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Windward (and Biased),

I agree that Detroit has some good ethnic restaurants, particularly Mexican and Polish. I've never been to Polish Village, but used to go to the Polish Yacht Club when I worked downtown. I wouldn't really consider that a Polish restaurant, but it was a kitchy place with good fried perch. Best polish restaurant I've been to recently is a place up in Cross Village--can't remember the name though.

I haven't been to Mexican town in a while, but now that you've reminded me how good it is, I think I go soon.

I still have to rate Chicago above Detroit--by a huge margin. I'm talking ten times better. No, maybe 100 times better. And, it's not just the restaurants, but the city itself. I'm not a big fan of Detroit--the city not suburbs. and, the Kwame fiasco doesn't help. I used to be a big supporter and even lived downtown in my early 20's, but, notwithstanding some development downtown and the on-going PR from the pols and bus. leaders, the city is beyond repair IMO. I've felt this for some time, but it was solidified back in December when I went down to dinner at the MGM Grand. I got off the Lodge at the wrong exit and had to take surface streets from the Boulevard to the hotel. This was on a Friday night at around 6:00 pm and we were virtually the only car that was on the road for about a two mile stretch. We kept getting stopped by traffic lights, but there was no traffic. There were also virtually no occupied buildings. Many were boarded up, many were partially-demolished. And, of course, there were many vacant lots. I don't think the worst areas of Baghdad would be any worse. This was in the area between New Center and Downtown, in an area of the city that I thought was being renovated. I thought it was the neighborhoods that were decaying. Of course, there are pockets of development. The refurbished Ren Cen. The three casinos. Campus Martius. Ford Field/Comerica. The renovated Book Cadillac (is that really happening). But, that is just the tip of the iceberg. It probably represents 5% of the Central Business District, let alone the New Center and the neighborhoods. I drove around what used to be one of Detroit's best neighborhoods during the basketball season when I went to Calihan Hall and UD Jesuit. It is so depressing that in my wildest dreams I cannot imagine the city ever being brought back to its former glory. Then I go to Chicago and never see the suburbs, but spend all my time downtown and on the near north side--all within two or three miles of the Loop. The worst thing you encounter is traffic because there are so many people actually living there and going out to restaurants, clubs, stores, museums, etc. World Clsss hotels. Shops. Office Towers. Compare Michigan Ave. to Woodward Ave. One would be a 10 out of 10, the other 0 out of 10.

I realize this is a H.S. Football forum and we started out talking about restaurants, but it got me going about a subject I feel passionately about and I felt like venting a bit. It is the off-season, right.