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# October 29, 2010
- URL: https://www.drewshannon.net/post-1431921042/
- Published: 2010-10-29T07:39:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-12T15:36:33.000Z
- Author: Drew Shannon
- Tags: #import-tumblr-2026-08-27, link

> In this city, a much-heralded emblem of industrial-age decline, and home to a cripplingly bad economy, a troubled school system, racial segregation and sometimes unheeded crime, there is one place where most everyone — black, white, poor, rich, urban, not — will invariably recommend you eat: Slows Bar B Q.  
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> — [Slows Bar-B-Q in Detroit Has Renewal on the Menu - NYTimes.com](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/20/dining/20Detroit.html?pagewanted=1&%5Fr=1&sq=slow%20bbq&st=cse&scp=1&ref=drewshannon.net)

I have a slight man-crush on Phillip Cooley. Would love to meet that guy some day. Really inspiring story about Detroit’s renewal.