Detroit is "one of the most beautiful cities in America," says Anthony Bourdain. "It speaks of those industrial age dreams of an endlessly glorious future, you know, people who built these structures, they were thinking big. They were looking at a new Rome, and they built it, actually. It's awesome here." It's also full of incredible food.
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Detroit is "one of the most beautiful cities in America," says Anthony Bourdain. "It speaks of those industrial age dreams of an endlessly glorious future, you know, people who built these structures, they were thinking big. They were looking at a new Rome, and they built it, actually. It's awesome here." It's also full of incredible food.
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Duly's Place has been serving up coneys -- Detroit's iconic chili, onion and mustard-topped hot dog -- around the clock since 1921.
Bourdain does Detroit —
Duly's Place has been serving up coneys -- Detroit's iconic chili, onion and mustard-topped hot dog -- around the clock since 1921.
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'I can't tell you how deep this creation runs here. Deep dish in Chicago, cheesesteak in Philadelphia, you'll find some ambivalence. Not here,' says Bourdain.
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'I can't tell you how deep this creation runs here. Deep dish in Chicago, cheesesteak in Philadelphia, you'll find some ambivalence. Not here,' says Bourdain.
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'It seems like a simple thing. Hot dog, chili, raw onion, mustard, steamed bun. But the delicate interplay between these ingredients when done right is symphonic,' says Bourdain. He ordered a second.
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'It seems like a simple thing. Hot dog, chili, raw onion, mustard, steamed bun. But the delicate interplay between these ingredients when done right is symphonic,' says Bourdain. He ordered a second.
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No dining room? No problem. "Greedy Greg" and his partner Rochelle set up a pop-up barbecue joint in a yard and cook sides in the house's kitchen.
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No dining room? No problem. "Greedy Greg" and his partner Rochelle set up a pop-up barbecue joint in a yard and cook sides in the house's kitchen.
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A barbecue dinner at Greedy Greg's comes with some serious sides: mac 'n' cheese and 'luxurious' (in Bourdain's words) collard greens, spooned up by Rochelle and eaten in plastic chairs outside.
Bourdain does Detroit —
A barbecue dinner at Greedy Greg's comes with some serious sides: mac 'n' cheese and 'luxurious' (in Bourdain's words) collard greens, spooned up by Rochelle and eaten in plastic chairs outside.
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'This is what's called a Pupusa House,' says Bourdain. 'It's literally a house -- this one serving home cooked Salvadoran meals. Once a living room, now the main dining area. The woman running it, we can't show her face, but she's been here for ten years, serving a mostly Salvadoran clientele, looking for a taste of home.'
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'This is what's called a Pupusa House,' says Bourdain. 'It's literally a house -- this one serving home cooked Salvadoran meals. Once a living room, now the main dining area. The woman running it, we can't show her face, but she's been here for ten years, serving a mostly Salvadoran clientele, looking for a taste of home.'
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On the menu: tamales wrapped in banana leaf and steamed, papusas (tortillas stuffed with ground pork or chicharrons), pollo asada in shrimp and garlic butter.
Bourdain does Detroit —
On the menu: tamales wrapped in banana leaf and steamed, papusas (tortillas stuffed with ground pork or chicharrons), pollo asada in shrimp and garlic butter.
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Curtito -- a pickled slaw -- and salsa transcend from condiments into a test of manliness during Bourdain's meal.
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Curtito -- a pickled slaw -- and salsa transcend from condiments into a test of manliness during Bourdain's meal.
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'Chef Craig Lieckfelt has done what many would call a very unwise thing.' says Bourdain. 'After working at Gotham Grill and Jean Georges in Manhattan instead of staying where the money inarguably was, he returned to Detroit.'<br />
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'Chef Craig Lieckfelt has done what many would call a very unwise thing.' says Bourdain. 'After working at Gotham Grill and Jean Georges in Manhattan instead of staying where the money inarguably was, he returned to Detroit.'
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He's been working to get a brick and mortar establishment going by first doing regular pop-ups here at Guns + Butter, tucked into the back room of an art gallery under an overpass in downtown Detroit.
Bourdain does Detroit —
He's been working to get a brick and mortar establishment going by first doing regular pop-ups here at Guns + Butter, tucked into the back room of an art gallery under an overpass in downtown Detroit.
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Chilled summer soup with melon and a tomato, lemon verbena broth at Guns + Butter.
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Chilled summer soup with melon and a tomato, lemon verbena broth at Guns + Butter.
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Bourdain asked Lieckfelt if what he was doing was making Detroit better. The chef responded, 'How is it not making it better? How is sitting back not doing anything making it better? How is it only buying my products from Detroit or farmers in Detroit not helping Detroit? I'm supplying from Detroit. I'm hiring people from Detroit. Everybody here lives in Detroit.'
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Bourdain asked Lieckfelt if what he was doing was making Detroit better. The chef responded, 'How is it not making it better? How is sitting back not doing anything making it better? How is it only buying my products from Detroit or farmers in Detroit not helping Detroit? I'm supplying from Detroit. I'm hiring people from Detroit. Everybody here lives in Detroit.'
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