Don’t expect a large menu, but for good reason. Simple, breakfast includes ham, ham sandwich, and a pea soup. Cash only, leave those cards at home. Staple is the ham sandwich with mustard, cheese, and pickles, served on a large roll, the sandwich comes in over a pound. Too much for one person. It fed my wife and I. Don’t expect small shaved “deli ham” but large bone in chunks cut right in front of you. In a small white building all alone, don’t sleep on this simple ham sandwich.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Famous Ham Sandwich
Fran Gonrodz
I love their soup (Split pea)! I wish they would update the time. I went there today and the door was locked.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Al H.
Detroit is certainly having a Renaissance, particularly down town. As you get out to the hinterlands, well maybe a little less. But a cities renaissance sometimes clear cuts iconic joints that no longer.....fit. Mikes has been on Michigan Ave for 50 years. Far enough out, Mikes hasn't been gentrified out of business or wrecked by hipsters. There wasn't a Bird scooter in sight! But there's not much in sight at all for that matter. Call it Corktown adjacent. Unsurprisingly Mikes Famous sells.....get ready for it, ham. And that's about it. This retro time warp gem is an old school place that does one thing and does it well. Ham and eggs, ham sandwich, split pea soup, with ham nach, and navy bean with ..ham. Think the Saturday Night Live, cheeseburger, cheeseburger sketch with ham. 5 stools, a like amount of chairs facing the window a counter and prep area back, and that's it. A steady stream of take out customers left with Sandwiches and quarts of soup. They must have gotten a tip on a famine. Now the food. Sandwiches are huge, I had a small and it was still huge. Soups were very good, I was able to sample both. Mike himself held court slicing ham like a maistro. And he brought out a fresh ham that they cook on site as I was sitting there. The ham was fresh carved, juicy, served on a fresh kaiser roll with pickles and a slice of cheese. Washed down with a Coke, it was ham-tastic! $16 later I was done and out the door. Not cheap but nothing great is. Oh and that $16, cash on the barrel head only. The register is so old it only rings a max of $5 so the register sings like a slot machine paying off if a large order is rung up, in $5 intervals! Remember no cards, and no ATM so come prepared. So go to the edge of the D for a great piece of food history. Mike is the man with a plan for ham. Hot damn! Mikes. Go!
Anita Heaton -sherling
Best ham place in the state!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
William Bartley
The best ham sandwich and split pea soup around. Excellent service and friendly owners. Do not miss this place before it closes later in 2024!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Split Pea Soup Regular Ham Sandwich
Patrick G.
I travel to this side of town a few times a year. When I do, it's always a treat to sit at the linoleum counter, have a ham sandwich and a coke and follow it up with a slab of cherry pie. The ham is sliced thick. A small nosh of ham is artfully tooth-picked to the top of the poppy-seeded bun. Be sure to order it with mustard, cheese and pickles! Yesterday, there was a steady flow of people coming in for a brimming bowl (and I mean brimming!) of old-fashioned pea soup, a sannie or one of their huge breakfast plates of ham, toast and eggs. I usually sit at the counter, close to the guy carving the meat and watch him crafting sandwiches. You can appreciate the aged ambiance of Detroit history in this place. It's a simple, neighborhood, elbows-on-the-table, breakfast/lunch shop. Americana at its best. This is the way your father and grandfather used to like their food. Yes, it's a $15.00 sandwich but once it's plated in front of you, it's worth it!
Andrew D.
Mike has some good ass Ham. It's only ham but damn!! How'd he get that hame to taste so good. I'll be back.
Yul Green
Best ham sandwiches in Michigan these guyshave really good ham right off the bone. Spilt Pea and Bean Soups great also.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
SL2 King
Best ham sandwich I think I ever
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Full Ham Sandwich
Jeff Gulian
This establishment has a long history of making great split pea soup and ham sandwiches. It's truly a walk back in time.Mike remembered my father (he's 89) by name. It made his day!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Split Pea Soup Regular Ham Sandwich
Great little diner that serves HEAPING portions of Ham on their sandwiches and plates. The breakfast plate looked like a flower with huge ham petals & an eggy center. Definitely show these guys some love!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Ham Eggs and Toast
Latina Alexander
They know their customers most of them personally who've been coming there for years. The food is good reasonable price.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Ham Eggs and Toast, Full Ham Sandwich, Bean & Ham Soup, Split Pea Soup Regular Ham Sandwich
Le Ellis
Owners are great.Ham is always good.Tried breakfast and it was cook very well.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Ham Eggs and Toast, Full Ham Sandwich
Andrea Jones
Love the bean
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jeff S.
Truly a gem in Detroit. Simple menu... ham sandwiches and soup. That's it. The ham was hot off the bone. Bread was fresh. Bean soup was hearty and delicious. My wife wanted mayo on her sandwich. Nope, mustard only. (Reminded me of the old Saturday Night Live cheeburger skit, if you're of a certain age.) Anyway, nice people. Good food.
Don’t expect a large menu, but for good reason. Simple, breakfast includes ham, ham sandwich, and a pea soup. Cash only, leave those cards at home. Staple is the ham sandwich with mustard, cheese, and pickles, served on a large roll, the sandwich comes in over a pound. Too much for one person. It fed my wife and I. Don’t expect small shaved “deli ham” but large bone in chunks cut right in front of you. In a small white building all alone, don’t sleep on this simple ham sandwich.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Famous Ham Sandwich
I love their soup (Split pea)! I wish they would update the time. I went there today and the door was locked.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Detroit is certainly having a Renaissance, particularly down town. As you get out to the hinterlands, well maybe a little less. But a cities renaissance sometimes clear cuts iconic joints that no longer.....fit. Mikes has been on Michigan Ave for 50 years. Far enough out, Mikes hasn't been gentrified out of business or wrecked by hipsters. There wasn't a Bird scooter in sight! But there's not much in sight at all for that matter. Call it Corktown adjacent. Unsurprisingly Mikes Famous sells.....get ready for it, ham. And that's about it. This retro time warp gem is an old school place that does one thing and does it well. Ham and eggs, ham sandwich, split pea soup, with ham nach, and navy bean with ..ham. Think the Saturday Night Live, cheeseburger, cheeseburger sketch with ham. 5 stools, a like amount of chairs facing the window a counter and prep area back, and that's it. A steady stream of take out customers left with Sandwiches and quarts of soup. They must have gotten a tip on a famine. Now the food. Sandwiches are huge, I had a small and it was still huge. Soups were very good, I was able to sample both. Mike himself held court slicing ham like a maistro. And he brought out a fresh ham that they cook on site as I was sitting there. The ham was fresh carved, juicy, served on a fresh kaiser roll with pickles and a slice of cheese. Washed down with a Coke, it was ham-tastic! $16 later I was done and out the door. Not cheap but nothing great is. Oh and that $16, cash on the barrel head only. The register is so old it only rings a max of $5 so the register sings like a slot machine paying off if a large order is rung up, in $5 intervals! Remember no cards, and no ATM so come prepared. So go to the edge of the D for a great piece of food history. Mike is the man with a plan for ham. Hot damn! Mikes. Go!
Best ham place in the state!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The best ham sandwich and split pea soup around. Excellent service and friendly owners. Do not miss this place before it closes later in 2024!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Split Pea Soup Regular Ham Sandwich
I travel to this side of town a few times a year. When I do, it's always a treat to sit at the linoleum counter, have a ham sandwich and a coke and follow it up with a slab of cherry pie. The ham is sliced thick. A small nosh of ham is artfully tooth-picked to the top of the poppy-seeded bun. Be sure to order it with mustard, cheese and pickles! Yesterday, there was a steady flow of people coming in for a brimming bowl (and I mean brimming!) of old-fashioned pea soup, a sannie or one of their huge breakfast plates of ham, toast and eggs. I usually sit at the counter, close to the guy carving the meat and watch him crafting sandwiches. You can appreciate the aged ambiance of Detroit history in this place. It's a simple, neighborhood, elbows-on-the-table, breakfast/lunch shop. Americana at its best. This is the way your father and grandfather used to like their food. Yes, it's a $15.00 sandwich but once it's plated in front of you, it's worth it!
Mike has some good ass Ham. It's only ham but damn!! How'd he get that hame to taste so good. I'll be back.
Best ham sandwiches in Michigan these guyshave really good ham right off the bone. Spilt Pea and Bean Soups great also.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Best ham sandwich I think I ever
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Full Ham Sandwich
This establishment has a long history of making great split pea soup and ham sandwiches. It's truly a walk back in time.Mike remembered my father (he's 89) by name. It made his day!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Split Pea Soup Regular Ham Sandwich
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Great little diner that serves HEAPING portions of Ham on their sandwiches and plates. The breakfast plate looked like a flower with huge ham petals & an eggy center. Definitely show these guys some love!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Ham Eggs and Toast
They know their customers most of them personally who've been coming there for years. The food is good reasonable price.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Ham Eggs and Toast, Full Ham Sandwich, Bean & Ham Soup, Split Pea Soup Regular Ham Sandwich
Owners are great.Ham is always good.Tried breakfast and it was cook very well.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Ham Eggs and Toast, Full Ham Sandwich
Love the bean
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Truly a gem in Detroit. Simple menu... ham sandwiches and soup. That's it. The ham was hot off the bone. Bread was fresh. Bean soup was hearty and delicious. My wife wanted mayo on her sandwich. Nope, mustard only. (Reminded me of the old Saturday Night Live cheeburger skit, if you're of a certain age.) Anyway, nice people. Good food.