, the perch dinners haven't tasted the same at Frank's Cafe in Wyandotte. Same with the Ivanhoe or Polish Yacht Club. |
Kenp Member Username: Kenp
Post Number: 599 Registered: 03-2006
| Posted on Saturday, July 07, 2007 - 4:38 pm: | |
The waitress at Sindbads, Kathleen, thought I was nuts for having her pose.
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Taj920 Member Username: Taj920
Post Number: 229 Registered: 01-2004
| Posted on Saturday, July 07, 2007 - 10:05 pm: | |
Eastside Howard's at NIne and Mack has a perch special on Monday nights; I think a dinner is $10. |
Darwinism Member Username: Darwinism
Post Number: 659 Registered: 06-2005
| Posted on Sunday, July 08, 2007 - 1:11 pm: | |
I heartily recommend the excellent Yellow Lake Erie Perch at The Seafood Restaurant in Sylvania near Toledo. Their address is 5504 Alexis Rd, Sylvania, OH 43560. |
1701 Member Username: 1701
Post Number: 3 Registered: 05-2007
| Posted on Monday, July 09, 2007 - 10:40 pm: | |
Gotta jump on the Sinbad's bandwagon. Their Perch is ALWAYS great, and the service is too! |
Goblue Member Username: Goblue
Post Number: 126 Registered: 03-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 - 5:50 pm: | |
Okay...OKAY...enough of this perch talk already...the drool on my keyboard is makin' a mess!!...out here in the desert the closet thing to a perch is fried gecko... There used to be a couple of great perch dinners to be had in little restaurants in Caseville and Port Austin...my parents had a cottage near Sleeper State Park when I was a kid...a big treat was to go into town for a perch dinner...on those days when my dad and I didn't haul a mess of them out of Saginaw Bay. |
Irish_mafia Member Username: Irish_mafia
Post Number: 946 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 - 5:58 pm: | |
Bayview Yacht Club...more flavorful when sauteed! |
Jams Member Username: Jams
Post Number: 5356 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 - 6:19 pm: | |
Looking forward to trying Frank's on a Friday when I visit my Mom down there. Ivanhoes (PYC) ranks #1 for me, Sinbads a very close second. My sister recently took us to an Amvets, Vfw, or some vet's club near Gibraltar, just south of Lake Erie Metropark, that has an all-you-can-eat Perch dinner on Fridays which was quite good. |