10 Bars For Journalists Visiting Detroit This Week

By Maria Jewett on Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 5:30 pm

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10 Bars For Journalists Visiting Detroit This Week

The Corner BarThe Townsend Hotel, 100 Townsend St., Birmingham; 248-642-7900; townsendhotel.comIf anybody at Corner Bar is slumming it, it’s the jet-setting celebrities who choose (and can afford) lodging at Birmingham’s plush Townsend Hotel. This “community” a few miles north of Detroit is where a generation of moneyed suburbanites have staked their claim at “urban chic.” With movie theaters, upscale eateries, shops and parks within walking distance, you can get hammered with stylishly dressed people and, perhaps, a celeb or two. Image courtesy of Instagram user @thecornerbarmi.

Comet Bar128 Henry St, Detroit; 313-963-6763A dive bar among dive bars, known for its shitty plastic tables and chairs and legendary karaoke on the weekend. Rumor has it Ilitch is looking to raze it soon to make way for the new Red Wings arena, so you'd better get it while the getting is good. Image courtesy of Instagram user @cassiemcaballero.

Sugar House2130 Michigan Ave, Detroit; 313-962-0123; sugarhousedetroit.comDecidedly not a dive (the drinks are a little pricey, the bartenders all wear sleeve garters), but this speakeasy-style bar is a lot of fun. This is where you go for handcrafted cocktails made from ingredients you don't have at home.Image courtesy of Instagram user @erinsanty.

Anchor Bar450 W. Fort St., Detroit; 313-964-9127; anchorbardetroit.comFor generations, the Anchor Bar was where newspapermen downed their liquid lunches between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., or met up to compare notes at the end of the day. It has good burgers and not a whole lot of reporters anymore, but the history it does have is significant. If anybody puts one more item of Detroit history on the walls, the joint will come tumbling down. Image courtesy of The Anchor Bar Facebook.

Whiskey in the Jar 2741 Yemans St., Hamtramck; 313-873-4154Looking for that postage stamp-sized dive that crowds in the characters, who are both the patrons and the entertainment? Hamtramck is famous for this kind of place, and there’s perhaps no establishment as emblematic of it as the Whiskey-in-the-Jar. Perfect place to gather your local-at-the-bar reporting and compare next year’s luxury vehicles to yesterday’s hoopties.Image courtesy of Instagram user @emilyfoxxx.

Cadieux Cafe4300 Cadieux Rd, Detroit; 313-882-8560; cadieuxcafe.comThe only bar in Detroit where you can both go Feather Bowling (imagine bocce played with objects shaped like wheels of cheese). They also offer a delicacy known as the Bucket of Mussels and PBR (exactly what it sounds like). Image courtesy of Instagram user @midnightoilgrp.

WAB / Loving Touch22646 Woodward Ave., Ferndale; 248-546-3696; thewabsite.comStevie, a bartender at WAB, will be happy to let you sample some of the many fine microbrews that this notorious band hang-out has to offer. When you’re done, pop next door to the Loving Touch — a massage parlor-turned bar and venue that has retained much of the sleazy old charm.Image courtesy of Instagram user @graysony.

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