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This might be a really, really dumb and oddly specific question.....
We're travelling to Toronto this weekend. It's an 8+ hour drive not including stops... we've made the drive many times but that was pre-children. Now with an 11 month old and a 5 year old, we're considering splitting up the drive and spending a night in the Detroit area. When researching Airbnb/hotels, it seems Windsor has much nicer Airbnb options than the Detroit area. So here's the question. We love the food in Dearborn, MI. Are we allowed to pick up food a restaurant in Dearborn, and transport it across the border and into Windsor? Would prefer to eat at the airbnb as opposed to at the restaurant.
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As far as I know food for personal consumption is fine. Fruits and veggies may cause issues but as long as you are honest with the border guard I don't see any issues coming up. Likely the worst case is a lost meal.
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Just stay in Detroit and enjoy the food. Seriously the best Middle Eastern food. Besides why go to Canada? I went to Montreal once and was seriously unimpressed. Would not go back. I hear Toronto may be better.
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The end destination is Toronto so kind of have to go to Canada to get to Toronto....
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Fried chicken doesn't travel well. Just sayin
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Middle Eastern food does though
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What on earth are you saying?!
You’ve never had cold fried chicken? It’s great. https://www.southernkitchen.com/stor...od/8063513002/ |
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Even if it could be accepted that Montreal might not have been a great experience for them, it would be like saying a tourist visited Houston and thought it kind of sucked, so why would they ever visit the US again?
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Been to Montreal couple of times, i can imagine it would be a little strange to some Americans as I thought I was in France in some instances lol you either like it or it doesn't agree with you but knowing a little French makes it more enjoyable.
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I believe cooked food isn't a problem.
It's more of a raw fruits and veggies/plants kind of thing they look out for. Is that the only time you ever left your small town?
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Hopefully the Canada border crossing is not as bad as the immigration process at Toronto Pearson airport lol...or frankly anything to do with that airport including any sort of transit.
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That being said every time we HAVE gone to Toronto we've done nothing but visit family. So haven't really gotten a chance to see much of the city. May also check out Niagara falls. Last time I was there I was a child fresh off the boat who could barely speak english.
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We've had much better luck crossing over in Sarnia. People seem to be much nicer up there.
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So from that angle I can sort of understand if someone wanted to go visit a different city while living in the Midwest - Toronto might feel like a "different" option simply because it's in Canada. Not that it's ever compelled us to go visit as proper tourists I do want to visit Montreal and Quebec City.... one day....
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