My parents first introduced us to Detroit's Eastern Market in the mid sixties. We'd load into our station wagon and cruise down Woodward to Mack and Russell. As kids, we weren't impressed with the vegetables because we'd helped our parents with their vegetable gardens every summer.
However, the pepperoni in the meat market got our full attention.
However, the pepperoni in the meat market got our full attention.
Years later, on a hot summer day, my oldest daughter reacquainted me with the Eastern Market.
We enjoyed walking through the open sheds while checking out fresh veggies, coffee and baked goods.
We enjoyed walking through the open sheds while checking out fresh veggies, coffee and baked goods.
This winter my youngest daughter introduced me to the market in a brand new way...a two-hour, walking and eating tour with Feet On The Street Tours.
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| Rocky Peanut Company The tour began at Rocky Peanut Company on Russell street with fresh coffee and chocolate cherry cookie samples. Here we met our guides, Linda Yellin, Founder of Feet On The Street Tours, and Brittany Trapp. |
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| Rocky Peanut Company Brief education on peanuts from a peanut. |
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Rocky Peanut Company
Finally, we sampled freshly roasted peanuts before
venturing to our second stop, Supino's Pizza.
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Supino's Pizza
Linda shared Supino's
Pizza's history. It was featured on
"Drive-Ins, Diners and Dives"
last summer.
One taste and I understood why.
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Supino's Pizza
Excellent Portabella and Pepperoni pizza. F.Y.I.
Supino's offers specialty
pizzas from seasonal items on Saturdays. |
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Two slices of pizza later, we left Supino's and followed Linda to Shed 2 of the market. |
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Interesting art! |
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| Shed 2 It was one of the coldest days of winter but no worries. This shed in enclosed and warmed with geothermal heating. I learned that on the tour. |
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| Shed 2 I made a mental note to return to this area after the tour. Something about fresh eggs... |
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| The scent of wood smoke takes my mind far away from the city. It adds to the ambience of the market. |
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| Linda and Brittany synchronized watches and we split into two groups. I went with Brittany to Shed 3. |
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| Shed 3 Welcome to Shed 3! It's huge, enclosed and warm. Love this pic. The sign on a stick reminds me of the market tour in the movie, "Under the Tuscan Sun". |
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Mumby Pie Company
Brittany shared information about the Mumby Pie Company as John shared samples. I have to tell you, the samples here were more like full servings. |
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Great Lakes Coffee
I sneaked off the tour for a minute to get coffee from these guys. They were right beside the Mumby Pie stand. |
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| McClure's Pickles And what did I buy here? Potato chips. Yep. |
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| Greenleaf Turkey Flavorful and juicy gourmet turkey patties. |
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| Shed 3 "Still Life with Vegetables" |
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| Gabriel Import Company Later, Linda escorted our group to the Gabriel Import Company. We sampled green, Kalamata, and Moroccan olives. I bought Olive Oil soap from Greece. |
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| Germack Our next stop, Germack's new location on Russell. |
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| Germack Coffee and a fruit/nut mix. Just what I needed after a brisk walk from the Gabriel Import Company. |
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| Germack Such a wonderful selection of most any kind of nuts you can think of. I bought some natural peanut butter. |
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| Burt's A historical sight for Motowners! From this storefront you's never know there is a concert hall that seats hundreds of people inside. |
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| Our Guides Linda and Brittany share historic information about the area before we leave for our final stop. |
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| Burt's Motown memorabilia adorn the walls bringing back musical memories of of days gone by. |
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| Burt's Remember the Motown Review? I wasn't old enough to go. |
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| Burt's The tour ended here after Linda and Burt shared information about Detroit rich African American and musical history. |
There must have been thirty other people in the group.
We all walked away more knowledgeable of Detroit's Eastern Market thanks to
Feet On The Street Tours.
http://feetonthestreettours.com
