Where is the Best Comfort Food in Detroit, Michigan?
I love the burgers. I hate the wait, the too close together tables, and no room anywhere at all to stand/sit and wait for a table because its always insanely overcrowded. Not to mention that if you got a table in the bar you are most likely eating your burger with someones rear end in your face. Oh and did I mention the screaming hostess who trolls through the bar endlessly calling out for people who are no longer there because they put their name on the list and then left. Why won’t you please just expand? The burgers are awesome and I crave them. Last time we decided we’d do an early bird special and get there around 5:30pm on a Saturday night so there would not be a long wait. We were so wrong. There was a 75 minute wait and absolutely no where to wait for a table. So we left and ate elsewhere much to my dismay. Pros + Good brew, burger, and fries. Cons – Too long of a wait, too small of a space.
I admit, we might have an addiction to desserts, but we actually bike to Astoria to get dessert at all hours of the night. They are open until 2 a.m. I believe, though we’ve never gone that late. That is one of their major perks, their opening hours!The desserts are excellent, delicious and decently priced. Average is around $3-4. We especially love their Creme Brulee, Coconut Macaroons and the Chocolate Cake. (Actually, I’ve never tried a dessert there that I didn’t like). The Tartufo is VERY rich and thick, so be prepared to save half for the next day. Their service is friendly. I just wish they had more indoor seating, as we had to sit outside in the rain once because they only really have 3 tables inside (and a bar…makes no sense).It’s a great place to “take away” from though.Pros + YUMMY dessertsCons – not much seating
Their signature dish is a fried twin lobster tails (yes, not one but two lobster tails!) … Yum, absolutely delicious. Probably one of the best lobsters I’ve ever had. I didn’t care much for the “default” sides (dirty rice and mashed potatoes–apparently I should’ve gotten sweet potatoes). I had heard crazy talk of frying lobsters (somewhere new here in Chicago)…, but never had tried anything like it. I had pictured an breaded, over-cooked lobster being the result…. this was anything but. The lobster was fried in shell, the meaty part cut outward slightly and that part was lightly breaded. Frying the lobster apparently brought out it’s sweetness. And it was extremely light, which to me was the most suprising part of all. I ate alone at the bar. They had a very nice live jazz band that would’ve kept me around longer had I not went so late and they left. The chef came out and talk to me, asked me how I enjoyed the lobster, explained it, etc… which is always a nice treat. Desp
