Are there any pool halls like this left in Detroit/Metro Detroit?

[BRAZZMAN]

Another excerpt from "The Hustler" script;

... in that cheap, crummy poolroom ... Now,
why'd I do it, Sarah? Why'd I do it? I coulda
beat that guy, I coulda beat him cold. He
never woulda known. But I just had to show 'em,
I just had to show those creeps and those punks
what the game is like when it's great, when
it's really great. You know, like anything can
be great -- anything can be great ... I don't
care, bricklaying can be great. If a guy
knows. If he knows what he's doing and why, and
if he can make it come off. I mean, when I'm
goin' -- when I'm really goin' -- I feel
like...
[[beat)
... like a jockey must feel. He's sittin'
on his horse, he's got all that speed and that
power underneath him, he's comin' into the
stretch, the pressure's on him -- and he
knows -- just feels -- when to let it go, and
how much. 'Cause he's got everything workin'
for him -- timing, touch. It's a great feeling,
boy, it's a real great feeling when you're
right, and you know you're right. It's like all
of a sudden I got oil in my arm. Pool cue's
part of me. You know, it's a -- pool cue's got
nerves in it. It's a piece of wood -- it's got
nerves in it. You feel the roll of those balls.
You don't have to look. You just know. Ya make
shots that nobody's ever made before. And you
play that game the way nobody's ever played it
before.

[BRAZZMAN]

Here's one I didn't mention. It's next to Hope's Fish & Chips on Joy Rd. betwn. Middlebelt and Inkster. Some of the tables are a little threadbare but still a good old time pool hall.
http://www.therackmi.com/

[donpablo]

Anyone rememer the one on the NW corner of 9 and greenfield? I cant remember the name but it was an old school place with plenty of hustlers

[wilderness]

In the 60's and on either Larned or Congress, and just east of Woodward, there was a hall, where on the 2nd floor.

Seem to recall at one time there was also a hall in the old Greyhound Bus Depot.

Harry's in Dearborn Heights [[long gone), VanBorn and Telegraph was good-sized hall.

Thunderbowl in Allen Park, may still have a hall upstairs and on the south-end of the building. The place was quite busy even into the late-70's.

Not many speak of "snooker" any more.

[BRAZZMAN]

Here's one I didn't mention. It's next to Hope's Fish & Chips on Joy Rd. betwn. Middlebelt and Inkster. Some of the tables are a little threadbare but still a good old time pool hall.
http://www.therackmi.com/

I revisited this place last week. The sign "The Rack" is still on the pole and the building on Joy Rd between Middlebelt & Inkster. But it's changed hands and is now called - get ready - "The Velvet Rail". The place is still the same as far as I could tell in the 30 mins I was there. The better news is that all the tables have been resurfaced and new lighting installed. Before 5pm the rates are $5 hour for 2 players. Will get more info on this when I go on Wed.
The web site is terrible http://thevelvetrail.com/ Tries to appeal to "family fun" but I saw the same old - timers shootin' snooker and playing cards.