Locations in Detroit: Games: Board Games

Anyone can show up here. Detroit's only late night jazz club serving up Cajun catfish and red beans and rice all night long. It's not common to find a bar where everyone seems to know each other and yet newcomers don't feel excluded. Dozens of regulars turn up Thursdays for the open mic jazz jam sessions. Bert's serves the music fans bargain-price soul food from rows of steam tables: meat and two sides for nine bucks, or up to $25 for a whole slab of ribs. In keeping with Bert's bare-bones, working-class atmosphere, their food is more down-home than much of the soul food you find in restaurants, which has often been upgraded from its humble origins.

California-style café with sit-down dining in an eclectic, casual enviroment. Featuring homemade soups, 1-lb sandwiches, salads, blue chip nachos, turkey and homemade veggie burgers, scromelettes (scrambled omelettes), blueberry/pecan oatbran pancakes, an array of desserts and Heidi's homemade biscotti. Full coffee menu and 37 coffees sold by the pound. Vegan- and vegetarian-friendly. Holiday gift baskets. Children's menu.

The east side's premier sports bar for over 30 years, Roger's Roost offers something for everyone. Great Chicago pizza and baby back ribs. Huge burgers and an extensive beer menu. Several pool tables, darts, foosball, 35 TVs. Karaoke every Thursday night.