Thought you all would enjoy this:

http://detroit.curbed.com/archives/2...-bars.php#more

Detroit has been declared 2014's "Bar City of the Year" by Esquire Magazine. The honor is awarded annually annually by noted cocktail historian David Wondrich, who gives shout-outs to local favorites like Grand Trunk Pub and PJ's Lager House. "While Detroit exteriors may be forbidding, its interiors are anything but," Wondrich concludes. [[The article is not yet online, but Deadline has an excerpt)
That sounds like an excuse to grab a stool at some historic Detroit drinking establishments.