Personally, I would avoid the City of Detroit for the most part, but there is Atwater Brewing downtown and there is Slow's Barbeque.
If you don't want to accept this chicken suburban viewpoint
, and DO want to enjoy some of Detroit, and want some info from someone who actually ventures into the city on a daily basis, I can tell you there are are quite a few microbreweries and other interesting things in and around Downtown. Some are what Bigb Mentioned as well.
The VERY FIRST brewpub in Michigan is on Wayne State University's campus, called the
Traffic Jam and Snug, they also make their own cheese, sausage, bread, etc. It's an interesting place, though I'm not a fan of their food. Right across the parking lot from TJ-s is my favorite micro brewery actually in the city-
Motor City Brew Works; MCBW is most famous for their Ghetto Blaster English Style Mild, which is listed in the BJCP as a classic example of the style.
Actually I'll be there on Sunday about 1pm. On the Sundays I preach some of us retire there for a couple pitchers of Ghetto Blaster and pizza.
In and around WSU's campus is the cultural center;
Detroit Institute of Arts, which is one of the premier art museums in the country. It boasts some amazing huge frescoes by Diego Rivera. Also near by (Actually on the same street as MCBW and TJ-s) is the
Museum of Contemporary Arts Detroit.
You're also not too far from
Comerica Park home of the Detroit Tigers. If you're coming in this Sunday, Justin Verlander is pitching, and more than likely his GF Kate Upton will be there.
If you're there on the weekend,
Detroit's Eastern Market is pretty cool it's a big outdoor market with surrounded buildings with interesting shops and resteraunts. If you want a place near the border with Canada to get a few Micros or wine,
Cost Plus Wines in Eastern Market would be the place to stop.
Closer to Downtown
The Detroit Beer Company is on Broadway, they have some great beers as well.
In that same area is Rub Pub, which is a great bbq joint that has an amazing tap and bottle selection,
this list is JUST the Michigan Beers they have, I was blown away by the bottle selection, of non Michigan beers.
If you want to drive away from Detroit a bit, in Dearborn is the
Greenfield Village/Henry Ford Museum , which is an amazing place that even has an Imax theater and has a pretty cool auto factory tour.
I don't get across into Windsor or up to Amherstburg all that often anymore. But that city does have the [
Fort Malden Historical Park it is a fort that stands on the remains of Fort Amherstburg in Amherstburg, Ontario. The original fort was abandoned by the British/Canadians in 1813 when Southwest Ontario fell into American hands. It's cool if you're interested in that sort of thing.
The best source for events of all types as well as Bar/Resteraunt info is our weekly free arts and entertainment rag,
The Metro Times, it lists the annual "Best of Detroit" places in there, as well as a weekly calendar of event. We have a lot of festivals, and concerts, sporting events, and fairs going on in Metro Detroit all summer, so that's the best source of what's going on at any given time or another.
Let me know if I can help you in anyway...