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Old Car Festival, Then Birmingham Does It Right

Greenfield Village fills with pre-1933 automobiles for the 75th Old Car Festival, engines idling under September sun while you wander the grounds all afternoon. Wind down with a beer at Dearborn's own biergarten before the short drive to Birmingham for steaks at Fleming's, the kind of dinner that earns a reservation.

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Coffee · $45–75Sun, Sep 13

Dearborn After Dark: Textiles, Then a Beer Garden

Avalon pulls espresso shots at the counter before the drive out to Dearborn, where the Fabric of America show turns fashion and machinery into the same story. The Biergarten closes the night with pretzels and a long table under string lights.

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Live Music · $55–85Mon, Sep 14

Bert's Ribs, Then the Biergarten's Long Table

Bert's has had a house band playing soul and blues over ribs since before Eastern Market got trendy, and it's exactly the kind of loud-but-not-too-loud room where a conversation can survive the music. From there it's a short hop to Dearborn's Biergarten, where the picnic tables and steins slow everything down for the part of the night that's actually about talking.

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Group-friendly · $55–110Thu, Sep 17

Dearborn Beer Garden, Then Steakhouse in Birmingham

The Biergarten's got picnic tables and cold pours out in the open air, the kind of low-key start that lets a group actually talk before the real meal. Fleming's closes it out with white tablecloths and a proper steak, worth the short drive north.

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