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Deandub11
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Posted on Friday, December 08, 2006 - 9:28 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Alright...some people are going to freak out,because there are a thousand restaurant threads, but anyway...I am going to be home from Chicago (law school) for my Birthday at the end of December..where should I go for Dinner in Deetroit. I would prefer upscale and Id like to try somewhere new. Some places I have already been to include coach, seldom, slows, small plates, vicentes, marios, Greektown, Sweet Loraine's, Tom's...Suggestions?
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Ed_golick
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Posted on Friday, December 08, 2006 - 9:46 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Marcus Hamburgers on Six Mile.
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Dodgemain
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Posted on Friday, December 08, 2006 - 9:50 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Dyer's Beef and Grief on Gratiot & Gunston.
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Valkyrias
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Posted on Friday, December 08, 2006 - 9:58 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

i'll be the serious one here...mosaic, lola's, rhino club, prive, the woodward, small plates, andiamo, opus one, sweet georgia brown, caucus club, rattlesnake club, the whitney, la dolce vita...

i've actually never been to (or at least ate at) most of these places, because they are definitely on the pricey side...but i have heard good things about most of them.
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Detroitplanner
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Posted on Saturday, December 09, 2006 - 5:25 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Carls, Caucus Club, Traffic Jam, Romas, Marios.

I'm getting hungry just thinking about it....
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Sharmaal
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Posted on Saturday, December 09, 2006 - 5:27 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Opus One
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Matt_the_deuce
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Posted on Saturday, December 09, 2006 - 5:33 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Cuisine
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Traxus
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Posted on Saturday, December 09, 2006 - 7:21 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Slows
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Jjaba
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Posted on Saturday, December 09, 2006 - 7:38 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Trader Vic's in the Statler Hotel.

jjaba, ever helpful.
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Oldredfordette
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Posted on Saturday, December 09, 2006 - 7:43 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Majestic Cafe, Lolas.
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Jerome81
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Posted on Sunday, December 10, 2006 - 1:01 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

What's that Italian place in Eastern market? I don't know about upscale, but good otherwise.
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Valkyrias
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Posted on Sunday, December 10, 2006 - 1:32 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

i would assume you are speaking of roma cafe...there is vivio's, but that's a FAR cry from upscale (in a good way).
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Smogboy
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Posted on Sunday, December 10, 2006 - 4:09 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Traffic Jam has never served up a bad meal to me.

Granted they canbe slow but the food has always been top notch.
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Tarkus
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Posted on Sunday, December 10, 2006 - 10:53 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Giovannis on Oakwood.
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3rdworldcity
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Posted on Sunday, December 10, 2006 - 11:06 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Union Street. Not "upscale," if you mean pricy, but REALLY good food. Neat atmosphere. Best calamari in Detroit (not fried - prepared as you'd get it in many places in Spain, Portugal and Italy) [and I practically live at Andiamo. Sorry, Joe.]
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65memories
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Posted on Sunday, December 10, 2006 - 8:16 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Lola's
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Docmo
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Posted on Sunday, December 10, 2006 - 9:37 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Jerome81--that's the Roma Cafe. Excellent traditional Italian.

The Casinos all have decent restaurants also.

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