Metro Detroit Bucket List: 188 Things Every Local Must Do in Their Lifetime

It鈥檚 a long list, so you鈥檇 better start planning
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This year鈥檚 City Guide: Metro Detroit Bucket List includes iconic places, newer venues, and top picks from experts and influencers of the local food, drink, music, arts, and recreation scenes. Here are 188 things every local must do in their lifetime.

Arts

bead museum - metro detroit bucket list
We asked locals to experience our Bucket List. Here, model LaPorschia visits the Dabls Mbad African Bead Museum in Detroit.
  • Arab American National Museum
  • Blkout Walls
  • Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
  • Comedy Club
  • Cranbrook Educational Community
  • Dabls Mbad African Bead Museum
  • Detroit Film Theatre
  • Detroit Hair Wars
  • Detroit Historical Museum
  • Detroit Institute of Arts
  • Detroit Public Theatre
  • Detroit Symphony Orchestra
  • Eastern Market
  • Fisher Building
  • Greenfield Village
  • Guardian Building
  • Heidelberg Project
  • M Contemporary
  • Motown Museum
  • N鈥橬amdi Center
  • Norwest Gallery of Art
  • Playground Detroit
  • Reyes Finn Gallery
  • The Dirty Show
  • The Henry Ford
  • The Independent Comedy Club
  • Zekelman Holocaust Center

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Drinks

LaPorcshia; Paige, a regional sales manager at Axios Communications; Brent, a senior financial analyst at General Motors Co.; and Joe, an application software engineer at Applied Intuition, take it easy at Old Miami in Cass Corridor.
  • Bad Luck Bar
  • Baker鈥檚 Keyboard Lounge
  • Cafe D鈥橫ongo鈥檚 Speakeasy
  • Candy Bar
  • Castalia Cocktails
  • Detroit City Distillery
  • Dragonfly
  • Frame Detroit
  • Ghostbar
  • Henrietta Haus
  • Kuhnhenn Brewing Co.
  • Madam at The Daxton
  • Menjo鈥檚 Entertainment Complex
  • Motor City Wine
  • Nancy Whiskey
  • Shelby Detroit
  • Spot Lite Detroit
  • Supergeil
  • The Oakland
  • The Old Miami
  • The Sardine Room
  • The Sugar House
  • Urbanrest Brewing Co.
  • Valentine Distilling Co.

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Food

coney island city guide - metro detroit bucket list
Take the side-by-side Coney Island taste test with a visit to Lafayette Coney Island (pictured above) and American Coney Island.
  • Al Ameer
  • American Coney Island
  • Baobab Fare
  • Bucharest Grill
  • 叠耻诲诲测鈥檚
  • City Ramen
  • Clawson Steak House
  • Cloverleaf Pizza
  • Feast
  • Freya
  • Giovanni鈥檚 Ristorante
  • Hamido
  • Hong Hua
  • Hunter House Hamburgers
  • Joe Muer鈥檚 Seafood
  • Lafayette Coney Island
  • Lobster Pitstop
  • Mabel Gray
  • Mar茅 Mediterranean
  • Metropolitan Bar & Kitchen
  • Mom鈥檚 Spaghetti
  • Mudgie鈥檚 Deli
  • Mumma Maria鈥檚 House
  • New York Bagel
  • Noble Fish
  • Phoenicia
  • Polish Village Cafe
  • Polonia
  • Rafic鈥檚 Falafel
  • Ray鈥檚 Ice Cream
  • Redcoat Tavern
  • Roma鈥檚 Bakery
  • Scotty Simpson鈥檚 Fish & Chips
  • Selden Standard
  • SheWolf Pastificio & Bar
  • Sister Pie
  • Stage Deli
  • Supino Pizzeria
  • Sushi Coup
  • Sylvan Table
  • Taystee鈥檚 Burgers
  • Toast
  • Tomatoes Apizza
  • Trizest
  • 罢耻丑补尘补鈥檚
  • Union Assembly Union Joints
  • Vinsetta Garage
  • Zingerman鈥檚 Deli

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Music

city guide music - metro detroit bucket list
Brent and LaPorcshia take a trip to Third Man Records.
  • Aretha Franklin Amphitheatre
  • Cliff Bell鈥檚
  • Concert of Colors
  • Dally in the Alley
  • Detroit Jazz Festival
  • Detroit Opera House
  • Hamtramck Labor Day Festival
  • Hill Auditorium
  • Marble Bar
  • Movement
  • Outer Limits Lounge
  • Paramita Sound
  • Pine Knob
  • PJ鈥檚 Lager House
  • Rivera Court at the Detroit Institute of Arts
  • Sanctuary Detroit
  • Spot Lite Detroit
  • The Fox Theatre
  • The Majestic
  • Third Man Records
  • UFO Factory
  • Willis Show Bar

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Recreation

city guide ice skating
LaPorcshia goes ice skating at Campus Martius Park.
  • Belle Isle
  • Blake鈥檚 Cider Mill
  • Brighton Recreation Area鈥檚 Jump Island
  • Campus Martius Park
  • Clinton River Park North
  • Comerica Park
  • Detroit River
  • Detroit River Sports
  • Detroit Riverwalk
  • Detroit Zoo
  • Dyno Detroit
  • Ford Field
  • Frankiln Cider Mill
  • Hawthorne Ridge Park鈥檚 BMX Track
  • iFly Detroit
  • Independence Oaks County Park
  • Kensington Metropark
  • Lake St. Clair Metropark
  • Legacy 925
  • Lily Pad Springs
  • Little Caesars Arena
  • Michigan Stadium
  • Midway Sports and Entertainment
  • Putting Edge
  • Riverside Kayak
  • Shepherd鈥檚 Hollow Golf Club
  • TreeRunner Adventure Park
  • Waterloo Recreation Area
  • Westview Orchards
  • Yates Cider Mill

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Shopping

pewabic metro detroit bucket list
LaPorcshia and Asia, a stylist/creative producer at Styled By Jones, enjoy a trip to Pewabic Pottery.
  • Atelier_Det
  • AYV x Fresher
  • B_KS@
  • Bird Bee
  • BOYC Co.
  • Burn Rubber
  • Busted Bra Shop
  • Carhartt
  • City Bird and Nest
  • Coup D鈥檈tat
  • Cream Blends
  • Downtown Birmingham
  • Downtown Rochester
  • Downtown Grosse Pointe Park
  • Eastern Market
  • John K. King Used & Rare Books
  • Leon & Lulu
  • Literati Bookstore
  • Lost and Found Vintage
  • Mongers鈥 Provisions
  • Odd Fellows Antiques
  • Old Soul Vintage
  • Pages Bookshop
  • Pewabic Pottery
  • Rat Queen Vintage
  • Royal Oak Farmers Market & Flea Market
  • Shinola
  • Simply Casual
  • Somerset Collection
  • Source Booksellers
  • Spectacle Society
  • Tailored Detroit
  • The Lip Bar
  • The Lowry Estate
  • The Peacock Room
  • Vault of Midnight

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This story is from the April 2022 issue of 黑料网 Detroit. Read more in听our digital edition.听

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