OT: Bars to watch the World Cup in Metro Detroit
My first thought: How could this be OT?
My second thought: Cool, I'd love to watch the world cup in metro Detroit with Blake Bars!
My third thought: How does OP know this? Did Bars tweet it?
My fourth thought: ...I didn't get enough sleep last night.
"Offensive Tackle (Football News!) Blake Bars is watching the World Cup".
It was one of those situations where I teemed with excitement over my potentially witty remark, only to be beaten to the punch. Touchee, young man, you have defeated the Space Coyote. You now possess a voice as soothing at Johnny Cash and an ability to act as a spirit guide. Congrats!
and I expected to see a quote, "If I couldn't have been a lineman, I would have been a soccer player..." from Blake.
That is all
I'm doing my summer internship for grad school here in DC and the World Cup experience has been incredible. Walked outside of my apartment the other morning and there was a group of Mexicans and a group of Brazilians on opposite sides of the street yelling at each other. It was incredibly fun to watch. I keep thinking every day how lame it would be to be back in Ann Arbor/Detroit right now for this incredible experience. That said, I know of a coffee shop in Clawson on 14 mile that is all about soccer. My guess is that place gets packed and is a blast to watch it at. It's on the south side of the street right by Main.
When it comes to soccer all of the US is lame. I'd much rather watch the WC in Brazil or Europe than here. Those people actually know the game unlike Yanquis.
DC has the highest US viewership of the World Cup per ESPN. By far.
Not uncommon to see EPL shirts on Saturday, Sunday afternoons at many of the DC and Baltimore bars.
My cousin says Red Fox in Royal Oak was an even better experience last World Cup than watching in Germany.
I am a big fan of Red Fox in general. Especially with nice weather.
at a place called the Red Fox. You may never been seen or heard from ever again...
But you may also never miss another game at the Meadowlands!
for catching the reference. Makes my day.
Was going to mention the Red Fox as well. In downtown Royal Oak on top of a tex-mex joint that is rather subpar. But the Fox is a nice place to get some shepherds pie and watch the soccer match. They show UEFA matches throughout the year as well, sort of the local soccer bar.
The Claddagh in Livonia was awesome 4 years ago. I think they were claiming to be the WC bar of Michigan.
Like most WC bars you have to get there very early to get a seat.
he has two...Cheli's across from Comerica and there's one also near Lincoln Park. The one near the stadium may have shut down, however.
I did some quick checking and it looks like its still open. All is well.
Dearborn's is closed.
is always a good spot to watch soccer. Did not play with Blake Bars but played soccer with Ali Haji-Sheikh. West Quad owned South Quad back in the day!
Surprised to see no one has said The Claddagh in Livonia yet. There were easily over 300 for USA-Algeria in 2010 and for Monday's game as well, it was great a great atmosphere. They've got plenty of TVs and a big projection screen if you're lucky enough to get a centrally located seat.