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Mi Pueblo, Bella Piatti, Stage Deli — Detroit ish dining

Some new and old dining in the Detroit area this trip. New included a very lively ( for a Monday night) Mexican Restaurant in a humble, post-industrial neighborhood of downtown Detroit near the Ambassador Bridge (to Canada) called Mi Pueblo. I had good steak and shrimp Fajitas and a cheap margarita.

The next night we celebrated my birthday ( yes, the one in April, again) at Bella Piatti in snazzy Birmingham near the Townsend Hotel . I had excellent Scaloppine Saltimbocca (veal medallions, Parma prosciutto, fresh sage, white wine, lemon crushed potatoes). We shared a delicious Involtini Di Melanzane (Grilled eggplant rolls, seasoned ricotta cheese, tomato sauce.)

The old favorite was The Stage Deli in West Bloomfield, where I had a delicious “small” Mark beltaire salad ( with strips, on request, of corned beef, turkey and Swiss cheese with a creamy white ranch dressing and a bowl of kreplach soup. Yum!

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Tigers game, Hunter House, Lafayette Coney Island

My first trip to Comerica Park and we got lucky, especially with the weather. An intense but short storm moved through about 2 hours before the Detroit Tigers game but by the time we arrived at the ballpark, the sky was clearing, the temps were cooling and the sun came out. Perfect! Good game too – the Tigers beat the Cleveland Indians 10-1. My dad wisely recommended the kosher ballpark brats – which were relatively reasonably priced (5.50) compared to the ridiculously overpriced beer (about $8). For nostalgia’s sake, we tried to go to Lafayette Coney Island afterwards but couldn’t find a parking spot so we drove to Birmingham and had fantastic sliders at Hunter House (5 cheeseburgers for $12.50)

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