Detroit Shot and beer bars

[slick]

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/2...r-going-strong

Great article on the every corner bar. Dont think I was ever at Abicks. Being an eastsider, I can name a few, a vanishing breed. The bars not the eastsiders.

Grew up in Poletown, now a Cadillac plant. Delivered newspapers to a few.
Tippin Inn, Ford Service drive and Ellery,
Anna's Ford service drive and Elmwood,
Melody Inn, Piquette and Mitchell
Poppy bar, McDougal and Farnsworth
Nicks, Ferry and Moran

These were from when I was a kid, did not drink beer in these establishments.
Most of my drinking was in Hamtramck
Mr. Joe's Bar,

[Detroitnerd]

A few more in this piece, and readers debate some of the picks.

http://metrotimes.com/news/story.asp?id=14160

[Fury13]

I have been to Abick's a few times. It is a truly great old-time corner bar with real atmosphere. A friendly place [[and Manya is as pleasant as portrayed in the article). Highly recommended.

[Fury13]

I miss the Arcade Bar.

[East Detroit]

I remember the Essex Inn.

[Homer]

Abick's is a great place. I can vouch for that.

[pgn421]

Been to Abicks once. Very nice. Am going back soon

[12468_laing]

Best shot and beer bar on my side of town - eastside - was Dex Walter's. Great neighborhood bar, "where everyone knows your name"

[Fury13]

Best shot and beer bar on my side of town - eastside - was Dex Walter's. Great neighborhood bar, "where everyone knows your name"

Enough with the nostalgia. What's a good eastside bar NOW? I liked Your Place Lounge and JY's, but both are closed.

What's left on East Warren and in that area near Harper and Cadieux? The High Noon? First Place? Elam's?

[Downriviera]

I really miss the Kress Lounge on Michigan.

[jackie5275]

I really miss the Kress Lounge on Michigan.

Me too-went there more than a few times with my dad.

[slick]

Fury13,

7 VO bar was/is on 7 Mile just East of Schoenner.

A Boomba is just a large draft beer, usually a rounded shape glass.
about the size of a small fish bowl would be OK.

[izzyindetroit]

Enough with the nostalgia. What's a good eastside bar NOW?

I have had some good nights at the East Bar on Mack just east of Alter. Get the homemade tacos. They are cheap and super delicious!

[detrola]

K-Andy on W.Vernor in SWD was a favorite of mine. They had a great shuffle board table and every year Mike F put on a really nice St. Pat's party. K-Andy was the only neighborhood bar I felt at home in.

[TR Anderson]

I liked Your Place Lounge and JY's, but both are closed.

Your Place used to be Bob and Cy's and Pete's Bar was in the little brick building on the corner of E Warren and University. This was back in the 60's to early 70's.

[softailrider]

Your Place used to be Bob and Cy's and Pete's Bar was in the little brick building on the corner of E Warren and University. This was back in the 60's to early 70's.

If I remember correctly, Your Place was still there well into the 1980’s.

[TR Anderson]

If I remember correctly, Your Place was still there well into the 1980’s.

I believe Your Place was still there into the 90's. I never knew "Boomba" was Polish for Goblet of Beer, but I remember they always came in heavy goblets. I recall getting a Shell, which was a small 10 or 12 oz glass, and a Schooper was a big mug of beer.

I also remember a lot of the smaller breweries back in the day = Pfieffer, Hamm's, Drewery's, Blatz, Heilmann's, Schafer's, Carling, etc. Now your choices are Bud Light or some skanky craft beers that are flavored with citrus, cherries, or old socks.

[GPCharles]

We always called Pete's the "No-Name Bar" because the neon sign out front was broken and only said "Bar."

[Detroit Jazz]

I don’t know if you are still active here but I am curious about Dex Walter’s. I remember it had a piano bar. Do you know anything about who played there? I am a professional player currently at the Caucus Club and I just can’t imagine a piano bar in such a small room in the middle of a neighborhood. I wish I could have experienced the place but I was too young at that time.

[EastsideAl]

I don’t know if you are still active here but I am curious about Dex Walter’s. I remember it had a piano bar. Do you know anything about who played there? I am a professional player currently at the Caucus Club and I just can’t imagine a piano bar in such a small room in the middle of a neighborhood. I wish I could have experienced the place but I was too young at that time.

I'm not the person who posted about it originally, but I remember Dex Walter's because my grandmother and step-grandfather used to live a few blocks away in the '70s and '80s and would go there regularly to play euchre. I was in there a few times with them. One of the old guys who was involved in running the place would occasionally play the piano and sing a song or two. I can think of a number of old east side bars that had pianos and even piano bars, although they had mostly gone out of use by the '70s. There used to be a lot of live music all over the area back then.

Marge's, not all that far away on Mack, and about the same size as Dex's was, still has live jazz a couple of nights a month.

[ronaldj]

Dex Walter's now Touch of Class Lounge. Pretty sure of the name. Pretty sure it is closed.

[Eric_c]

Yeah, Abick's is pretty much 'The Shit'. Manya and her grandson Eric are on my speed-dial!

Great place for darts, plus Grandma Manya will usually always have some type of crockpot fair, particularly in colder weather.

A wonderful, old-school bar that truly is 'all that'.

[EastsideAl]

Eastside? Texas, Marshall's, Marge's [[well, I guess that's actually in GPP).

[reddog289]

My new favorite shot and a beer Bar is Flanagans Pub in Wayne. I have had their burgers they will do and pretty much all I ever get is bottles of High Life except when the daughter is with me then we do shots.
Worst thing about this site is that I find too many Bars I wanna hit, Yet I gotta find my way home.

[Fury13]

Eastside? Texas, Marshall's, Marge's [[well, I guess that's actually in GPP).

Ah yes, the Texas Bar. A strange place in a desolate spot. Huge inside too, and usually only two or three people in there.