Daily Detroit

We went to Chicken Guy! on opening weekend in Livonia and are back with an honest review with Engineer Randy Walker.

Plus, Fletcher Sharpe talks about the tanking Pistons - but he's hopeful. And Detroit City FC's offense is sputtering, we look ahead to Gold Star FC in the US Open Cup on Tuesday and Louisville City on Saturday. What do they need to do to change the tide?

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Did you know that in 1935 Detroit had the most epic year in American sports history, when it comes to winning?

Champions Day is on April 18th - but on April 16th there will be a party to celebrate it. Who better to talk about it than veteran radio host and podcaster James Flanagan and author of a number of books on the subject, Charles Avison.

Their podcast is here: https://www.detroitcityofchampions.com/

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Busy show.

Pie Sci is expanding to Oak Park, Liberty Bar + Poutinery is in Pontiac and Randy enjoyed it, the Detroit Institute of Bagels has reopened. We discuss.

And do you ever have the urge to run south of the border to Waffle House?

Plus, Fletcher is in to talk about the Oneil Fisher signing (he's been on the Jamaican national team and has a lot of MLS experience), preview the Saturday match against RGV Toros FC and the Tuesday Open Cup match against Gold Star FC.

For the first time in a long time, Jer, Shianne, Randy and Fletcher are all in on the same episode.

We do this show each and every weekday covering what to know and where to go in Metro Detroit on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you listen to shows. Plus, our new round of etched Daily Detroit rocks glasses are here. They're only for Patreon members, so support our work today!

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Normally, Devon is in on Fridays but he grabbed a pour-over and headed into the studio for a Wednesday edition of the show.

We talk about District Detroit's incentives getting almost unanimous approval by city council - and even the dissent was clear to say they're pro-business and pro-development.

Plus, word is the Lions are considering a move from their Allen Park training facility and business headquarters. https://www.mlive.com/lions/2023/03/lions-considering-moving-team-headquarters-from-longtime-facility-in-allen-park.html

We do this show each and every weekday covering what to know and where to go in Metro Detroit on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you listen to shows. Plus, our new round of etched Daily Detroit rocks glasses are here.

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Robin Runyan is here from Urbanize Detroit to talk local Detroit and Metro Detroit development.

We touch on the Book Tower and many other projects.

Before and after work at the Book Tower being done by Bedrock: https://detroit.urbanize.city/post/photos-and-after-book-towers-historic-transformation

Plus, the show ends with a little Tigers talk.

We do this show each and every weekday covering what to know and where to go in Metro Detroit on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you listen to shows.

Our new round of etched Daily Detroit rocks glasses are here.

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Today's show has a few topics.

First, we get word that more than 20 Burger Kings in Metro Detroit are on the closing block, impacting more than 400 workers.

Then we discuss - as some stories put Flint in Metro Detroit - is Flint Metro Detroit? Where is the line? Would love your feedback.

Detroit City FC had a disappointing home opener, losing 1-0 to Indy Eleven. Fletcher Sharpe breaks it down, what needs to change, and looks ahead to Rio Grande Valley next week.

Then, a quick word on the proposed NFL rule changes by the Detroit Lions.

We do this show each and every weekday covering what to know and where to go in Metro Detroit on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you listen to shows. Plus, our new round of etched Daily Detroit rocks glasses are here.

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Happy Friday!

• Devon O'Reilly joins us to talk about his trip to Mad Nice.
• Jer highlights a place across the street but celebrating five years, the basement cocktail bar Castalia at Sfumato.
• Devon makes a case for the return of the power lunch and highlights downtown Detroit's shifting restaurant scene where high end rules the day.
• Jer asks why we keep comparing nice restaurants in Detroit to other cities. Can't Detroit just have, you know, a nice place without it being said it's like New York or San Francisco?
• We do a diversion into the history of a random field in Dearborn.
• And discuss the expansion of Ford to truly create what's basically a Ford zone in Corktown.

We do this show each and every weekday covering what to know and where to go in Metro Detroit on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you listen to shows. Plus, our new round of etched Daily Detroit rocks glasses are here.

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Today's show is a busy one.

First we dive into Wayne County's Juvenile Jail problems and the health emergency Exec Warren Evans declared.

Then, air monitors are going up at 100 sites on poles and mobile ones with 500 children with asthma to get more details on the county's air quality.

Fletcher has strong feelings about this from personal experience.

We talk about some of the pretty high home listings around town that are spreading virally online. Here's the one we discuss today at $515k with a 196% asking price increase in just a couple months. https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/19911-Shrewsbury-Rd-Detroit-MI-48221/88214155_zpid/

We then share a little love letter of sorts to one of our favorite stadiums, Keyworth on the eve of Detroit City FC's home opener.

We do this show each and every weekday covering what to know and where to go in Metro Detroit on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you listen to shows.

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On today's episode, a look back in time. I'd argue that Silicon Valley is today's Detroit in that a hundred years ago, the Motor City was the capital of innovation.

But the nail in the coffin on that era were bank runs that cascaded into the rest of the country.

Major players like Henry Ford had decided they'd rather rebuild their entire company than provide any support to the banks, one where his son was a head of.

Obviously, there is a lot that's different now. But there are so many similarities in personality to the titans of then to the titans of now it's eerie.

To dive in on the podcast, since I can't talk to someone that was there, I do a partial reading of the first-hand account by Francis Gloyd Awalt that takes you into the decision rooms and you can see the parallels for yourself.

We do this show each and every weekday covering what to know and where to go in Metro Detroit on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you listen to shows.

Plus, our new round of etched Daily Detroit rocks glasses are here.

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What we thought was going to be a quick look at a new entrance renovation turned into a night to remember.

Randy, Shi, and Jer share their thoughts on a cornucopia of food at Hazel's in downtown Birmingham.

Yes, they're known for seafood and we try a bunch of that - but their menu doesn't stop there.

After all, Chef Emmele Harold is one of the most talented culinary minds in Michigan.

https://www.eatathazels.com/

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