i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha la la la la sha la la la la la la sha la la la la sha la la la la la la it s where nearly everything american and great came from. the things the whole world wanted made here. the heart, the soul, the beat of an industrial, cultural superpower. a magnet for everyone with a dream of a better future, from eastern europe to the deep south. american dream, you came here. the one straight ahead with the green roof? yep, the big rococo building, completely empty. empty. unbelievable. the white one is being rehabbed. there s some money coming in. the one next to it on the right is completely empty. the gray pyramid with the spire on top sold for $5 million. $5 million for that? you can t buy a garage in the hamptons for that basically. $5 million for a skyscraper. it is post-apocalyptic. i mean,
yes. all right. chef craig lieckfelt has done what many would call a very unwise thing. after working at gotham grill in manhattan, instead of staying where the money inarguably was, he returned to detroit. he s been working to get a brick-and-mortar establishment going by first doing regular pop-ups here at guns and butter, tucked into the back room of an art gallery under an overpass in downtown detroit. you have a really weird attitude towards food in general. yeah. what s that? you know, you ve got liquor, you ve got cigarettes, you ve got coffee. or all of those things. we re going to eat well. charlie leduff may have a pulitzer prize, but his appreciation of fine food and dining is, shall we say is that cheese? lacking. simply put, he s a philistine. warm egg yolk with a generous helping of smelt roe on top. egg with eggs? yes, please.
all right. chef craig lightfield has done what many would call a very unwise thing. after working at gotham grill in manhattan, instead of staying where the money inarguably was, he returned to detroit. he s been working to get a brick and mortar establishment going by first doing regular popups here at guns and butter. tucked into the back room of an art gallery under an overpass in downtown detroit. do you have like a really weird attitude towards food in general? yeah. what s that? you got liquor, you got cigarettes, you got coffee. we re going to eat well. charlie rudolph may have a pulitzer prize. but his appreciation of fine food and dining is, shall we say that cheese? lacking. simply put, he s a philistine. warm egg yolk with a generous helping of smelt roe on top? egg with eggs? yes, please.
chef craig lightfield has done what many would call a very unwise thing. after working at gotham grill in manhattan, instead of staying where the money inarguably was, he returned to detroit. he s been working to get a brick and mortar establishment going by first doing regular popups here at guns and butter. tucked into the back room of an art gallery under an overpass in downtown detroit. do you have like a really weird attitude towards food in general? yeah. what s that? you got liquor, you got cigarettes, you got coffee. we re going to eat well. charlie rudolph may have a pulitzer prize. but his appreciation of fine food and dining is, shall we say that cheese? lacking. simply put, he s a philistine. warm egg yolk with a generous helping of smelt roe on top? egg with eggs? yes, please. he scarves his like he s at ruby tuesday s.
that s what you re thinking. the vibrant do it yourself culture of urban renaissance. young entrepreneurs, artists transforming the city, one block at a time. where s that? well, that is happening. young, idealistic, true-believing, hard-working, creative people are indeed doing their best to bring light and hope and beauty to this greatest of cities. you ve got to start with the deeply felt and absolute belief that detroit is indeed a great city and that it is worth saving. as utterly screwed as detroit may be, you have to be a twisted, unpatriotic freak to not believe that. behold the future. what, like cooking in a back alley? yes. all right. chef craig lightfield has done what many would call a very unwise thing. after working at gotham grill in manhattan, instead of staying