St Matthew's in Benton Harbor

St Matt's in Benton Harbor has been around since 1898.  Founded by German immigrants, Pastor Laitinen regularly offers English worship services at 9am and on the third Sunday of each month at 10:30am he leads it in German. This singular gothic looking church was built in 1920. This Wisconsin Synod Lutheran church is active in the community and offers daycare, preschool, kindergarten, a thrift store and pregnancy center.

Dakota Inn Rathskeller in Detroit

It's that Oktoberfest time of year and there is truly no better place in Detroit to celebrate it than the Dakota Inn Rathskeller on John R near 7 Mile Rd. Their live entertainment on the weekends begins at 8pm and when the going gets good there are even sing-a-longs. "Ist das nicht ein Schnitzelbank"? We started out with a platter full of wonderful smoked gouda cheese and summer sausage with crackers.  You can swill that down with all kinds of German beers including Warsteiner Pilsner and Dunkel.  Friday night the restaurant was packed --all tables reserved. They are celebrating Oktoberfest for the next 5 weekends. Make your reservations now and be sure to enjoy all that schnitzal, bratwurt, spätzle, sauerkraut, potato pancakes and strudel!  Everyone gets an opportunity to wear the chicken hats!