INSIDER. IT’S A FREE MEMBERSHIP THAT’S LOADED WITH PERKS YOU CAN SIGN UP NOW AT CLICKONDETROIT’S
MICHELLE WELL THIS WEEKEND. ONE
EVENT WILL BRING TOGETHER SOME
OF THE AREA’S TOP RESTAURANTS,
SOME OF MICHIGAN’S AWARD WINNING
WINES AND SPIRITS AND SOME OF
THE TOP PERFORMERS FROM
SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. IT’S OUR
DETROIT MAGAZINES, FOOD AND WINE
SHOW, PRESENTED BY VISIT TO
DROIT AND JOINING US TODAY TO
TELL US ALL ABOUT IT ARE NICK
BRIT SKI WITH OUR DETROIT AND WE
HAVE BRITNEY TILLMAN HERE, THE
ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER OF
SMITH AND CO. GOOD MORNING, GUYS
. MORNING HOW ARE YOU? I’M DOING
WELL, YOU BROUGHT FOOD. YOU
BROUGHT WINE. YOU BROUGHT OTHER
THINGS. I’M VERY EXCITED. SO
LET’S GET INTO IT. TELL US A
LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE EVENT
. NICK. WHAT CAN PEOPLE EXPECT?
ABSOLUTELY SO THIS IS OUR
DETROIT’S FOOD AND WINE SHOW
PRESENTED BY VISIT DETROIT. AND
THERE’S OVER. 150 WINE, SPIRITS
, BEERS, ALL SORTS OF THINGS TO
SAMPLE. SO ANYTHING YOU WANT TO
DRINK. YOU CAN DRINK THAT. AND
EVEN IF YOU LIKE NON ALCOHOLIC
STUFF, THERE IS FARGO. THERE’S
ALL SORTS OF GREAT THINGS THERE,
SO EVERYONE IS TAKEN CARE OF.
BUT THEN THERE’S OVER 50
PROVIDERS FOR FOOD AND FOOD
PURVEYORS, SO YOU CAN SAMPLE ALL
SORTS OF THINGS. WE HAVE A
COUPLE EXAMPLES THAT WE BROUGHT
RIGHT HERE. ONE OF OUR LOVELY
SPONSORS RIVER TOWN, MEIJER THEY
HAVE THIS GREAT SPREAD FOR
MAMA’S. WE HAVE SMITH AND CO.
WHO’S GOING TO BE DOING SOME
GREAT STUFF. AND THEN BATCH AND
BOTTLE HAS MADE US THESE AMAZING
PRE MADE COCKTAILS AND THEIR
HIGH PROOF SO THEY’RE VERY
TASTY. VERY NICE. VERY NICE.
ALRIGHT SO BRITTANY, AS WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT SMITH AND CO IS
GOING TO BE ONE OF THE
RESTAURANTS. CAN YOU WALK US
THROUGH SOME OF THE DISHES YOU
BROUGHT IN RIGHT HERE? WE HAVE
OUR WHITE BEING PARADE, WHICH
HAS MADE WITH MICHIGAN WHITE
BEANS, OLIVE OIL. WE HAVE A AM
JAM. AND UM, MADE WITH US,
AVALON. SORRY DO BREAD AND THEN
OVER HERE WE HAVE OUR SALMAN
SPREAD WITH HER HAS SALMAN POP
AND I P A DEAL IN OUR CRISPY
CRACKERS. ARE THESE DISHES
SPECIAL FOR THE EVENT? I BELIEVE
I HAD THAT ONE RECENTLY. THESE
ARE GOING TO BE SERVED AT THE
EVENT, BUT YOU CAN ALSO GET
THESE IN OUR RESTAURANT RECENTLY
REOPENED IN DECEMBER. TELL US
ABOUT THAT. YES. SO WE ARE A, UM
, BAR AND BREWPUB WITH A FOCUS
ON NEW AMERICAN FOOD OF CROWD.
COCKTAILS AND BREWERY. WE ARE
THE EXCLUSIVE SERVERS OF NERO’S
BEER. YEAH NO NAME RICH BEER.
YEAH THAT’S RIGHT. NEXT DOOR,
THE BREWERY BEHIND OUR COURTYARD
AND SPEAKING OF BREWERY AND
DRINKS AND ALCOHOL. CAN YOU WALK
US THROUGH SOME OF THE DRINKS
THAT YOU HAVE YOU MENTIONED
COCKTAILS. SO THESE ARE FROM OUR
FRIENDS AT WILLIAM GRANT AND
SONS. THEY HAD THIS GREAT
PRODUCT LINE OF SCOTCH, MORE
SCOTCH, GIN AND VODKA. BUT IF
YOU WANT TO TRY THE COSMO, THIS
IS ACTUALLY FROM RICKY. A VODKA.
AND THESE ARE PRE BATCH. YOU CAN
JUST KIND OF. POUR THEM IN YOUR
GLASS AND GO. CHEERS CHEERS
ALREADY TOOK A STEP. BUT I’LL
TAKE. MM BUT YOU HAVE THAT GREAT
COLOR AND LIKE THAT HAS SOME
PROOF TO IT. THAT’S YOU. YOU
COULD LIMIT TO ONE AND THAT’S
THE THING SO THERE ARE 25% SO IF
YOU THINK OF LIKE A SPARKLING
LIKE A WHITE CLAW, WHICH IS LIKE
5% THIS IS FIVE TIMES THAT. YEAH
IT’S DEFINITELY MORE POWERFUL
THAT, BUT IT’S NICE AND IT’S
LIGHT. AND YOU’RE NOT GETTING
THAT, LIKE ALCOHOL BURN SMACKING
YOU IN THE FACE. SO IT’S WELL
MIXED MIXED COCKTAILS WITH ARI
HAS A LITTLE BIT OF DELUSION. ON
TOP OF THAT. THERE’S ALSO SOME
GREAT ENTERTAINMENT, SO WE HAVE
A STAGE GOING. WE HAVE SKY
COVINGTON’S BERETTA INTERNET
DAVIS ON SATURDAY. SUNDAY WE
HAVE NEW CLASSIC OF FAMILY
TRADITION BAND AND 50 AMP FUSE.
AWESOME AND THEN DID YOU ALSO
HAVE SOME WINE WITH US TODAY OR
IS THAT JUST DIDN’T BRING WINE?
YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE EVENT TO
GET THE WINE. THIS IS A TEASER.
YES I SEE. I SEE HOW IT WORKS.
HOW CAN PEOPLE GET TICKETS AND
FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION?
ABSOLUTELY. SO IF YOU’VE GOT AN
HOUR TO TRADE .COM, IT’S ALL
OVER THE PLACE THERE. YOU CAN
GET THE EVENT LINK WHERE TICKETS
ARE FOR SALE ON EVENTBRITE.
THEY’RE $50 THAT GETS YOU FOOD
AND SOME OF THE DRINKS AND IT’S
JUST A GREAT WAY TO SPEND A
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. NO YEAH,
DEFINITELY. DO. YOU ALSO PAIR
THE DRINKS WITH THE FOOD THERE
LIKE DO THEY HAVE? YOU KNOW, I
WOULD SAY YOU GO AROUND AND YOU
GRAB YOURSELF SOME SMITH AND CO
YOU GRAB YOURSELF SOME MATCHING
BOTTLE. YOU MAKE YOUR OWN
PARENTS THAT AND BRITNEY, CAN
YOU TELL US JUST A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT SMITH AND CO. WHERE YOU’RE
LOCATED AND HOW PEOPLE CAN FIND
OUT MORE INFORMATION. WE ARE
LOCATED 644, OR SAUDI STREET.
MIDTOWN DETROIT. YOU CAN FIND
US. YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
SMITH. DETROIT .COM. YOU CAN
ALSO FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM AT
SMITH AND CO. DETROIT HAPPENING
LITTLE AREA. THERE’S A LOT OF
RESTAURANTS IT IS WELL, THANK
YOU GUYS. SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE