Yes. Both the Sugar House on Michigan Ave. and the Oakland on 9 Mile in Ferndale are named after Purple Gang. I wrote an article on both several months ago, and interviewed the operators of both bars. The article is no longer online, but it said: The Sugar House and the Oakland, while owned and operated completely independent from one another, are both named after the Oakland Sugar House, a speakeasy Detroit's Purple Gang used during prohibition. [[The Detroit News)
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