Greektown

 

For our monthly allergy shot visit to the Mt. Clemens/Detroit area we elected to stay in the Greektown section of Detroit, right downtown. Below is a view of the skyline taken from the Windsor side of the St. Clair river highlighting the now upscale downtown.

 

Here's a shot across the river from the Detroit side capturing the marina and part of the Riverwalk area that has really taken off. Behind me were new condos being constructed as part of the downtown renovation process.

We stayed in Greektown in the appropriately named Atheneum Hotel and this view was out our window of the casino and its hotel with the light rail in the bottom of the picture. The hotel was pretty bad without air conditioning or much for food or towels, but the view was neat.

As we strolled the main Greektown avenue we stopped at the Santorini Restaurant for a taste of Greek cuisine.

While we waited for dinner we admired the neat wall décor of bottles. The bar area was also very well done in the blue and white Greek theme.

I ordered a garlic shrimp on a bed of rice which was one of the better I have had. While not experts on Greek food Jo-Anne ordered the plate below consisting of three of their specialty vegetarian dishes. The spanakotiropeta and dolmathes were excellent but the moussaka outshined them both. Jo-Anne last had moussaka about ten years ago and said she would never do it again ... but this earned a "wow this is really good!" The wait staff was great and the presentation of the dishes really attractive.

While this was a short visit we had a great time and are really happy that Detroit is making a comeback and places like Greektown and other venues of the city made it a really worthwhile visit. From Detroit we are off to Pelee Island Ontario.