The Beirut Restaurant is located about four miles from the Detroit Metro Airport and features a large menu of authentic Middle-Eastern cuisine. Highlights include the kibbee, hummus and tabouleh appetizers. Other items featured include shish kabob or shish kafta entrees with your choice of meat marinated with carrots, green peppers, onions and spices. Add a juice from the restaurant's eclectic juice bar, which features beverages such as carrot and beet juice, carrot and apple juice, or strawberry, banana, apple, orange, mango and honey smoothies.
About 15 miles from the airport is Wheat & Rye, which features an array of sandwiches, soups and burgers. Try a turkey Reuben sandwich with Swiss cheese and Russian dressing topped with sauerkraut on grilled pumpernickel or the restaurant's Alamo burger, which features a 3/4-pound ground round patty with pepper cheese, hot sauce, hot seeds and jalapeno peppers on a pumpernickel bun. For a lighter meal, Wheat & Rye features minis---pint-sized sandwiches on onion rolls---but also offers steak and seafood for diners looking to fill up with a hearty meal. Be sure to ask for the daily drink and food specials when you visit.
If you are in the mood for Italian fare, Leonardo's Italian Grille is about 15 minutes from the airport and features fresh, simple Italian food. The menu includes traditional items such as gnocchi, baked lasagna and ravioli, along with house specialties, such as seafood fettuccine, tropical tilapia and shrimp and scallop ravioli. Add a glass of wine from the restaurant's extensive wine list to complement the meal.
If Mexican food is more your taste, try Dos Pesos Mexican Restaurant in Bellville, Michigan, about 15 minutes from the airport. While there, try the Huevos Rancheros---three eggs served sunny-side up and topped with green peppers, onions, tomatoes, jalapenos and ranchero sauce---or the Seafood Ranchero---orange roughy, shrimp and tilapia sauteed with onions, green peppers, tomatoes and jalapenos in ranchero sauce. Or pick an item from the restaurant's selection of American food, which includes hamburgers, chicken wraps and chicken tenders.
