Proposal re "Michigan Bars"
I've seen a number of posters ask where a they can watch Michigan games in X city. As someone who is occasionally on the road during autumn weekends, I've found myself with the same question.
To solve this problem, I propose the creation of an MGoBlog/MGoBoard comprehensive list of "Michigan bars" across the country/world that could provide quick answers to fellow Wolverines who finds themselves in foreign territory, far from the motherland.
Thoughts?
September 29th, 2009 at 1:37 PM ^
Some dude is already working on it
September 29th, 2009 at 1:39 PM ^
Has already set it up.
Link?
LINK!!!!!!!!
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AjnShb260ngodEN4cjVEQ0FhUkRxRXp…
September 29th, 2009 at 1:45 PM ^
+1 for use of 'Link? Link'
-1 for excessive use of exclamation points
edit- but +1 overall b/c a list of 500 bars worldwide for Michigan football watching is going to be dandy
September 29th, 2009 at 1:49 PM ^
Must move to a new city and find their Michigan bars! And seriously can we not add Ann Arbor bars to this list because that is just stupid. If you're in Ann Arbor and don't go to the game... well that's just silly! Scalp a ticket!
September 29th, 2009 at 2:20 PM ^
If you can't find/afford a ticket, pretty much any bar in AA will have the game.
September 29th, 2009 at 2:26 PM ^
I'm not sure if I ever thanked you for setting this up. So, thanks for setting this up.
September 29th, 2009 at 2:14 PM ^
Bouje: You can add Bar 508 to the list in Minneapolis.
September 29th, 2009 at 2:29 PM ^
Is it official or what?
September 29th, 2009 at 2:51 PM ^
http://twincities.umclubs.com/
508 1st Avenue North
Downtown Minneapolis, MN 55403
(612) 339-0036
Suddenly, I've become bouje's administrative assistant.
September 29th, 2009 at 3:16 PM ^
I just meant:
What type of bar is it
Is it an official bar?
Drink specials?
Etc?
September 29th, 2009 at 3:19 PM ^
giving you a hard time. I appreciate the effort you're putting in to compile this thing.
September 29th, 2009 at 5:09 PM ^
for my responses to you?
September 29th, 2009 at 6:29 PM ^
I'm not negging you, and I've yet to figure out the criteria by which people decide to neg. Maybe I have an entourage that negs any posts responding to me, who knows.
September 29th, 2009 at 11:05 PM ^
But life is too short for that shit.
September 29th, 2009 at 3:00 PM ^
hopefully the google spreadsheet auto saves my changes. I added the San Diego alumni assocation bar, PB Bar and Grill, in Pacific Beach.
Edit: http://www.pbbarandgrill.com/
Its a crappy bar (IMO), but its the 'official bar'. Personally I like to go next store to Moondoggies, the official OSU bar and talk shit with their fans. The Michigan fans in SD are just like going to the blue-hair section of the stadium - all quiet and sober. Nothing better than tequila and beer at 9am on saturdays :)
September 29th, 2009 at 3:09 PM ^
Will the Google Doc have a link to a Google Map of all the locations?
If not, I'd be willing to work on a way to auto-generate said map whenever someone updates the spreadsheet. It will go along with my quest to map out the ballgames of the day.
September 29th, 2009 at 3:14 PM ^
send you new places? Nothing substanial, but new anyway.
September 29th, 2009 at 1:38 PM ^
Good idea, but it was brought up by TTUwolverine already. Check the mgoboard history from a few days ago for more details.
September 29th, 2009 at 1:39 PM ^
Here's what you're looking for:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AjnShb260ngodEN4cjVEQ0FhUkRxRXp…
September 29th, 2009 at 1:50 PM ^
is unsupported. ):
Could someone with a supported browser add: State: OR City: Portland Place: Thirsty Lion Pub & Grill Address: 71 SW 2nd Ave , Portland, OR 97204-3519 Website: http://www.thirstylionpub.com/thirsty_lion Notes: UofM Club of Portland http://uofmclubofportland.com Thanks in advance.
Could someone with a supported browser add: State: OR City: Portland Place: Thirsty Lion Pub & Grill Address: 71 SW 2nd Ave , Portland, OR 97204-3519 Website: http://www.thirstylionpub.com/thirsty_lion Notes: UofM Club of Portland http://uofmclubofportland.com Thanks in advance.
September 29th, 2009 at 1:58 PM ^
thanks!
September 29th, 2009 at 1:52 PM ^
go to UMalumni.com, "get active" "find a club", click on the map. If there is a club in the area you will find it.
You dont need to be an alum or an alum assoc member to find the football parties.
September 29th, 2009 at 3:15 PM ^
True, but if you're going to bring a friend that's a fan of our opponent, make sure they're not obnoxious. You know who you are...
September 29th, 2009 at 2:23 PM ^
Since you're already on top of this, maybe you can search through the old threads for other bars. Off the top of my head there were at least 2 NY threads, a Boston thread...
September 29th, 2009 at 2:28 PM ^
Both of the Boston bars are covered.
A good project would be to transpose all the locations on the Football Game-watching Party Locations list from the UM Alumni Association:
http://alumni.umich.edu/sports/football/football-watching-parties
September 29th, 2009 at 2:30 PM ^
Thanks
September 29th, 2009 at 2:30 PM ^
I don't know who's updating this, but the spreadsheet is a great idea.
2 more in Chicago:
Newport's (chill, games, dive bar, good atmospere) Lakeview
Matilda's (smaller and trendy, but great specials on jars of Bells) Lakeview
September 29th, 2009 at 2:52 PM ^
Baltimore
http://www.crazylils.com/
Mackinaw
The Key Hole Bar
323 E Central Ave
Mackinaw City, MI 49701
There are both MSU and UM fans in this place but it's in tourist-y Mackinaw. After watching a few season openers here on Labor Day weekends, I can attest to the owner's and bartender's allegiances.
September 29th, 2009 at 2:59 PM ^
It sucks that there's only 2 bars listed for Michigan.
I guess Dantonio has the rest locked down already.
September 29th, 2009 at 3:01 PM ^
the fact that 99.5% of bars in Michigan will be showing Michigan games.
September 29th, 2009 at 3:07 PM ^
That's awesome . . . do you happen to have a list?
September 29th, 2009 at 3:27 PM ^
here's the search query for Michigan liquor licenses, by county.
http://www2.dleg.state.mi.us/llist/
September 29th, 2009 at 3:10 PM ^
It doesn't seem to make sense to put up the bars in Ann Arbor but the other parts of MI shouldn't be neglected. I think it's assumed that most people using this list are traveling and that some will need to know where to watch in say, Kalamazoo, Petoskey or Alpena. Those places aren't exactly close enough to just go scalp a ticket.
September 29th, 2009 at 3:35 PM ^
thanks for putting this all together...but howd you get the bar fox and hound in pittburgh? im just wondering because i currently reside and pittsburgh and havent heard anyone talk about it? is this a legit michigan bar?
September 29th, 2009 at 5:11 PM ^
Or someone else put it on there.
Everything I've put on there was from:
My own experiences (all of the Chicago bars pretty much)
and from other people who said "hey put the stuff from this site on there"
So I cannot judge the authenticity of any of these places and would recommend calling the bars if you plan on making a venture.
We should also have a weekend round-up of bars that you've been to that weekend so that people can have an idea about what is good and what is not good?
September 29th, 2009 at 5:23 PM ^
i like the weekend round up idea...
September 29th, 2009 at 4:08 PM ^
I'm in class so I'm just throwing out this idea: create a google map for these bars.
September 29th, 2009 at 4:56 PM ^
I'm on it, as posted above.
September 29th, 2009 at 6:38 PM ^
That's what I get for skimming the thread; I miss posts like yours. Glad to see somebody thought it was a good idea.
September 29th, 2009 at 9:40 PM ^
Don't sweat it, bro.
(Don't tase me either.)
September 29th, 2009 at 9:15 PM ^
More than a few of us on this board need to know the best bars to hang out in front of and beg, er, secure loans from patrons going in and out (we WILL pay them back).
And it would be helpful to know which ones have TV's nearer to the windows so we can peek in and keep up with the action.
Thanks in advance!
September 29th, 2009 at 10:30 PM ^
I think it would be really great to make this thread a sticky so that we don't get so many posts on it now that we've taken the step of making a list. Brian or someone else with special powers?