Cocktail bars, wine bars, dive bars and gastropubs: drinking in Detroit for grown-ups.

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Where to drink

11 places

Standby

Drink House cocktail, often barrel-aged

Standby in The Belt alley off Gratiot serves modern cocktails in downtown Detroit since 2015. Order the house cocktail, often barrel-aged. At 225 Gratiot Ave.

The Sugar House

  • ★ 4.6
  • Craft cocktail speakeasy
  • $$$
  • Corktown

Drink Prohibition-era classics

The Sugar House on Michigan Avenue in Corktown serves Prohibition-era craft cocktails in Detroit since 2011. Order the prohibition-era classics.

Cliff Bell's

  • ★ 4.7
  • Jazz club and supper room
  • $$$
  • Downtown

Drink Classic Manhattan

Cliff Bell's on Park Avenue has poured cocktails in Detroit's downtown since 1935. Reopened 2006 by Paul Howard, it is the city's premier live jazz room.

Cocktail tastings, classes and tours in Detroit

Private Dinner Cooking and Cocktails Class
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Viator · 2.5 h

Private Dinner Cooking and Cocktails Class

Travelers will be able to select a drink tasting menu and dinner menu for their group to sample and participate in creating. Guests will taste the menu and take home s...

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Atwater Brewery Tap Room

Drink Atwater Dirty Blonde lager

Atwater Brewery Tap Room on Joseph Campau in Rivertown has served beer in Detroit since 1997. Located in Eastern Market. Order the atwater dirty blonde lager.

Detroit Beer Company

Drink Local Pony Express IPA

Detroit Beer Company on Broadway has brewed in downtown Detroit since September 2003. Order the local pony express ipa. Booking recommended.

PJ's Lager House

Drink Pabst tallboys

PJ's Lager House on Michigan Avenue in Corktown serves Cajun food and live music in Detroit since 1991. Order the pabst tallboys. Open wed-sun 18:00-02:00.

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