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Micheal's Lounge
Ever since I started to make regular visits to the old neighborhood again, it's a landmark I looked forward to seeing.
Despite its current cruddy condition, Micheal's Lounge (yes, the establishment's sign had the e before the a rather the tradition spelling, Michael) is on a very special corner, Van Dyke and Dubay. My Grandpa and Grandma Lemanski lived on Dubay, about five houses from Micheal's Lounge.
Micheal's was also an occasional hangout for the men in my extended family, and sometimes celebrations at the grandparents' house ended up there. I can remember one Mother's Day when the women sent the kids, including me, to bring the men back to wash the brunch dishes after they conveniently skipped out to Micheal's.
For the past four years, I've coveted the Micheal's Lounge sign. Even though the bar has been closed for at least 30 years and the building became a church for a while, the sign still hung on a pole near the back of the triangular-shaped structure.
Until now.
This afternoon I had to drop some paperwork off at Edith Floyd's on Mt. Olivet and noticed the sign had disappeared -- probably ripped down and sold for scrap.
For some reason, the sign still made it Micheal's Lounge to me. I could imagine the Lemanski men hoisting up shots of cheap whiskey or mugs of bad beer there and shouting in unison, "Nostrovia!"
Now the building is just another abandoned eyesore in Detroit with no soul left.
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01/30/12 @ 07:49 Permalink
01/30/12 @ 09:54 Nothing better than a good neighborhood bar! ( although my wife may argue this one occasionally). A place ot meet old friends and new ones, celebrate whatever needs celebrating, initate communty projects and, in my opinion, a valuable asset in any neighborhood where the locals can interact. Like " the Lemanski men", when my son or son-inlaw are in town, we always look for an opportunity "to head up the street" for a while
In the last ten years or so the no smoking laws and a tough economy have taken a toll on these establishmnets. My favorite closed and I too would have loved to have been able to have scavenged some memorabilia. No trophies but some great memories.
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