  Dialh4hipster Member Username: Dialh4hipster Post Number: 2096 Registered: 11-2004 |
To counteract the complaining thread, I just want to say I was there last week and it was totally fantastic. The patio is brilliant - I'm so glad it's summer in Detroit! | ||
Gravitymachine Member Username: Gravitymachine Post Number: 1711 Registered: 05-2005 |
the patio is fantastic, big props to phil and whoever else designed and constructed it, i love the concrete tables. I was there sunday and my experience was also awesome. | ||
Kid_dynamite Member Username: Kid_dynamite Post Number: 48 Registered: 06-2007 |
I'm with you. I'm licking my chops thinking about the food right now. | ||
Cambrian Member Username: Cambrian Post Number: 1259 Registered: 08-2006 |
Seriously! Some people hold independent restaurants to unreasonable standards. How many times do you think the complainers' went to Mc Donalds and received cold food or encountered a rude cashier? Yet they wouldn't think twice about going back tomorrow at lunch time. | ||
Mbr Member Username: Mbr Post Number: 211 Registered: 03-2005 |
I tell everyone from out of town to go to Slows and they all have come back with only great things to say. Beyond the food, which is amazing, Slows is a good example of how people can look beyond a mildly blighted neighborhood and get a small glimpse of what could be a much grander vision. You can talk someone's ear off for days about how Detroit is great and they need to look past the blight, etc. and they still won't get it. Send them to Slows for dinner and all of the sudden it starts to make sense. It seems to have that effect on outsiders as much as all the new stuff downtown in my opinion. | ||
Lakesuperior Member Username: Lakesuperior Post Number: 193 Registered: 06-2005 |
yum. yum. yum. slow's rules. i take all my out of towners there and they all love it. i'm taking my whole extended family there pre-tigers in a few weeks. slow's is someplace you can sit, drink a few beers and eat your meal at a leisurely pace. it's my favorite, hands down. and you know what, i've NEVER had a problem with the service. i think the staff is really nice. and mostly cute, to boot. | ||
Kid_dynamite Member Username: Kid_dynamite Post Number: 49 Registered: 06-2007 |
No one answered my question on my last post on the negative Slow's thread. I want to go there this Saturday with my dad before the Tigers game. Probably around 1-2 PM. Am I going to be looking at a crazy long wait? | ||
Gsgeorge Member Username: Gsgeorge Post Number: 162 Registered: 08-2006 |
(homer j simpson voice) mmmmmmmm.... slows.... | ||
Sharmaal Member Username: Sharmaal Post Number: 1159 Registered: 09-2004 |
Shouldn't be too bad. Between 3:30 or so it starts picking up. | ||
Mind_field Member Username: Mind_field Post Number: 730 Registered: 10-2003 |
I've only been to Slow's once, but my experience was good, the food was great, the service prompt and friendly. I don't expect my server to chat up a storm with me at all, especially when they have who knows how many other tables to attend to. But our server took the time to explain some different menu options to us, and the restaurant was packed at the time. | ||
Dialh4hipster Member Username: Dialh4hipster Post Number: 2099 Registered: 11-2004 |
Kid_dynamite - you should probably give the restaurant a call in addition to checking opinions here. Contact info at www.slowsbarbq.com | ||
Detroitnerd Member Username: Detroitnerd Post Number: 1104 Registered: 07-2004 |
They're assholes, but the food is great. It's like going to the neighborhood record store where the clerk is a snot and the selection is awesome. | ||
Jelk Member Username: Jelk Post Number: 4458 Registered: 10-2003 |
quote: I'm in a Slows mood today. I hate it when waiters/waitresses try to make extensive conversation with me. Prompt, friendly, and attentive service is all I need or want. Waiters and waitresses who act like they are invited to your own private My Dinner With Andre annoy me. A friend and I make an annual trip to Hooters just to play a game with their overly friendly wait staff. When the girl comes over to "make nice" we time how fast we can get rid of her with polite - but short and uninteresting - answers to her stock questions. We actually time ourselves. It's fun and makes the trip worthwhile given the usually mediocre Hooters waitress stock and nothing-special food. I have had nothing but positive experiences with the waitstaff at Slows. I wish we could have a half-dozen more unique, quality places like Slows in Detroit. | ||
Lowell Board Administrator Username: Lowell Post Number: 3927 Registered: 10-2003 |
I have been to Slow's a few times and the food and service has always been excellent. I'm hooked on the "Reason" an inexpensive pulled pork sandwich that is a full meal. I applaud their well deserved success. They have proven that there is plenty of opportunity for business success in Detroit. They took a location that every negative cynic in the D thought was nuts and literally [and figuratively] 'turned a sow's ear into a silk purse'. Like others above I recommend it frequently. Yay Slows; I'll be back. | ||
Ravine Member Username: Ravine Post Number: 1054 Registered: 01-2006 |
Lowell, Slows should be giving you free chow, in return for the scads of publicity they are getting on this forum. And by the way, I steered a DYer to the Downtown Mobil auto shop (very close to Slows, coincidentally,) and urged said DYer to point out that he, or she, learned of the place here on DetroitYes, and the owner was both surprised and pleased. See? The danged forum is still good for something other than tedious pissing matches between its members!! | ||
Mayor_sekou Member Username: Mayor_sekou Post Number: 1101 Registered: 09-2006 |
Where do you park down there? | ||
Granmontrules Member Username: Granmontrules Post Number: 108 Registered: 01-2007 |
I agree ALWAYS great food! Mayor_sekou - Where to park? Where do you think you park? On the street scared white boy hahaha | ||
Mayor_sekou Member Username: Mayor_sekou Post Number: 1104 Registered: 09-2006 |
HA! I never been accused of being a scared white boy before thats new. But no its the fact that I am very protective of my car and the lack of an enclosed lot makes me worry about my child as it sits on the street across from a really big abandoned train station. Thats all. I still might try the place out soon. | ||
Dialh4hipster Member Username: Dialh4hipster Post Number: 2100 Registered: 11-2004 |
Well there mayor, I think your post does kind of prove the scared white boy thing, but if you park on Michigan Avenue you'll be fine. The big abandoned train station is actually (mostly) empty, not full of car thieves. | ||
Gannon Member Username: Gannon Post Number: 9528 Registered: 12-2003 |
I dunno. What do you drive, Mayor? Midnight Auto Supply might have a few orders pending. | ||
Swingline Member Username: Swingline Post Number: 863 Registered: 11-2003 |
What's with the "white boy" bullshit. It's offensive in the context used here. Or was that the intent? Sorry for the threadjack. Carry on. Slows has gotten 4 stars every time I've dined there. | ||
Dialh4hipster Member Username: Dialh4hipster Post Number: 2101 Registered: 11-2004 |
It's an archetype, Swingline. | ||
Mdoyle Member Username: Mdoyle Post Number: 118 Registered: 10-2006 |
If you go on a game day or the weekend have them valet it. On another note I tried something besides the Reason as a main course for the first time in well over 15 visits the other day. Got the Yardbird. It was good but something about having coleslaw IN the sandwich sells. | ||
Kid_dynamite Member Username: Kid_dynamite Post Number: 54 Registered: 06-2007 |
I can't see how "archetype" could be used in that context. Is was still a racist thing to say. Funny what you can get away with when you talk about white people. I wont jack this thread anymore. GO SLOW'S!!! | ||
Mayor_sekou Member Username: Mayor_sekou Post Number: 1112 Registered: 09-2006 |
I dont like parking on the street in front of my own house, why? Because people steal shit, lets not act brand new out here. They havent got my car or anything off my car yet and I want to keep it that way. I drive an '06 STS and the insurance is high enough without anything going missing on it so when I go I'll let someone else drive. lol...scared white boy. I'm offended, I like to think I am fearless and black dammit. lol |
