Restaurant mailbag: Our critic answers your dining questions
View Comments
As people became to feel more comfortable dining out this summer, I ve gotten a lot of questions from readers, friends and co-workers about the Detroit area dining scene.
You want to know where to get a specific dish or where to find bars that have activities you miss, like karaoke or happy hour. I ve also been asked for all kinds of recommendations related to outdoor dining lately. For this week s column, I ll answer some of the recent inquiries I ve gotten. If it proves helpful, we ll make this a regular feature.
6SHARES
Ford Cove at the Edsel & Eleanor Ford House, Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan. Image: The Edsel & Eleanor Ford House
By Marshall Lee Weimer
The former luxury mansion of a Detroit automaker is the site of an attempt to recreate the scarce natural shoreline along Lake St. Clair.
The Ford House Cove Restoration Project will encompass a mile of Lake St. Clair’s coastline and over 17 acres of coastal marsh, nearshore habitat and forested wetlands.
The Edsel & Eleanor Ford House, east of Detroit in Grosse Pointe Shores, is working with the Great Lakes Commission to complete the project. The mansion is now a museum and public scenic area.
Photo provided by the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House
Ford House study could lead to a raft of natural shoreline improvements
Softer, more natural shoreline changes to Ford Cove would create better habitat for creatures like turtles to rear their young.
Photo provided by the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House
A study this spring will determine what types of improvements might be made to Ford Cove to make it more welcoming to a range of birds, fish and other wildlife.
Photo provided by the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House
Advertisement
GROSSE POINTE SHORES/ST. CLAIR SHORES A feasibility study this spring at the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House could lead to a more natural restoration of the shoreline.