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Lager House   

1254 Michigan Ave
Detroit, MI 48226
313-961-4668
www.lagerhousedetroit.com

Rating: 3 out of 5  (6 Ratings)   Read Reviews (6)    Rate and Write a Review

As home base for many of Detroit's local bands, the Lager House has a deserved aura of hipness. While you'd assuredly find sister joints in other cities, these would only maintain their coolness for a limited time before gentrification and landmark status set in. But here in Corktown, the Lager House -- symbolic in its location on the edge of the old Tiger Stadium in the city's oldest neighborhood -- avoids most of that. It's a stripped-down, high-octane live music joint at its finest. Many of the indie darlings of Detroit have claimed the stage repeatedly as their own, namely such heavies as The Sights, The Dirtbombs, The Come Ons, Ko & The Knockouts and so many more. It is seemingly in the middle of nowhere (at least by the times bands come on) on Michigan Avenue, and has its very own well-wornness and no-frills greatness. Along with select others, the Lager House is the definitive spot for the best fuzz-rock and indie-power riffs. Pabst for a $1 and a band playing on any given night? You never know, a good time might attack you.

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Review rating 1 out of 5
Are you kidding me?
By Seanadeus on 06/18/2008
This place gives dives a bad name. Smoke so thick you can't breathe, smells like old dirty ashtrays and spilled whiskey (when it doesn't smell like dirty unshowered punks), and you can't hear a good band in here if you try. I know Jack White likes it, but that's crap. I'm a Detroit area professional musician and I turn down gigs at this venue - it's PATHETIC, DIRTY, LOUSY, POOR SOUND... No, I will neither patron nor perform at this bar. Please, fellow Detroiters, get a clue!
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Review rating 5 out of 5
IllegalAlien0000's Review
By illegalalien0000 on 11/19/2003
Cheap drinks, good jukebox, and down to earth people.
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Review rating 1 out of 5
Schoen248's Review
By schoen248 on 08/03/2003
lousy
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Review rating 5 out of 5
Kattee129's Review
By kattee129 on 06/27/2002
i love the lager house, especially the staff :)