YOU ARE A REAL DETROITER IF:

You know how to pronounce Gratiot, Schoenherr, Livernois, Lahser and Cadieux.

You remember what Devil’s Night used to be.

If someone told you it’s on Outer Drive, you knew to consult a map first.

You ordered a Swamp Water (a mixture of Coke and Squirt) at the Raven Gallery.

You've ended up at a Time, Clock or Ram's Horn restaurant after the bars closed.

You knew who Teegarden and Van Winkle were.

You know what it means if someone tells you to "hit 8 Mile."

You vividly recall the mineral bath smell (rotten eggs) when you drove through Mt. Clemens .

You remember Dick Purtan, now on WOMC-FM 104.3, on WKNR-AM (1965-67), WXYZ-AM (1968-78) and CKLW-AM (1978-83).

You attended a wedding reception or a banquet at Roma Hall.

You got your car repainted at Earl Scheib's "I'll paint any car, any color, $29.95!"

You thought driving to Troy was going "out to the country."

Your tour of the Stroh's Brewery ("From one beer lover to another, Stroh's beer") included a sandwich, a beer and a souvenir glass.

You remember the Gold Cup and Silver Cup Races, and seeing the people line up along the Detroit River near Belle Isle to watch the annual hydroplane races with "Miss Budweiser,"  "Miss Madison” and “Atlas Van Lines”.

You danced under the mirror ball or saw The Who or Janis Joplin at the Grande Ballroom. And you know that owner Russ Gibb brought all of the psychedelic and power rock bands there in the late 60's/early 70's.

You sometimes wonder what happened to Jimmy Hoffa.

You remember trying to decide which downtown side-by-side restaurant to eat at, Lafayette or American Coney Island.

You had a reverb unit installed in your car at Mickey Shorr’s or Crazy Jack’s (a. k. a Michigan Mobile Radio or MMR) on Livernois.

You remember Detroit wrestlers Dick the Bruiser, Bobo Brazil,Leaping Larry Chene, Wild Bull Curry, Ernie ‘The Cat’ Ladd, Lord Athol Layton, Edward ‘The Sheik’ Farhat, Fritz Von Erich, George ‘The Animal’Steele and Johnny Valentine.

You ‘parked’ at Belle Isle, either to watch the color-changing waterfall or the submarine races – depending on how old you were and who you were with!

You remember the J. L. Hudson Co. (known to us as just ’ Hudson’s’)building on Woodward Ave that occupied an entire city block.

You ordered Cold Duck at the Ponchartrain Wine Cellars (the restaurant/bar where it was invented) and enjoyed a frog leg dinner.

Cunningham Drug Stores soda fountain and their raspberry phosphate.

You went to Sock Hops at Notre Dame high school on a Friday night where you heard Stevie Wonder, Bob Seger and the Last Herd, or the Rationals.

You remember the Crow’s Nest, Sindbad’s and the Raven Gallery.

You remember a Winkleman's store in your neighborhood.

You remember Olympia Stadium.

You know that Kresge's and Woolworth's are "DIME STORES."

You know who Sonny Elliot is. Do you remember him using the chalk on a map of Michigan?

You know what a Boston Cooler is and that it's not named after the city back east.

You drank hot Vernor's when you were ill.

You remember local bands like SRC, the Rational, Katzanjammer, Third Power, Brownsville Station, Frigid Pink, MC5,  and Savage Grace. 

You remember when Eastland, Wonderland and Northland were open malls.

If half the change in your pocket is Canadian....eh?

You know how to play (and pronounce) Euchre.

You know how to pronounce "Mackinac."

You bake with SODA and drink POP.

Your year has two seasons: Winter and Construction.

You know when it has rained because of the smell of worms.

Your idea of a seven-course meal is a six-pack and a bucket of smelt.

You know Big Beaver is a road, not something you eat.

You know how to spell and pronounce Hamtramck and you know what nationality lives there.

You would remember Piper's Alley in Grosse Pointe. One of the first trendy restaurants.

If you remember Blackburn Sporting Goods on Michigan Ave. The only place you could buy Addidas shoes.

If you know what a Cake Eater is.

You know that Little Caesars's Hungry Howie's and Domino's all started in the Detroit area.

If you know what a Chinese Firedrill is. (See Youtube video in 1970 Flashback).

If you remember what the Sabre Lancer was and where it was located.

If you ate at these restaurants Larco's, Golden Mushroom, Pointe BBQ, Buscemi's, Club 500, Dimitri's, Jim's Garage, Joe Muers, Fogcutter, Sindbad's or Blazo's, and the Great Dane.

If you knew which house band from the late 60's to the mid 70's were made up of 5 guys by the name of, Dave, Chris, Angelo, Dennis and Gary.