121612 Wed Jun 11 05:27:37 -0700 2003 8 8 Midwest 0 661805 Greetings; My wife and son are rolling out Sat on a mother/son week long road trip and bonding experience. They will be starting from South Bend where daughter will be dropped off at golf camp. Their plan is to head over for the 100th anniversary at the Ford Museum, up around by Saux St. Marie, back around the Lake MI shoreline, stop by Mackinac Island, and a quick visit to Warren Dunes before heading home to rural St. Louis. Any road food suggestions that are also kid friendly? Many thanks. Wed Jun 11 05:27:37 -0700 2003 0 Big D 1 661813 If they will be going up or down the west coast of Lake Michigan (east coast of Wisconsin), have them stop in to Kopp's frozen custard. They can then spend the next hour or so comparing and contrasting with Ted Drewes' custard. Easiest Kopp's to get to for them will likely be in Interstate 43, north of downtown at the Silverspring exit. East side of the interstate, just south of the exit. Wed Jun 11 13:06:17 -0700 2003 661805 0 StephenB 1 661817 The Henry Ford Museum/Greenfield Village are in Dearborn, which is also the center of the largest Middle Eastern community in the U.S. So I would heartily recommend that you go to one of the Maiddle Eastern restaurants north of the museum on Michigan Ave. or Warren Ave. Probably the most accessible of these is La Shish, which is a casual family-style restaurant with very good food and branches on Michigan Ave. in both the east and west parts of Dearborn. The combination plate is huge and very tasty. Wed Jun 11 20:34:47 -0700 2003 661805 0 Detroit-NYC Al 2 661820 La Shish's website, for locations and phone #s: http://www.lashish.com Thu Jun 12 10:12:06 -0700 2003 661817 0 Detroit - NYC Al 1 661827 when they are at warren dunes a few miles south on red arrow highway they can find the red arrow roadhouse which has good roadhouse food in union pier......or a few miles further south in new buffalo they can get burgers at redamaks.stop just past the stoplight in new buffalo for ice cream at oink's then get on US 94 west for the trip to St.Louis. Fri Jun 13 08:27:05 -0700 2003 661805 0 jbburn 1 661830 Here's a road stop suggestion for the drive up I-75 going north from Detroit to Mackinac. Just past Flint, there is an outlet mall near Birch Run. At the I-75 exit, on the west side of the highway, is a place called Tony's. They serve the most ridiculously large portions of any restaurant I've visited. Like a pound of bacon on the BLT. This is great kid stuff, though Mom might be wise to share the order unless there's a whole bunch of room in the trunk for leftovers. Fri Jun 13 09:11:01 -0700 2003 661805 0 G-Mo 2 661832 Tony's is indeed an experience in itself. Try their breakfasts - one order is enough to feed 3 people. D. Fri Jun 13 13:50:19 -0700 2003 661830 0 Donna - MI 2 662174 I live about an hour south of Birch Run and have been to Tonys a few times for breakfast. Yea, you get an unbelivable amount of food but it AIN'T THAT GOOD! For example, the pound of bacon you get for breakfast is swimming in grease. They go through so much that they have to cook off large amounts and then it sits in pans soaking in tis own grease. The omlet I had on another occasion had uncooked vegetables inside an omlet that was burnt on the outside. I'd try somewhere else. Sat Jul 05 22:40:12 -0700 2003 661830 0 Hopeit 1 661836 My daughter loved the kid's museum in St. Joe's. Fri Jun 13 16:41:05 -0700 2003 661805 0 torta basilica