The Week We Ate (The EID Week in Review)

North Korea did not have paczki for Kim Jong-il to look at.

Perkins Pickles now has a production facility in Ham-town! This along with the announcement that Rock City Pies is setting up shop there later this year. Hamtramck is making a comeback-ack-ack-ack-ack. Just you wait. [Model D]

"And that's a wrap for Detroit Prime. Already." led to one of the greatest comment threads in EID history. [Crain's / EID FB]

Mudgie's Deli has a new happy hour menu. And it is covered in beer cheese sauce. [Mudgie's FB / EID FB]

A food truck, charcuterie and crossing state lines: check out what's next for Corridor Sausage Co. in Eastern Market. (Plus you can still catch them at the market on Saturdays, and their products keep popping up on local menus at places like St. Cece's Pub and Slows to Go.) [Crain's]

New Thai place opening in the Auburn this summer. [HuffPo]

B. Nektar Meadery has several new limited release meads coming out, and mark April 20 on your calendar for their Spring Mead Day when they'll be releasing two new barrel-aged meads. [B Nektar email]

Valentine Vodka was named "Best Love Potion" by the Tasting Table. Which makes sense since there's a whole holiday named after it. [Tasting Table]

And if vodka doesn't suit you, try Valentine's new Liberator Gin instead. [Thrillist]

Royal Oak's Pizzeria Biga started serving brunch this weekend on both Saturdays AND Sundays, because, as you know, brunch is too awesome to be just one day. [PB FB]

Pop-ups! We still love them. Here Detroit Gypsy Kitchen is profiled with shout-outs to Kung-Food and Little Dove Bakeshop. [Detroit News]

Here's a nice 'lil list of metro Detroit candy makers and sweet shops. [The Detroit Hub]

Beignets are going to be A Thing. [St. Cece's / EID]

The Sunday Buffet is this new thing at GO Comedy! Improv Theatre featuring the debut of the saucy stylings of Sauced, the new solo venture from Chef Nick Schultz ("The Sauced Chef") formerly of Brew Jus. [GO! FB]

Paczki Day is a big deal 'round here. Here's a recap of what happened:

     Treat Dreams came with paczki ice cream
     The Detroit CVB gave this run-down
     Avalon celebrated "Phat Tuesday" with paczki that were baked, not fried
     This Hot List was still just as relevant
     7 Brothers went at it hard
     So did Whiskey in the Jar
     The Hamtramck Star put together this helpful guide to all paczki parties in H-town
     Pure Michigan gave us a brief history of the paczki in Michigan
     Ronin got fancy with it
     Deadline Detroit's Jeff Wattrick continued his annual traditional of photographing a prune paczki at various Detroit sites of interest, "Kim Jong-il looking at things"-style. This year, Paczki took a Detroit corruption tour of some of Kwame Kilpatrick's and Monica Conyers's most significant sites.
     The Detroit Bus Company bused people in from the 'burbs to partake in Paczki Day parties
     Zingerman's had the west side covered
     Tour de Troit made some people run first
     Pure Detroit put together their own Hamtramck paczki guide
     Small's, obvi

Eat It GR
Not much is happening here because why? Because I am in the midst of coordinating and promoting GR Beer Week, that's why. Starts Monday. Check it. [GRBW Official]

Beerie
~It's true: there IS no such thing as a perfect man. [Beer Pulse]
~Turns out the way to a beer lover's heart is through his (or her) stomach. [DRAFT]

The Week We Ate (The EID Week in Review)

YOU GUYS. Takashi. Back in Michigan. One night only, at Bacco, cooking the classic hits of Tribute. (Plus he plans on opening a second location of his Chicago casual noodle shop Slurping Turtle in Ann Arbor. It's a far cry from Tribute but I'll take it.) [Freep]

MUDGIE'S NOW SERVES ALCOHOL. Michigan beer and wine, specifically. (Also don't miss their five-year anniversary party on February 9, where everyone is going to be.) [Thrillist]

You've heard of the Battle of Lafayette? Lafayette Coney Island and American Coney Island, that is. Nate Skid has the REAL scoop on the so-called "war" (and how American is, by pretty much any standard, totally dominating it). [Crain's]

Looks like the Oakland is getting their very own single barrel bourbon batch from Buffalo Trace! (They don't do this for just anyone. In fact, that don't do this for many places at all. As your attorney I advise you to go drink the shit out of it once it's ready.) [Oakland FB]

In brunch news, starting tomorrow Maria's of Royal Oak will serve a VERY cheap brunch (also: Maria's of Royal Oak apparently exists), and One-Eyed Betty's has a brand-new brunch menu that includes a pork belly poutine omelet. Really. I will not shut up. YOU shut up. No, I'm totally serious, look at the menu yourself. [Maria's RO FB / OEB FB]

Baconfest Michigan tickets go on sale next Friday! "Boo hoo, it sold out, waaaaaah, you guys are jerks for selling out an event and not sitting on tickets so that last-minute assholes like me can finally get around to deciding to buy some, how dare you" is a line of logic we are not amenable to. (Yes, we really did get emails like this last year.) Get your damn tickets. Also, they might just make great Valentine's Day gifts. [Baconfest Official]

Woodbridge gets Woodbridgier with the Woodbridge Community Garden next to the Woodbridge Pub. [Curbed Detroit]

Food desert? Pure Detroit says pffffffft. Here's a list of grocery and specialty stores where you can buy actual food in the city of Detroit. See, we haven't yet been reduced to eating each other. [Pure D]

Speaking of Pure D, earlier this week was National Pie Day and they celebrated by covering Detroit's own appropriately-named Dangerously Delicious Pies Baked in Detroit. [Pure D]

Dan the Man. And his sentiments about what Michigan craft beer has done for the local food movement as a whole ring familiar. [B4B Connect]

Genji is now open in Little Tokyo. [Det News]

What Crepe? Ann Arbor aims for a Valentine's Day opening. Some of you will plan an elaborate evening of l'amour ... for the rest, no crying over crepes! [AnnArbor.com]

Beerie
Windsor wants in on the hot steamy Beer Fest action, so now they're holding their own this fall. (Don't worry, the date won't conflict with the Guild's Fall Beer Fest. You can go to BOTH!) [Windsor Eats]

Speaking of the Guild's Beer Fests, GR Beer Week planning is underway for February 18-23, culminating in Winter Beer Fest! [EID / GRBW / EIGR FBs]

A note to food and beverage writers: if you are not a beer writer, do not try to be a beer writer. It's embarrassing to all of us, and it just underscores how out of touch you actually are with this "trend." [Yahoo News / Fox News]

This one's better: Fox News names the top 10 restaurants to get great beer (rightfully) includes Slows. [Fox News]

Right Brain Brewery bottles hit the SE Michigan market over this week and that includes the GABF-winning Mangalista Pig Porter. [RB FB]

Which brings me back to Baconfest Michigan tickets go on sale next Friday! [Baconfest Official]

Eat It GR
Now live! Sort of. I'm currently half-assing a Facebook page and Twitter, while in the meantime focusing all of my west coast efforts on GR Beer Week. But hey, check out the sweet logo! [EIGR FB / Twitter / GRBW FB]

Random miscellany
~Well here's an obvious joke I'm going to make anyway: you think the "A" stands for "asshole"? [Eater]
~And Chef Eric from the Cook's House in Traverse City responds. [The Cook's House blahg]
~The War on Yelp (sponsored by Eater) continues, this time with a release of formal FTC complaints. [Eater]
~Some timely cooking advice. [Deadspin]