Detroit
Detroit Michigan MI
- Country Code
- USA
- State Code
- MI
- Local Food
- Visitors to the Motor City should not miss Greektown, an inviting section of Monroe Avenue crowded with authentic Greek shops, bakeries, and restaurants. The metro Detroit area, particularly Dearborn, is also home to the largest Arab community in the United States, making for a wide selection of Syrian, Lebanese, and other Middle Eastern eateries.
- Gay Info
- Affirmations Lesbian/Gay Community Center 248/398-7105. 209W 9 Mile Rd, Ferndale, 9am-9pm, till 11pm Fri-Sat, clsd Sun, www.goaffirmations.org.
- Lesbian/Gay Switchboard 800/398-4297. 4pm-9pm, till 11pm Fri-Sat.
- Aids Group
- Michigan AIDS Hotline, 800/872-2437, www.aidspartnership.org.
- Gay Aa
- AA 313/831-5550 (downtown) & 248/541-6565 (Royal Oak & N of 8 Mile Rd), www.aa-semi.org.
- Gay Pride
- June. 313/537-3323 (Triangle Foundation #), www.pridefest.net.
- July. Hotter Than July 888/755-9165. “The Midwest's oldest black lesbian, gay, bi-affectionate and transgender pride celebration.”
- Annual Events
- End of April/early May - London Lesbian Film Festival, www.llff.ca. Held in London, Ontario.
- August - Detroit International Jazz Festival, www.detroitjazzfest.com.
- Michigan Womyn's Music Festival 231/757-4766, www.michfest.com. One of the biggest annual gatherings of lesbians on the continent, in Walhalla, in Western Michigan.
- Airport
- Detroit International. To get downtown, take I-94 East into Detroit. Take the exit for Federal Hwy 10 and head south until Hwy 10 runs into I-75 and East Jefferson Ave.
- Taxi
- Checker Cab 313/963-1000, 800/351-5466, www.checkercab-det.com.
- Detroit Cab 313/841-6000.
- Super Shuttle
- AA Airport Service 800/720-0797, www.metroairportservice.com.
- Public Transport
- DOT bus service 313/933-1300 & 888/336-8287 (outside 313 area code), www.detroittransit.org.
- Detroit People Mover 313/224-2160, www.thepeoplemover.com.
- Tourist Attraction
- Belle Isle Park
- Detroit Institute of Arts 313/833-7900, www.dia.org.
- Greektown.
- Motown Historical Museum 313/875-2264, www.motownmuseum.com.
- Museum of African American History 313/494-5800, www.maah-detroit.org.
- North American Black Historical Museum in Windsor, Ontario, 800/713-6336, www.blackhistoricalmuseum.com.
- Renaissance Center 313/568-5600, www.gmrencen.com.
- Visitors Bureau
- 313/202-1800 or 800/338-7648, www.visitdetroit.com.
- Weather
- Be prepared for hot, humid summers and cold, dry winters.
- Best Views
- From the top of the 73-story Marriott Hotel at the Renaissance Center.
- Where The Girls Are
- At the bars on 8-Mile Road between I-75 and Van Dyke Ave., with the boys in Highland Park or Dearborn, or shopping in Royal Oak.