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Drinks · Weekend
Market breweries, a distillery, Corktown cocktail bars, mead and cocktails in Ferndale: two days chasing metro Detroit's craft drinks.
Detroit takes its beer and cocktails seriously, and the best spots make for a great little crawl. Saturday runs from the Eastern Market breweries to a Corktown cocktail institution and ends in a downtown alley. Sunday hops over to Ferndale for mead, small-batch beer and two excellent cocktail bars.
13:00
Eastern Market
A community-minded brewery in the heart of Eastern Market, where the beer comes with pizza, live music, trivia and even a running club. Start with a light beer and a slice while market life buzzes around you.
A few steps along Riopelle Street.
14:30
Eastern Market
The distillery's Riopelle Street tasting room is its bar, with a cocktail menu that follows the seasons. A drink built on spirits made right here is the perfect follow-up to a market morning.
A few minutes' walk to Orleans Street.
15:30
Eastern Market
Belgian, German and British styles under one roof, with hand-pumped cask ale sometimes on the list. The September lineup included a saison, witbier, pilsner, dunkel and British mild, so grab a flight.
Rideshare to Michigan Avenue in Corktown.
17:30
Corktown
Shaking cocktails in Corktown since 2011, with classics and seasonal ideas defining the bar. On weekends, check its site for reservation rules first.
A short walk through Corktown to Porter Street.
19:00
Corktown
A Corktown brewery and taproom pouring beer plus wine, cider, cocktails and non-alcoholic drinks. The kitchen changes day to day, so if you're planning dinner here, check what's cooking.
Rideshare downtown to The Belt alley.
21:00
Downtown
A cocktail bar and kitchen inside The Belt's mural-lined alley, entered right from the alley. Reserved tables and walk-in bar seats work differently, so check ahead.
14:00
Ferndale — Metro Detroit
Founded in Ferndale in 2006 by a husband-and-wife team, it shows off the modern side of mead, alongside cider, beer and non-alcoholic drinks. No full kitchen, but you can bring food.
A short drive or rideshare to Wolcott Street.
15:30
Ferndale — Metro Detroit
A roomy Ferndale brewery that puts you close to the brewing: small tasting pours, boards with local cheese and meat, rotating food trucks and kombucha. Seating is first come, first served; head to the Wolcott Street brewery, not the downtown branch.
A short drive or rideshare to downtown Ferndale on Nine Mile Road.
17:30
Ferndale — Metro Detroit
A cocktail bar since 2011 with an elegant, nostalgic room, American whiskey and artisan mezcal. It calls itself a neighborhood bar that pairs a serious drinks program with a warm welcome.
A few minutes' walk through downtown Ferndale to Vester Avenue.
19:00
Ferndale — Metro Detroit
Valentine Distilling's cocktail lounge, where every drink is built only on spirits from the nearby distillery. A fitting finale: spirits made down the road, mixed by local hands.
9 stops
Oakland County Brew Weekend: Ferndale Taprooms to a Rochester BrewpubFerndale taprooms, mead and house-distilled cocktails, Michigan's oldest comedy club, then Sunday at a brewpub inside an old Rochester knitting mill.
10 stops
Wayne County Brew Weekend: Eastern Market Taps to Downriver PintsSaturday among Eastern Market's breweries and distillery, a riverfront rooftop and a pint by the stadiums; Sunday in Corktown, then Wyandotte for brick-oven pizza.
14 stops
Detroit in 48 hours: the classics and the brand-new citySaturday market, the riverfront, Art Deco lobbies and the newest Detroit: a two-day plan you can mostly do on foot.We built these plans from our own checked place pages. Hours and prices change, so check each place’s page before you go.
