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The piano bar of Plymouth – a fun environment filled with the sounds of jazz, blues, classic pop and rock as well as great sing-a-long favorites, seven nights a week. The contemporary interior features a large window overlooking downtown Plymouth’s Kellogg Park, with sofas and love seats in the piano lounge. The bar stocks the most extensive selection of spirits in the metro-Detroit area, including over 40 brands of blended and single-malt scotches, fine wines, and over 70 specialty martinis (recipes can be viewed online at www.336main.com). Live entertainment featured seven nights a week, including cocktail hour jazz from 5-7pm Monday through Friday with the duet ‘Class Act,’ also with $1 off all beer and cocktails. Sundays and Tuesdays are bar and restaurant employee appreciation nights with music by Rob Burger and $1 off all cocktails for industry personnel. Monday nights are Jazz Jam nights with Wally Gibson – musicians are welcome to sit in. Private parties and catered events available.

Named after Archimedes, the ancient Greek mathematician, the Hyatt's lobby bar is decorated with images of Archimedes' most famous invention, the water screw. The design is even etched on the 30-foot-long art glass mural surrounding the bar and grand piano. Tables and sofas offer a slightly retro yet contemporary environment. The new 32-page bar menu lists many refreshing, creative drinks, some with mathematically themed names, as well as a variety of food items, including chips and salsa, chicken fingers, salads, sandwiches and rib eye steak. There are also two televisions for sports enthusiasts.

This east side staple has been bringing a little piece of Memphis to Macomb County for years, featuring some of the Detroit area’s best blues bands. The venerable restaurant serves a full menu of tavern fare such as steaks, pizza and burgers; lake perch is a house specialty. And live rip-roaring blues can be seen and heard every night except Monday and Thursday at the Goose.

If you're in the know about metropolitan nightlife then chances are you've heard of the Bosco, the trendy bar lurking behind frosted glass windows in downtown Ferndale. This hot spot has great music, a cool atmosphere, and often hosts a good-looking crowd of "scenesters, fashionistas, minimumwage celebrities and bibulous professional freeloaders."

Ann Arbor’s Café Felix is practically poetic. The tradition of a European café serving pastries, breads and cakes baked fresh on-site, as well as European wines, beers and liquors. They serve a full breakfast, omelets, crepes, soups, salads and tapas. Every finishing touch within the butter-colored walls is indeed, as the French say, “Au point.”

Only one of Centaur's 13 menu drinks includes any gin, James Bond be damned. Harrington's trying to lure downtown business types who want a sophisticated setting for their after-work nip, and he’s pleased that patrons are a disparate lot, both in age and ethnicity.

"Upscale cuisine and service in comfortable, supper-club setting located in historic Gem and Century building. Spacious banquet facility; theater and dinner packages available."

"Ultra Lounge" with relaxed atmosphere. Sushi Bar available Wednesday through Saturday.

Downtown Detroit's upscale hideaway on the third floor of 35 West Grandriver. A variety of music, poetry, and artistic vibes, from reggae, hiphop, and house to open mic poetry and many more special events. call 313-963-6034 for more info

The upper east sides hottest new dance club. The crowd here is relaxed and friendly. Club Fire or Ice makes it's home on the second floor of an early 20th century historical building with 22ft ceilings, hardwood floors and plenty of timeworn brick. It's a serendipitous pairing of old and new as the modern bass heavy sounds rumble through the ancient oaken timbers.

Ascending up a long staircase you first encounter Club Fire with its warm glowing eternal flames to the relaxed comfort of plush overstuffed chairs and low amoeboid tables. If your mood is geared towards a martini and quiet conversation with your guest, Club Fire is the place to seal the deal.

Feeling energetic? Step into the cavernous world of Club Ice. The floor pulsates with energy as volume pumped tracs from the hottest Top 40 dance, techno, house and booty are the predominant stylistic offerings. Featuring glowing blue ice tables in front of a 25ft long velvet couch, elevated platforms, monster sound system and two VIP lounges overlooking the spacious dance floor. Whatever your mood you will find your groove at Club Ice every Friday and Saturday night.

Club Fire or Ice deliciously caters to choice, offering two unique styles of nightlife for you to experience and enjoy.

Come party on the water at Club T'zas: Thursday are "Thirsty Thursday" with .25 cent draft beer, 18 & over welcome $1.75 Longnecks, contests and giveaways!!!!

Friday: No Cover Charge!!! $1.50 well drinks all nite. Contest and giveaways and games!

Saturday: All nite dance Party! DJ Dave plays hits from Yesterday and Today, from hip hop to rock to booty! Drink and shot specials, games, contests, and giveaways!

Popular spot for afternoon networking and late night clubbing! Located in a beautiful historic building near Greektown. Known for its magnificent bar and live entertainment. Appetizers, sandwiches, soulfood. Live jazz, R&B and top-40.

Best of Detroit 2002
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You can tell by the bottlenecked line of glimmering Jags, Beemers, Mercedes and SUVs lined up for valet parking that this is a nightspot where the Motor City’s elite come to meet. The food’s OK, but that ain’t the point; it’s the tailored clientele and top-shelf booze that really sets Flood’s apart. And when the band kicks on, the place really starts to thumpin’. Precaution: Don't wear jeans and flip-flops.

"America's oldest active bowling center and Detroit's original home of Rock'n'Bowl – the traditional fun of bowling made even better, with live DJs spinning party music while you bowl on glowing blue lanes with the lights down low. The Garden Bowl has sixteen lanes, a cheap eats grill menu, a very groovy lounge area and a fully stocked bar. Call for information on how to book private parties!" – from the Majestic/Garden Bowl Web site.

Designed by leading Detroit architect George D. Mason in 1927, the 450-seat Gem Theatre boasts a lavish, intricately painted ceiling, ornate proscenium panels, rich carpet, and 1920s lighting. The theatre was built by the Twentieth Century Club, a group of cultural and civic-minded women of social prominence, to adjoin the Century Club building, a Mission-style meeting facility constructed in 1903. Prior to the Depression, the “Little Theatre” served as Detroit’s first foreign film house, and survived several name changes before closing as an adult movie house, the “Gem,” in 1978. Detroit developer Charles Forbes purchased the building in the 1980s, and by 1991, had returned the Gem Theatre to its Spanish Revival-style brilliance. In 1997, the Gem Theatre was faced with extinction in view of the City of Detroit’s plan to construct new stadiums for the Detroit Tigers and Detroit Lions. Upon reaching an agreement with the city, the Forbes family began preparations to relocate the Gem/Century building and preserve this historic structure for a second time. On November 10, 1997, the Gem Theatre and Century Club facility finished its five-block journey, breaking the Guinness Book world record as the heaviest building ever moved on wheels. The Century Club, restored in 1999, now houses a 200-seat cabaret-style theatre, as well as a fine-dining restaurant and banquet facility. Don’t miss the world-class musical and comedic productions in this intimate, elegant venue.

Gizzmos is a place to unwind and share good times and conversation. The building itself is a part of the rich history of downtown Wyandotte. It has been a bar for over 70 years! We have preserved the original backbar and designed the rest of the establishment around the '30s art deco era. We specialize in martinis and ultra-premium liquors. We also carry many different styles and brands of cigars. Gizzmos is proud to have some of the top local blues and jazz musicians entertaining our guests. Very soon we will be implimenting an exciting tapas menu! Join us every Sunday for our one-of-a-kind 'Build your own Bloody Mary Bar'. See you soon!

"Cigar/martini bar with an adult atmosphere; adjacent to D'Amato's restaurant. Live jazz Wednesday through Saturday." Happy Hour every Friday 5-7 pm.

J.D.'s Key Club is a dueling piano-rock 'n' roll-get funky-one-of-a-kind-sing-along-bring your friends-have a good time-show bar. Although the bar is usually closed on Tuesday, it opens the first Tuesday of every month for Singles Night.

This is a original signs of the times bar once used as a practice club for some of Detroits Motown groups, and was used in the documentary film "standing in the Shadows of Motown." Keeping with the tradition of starting careers, the club has countinued by hosting open mike nights for up and coming MC'S in the Hip Hop community. Every Friday you can party to the latest Hip Hop music, on the tables DJ Dex and B-man. the club has one of the largest bars in the city with a secound bar by the dance floor. The club has not forgot its roots on Sunday you can still hear live bands play Blues,R&B,Jazz. No gymshoes on Sunday.

Security on weekends Dress code in effect on Sundays no jeans or gymshoes.

Overtyme is a sports bar, it's a pool hall and it's a dance club. It's a little bit of everything fun rolled into one spacious bar and grill. A DJ keeps the dance floor packed most weekend nights, while other patrons can be found playing in the game room. All your favorite food is served late into the night. Overtyme has a good crowd of regulars and a decent-looking clientele. As an added bonus, there’s no cover, so this is a good place to hit without blowing your budget. Boasting excellent service and strong drinks.

A warm and casually elegant restaurant with a sensational view of the Detroit skyline. The diverse, reasonably priced menu featues all types of cuisine, many with a unique Cajun flair. Live music is featured Thursday, Friday and Saturday with a weekly blues show begining at 8 p.m. every Sunday. Ask us about our daily specials; private and corporate parties welcomed. We promise you fantastic food; superlative service; an unbelievable selection of beer, wine and spirits from around the world; sensational music and a limitless supply of fun!

The Detroit area's original 'Key West' type bar. 'Home of the Perfect Margarita' from Jimmy Buffett's Parrot Head Handbook. Air Margaritaville plays once a month and other bands play occasionally. Available for private rental on Sundays.

If you're going to Royal Oak to eat, but you want to avoid the pricey, overcrowded Main Street restaurants, go to Pronto!, where brightly colored walls add to the lively feel of this often bustling restaurant. The sandwich menu is creative and fun. Settle into a sidewalk table and enjoy.

Anchored in Ferndale on Nine Mile just west of Woodward Avenue, Q is an eclectic hangout for dancing, drinking and mingling. Upon entrance, patrons are greeted by the animatronic Sally, a John Waters-esque statue who laughs hysterically for the paltry toll of four bits. Although the interior sports the traditional bar set up, said bar is flanked by two beautifully decorated seating areas, a billiards table and a dance floor. Possibly the most appropriate atmosphere for drinks with a drag queen or shaking your groove thing with a potential hook-up, Q is a sanctum for open-minded people who like to have a good time. - J.D. Kotula