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We live in the Metro Detroit area & visit Greektown several times throughout the year. Parking is free at the Greektown Casino and from there, you can roam around Monroe St. between Beaubien & St. Antoine and find lots of places to eat (small eateries to nice restraurants, and we always head towards one of the bakeries for baklava!) and gift/tourist shops.
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Greektown, Detroit. / 42.33500°N 83.04222°W / 42.33500; -83.04222. Greektown is a commercial and entertainment district in Detroit, Michigan, located just northeast of the heart of downtown, along Monroe Avenue between Brush and St. Antoine streets. It has a station by that name on the city's elevated downtown transit system known as ...
Apr 21, 2023 · The Golden Fleece in Greektown is the city’s oldest eatery. They began in 1971. A Detroit classic for almost 50 years, the Golden Fleece Restaurant is undoubtedly a go-to location for authentic and excellent Greek food. When you visit, check out their fresh beef or lamb kebabs and their famed gyros and moussakas.
from around the world all year round. The traditional center of Detroit’s Greek community, the Greektown neighborhood is one of the last surviving Victorian-era commercial streetscapes in downtown Detroit. Lively Monroe Street is the heartbeat of historic Greektown, and our district is bounded by Gratiot, Randolph, Lafayette, and I-375.
Today Greektown is the location of one of the three casinos in Detroit, Greektown Casino, along with the casino’s hotel. The casino is built on what in the 1980’s was the site of Trapper’s Alley, a renovated 1850s era building that housed the Ferry Seed Company warehouse, which was adapted for retail and commercial use.
The area that today is known as Greektown was first developed by German immigrants in the 1830s. Narrow two to four-story Victorian storefronts were originally developed as neighborhood businesses, uniquely fashioned to emphasize service for the bustling retail district. The original cornerstone of Old St. Mary’s Church, the third oldest ...
Jun 7, 2019 · Greektown Neighborhood in Detroit. Along with a one-block section of Monroe Street in downtown Detroit is one of the city’s oldest, somewhat-in-tact neighborhoods: Greektown. The tourist attraction is filled with Victorian-era, red-brick buildings that house a mix of restaurants – Greek and otherwise – as well as a host of stores ...
