EAT: Mudgie’s

      For five months now, Mudgie’s Deli in southwest Detroit has been building a cult following. Mudgie’s not only uses the freshest ingredients culled from the best local suppliers (Eastern Market, Honey Bee Market and Calder Bros. Dairy to name a few), but it officially has the coolest name. Try saying it out loud. Fun, huh?
      The sandwich names come from owner Greg Mudge’s friends and family, and each dish takes on a unique personality, too. Our publisher Jennifer’s favorite sandwich, the Madill ($8.25), is the jock of the menu, featuring layers of fresh roasted turkey, applewood-smoked bacon, sliced avocado, homemade garlic mayo and melted pepper jack cheese served on a sub bun. The Ivey ($7.25) is a little daintier, taking the deli’s famous spinach spread and turning it into a fun veggie sandwich with alfalfa sprouts, Havarti cheese and avocado.
      Save room for the Fudgie Mudgie ($5.50), which will zip you off to chocolate heaven. A fresh chocolate brownie is grilled on a waffle iron and piled with Sanders hot fudge, Calder’s vanilla ice cream, whipped cream and walnuts. To wash it all down, try a Mexican-imported Coke, which uses real cane sugar (not corn syrup, as here in the States) and comes in a retro glass bottle.