{"id":6434,"date":"2017-05-16T17:28:10","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T00:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/?p=6434"},"modified":"2017-05-16T17:30:38","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T00:30:38","slug":"a-brief-stop-and-bites-in-detroit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/16\/a-brief-stop-and-bites-in-detroit\/","title":{"rendered":"A Brief Stop and Bites in Detroit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few months ago I was in Detroit for <a href=\"http:\/\/automattic.com\/work-with-us\/\">work<\/a>,\u00a0helping small businesses get online at WordPress.com, and while we were there, we were able to meet and eat at local small businesses.<\/p>\n<p>You can see a bit of what we did that weekend in this video below &#8211; I make an appearance :) You can see some of the Detroit small businesses using WordPress.com <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WwRn5wq8AJk&amp;list=PLQFhxUeNFfdItD2D-KUKjoi0coEFUtjVt&amp;ab_channel=Automattic\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WwRn5wq8AJk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>But back to the food<\/strong>. The food! And the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/15\/how-to-order-an-italian-coffee-in-italy-the-ebook-on-amazon-kindle\/\">coffee<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you remember when I travel I like to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/10\/travel-using-google-maps-to-discover-a-city\/\">use Google Maps to mark places to eat and visit<\/a>. As you can see in the video above, it was very snowy and cold in Detroit, but that didn&#8217;t keep me indoors. This trip had a lot of pre-planned structure in it but I made sure each morning to go out and get a coffee from a local coffee shop instead of sticking to the super-warm lobby coffee shop.<\/p>\n<p>On my morning coffee sojourns, one morning I went to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dessertoasiscoffee.com\/\">Dessert Oasis Coffee Roasters<\/a> (yes, dessert, not a typo):<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BQDTivDgNGD\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:500px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BQDTivDgNGD\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BQDTivDgNGD\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Sara Rosso (@rossosara)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Though we weren&#8217;t in Canada, I thought it was a good idea to get some stick-to-my-ribs\u00a0<strong>poutine<\/strong> at &#8220;Iron Chef&#8221; victor, chef Michael Symon&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roastdetroit.com\/\">ROAST<\/a>. It was delicious.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6442\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/16\/a-brief-stop-and-bites-in-detroit\/img_2835_s\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2835_s.jpg?fit=1500%2C2000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1500,2000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1486069544&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.066666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Poutine, Roast in Detroit, Ms. Adventures in Italy, by Sara Rosso\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2835_s.jpg?fit=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6442\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2835_s.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Poutine, Roast in Detroit, Ms. Adventures in Italy, by Sara Rosso\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2835_s.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2835_s.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2835_s.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We went into the snow to visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heidelberg.org\/\">Heidelberg Project<\/a>, which is &#8220;a Detroit-based community organization designed to improve the lives of people and neighborhoods through art.&#8221; The resulting art project is in an actual neighborhood and will either charm you or horrify you. 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height: 161px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>Barbecue at <a href=\"https:\/\/slowsbarbq.com\/\">Slow&#8217;s Bar B Q<\/a> was so good and I can&#8217;t believe they fit 17 of us into the packed restaurant at lunch.\u00a0I love their barbecue sauce lineup.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BQEVnvAAD7B\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:500px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BQEVnvAAD7B\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BQEVnvAAD7B\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Sara Rosso (@rossosara)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I ended up ordering the Longhorn sandwich and tried the Mac &amp; Cheese, too (note: all the food pictured is not mine) :)<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6464\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/16\/a-brief-stop-and-bites-in-detroit\/img_2901_2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2901_2.jpg?fit=1500%2C2000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1500,2000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1486129692&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.058823529411765&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Slows Bar B Q, Detroit, Ms. Adventures in Italy, by Sara Rosso\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2901_2.jpg?fit=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6464\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2901_2.jpg?resize=600%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Slows Bar B Q, Detroit, Ms. Adventures in Italy, by Sara Rosso\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2901_2.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2901_2.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2901_2.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We toured <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ponyride.org\/\">Ponyride<\/a>, a non-profit space that&#8217;s a mix between an incubator and co-working space,\u00a0to meet some of the local entrepreneurs doing interesting things. We started with a coffee from <a href=\"http:\/\/anthologycoffee.com\/\">Anthology<\/a>\u00a0and heard from some of the residents in the space like The Empowerment Plan and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.empowermentplan.org\/the-coat\">their amazing EMPWR\u00a0coat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"500\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/16\\\/a-brief-stop-and-bites-in-detroit\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:1070927}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 221px;\" data-original-width=\"500\" data-original-height=\"221\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 167px; height: 221px;\" data-original-width=\"167\" data-original-height=\"221\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2896_2.jpg?ssl=1\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"163\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"217\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"6459\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2896_2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1500,2000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1486123442&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Ponyride, Detroit, Ms. Adventures in Italy, by Sara Rosso\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2896_2.jpg?fit=225%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2896_2.jpg?fit=768%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2896_2.jpg?w=163&#038;h=217&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2896_2.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2896_2.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2896_2.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2896_2.jpg?resize=680%2C900&amp;ssl=1 680w\" width=\"163\" height=\"217\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"163\" data-original-height=\"217\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Ponyride, Detroit, Ms. Adventures in Italy, by Sara Rosso\" alt=\"Ponyride, Detroit, Ms. Adventures in Italy, by Sara Rosso\" style=\"width: 163px; 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height: 217px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>And a great Thai dinner\u00a0at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.katoidetroit.com\/\">KATOI<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6458\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/16\/a-brief-stop-and-bites-in-detroit\/img_2916_2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2916_2.jpg?fit=1500%2C2000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1500,2000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1486159954&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.066666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Dinner at KATOI, Detroit, Ms. Adventures in Italy, by Sara Rosso\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2916_2.jpg?fit=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6458\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2916_2.jpg?resize=518%2C690&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Dinner at KATOI, Detroit, Ms. Adventures in Italy, by Sara Rosso\" width=\"518\" height=\"690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2916_2.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2916_2.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2916_2.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I also stopped by <a href=\"https:\/\/royalfreshmarketdetroit.com\/\">The Royal Fresh Market<\/a>, one of the small businesses we were getting to know, and I loved walking around and seeing what products and specialties are local. <strong>Discovering grocery stores in any place or country is one of my favorite things!\u00a0<\/strong>Hearing of my love for local stuff, the store\u00a0manager offered me a Faygo Vanilla Creme Soda, which I promptly sent a pic of to my mother, who is from Michigan. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.faygo.com\/\">Faygo<\/a> is from Detroit (and their site is on WP!), so it was as local as I could get. And tasted great, too.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6445\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/16\/a-brief-stop-and-bites-in-detroit\/img_2902_s\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2902_s.jpg?fit=1500%2C2000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1500,2000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1486136866&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Faygo, Detroit local, Ms. Adventures in Italy, by Sara Rosso\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2902_s.jpg?fit=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6445\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2902_s.jpg?resize=548%2C730&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Faygo, Detroit local, Ms. Adventures in Italy, by Sara Rosso\" width=\"548\" height=\"730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2902_s.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2902_s.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2902_s.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another morning, another local coffee. This time I went to <a href=\"http:\/\/roastingplant.com\/\">Roasting Plant<\/a>, and I really loved that they had their milk on tap!<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6469\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/16\/a-brief-stop-and-bites-in-detroit\/img_2919_2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2919_2.jpg?fit=1500%2C2000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1500,2000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1486196288&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;64&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Roasting Plant, Detroit, Ms. Adventures in Italy, by Sara Rosso\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2919_2.jpg?fit=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6469\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2919_2.jpg?resize=600%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Roasting Plant, Detroit, Ms. Adventures in Italy, by Sara Rosso\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2919_2.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2919_2.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2919_2.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Just as it was time to go, Detroit started to show off. And I was glad to be there to see it.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6465\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/16\/a-brief-stop-and-bites-in-detroit\/img_2917\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2917.jpg?fit=2448%2C3264&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2448,3264\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1486194429&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;32&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Downtown Detroit, Ms. Adventures in Italy, by Sara Rosso\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2917.jpg?fit=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6465\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2917.jpg?resize=600%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Downtown Detroit, Ms. Adventures in Italy, by Sara Rosso\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2917.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2917.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_2917.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Do you know Detroit? What should I check out next time I&#8217;m in town?\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few months ago I was in Detroit for work, helping small businesses get online at WordPress.com, and while we were there, we were able to meet and eat at local small businesses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[100,3,2,7,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-discovering-food","category-food","category-italy","category-abroad","category-us","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4uB1-1FM","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":625,"url":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/22\/my-latest-news\/","url_meta":{"origin":6434,"position":0},"title":"My Latest News","author":"Sara, Ms. Adventures in Italy","date":"May 22, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"There aren't any food pictures in this post, but it's chock-full of info about me and what's been going on with me lately! 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