I'm not big on lists, but I have read a few lists lately of the best bars in America, both in Esquire and Playboy. Cliff Bells in Detroit made the Playboy list, and I would highly agree. I'm going to list a few in Detroit that I find particularly wonderful and throw the question to you, dear reader. Favorite bars? What makes a bar a great bar?
The Park Bar -- Detroit: great drinks, cool food service (hot dogs and Hungarian food are available right next door and you place your order on a checklist of what you do and don't want and the food appears like magic! If only all of life were this simple.)
Cliff Bells -- Detroit: great music, beautiful setting
The Emory -- Ferndale: fantastic drinks, beautiful interior, best okra and roast beef salad ever
Old Miami -- Detroit: awesome setting, great flair, cool people
Forte -- Birmingham: fantastic upscale setting, excellent food
Back soon with more suggestions and the usual nonsense . . . Happy Tuesday!
8 comments:
Ye Olde Tap Room, Detroit, beer beer beer beer beer & BEER. Free peanuts too, toss the shucks on the floor.
Does the national Coney Island count? I think some of them serve watery beer.
What? No Cadieux Cafe? No Belgium beer? No mussels? No feather bowling?
Tin Cup
I miss a bar down here called "The Red Door," which was a real dive for sure but somehow I always liked going in there. another favorite is Cooter Browns here, which is a chain I think actuall. Then there's teh Golden Lantern and the Lafitte in the Quarter. The Lafitte may be my all around favorite.
Can you explain the term "back soon" I have become dull and dimwitted in my dotage.
uuuuuummmm.... Harpos? Unless you don't care for Slayer or Cannibal Corpse, of course...
Michelle, I, like JR favor Ye Olde Tap Room. And what about Irish Coffee where you, I, Tim and the Cal have tossed back a few. And that one waitress who thought we were a pain in the asss.......
Wait.........Playboy has TEXT ?!?!?!
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