Windsor Restaurants

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Hans and I just tried out a new restaurant in town. It's called the MICHIGAN DINER. The interior is bright with lots of windows and the tables and chairs are simple yet comfy in Roadhouse Style. The menu had your typical hamburgers, sandwiches, chicken, ribs and perch. The day's special was 2 for 1 wings for $6.99, Meat Loaf with soup for $6.50 and all you can eat perch for $13.99. Hans had Half Slab of Ribs for $10.99 which came with french fries, a generous portion of cole slaw and a fresh roll. He said the ribs were delicious. The fries - probably frozen - were so so. I had the special of the day - Meat Loaf which consisted of five slices of meatloaf with gravy and two slices of bread. It was very good. The creamy mushroom soup which came with it was awesome, with tons of mushroom pieces in a dreamy thick broth. We both enjoyed our meal very much and will certainly be back.

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Well we came back. We wanted to try the three piece broasted chicken for $7.79. It was delicious. Broasted chicken is not greasy, so much better for you than fried. The meal came with a generous portion of cole slaw, a fresh roll and we both had a dish of mashed potatoes.
Michigan Diner advertises "large portions at yesterdays prices". Well, they must be doing something right as it was very busy at lunchtime on a Thursday.
Seniors menus 3-6 p.m.
Open Tuesday - Sunday 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Drive thru Pick up available

Update: August, 2010
My three-piece broasted chicken dinner is now $8.29
Everyday special: full rack of ribs, served with french fries and roll $13.99

Update: November 23, 2010
The full rack of ribs is now $14.99
Had the Philly Beef & Cheese sandwich Special for $7.99 - came with choice of one side, so I had cole slaw. The sandwich had a huge amount of Beef, on Ciabatta bread with melted cheese, caramelized onions and sauteed green peppers - absolutely delicious.

Update: December 23, 2010
Hans and I each had the four-piece broasted chicken dinner, which is all dark meat and is the daily special of $8.29.

Update: May 5, 2011
The four-piece broasted chicken dinner special is now $8.99.

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One of the best Japanese restaurants in Windsor area.

Business hours

Monday: Closed

Tues-Sat: 11-30 a.m - 2-00 p.m,
5-30 p.m. - 10-00 p.m.

Sunday 5-00 p.m.- 9-00 p.m.

Favorite Dish: Sushi #1 - 18 CAD
Sushi #2 - 22 CAD

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Featuring a unique cone-shaped kiosk, TWISTEE TREAT offers ice cream, milk shakes and Splits.
Windsor has 3 area Twistee Treats.
300 Tecumseh Road E. 519-258-9106
5565 Wyandotte St. E. 519-948-0612
31 Amy Croft Drive 519-739-0537

Favorite Dish: My favourite treat is of course a banana split. mmm

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At least once a month, Hans and I go to PAT & HANK'S FISH & CHIPS. It's been around forever - since 1955. We always order the Haddock Dinner, with two generous portions of lightly battered haddock, fresh-cut french fries, their own recipe cole slaw and roll with butter. They sometimes have a coupon promotion - Buy one Halibut, Haddock or Cod Dinner at the regular price and get the second one for 1/2 price.
Also every Wednesday is Seniors Day - 10 % off the regular price.

Update: August 2, 2010
Take out available at all locations
Tuesday Take-out Special $1.00 off regular price

Halibut Dinner $12.25
2-piece Haddock Dinner $9.65

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We usually go to the Pat & Hank's in Tecumseh at 12213 Tecumseh Rd., but there are two other restaurants:
- 3163 Tecumseh Road East 948-0111
- 5622 Wyandotte St. East 945-4221

Update: Thursday October 14, 2010
Hans and I came here for lunch as they are having the October Special of 2 piece Haddock Fish & Chips for $6.00 plus tax. We ordered a side of cole slaw, roll and butter for $1.50 extra.

Update: Thursday, March 17,2011
March is Big Savings on Haddock
$2.00 off the following:
2 pc. Haddock Dinner - Reg. $10.25 - $8.25
2 pc. Haddock Fish & Chips - Reg. $9.25 - $7.25
1 pc. Haddock Dinner - Re. $7.45 - $5.45
1 pc. Haddock Fish & Chips - Reg. $6.45 - $4.45
1 pc. Haddock Fish Only - Reg. $4.25 - $3.00
Dinner includes roll with butter and cole slaw
We had the 2 pc. Haddock Fish & Chips and as usual it was delicious.

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One of our favourite restaurants for seafood is RED LOBSTER. We go there for lunch once a month. We always order the same thing. Hans has the Lunch Create-a-Sample for $8.25. You have the choice between Garlic shrimp Scampi, Fish - fried or broiled., Chicken Fingers, Fried Shrimp, Bay Scallops - broiled or fried & Fried Clam Strips. I always have the Fried Fish at $6.50 which gives you 3 generous portions of fish, your choice of sides and mixed vegetables. Choice of sides are: seasoned french fries, mashed potato, baked potato with or without sour cream & butter, cole slaw, mixed vegetables. For $1.79 extra you can have the Caesar salad or Garden Salad with your choice of dressing. Another extra served at Red Lobster are baskets of garlic buns which are delicious especially when they're hot out of the oven. Lunches are always served in a timely matter as many business people come here on their lunch hour and they do have guaranteed quick service or you do not pay for your meal. Is that great or what!
Of course dinner is also served after 4 p.m.

Updates: March 4, 2010
Create-a-Sample is now $9.50
Caesar / Garden Salad is now $2.25 Extra
My fried Fish and Chips dinner is now $7.99

Updates: November 25, 2010
Create-a-Sample is now $9.75 ( with two very skimpy pieces of fish)
My fried Fish and Chips dinner is no longer on the Menu (sigh)

While the decor leaves much to be desired, the food more than makes up for it. The price is unbeatable anywhere else in Windsor for the amount of food you get. You could get an appetizer, an entree and a drink for less than $15 per person. They also have a liquor license that some of the other places don't have. The owner, who is also the cook, always remembers your name and what you like to order. I like the mom and pop feel of the place and the food is very authentic. Not the Canadianized or fusion style food of other places claiming to be Vietnamese. This place serves exactly what is eaten in Vietnam.

Favorite Dish: I've tried almost everything on the menu, that's how much I love this place. My favourites if I had to choose would be the large and extra crispy spring rolls for an appetizer. You get four 6/7 inch long deep fried spring rolls for only $6. For an entree, it's a toss up between the classic Pho Dac Biet (Beef noodle soup special) with loads of thinly sliced beef brisket and other assorted meats, and the Vermicelli noodles which comes with lettuce, cucumber and bean sprouts under a bed of warm vermicelli noodles topped with your choice of bbq beef or pork and a spring roll and crushed, roasted peanuts. Both entreess are less than $10 each.

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Pros: it's the best Sushi that we have seen in Windsor...
The menu is great with many options but not overloaded.

Cocs: the quality and size of food decrease over time.

Favorite Dish: They have special combination for take out - 16 pc (Chef choice) 16 CAD, 100 pc. - 90 CAD

I would not be exaggerating if I told you that in the more populated sections of Ontario that there is a Tim Horton's at least every kilometer, if you put in a search radius of 5km from Windsor onto their website it comes up with 27 options!!!

Favorite Dish: On our 1st morning in Canada, we started out on a search for butter tarts but gave up trying to find a bakery and stopped at Tim Horton's for some donuts. Now I don't want to offend my Canucky friends as they surely must love Timmy's with the vast number of the stores but a lot of the donuts are like the equivalent to the US brand of Dunkin' Donuts-mass produced, a little chemically tasting. Don't even think about trying to buy them and have them for the next day, they will already taste stale. But there are a couple types that are worth the stop, I especially liked the caramel apple fritters with the gooey caramel that comes oozing out when you bite into it. And the maple frosted custard ones aren't bad either. But the rest? Just like Dunkin' Donuts and I don't mean that as a compliment.